I would have changed my name! Can you imagine the clerk saying, "Can you please spell your last name for me?"

Here is an attempt at satire which may be all too true.

Who knew! According to this Google News/BBC headline, there are black holes at Oxford University!

"Stephen Hawking gives talk on black holes at Oxford University"

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"Stephen Hawking gives talk on black holes at Oxford University"

I hope that wasn't meant as racist sexism.

I love Borowitz! I never think he "attempts" satire; I think he nails it every time. (Of course the British may disagree with their different definition.)

This is notable for the attempts to parse te title correctly.

The Huffington Post had a headline:

FANS SHOCKED AS VIVIAN VANCE TELLS WHY SHE LEFT "I LOVE LUCY"

I'd be shocked too since Ms. Vance has been pushing up daisies for many years.

She didn't leave I Love Lucy, either, did she? My mother was a huge I Love Lucy fan so I've seen them all a million times, at least. I don't remember Vivian Vance being gone.

I hear they're going to have a TV show starring all the recently disgraced TV hosts and politicians. I'll be called, "I Love Loosely."

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I hear they're going to have a TV show starring all the recently disgraced TV hosts and politicians. I'll be called, "I Love Loosely."

Or Love, American Style II.

One of the larger phone companies has an ad:
Four lines for $25

Now that's a fantastic price for unlimited access, but I wonder if it isn't bait-and-switch from the wording.

Is it "Four lines for $25 [$6.25 each]"
or it "Four for $25 [$100 total -- 4X 25]?

I didn't bother to check since I'll bet I know which is right.

"Four lines of unlimited text for $25."

That's the offer by one of the larger phone companies. The question is, can you guess from the wording what the offer actually is?

It would be a great deal if you got four lines at $6.25 per line ($25), but I'll bet it's four lines at $25 each line, or $100.

Is this ambiguity intentional, and would it qualify as bait-andswitch?

Richard the beer snob would laugh his arse off at this: "15 Cheap Imported Beers That Are Better Than Budweiser" Found on the Internut Explorer "news" site.

I'm no beer snob,but I finally figured out why Ameracunz drink beer cold: You can only actually TASTE it when it's at room temperature.

Energy Fuels Resources Lobbied Trump to Reduce Bears Ears for Uranium Mining

That could be very confusing if I didn't know that Bears Ears is a place!

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That could be very confusing if I didn't know that Bears Ears is a place!

The question is: Did Trump know?

T. Rump probably found out about it when his Secretary of The Inferior told him he was selling it to a real estate developer.

Dollars to donuts Donald hadn't heard of Bears Ears.

Not written news but interesting.

The Whopper and Net Neutrality

I have more than a suspicion that your President would fail to see the satire in that and consider it to be a sound business practice.

Trump doesn't have to watch it. All his businesses work on the same principle: the more you pay, the more you get (or at least are promised).

Love the Whopper piece, sattva. Hoping to see that on TV soon - whattya wanna bet comcast will block it...

Sattva, while I am late to this party, I have to say that was a brilliant link. Love the looks on their faces - and cracked up when that one guy just grabbed the bag and left.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Kalleh, January 31, 2018 20:07

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Originally posted by bethree5:
Love the Whopper piece, sattva. Hoping to see that on TV soon - whattya wanna bet comcast will block it...

You may be right!

The official invitation to the president's speech tonight said it was The State of the Uniom".

I was excited to hear that Randy Bryce was there.