#0 · Jun 13, 2003, 13:49 · Tisha

http://www.theonion.com

folks, this site changes every few days and I swear everytime, an article has me on the floor laughing.  It's a spoof on online newspapers.  happy reading . . .!

#1 · Jun 13, 2003, 15:35 · PeacefulWarrior

Yes, I became familiar with it a while back (someone on campus was talking about it) and while it has some amazingly funny stuff, I can't get over how far to the left most of the writers are.  My whole thing is that I don't like extremists to far to the left or the right.

Anyway, I am going to go back and revisit it because it's been a while.  How did you find out about it?

#2 · Jun 14, 2003, 08:01 · Frank

Yes, Tisha, I read the site often. Political satire, humour-wise, is right up my street. I'm an avid reader too of the bi-weekly UK newspaper called Private Eye. It follows the same lines as The Onion only the slant is more UK.

Paragraphs such as:

"When you're in an army, you pretty much have to bomb the countries they tell you to bomb," Franks said. "Which is fine for a while. But eventually, you get tired of bombing the same old places again and again. The last thing I want is to be 70 years old, still bombing Iraq. It's important to keep things fresh."

Have me in stitches.

Yours,
Frank

#3 · Jun 14, 2003, 09:16 · Nick

Great site! [ :) ] Thanks! I had heard of it but never visited their website until now.

Very best,