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November 29, 2006

George Carlin's New Rules for 2007

Just thought you all show know.

New Rule:

Stop giving me that pop-up ad for classmates.com ! There's a reason you don't talk to people for 25 years. Because you don't particularly like them! Besides, I already know what the captain of the football team is doing these days . . mowing my lawn.

New Rule:

Don't eat anything that's served to you out a window unless you're a seagull. People are acting all shocked that a human finger was found in a bowl of Wendy's chili. Hey, it cost less than a dollar. What did you expect it to contain? Trout?

New Rule:

Stop saying that teenage boys who have sex with their hot, blonde teachers are permanently damaged. I have a better description for these kids: lucky bastards.

New Rule:

If you need to shave and you still collect baseball cards, you're a dope. If you're a kid, the cards are keepsakes of your idols. If you're a grown man, they're pictures of men.

New Rule:

Ladies, leave your eyebrows alone. Here's how much men care about your eyebrows: do you have two of them? Okay, we're done.

New Rule:

There's no such thing as flavored water. There's a whole aisle of this crap at the supermarket, water, but without that watery taste. Sorry, but flavored water is called a soft drink. You want flavored water? Pour some scotch over ice and let it melt. That's your flavored water.

New Rule:

Stop screwing with old people. Target is introducing a redesigned pill bottle that's square, with a bigger label. And the top is now the bottom. And by the time grandpa figures out how to open it, his ass will be in the morgue. Congratulations, Target, you just solved the Social Security crisis.

New Rule:

The more complicated the Starbucks order, the bigger the asshole. If you walk into a Starbucks and order a "decaf grande half-soy, half-low fat, iced vanilla, double-shot, gingerbread cappuccino, extra dry, light ice, with one Sweet-n'-Low, and one NutraSweet," ooh, you're a huge asshole.

New Rule:

I'm not the cashier! By the time I look up from sliding my card, entering my PIN number, pressing "Enter," verifying the amount, deciding, no, I don't want cash back, and pressing "Enter" again, the kid who is supposed to be ringing me up is standing there eating my Almond Joy.

New Rule:

Just because your tattoo has Chinese characters in it doesn't make you spiritual. It's right above the crack of your ass. And it translates to "beef with broccoli." The last time you did anything spiritual, you were praying to God you weren't pregnant. You're not spiritual. You're just high.

New Rule:

Competitive eating isn't a sport. It's one of the seven deadly sins. ESPN recently televised the U.S. Open of Competitive Eating, because watching those athletes at the poker table was just too damned exciting. What's next, competitive farting? Oh wait. They're already doing that. It's called "The Howard Stern Show."

New Rule:

I don't need a bigger mega M&Ms If I'm extra hungry for M&Ms, I'll go nuts and eat two.

New Rule:

If you're going to insist on making movies based on crappy, old television shows, then you have to give everyone in the Cineplex a remote so we can see what's playing on the other screens. Let's remember the reason something was a television show in the first place is that the idea wasn't good enough to be a movie.

New Rule:

No more gift registries. You know, it used to be just for weddings. Now it's for babies and new homes and graduations from rehab. Picking out the stuff you want and having other people buy it for you isn't gift giving, it's the white people version of looting.

New Rule: and this one is long overdue:

No more bathroom attendants. After I zip up, some guy is offering me a towel and a mint like I just had sex with George Michael. I can't even tell if he's supposed to be there, or just some freak with a fetish. I don't want to be on your web cam, dude. I just want to wash my hands.

New Rule:

When I ask how old your toddler is, I don't need to know in months. "27 Months." "He's two," will do just fine. He's not a cheese. And I didn't really care in the first place.

New Rule:

If you ever hope to be a credible adult and want a job that pays better than minimum wage, then for God's sake don't pierce or tattoo every available piece of flesh. If so, then plan your future around saying" Do you want fries with that?"

Posted by Lint Trapper at 12:00 PM | Comments (0)

November 25, 2006

They have to age eventually, right?

Yanked off of a link on Boing-Boing (proof that our Saturday is slow):

Artist Gilles Barbier and his life-size sculpture installment L'Hospice 2002, showing an aged Superman, Wonder Woman, Captain America and Mr. Fantastic, apparently in a hospital setting....

Link


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November 24, 2006

Sometimes a comics writer's FANS are his worst enemy

Reggie Hudlin has had a wonderful time writing Black Panther, and seems to enjoy poking at the fanbase, in various guises, as much as he enjoys writing. His fans are a bit more rabid about it, as this exchange on the Livejournal community Scans_Daily shows.

Apparently the original poster has made herself persona non grata all over the net in the name of "protecting" X-character Storm and writer Reggie Hudlin - the trail goes from Fandom_Wank to the Wiki.

