Chuck E Cheese In History

Who knew Chuck E Cheese has been around so long? I wonder if Grandpa liked the pizza back then:

"Where a child can behave as a ruffian without fear of being flogged" really gets the point across, but I can see why they shortened it over the years.

The Funniest Thing I've Seen Today

Why is it funny? Tragedy, bananas, and funny-looking dogs in human situations. It's a perfect storm of comedy!


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Vonnegut Motivational Posters

Probably the most functional of motivational posters come from the words of Kurt Vonnegut:

Parapalegic Weinerdog

Sometimes, things catch me off guard and I can't stop laughing, like this toy, which rated very, very low on Santa christmas requests:

Terrible Reign of Santa, John Waters Edition

Well, I imagine most children in Baltimore are on the verge of emotional collapse as it is, if John Waters movies and The Wire have taught me anything, so it's only natural for Santa to push them over the edge:

Terrible Reign of Santa, Twin Cities Edition

You'd think that, since they live so close to Santa, children from Minnesota would handle the encounter better. Sadly, no: the terror of Santa lives within us all:

Terrible Reign of Santa, Beantown Edition

Heading back to the east coast, Boston.com has provided people a place to send their Santa photos...they have all kinds, but, of course, people would prefer to share photos of their kids screaming:

Santa: Child Abuser?

Contextual-based ads, will you ever stop being hilarious? This is what I got during my search for screaming-kids-on-santa's-lap photos. No, really, kentucky.com, tell us why you think kids should be so terrified of Santa's lap:

Terrible Reign of Santa, "Show Me" Edition

Once again, Santa is wreaking his havoc on the children of this great nation -- this time: Kansas City!

Terrible Reign of Santa, Flatlander Edition

Not to be outdone, Chicago has put up their own gallery of Santa horrors for you to put you in the Christmas spirit:

Streisand Sings!

Don't let Barbara Streisand scare you: the clip is well worth it.



And, again, don't let Barbara Streisand scare you.

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The Terrible Reign of Santa

It's that time of year, kids: you're only a couple years old, your parents are promising you presents if you're good, but before that can happen, you are going to be handed over to a costumed horror who will interrogate you about your behavior. And that's after being tortured by standing in line for an hour while watching other kids screaming at the guy as well. Ah, the life of a shopping mall Santa:

Funny Graffiti

Here in Fargo, along one of the main thoroughfares was a business that had a billboard that was blank for many years, until some inventive fellow wrote "ENJOY WORK, ROBOTS!" in spraypaint. I regret never getting a photo of it. The London Paper has an excellent slideshow of funny graffiti photos. Favorite: The Asteroids one.

Video: Datastorm v1.0

You may not realize it, but floppy disks aren't obsolete in this wireless networking world: the sneakernet has been upgraded with Datastorm 1.0: