May 16th, 2009

Hilarious review of a terrible book

Yet another wonder from tvtropes.org.
I quote (without link, for a certain someone who can’t read underlined text, apparently).
“Deciding the wait for the woman’s bathroom is too long, Louise slips into the men’s room in hopes of relieving herself quickly. There she is assailed by the stench of the men’s room and the sight of [...]

May 14th, 2009

Twilight: The Abridged Version

Suddenly, ROBERT PATTINSON enters. The paleness of him and his family members reach blinding levels while the squeals in the movie theater reach deafening levels.
KRISTEN STEWART
Who’s the albino Wolverine?

Thank you, TV Tropes for linking me to that. Bless you, sirs. Bless you.

April 18th, 2009

British comedy troupe inadvertently creates language lab for nerds.

Uncomfortable plot summaries.
The above is from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. There’s a ton more here, I’ll quote a just a few from my favorite movies.
BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA: Redneck trucker kills Chinese immigrants.
DIE HARD: Dysfunctional cop saves marriage by murdering foreign national.
SERENITY: Men fight for possession of scantily clad mentally ill [...]

April 13th, 2009

Nice word, I’ll keep it.

What I love about cracked.com is it’s funny, but smart. They don’t need to make shit up to make you laugh (look up the list of laws that don’t work for a prime example).
On a related note, what I love about English is how we shamelessly jack words from weaker, dumber languages. What [...]