It's enough to make a comics fans shout: "You! Out of the pool!" Or, at the very least, to wish that Hudlin would get his own message board so we wouldn't have to actually hunt for links to the wank, it would all be contained in one central location.

Posted by Lint Trap Contributor at 07:04 PM | Comments (0)

November 22, 2006

Dance, White Boy, Dance!

This might be the best thing to hit the net since the Star Wars Kid and rampant pornography.

DANCE, WHITE BOY DANCE!

It's a story of an Air Force Cadet and his love of C&C Music Factory and the need to dance like no one has danced before.

Posted by Lint Trapper at 01:28 PM | Comments (0)

November 21, 2006

How Tom Cruise Snagged Katie Holmes

This is a cute story in pictures from City Rag on how Tom Cruise snagged Katie Holmes.

Link

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November 20, 2006

Can I get Your Thoughts On...

Thought Balloons?

The Byrne Forum discusses the pros and cons.

"Caption" is a more "mature" sounding word than "balloon". "Balloon" has too many other connotations attached -- child's plaything, Macy's parade display, a woman's breasts -- for it ever to have a hope of being a "serious" term.

Don't help none when folks insist on calling the "bubbles", either.

Posted by YourMomsBasement at 12:00 PM | Comments (0)

November 17, 2006

Mike Tyson: Male Hooker

Yup, Mike Tyson is going to be a hooker. I'm serious. Heidi Fleiss has hired out Tyson to be on her stud farm in Las Vegas.

The Stud farm is suppose to be for women only, but one can only wonder what would happen when you throw so much cash at a person.

Tyson had this to say, "I don't care what any man says, it's every man's dream to please every woman - and get paid for it." Before heading back for voice overs for old Mickey Mouse cartoons and Daymon Waynes movies. .

Link

Posted by Lint Trapper at 05:06 PM | Comments (0)

How to prank a telemarketer

The Police, Las Vegas, Mexican Midgets and Sombrero.

Make sure you have your speakers on and a Flash plugin.

Link

Posted by Lint Trapper at 12:59 PM | Comments (0)

What if....

When I read the title to this, I thought it was some sort of joke. "What If: Avengers Disassemble sold out @ Diamond." I thought someone at Newsarama was drinking again.

No, the actual What If comic sold out of it's print run.

The best quote that I've read so far was this;

Perhaps it was just that there were a ton of people hoping that the What If version of the story would be less sucky.

Posted by Lint Trapper at 12:23 PM | Comments (0)

Welcome to the Social

Zune parodies are coming out faster than the iPod parodies. They range from GREEAT! to awesome.






Zune software/ad spoof


Originally uploaded by deepsignal.


 

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Gozer is coming

Remember Ghostbusters, the good one, released in 1984. It had nothing to do with that awful cartoon released by Filmation, the same people who brought us He-Man and She-Ra. Dr. Peter Venkman in the film, towards the end when they were in the mayor's office said, "Cat's sleeping with dogs!" Meaning that the end of the world was coming.

Guess what?

In the picture below, the cat, Mimi, is claimed to have given birth to puppies. At least that's what her crazy owner says.

LINK

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November 16, 2006

The Fountain of Artist

There is a slide show of images inspired from the new movie the Fountain. It contains works from Jim Lee, Dave Gibbons, James Jean and from the late Seth Fisher.

Seth Fisher

Link

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November 15, 2006

Now all Marvel Comics are 48 Pages

Without telling anyone, Marvel Entertainment has decided to up the page count in all of it's books to 48
pages.

This has made some very

upset at the prospect of haveing to read more ads than story.

Paul O'Brien at X-Axis is one of those people. Reminding us of the promise that was made last year from Quesada about the ad to story ratio.

Joe thinks
nothing of it.

Posted by Lint Trapper at 11:12 AM | Comments (0)

You think you know this photo?

It's not porn, it's from a failed install for ZUNE. Microsoft's new media player. I thought it was porn at first glance.

Link

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November 14, 2006

CatGrammer

DOODS, w3 r da 133t!

Link to more.

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Robot Theater: Royale With Cheese

Someone, bless their hearts decided that combining the greatness of Pulp Fiction and Robots was a great idea. I have to agree, it's a great idea.

Posted by Lint Trapper at 03:49 PM | Comments (0)

November 10, 2006

English Russia

Ever wondered what the home of the Black Widow and Crimson Dynamo was really like?

Ever wondered how to make an old printer into a bread box?

Well, now you know.

Posted by YourMomsBasement at 09:38 AM | Comments (0)

November 08, 2006

Cap'n F'N A!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

We particularly like how Cap cuddles up with a tarty lil' minx at the :36 mark.

