Comments on: Onion headline from 1993: Roy The Forklift Driver addresses nation http://boingboing.net/2008/10/30/onion-headline-from.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Paul Coleman http://boingboing.net/2008/10/30/onion-headline-from.html#comment-319762 Paul Coleman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-319762 OK...That's freaky. Not because of the content. Onion backdated stories are awesome. The picture of Joe looks exactly like my cousin David who is from Ohio, and who has probably driven a forklift in one of his many careers. He was once almost killed by a bowling pin setter...but that's another story. OK…That’s freaky. Not because of the content. Onion backdated stories are awesome.

The picture of Joe looks exactly like my cousin David who is from Ohio, and who has probably driven a forklift in one of his many careers. He was once almost killed by a bowling pin setter…but that’s another story.

]]> By: Mojave http://boingboing.net/2008/10/30/onion-headline-from.html#comment-320020 Mojave Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-320020 Wow...between this and the Batman/Penguin debate...I don't know. It's like there's been a rip in the fabric of spacetime continuum or something. #18 you don't know how right you are about Limbaugh and his trip's to the LBFM's in the Dominican Republic. Let's just say I know someone who knows someone. Wow…between this and the Batman/Penguin debate…I don’t know. It’s like there’s been a rip in the fabric of spacetime continuum or something.

#18 you don’t know how right you are about Limbaugh and his trip’s to the LBFM’s in the Dominican Republic. Let’s just say I know someone who knows someone.

]]> By: findlayboy http://boingboing.net/2008/10/30/onion-headline-from.html#comment-320276 findlayboy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-320276 No one cares what regular people think about politics! Unless Errol Morris films them talking about why they're voting for Obama. That's cool, obviously. But the <em>rest</em> of those regular people? Ignorant hicks. No one cares what regular people think about politics!

Unless Errol Morris films them talking about why they’re voting for Obama. That’s cool, obviously.

But the rest of those regular people? Ignorant hicks.

]]> By: pauldrye http://boingboing.net/2008/10/30/onion-headline-from.html#comment-319768 pauldrye Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-319768 There was a parody commercial in the first years of Saturday Night Live for a three-blade shaving razor, after the two-blade razor was introduced. Then they did essentially the same sketch again about 20 years later, but found it necessary for some reason to up the number to 12 blades. Hmmm. There was a parody commercial in the first years of Saturday Night Live for a three-blade shaving razor, after the two-blade razor was introduced. Then they did essentially the same sketch again about 20 years later, but found it necessary for some reason to up the number to 12 blades. Hmmm.

]]> By: Shawn Wolfe http://boingboing.net/2008/10/30/onion-headline-from.html#comment-319772 Shawn Wolfe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-319772 Wow. Wow.

]]> By: Cool Products http://boingboing.net/2008/10/30/onion-headline-from.html#comment-320295 Cool Products Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-320295 That is really bizarre, Joe the plummer and Roy the forklift driver should hang out, haha. God I love the Onion. That is really bizarre, Joe the plummer and Roy the forklift driver should hang out, haha. God I love the Onion.

]]> By: dbarak http://boingboing.net/2008/10/30/onion-headline-from.html#comment-319786 dbarak Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-319786 What's really surprising is that Flush Limbaugh is still alive. What’s really surprising is that Flush Limbaugh is still alive.

]]> By: Micah http://boingboing.net/2008/10/30/onion-headline-from.html#comment-319792 Micah Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-319792 This may be a backdated piece and not a scan of an actual Onion issue from 1993, but the Wayback Machine shows that it was posted at least two years ago: http://web.archive.org/web/20060919170436/http://www.theonion.com/content/node/48941 So, yes. Life imitates art. Again. This may be a backdated piece and not a scan of an actual Onion issue from 1993, but the Wayback Machine shows that it was posted at least two years ago:

http://web.archive.org/web/20060919170436/http://www.theonion.com/content/node/48941

So, yes. Life imitates art. Again.

]]> By: macegr http://boingboing.net/2008/10/30/onion-headline-from.html#comment-319793 macegr Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-319793 @DBARAK: Why is that amazing? Billions of other people are alive too. It's rather common. @DBARAK: Why is that amazing? Billions of other people are alive too. It’s rather common.

