Thursday, March 02, 2006

Onionized

This cracked me up. And not just because of the Maine reference.

New Wool Blanket Tears Commune Apart

February 27, 2006 Issue 42•09

CARIBOU, ME—Residents of the recently disbanded intentional-living
community Harmony's Path said Monday that disputes concerning the shared use of a homemade wool blanket caused the utopian society's rapid undoing. ...

3 comments:

Torgo said...

Also on the Onion today, this response to news of Google stock falling:
"Maybe if they didn't spend all their money revamping the logo for every obscure holiday, they wouldn't be in this mess."

This isn't super funny, I just think it is for reasons I can't explain.

Rainster said...

Torgo, I swear I've been getting all my news from you lately. Google stock fell?

Torgo said...

I'd like to say I first learned that on the Onion, but I heard it on NPR. But, truth be told, I was only partially listening, because it was the business report, and honestly, who cares?

Answer: people with more money than me.