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Listen, life is short and if you, like me, work next to a skyscraper being put up by drunkards it could be shorter. That’s why we have to relish in a little light-hearted fun from time to time, eg. going to the beach or eating popcorn with our toes or seeing a Dave Barry column in your paper, refusing to read it, and then ritualistically burning it using your mother’s nail polish remover as igniter fluid. There’s really no limit to what we can do if we try, and this clip, reinforcing the week’s theme of bonhomie and good cheer, is evidence [beware: bad language]:
And so is this video, created by the unlikely—and largely unfunny–internet sensation Liam Sullivan:
Here’s the first clip that comes up when you type “funny” into YouTube’s search. And here’s the first thing you need to know about it: unless you’re a 37 year-old divorcee or the type of person who really loves Family Circus, you are not going to find it the slightest bit funny:
If human misery is more your speed, these two should do the trick:
[Hat tip to reader DDW for those two clips, and for the hole in my heart that festers more with each moment we’re apart.]
[Actually, reader DDW is just my roommate. Pretty good guy. I’ll probably see him when I get home from work tonight.]
And, finally, a wonderful bit of collegiate humor from Dartmouth. This might be one of the best stunts ever perpetrated on a college campus. Three cheers for these guys. Honestly.
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Who thinks a cat walking on his front paws is funny? NOT ME!
(Ah, lame Family Circus humor. Seriously though, I laughed for hours.)
YouTube Hunter rules! See you at home, Veis.
posted by DDW on 2-28-2007 at 11:25 am
You seemed to have forgotten that most Farkers are a sucker for cat videos too.
Either that or I’m a Family Circus lovin’ divorcee. I guess I should tell my fiancee that.
(Though it helps to watch that one with the sound off.)
posted by Erak on 2-28-2007 at 1:32 pm
if you want some more well executed college pranks, check out the prangstgrup videos (their website is of the same name.)
i especially recommend the library musical…oh, those crazy columbia university students…
posted by kay on 2-28-2007 at 2:42 pm
Okay, this isn’t really a funny video…well, okay, it kind of is. Who ever heard of a beatboxing flute player?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59ZX5qdIEB0
Search him for a couple more songs including the Super Mario theme – remixed.
Seriously, though, it’s really amazing. Having played the flute since elementary school…okay, so it hasn’t been that long, but I still know how hard it is to play and have good tone, and to be your own percussion at the same time is really, well, amazing.
posted by Sammy on 3-1-2007 at 12:07 am
I thought the first video was funny. The outright randomness played well to my boring pointless day. I might just watch it again.
His wig had a wig and he had a brain for a heart
posted by LordOfDays on 3-1-2007 at 4:24 pm