]]> By: Teller http://boingboing.net/2008/10/30/onion-headline-from.html#comment-319804 Teller Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-319804 The most consistently funny writing in writing. Bless the O. The most consistently funny writing in writing. Bless the O.

]]> By: freshyill http://boingboing.net/2008/10/30/onion-headline-from.html#comment-319809 freshyill Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-319809 @Micah... All of these those old pages are from the Onion book, "Our Dumb Century" I think the original paperback is out of print, but this looks like a hardcover reprint http://www.amazon.com/Our-Dumb-Century-Presents-Headlines/dp/0307393577/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1225403496&sr=8-1 @Micah… All of these those old pages are from the Onion book, “Our Dumb Century”

I think the original paperback is out of print, but this looks like a hardcover reprint http://www.amazon.com/Our-Dumb-Century-Presents-Headlines/dp/0307393577/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1225403496&sr=8-1

]]> By: dbarak http://boingboing.net/2008/10/30/onion-headline-from.html#comment-319816 dbarak Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-319816 #6 posted by macegr His drug abuse and obesity. #6 posted by macegr

His drug abuse and obesity.

]]> By: Chas44 http://boingboing.net/2008/10/30/onion-headline-from.html#comment-319825 Chas44 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-319825 "His drug abuse and obesity." Great research there, slick. “His drug abuse and obesity.”

Great research there, slick.

]]> By: dbarak http://boingboing.net/2008/10/30/onion-headline-from.html#comment-319827 dbarak Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-319827 #6 posted by macegr and #11 posted by Chas44, give it a rest. #6 posted by macegr and #11 posted by Chas44, give it a rest.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/10/30/onion-headline-from.html#comment-319854 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-319854 what's the difference between Rush Limbaugh and the Hindenburg? what’s the difference between Rush Limbaugh and the Hindenburg?

]]> By: Antinous http://boingboing.net/2008/10/30/onion-headline-from.html#comment-319857 Antinous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-319857 I can't go to the Hindenburg to borrow a cup of vicodin? I can’t go to the Hindenburg to borrow a cup of vicodin?

]]> By: Crunchbird http://boingboing.net/2008/10/30/onion-headline-from.html#comment-319858 Crunchbird Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-319858 <i>But, I think the Joe Plumber wasn't applauded for his "insights" as much as how Obama reacts to difficult questions from anyone who dares ask them: using State PCs to rummage in his financial background, Biden ridiculing him on Letterman, or banning small TV stations from future interviews. It don't look very good.</i> Did you actually watch the tape? Obama reacted to this "difficult" question by talking to Joe for a couple of minutes and trying to rationally explain his justification for progressive income tax rates, something supported by many politicians on both sides of the aisle. Joe, having already unleashed his one "gotcha," didn't actually seem very interested in Obama's response to his question. <i>None</i> of the things you cite as "reactions" are things that Obama did. It was John McCain and the Republican party who started holding up Joe as some sort of paragon and pulled him into the public eye before the 3rd debate, and John McCain who mentioned him twenty times in that debate. It's the Republicans who decided that Joe the Plumber was someone they could hang a huge portion of their campaign on, and for them to complain about the fact that the media decided to actually take a look at Joe to see what he was all about is utterly ridiculous. But, I think the Joe Plumber wasn’t applauded for his “insights” as much as how Obama reacts to difficult questions from anyone who dares ask them: using State PCs to rummage in his financial background, Biden ridiculing him on Letterman, or banning small TV stations from future interviews. It don’t look very good.

Did you actually watch the tape? Obama reacted to this “difficult” question by talking to Joe for a couple of minutes and trying to rationally explain his justification for progressive income tax rates, something supported by many politicians on both sides of the aisle. Joe, having already unleashed his one “gotcha,” didn’t actually seem very interested in Obama’s response to his question.

None of the things you cite as “reactions” are things that Obama did. It was John McCain and the Republican party who started holding up Joe as some sort of paragon and pulled him into the public eye before the 3rd debate, and John McCain who mentioned him twenty times in that debate. It’s the Republicans who decided that Joe the Plumber was someone they could hang a huge portion of their campaign on, and for them to complain about the fact that the media decided to actually take a look at Joe to see what he was all about is utterly ridiculous.

