Best SNL skit in years

Leave it to Will Ferrell and a surprisingly hilarious Tom Hanks to produce one of the funniest skits to appear on SNL in quite some time. (Well, those Tina Fey/Sarah Palin ones were pretty entertaining!)

Funny Twitter Video

This will probably be most amusing to those who use Twitter on a regular basis.

Stephen Colbert is not a coward

Fast forward to 2:30. Stephen Colbert is too funny!

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Everything's amazing, nobody's happy

This is absolutely hilarious because it is SO TRUE. I can't embed it here but trust me, it is worth watching:

**Louis CK on Conan O'Brien**

If Abe were on Facebook...

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Imagine if your hometown was Titty Ho

When I look at properties--either to actually buy, or just for fun--I pay much more attention to the street names than, I would assume, most people do. I grew up on Row Ct. It was so simple--easy to spell, quick to write. Then I lived on a street with a French name. Oy. With my current street name, I always have to spell the first word. But at least everyone (...most everyone) has heard of Raleigh.

Today I read an article in the NY Times about unfortunately-named streets and towns. Such as:


The examples are quite amusing. I am particularly curious about the ones they said were too naughty to print. I hate to think I would have to pass on an amazing house just because the street name was horribly embarrassing. But as for the town names...that affects a lot more people. I just think I wouldn't move there to begin with!

You can read the article for yourself here.

Hilarious airline food complaint letter

This is a funny read. It's a complaint letter from a Virgin Airlines passenger to Sir Richard Branson, the owner.

Now I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking it’s more of that Baaji custard. I admit I thought the same too, but no. It’s mustard Richard. MUSTARD. More mustard than any man could consume in a month. On the left we have a piece of broccoli and some peppers in a brown glue-like oil and on the right the chef had prepared some mashed potato. The potato masher had obviously broken and so it was decided the next best thing would be to pass the potatoes through the digestive tract of a bird.

Once it was regurgitated it was clearly then blended and mixed with a bit of mustard. Everybody likes a bit of mustard Richard.

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Bonus web find

Chim-chim Chiree!

Oh, Google, you're so funny!

Took me a while to realize it's an April Fool's Day joke...clever!

Simplified Map of London

I was searching online for a map that I could print out and highlight, that would not be cluttered up by all the minor street names. I came across this and although quite funny and good to know, I think I need just a little more detail.

Curse and swear your way to a live person

From Lifehacker (which is an amazing site you MUST check out):

Many IVR (interactive voice response) systems are programmed to recognize key words. Among those keywords are frequently a list of swear words, like the FCC's dirty 7. When asked to respond, use one of those epithets and you will likely be transferred directly to a live human being.

It certainly doesn't have the relaxed sophistication of GetHuman, but if it gets the job done... as they say, the squeaky wheel gets the grease. I gave it a try this morning.

After calling a couple phone numbers with IVR systems and not having too much luck (I could have been saying anything, as long as it wasn't on their menu they were confused). But my third try did the trick. The IVR operator gave me a list of options, I said, "F*@#!" and he said: "I think you said you want to talk to a customer service agent. Is this correct?"

This strikes me as the most hilarious thing ever. I wonder if I'll ever be irritated enough to try it!

New antiques

Saw this somewhere in Virginia, I think. It was over a year ago, on the way to buy my car up near D.C.

Cow emissions

From BoingBoing:

Cow farts contain methane, a greenhouse gas. Kangaroo farts do not. So scientists in Australia are going to transfer intestinal bacteria of kangaroos into cattle and see what happens.

According to the government of Queensland, almost 14% of all greenhouse gas emissions from Australia come from cow farts, so this seemingly silly idea could actually make a big difference.

Unclear on the concept

Raise your hand if you think that one of the ways to "get rich" is to get a credit card. Circuit City wants YOU!


As seen in the Circuit City email ad today, which was a list of how to keep your resolutions.

Seriously?

Spotted in Greenville, NC:



Just in case you can't read it:

DMV on MySpace

The California DMV now has a MySpace page, as well as a bunch of YouTube videos intended to help people be better drivers. I haven't checked them out, but the idea is very clever. Towards the end of the NY Times article about this development, I laughed out loud at this unexpected punchline:

As is perhaps less than surprising for a D.M.V. MySpace page, the department has fewer than 40 friends.

No, really, what were they thinking?

Going through photos from my training trips...came across this one...didn't know why I took it at first, but when I zoomed in, it became clear. Or rather, unclear...


Seriously, WHO thought that sign would help anyone?

They didn't study

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