Laugh-Out-Loud Day: Flying Spaghetti Monsters Are Just the Start
Never let it be said that bloggers are a humorless lot. A cruise through today's top blog links proves otherwise.
Dear Kansas....
The laughfest starts with today's top BlogPulse link called Open Letter, in which Bobby Henderson at vengaza.org asks the Kansas Board of Education to add yet another "intelligent design" theory to its science curriculum, this one based on a science-based belief that the universe was created by Flying Spaghetti Monsters (with a side theory linking pirates and global warming). "I salute you!" says Stirman blogger. "Now I have to clean up the coffee I snorted out of my nose" adds Stuff and Nonsense blogger.
Let's mock ourselves!
Ranking as the No. 6 link is The Onion's 300th-anniversary parody of itself in the year 2056, complete with genetically engineered farmers and a democratic coalition in the Middle East declaring war on the U.S. "Quite flipping brilliant" says blogger My Other Yin is a Yang.
ZAP!
Star Wars humor? Got that, too. There's "Tom Cruise Kills Oprah" video featuring the star's TV appearance with emperor-zapping death rays (No.10 link) ("we all saw it coming" comments Purlingswine blogger) and Darth Vader's appearance on Wheel of Fortune (No. 39 link).
Humor with a sigh
Beauty Dish blogger, a Avon Lady mom-blogger, at least gets a laugh out of her 8-year-old's suspension from school for what she feels (and we agree) is a ridiculous reason.
The only place there IS no humor is San Antonio, where the NBA finals will be decided tonight. Who's got the lead on blog buzz....?
Posted by Sue MacDonald at June 23, 2005 10:05 AM