And how he huffs like a fat geezer who just dashed to the kitchen because the timer on his brownies went off at the :43 mark.

Good times. Good times.

Posted by YMB Staff at 04:20 PM | Comments (0)

Whose side is your favorite super-hero on?

Post-election day special!

From Dave's Long Box:

SUPERMAN – MODERATE REPUBLICAN
WONDER WOMAN – SOCIALIST
GREEN ARROW – TOTAL FUCKING COMMUNIST
CAPTAIN AMERICA - TRUMAN DEMOCRAT
More, including explanations, at the link.

Posted by YMB Staff at 04:15 PM | Comments (0)

Faith Hill likes to clown around when's she's indescribably pissed.

We know, we know. Too much celebrity stuff. Not enough geek snark. But we can't help it. This is what's in the news cycle. Kind of like that period when we were overwhelmed by Mark Millar-related stupidity.

Anyway, this is what happens when you lose out on a major industry award to a reality-show nobody:

Predictably, damage control ensues:

Faith Hill insists she's no Kanye West. The country music superstar says she was just joking when cameras showed her screaming "WHAT?" in apparent anger when she lost the female vocalist of the year award to newcomer Carrie Underwood at the Country Music Association Awards ceremony Monday night in Nashville.
Hill should have just Gillooly-ed that little bleach-blonde brat. If she did, maybe history would have repeated itself and the fates would make up for that horrific Tonya Harding wedding night sex tape by giving us a Faith Hill version.

Posted by YMB Staff at 12:30 PM | Comments (0)

November 07, 2006

Last stop for the gravy train! Everybody off!

Britney Spears files for divorce from her freeloading husband, Kevin Federline.

Sources tell TMZ.com the couple, who married in September 2004, had a prenuptial agreement. Not surprisingly, Spears is waiving her right to spousal support.
File the above firmly under "No shit."

Apparently, the date of separation is Monday, the same day she made the following surprise appearance on the Letterman show and showed off a newly-svelte bod:

Dare we hope for a return to pre-skank jailbait deliciousness? Will she re-define herself as the MILF of all MILFs?

Posted by YMB Staff at 05:30 PM | Comments (0)

WTF is wrong with AICN?

Seriously, have you read anything creepier than Knowles' "Heroes" review?

Here he describes the power given to a 17 year old girl in the show:

But they gave her the ability to regenerate and resuscitate from any and all injuries.

This power has decided to manifest itself before she's lost her virginity.

Which means - everytime she has sex, she's a virgin as her hymen will repair itself. Meaning that everytime she's fucked, its like she's being fucked for the very first time.

What the hell is wrong with some people?!?

Posted by YourMomsBasement at 02:18 PM | Comments (0)

Abbe's Catwoman audition.

This chickie isn't the hottest girl on YouTube, nor the funniest. But there's something charmingly self-deprecating about this little vid clip, isn't there? Just makes you want to meet her and give her a big 'ol hug.

Posted by YMB Staff at 07:54 AM | Comments (0)

November 06, 2006

It's gratuitous. And you'll love us for it.

Salma Hayek. From "Ugly Betty." To be added right next to the From Dusk 'Til Dawn table dance scene in our personal Salma collection.

Now don't you feel better for having made it through that Onslaught post?

Posted by YMB Staff at 07:45 AM | Comments (0)

November 04, 2006

I'm Bringin' Onslaught Back

It was bound to happen sooner or later.

No, not Onslaught returning.

The convergence of nu-media like YouTube, comics, the ease of desktop video editing, and too much free time.

Posted by YourMomsBasement at 12:56 PM | Comments (1)

November 03, 2006

There are bigger geeks than comic geeks.

Shocking, but true.

In this Slate article, not only do Scrabble geeks argue about the legitimacy of an "idiot savant" high score, but they dissect the entire game that was played to study its inner workings.

It'd be like two comic geeks arguing about how Waid's run on FF compares to Byrne's by comparing each and every panel.

And that hardly ever happens.

Posted by YourMomsBasement at 09:50 AM | Comments (0)

November 01, 2006

"The Guiding Light"? They actually named her "The Guiding Light"?

CBR has an article about the Marvel/Guiding Light soap opera crossover.

And... it's as bad as you might have guessed.

The costume itself is form fitting and revealing, but the mother of two had no problems with that. "Oh, it has to be revealing, but of course it has to be able to move and stay on," said Ehlers. "I want to be able to do move around as I do stunt stuff, so it has to stay on, but she's gotta be sexy. Sexy is part of it and she's a mom! You can be a mother and be sexy and be strong, all those things at the same time."

Posted by YourMomsBasement at 09:00 AM | Comments (0)

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