]]> By: elisd http://boingboing.net/2008/10/30/onion-headline-from.html#comment-319860 elisd Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-319860 @13 Well... they are both huge explosive fascist gas bags. I don't really see a difference. @13 Well… they are both huge explosive fascist gas bags. I don’t really see a difference.

]]> By: dbarak http://boingboing.net/2008/10/30/onion-headline-from.html#comment-319863 dbarak Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-319863 I dunno' Takuan, what's the difference between Rush Limbaugh and the Hindenburg? I dunno’ Takuan, what’s the difference between Rush Limbaugh and the Hindenburg?

]]> By: seyo http://boingboing.net/2008/10/30/onion-headline-from.html#comment-319875 seyo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-319875 Wait, let me guess... The Hindenburg doesn't go on vacation in the Dominican Republic for Viagra fueled sex tourism trips? Wait, let me guess… The Hindenburg doesn’t go on vacation in the Dominican Republic for Viagra fueled sex tourism trips?

]]> By: dbarak http://boingboing.net/2008/10/30/onion-headline-from.html#comment-319884 dbarak Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-319884 AHAH! I think I figured it out. The Hindenburg had a rigid spine, right? AHAH! I think I figured it out. The Hindenburg had a rigid spine, right?

]]> By: Teller http://boingboing.net/2008/10/30/onion-headline-from.html#comment-319893 Teller Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-319893 One elicited: "Oh, the humanity." The other: "Blow Sean Hannity." One elicited: “Oh, the humanity.”
The other: “Blow Sean Hannity.”

]]> By: dbarak http://boingboing.net/2008/10/30/onion-headline-from.html#comment-319895 dbarak Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-319895 #20 posted by Teller: BEST ONE YET!!! #20 posted by Teller:

BEST ONE YET!!!

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/10/30/onion-headline-from.html#comment-319901 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-319901 #20 wins, but: "one's a flaming nazi gas bag and the other is a zeppelin" #20 wins, but: “one’s a flaming nazi gas bag and the other is a zeppelin”

]]> By: mdh http://boingboing.net/2008/10/30/onion-headline-from.html#comment-319904 mdh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-319904 <i>"what's the difference between Rush Limbaugh and the Hindenburg?"</i> My grandchildren will have heard of the Hindenburg. “what’s the difference between Rush Limbaugh and the Hindenburg?”

My grandchildren will have heard of the Hindenburg.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/10/30/onion-headline-from.html#comment-319920 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-319920 oooh! new contender! oooh! new contender!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/10/30/onion-headline-from.html#comment-319931 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-319931 I love the fact that the stock photo they used was the same one they used for <a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/node/33540">this piece</a> (NSFW), except that it's mirrored left to right and the background's been clipped out of the latter story. I love the fact that the stock photo they used was the same one they used for this piece (NSFW), except that it’s mirrored left to right and the background’s been clipped out of the latter story.

]]> By: ethancoop http://boingboing.net/2008/10/30/onion-headline-from.html#comment-320445 ethancoop Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-320445 #22 "one's a flaming nazi gas bag and the other is a zeppelin" I just peed myself. #22 “one’s a flaming nazi gas bag and the other is a zeppelin”

I just peed myself.

]]> By: oscar http://boingboing.net/2008/10/30/onion-headline-from.html#comment-319937 oscar Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-319937 If you squint and read the article, it's not exactly the uncanny prediction it's being made out to be, since this guy's "address" is of the call-in variety, like any other (stupid) listener of the show. It reminds me more of "Crazy Man Announces Plan to Stand in Doorway, Yell at Cars All Day" or "Local Idiot to Post Comment on Internet" they published recently: http://www.theonion.com/content/news/local_idiot_to_post_comment_on If you squint and read the article, it’s not exactly the uncanny prediction it’s being made out to be, since this guy’s “address” is of the call-in variety, like any other (stupid) listener of the show.

It reminds me more of “Crazy Man Announces Plan to Stand in Doorway, Yell at Cars All Day” or “Local Idiot to Post Comment on Internet” they published recently:

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/local_idiot_to_post_comment_on

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/10/30/onion-headline-from.html#comment-320962 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-320962 to #25 I thought the same thing. "Why Do All These Homosexuals..." is the funniest thing I have ever read in the Onion. to #25

I thought the same thing. “Why Do All These Homosexuals…” is the funniest thing I have ever read in the Onion.

]]>