In a flurry of flame and fur, fangs and wicker, thus ended the world’s first and only hot air baboon ride.
That was the runner-up entry to the Adventure category, and it only gets worse from there. Ok, so what IS the Bulwer-Lytton contest? For those who don’t know (and according to Wikipedia):
The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest (BLFC) is a tongue-in-cheek contest that takes place annually and is sponsored by the English Department of San José State University in San Jose, California. Entrants are invited “to compose the opening sentence to the worst of all possible novels” — that is, deliberately bad.
It’s amazing what you can get your fans to do, innit? Must have taken a good deal of coordination from the director, but it’s still a cool vid nonetheless.
I just wasn’t expecting to to happen so quickly. Still, despite the sadness of the affair, every famous death comes with a certain amount of humor, and some of these jokes, while tasteless, ARE funny. For example:
Michael Jackson is not going to be buried or cremated but recycled into shopping bags so he can remain white, plastic and dangerous for kids to play with.
I’m a huge fan of both Naruto and The Simpsons, so this drawing (I don’t know who the artist is, but I’d love to give credit!) is worth about +30 geeknesses. Click thru the pic for a full size version. Many more comic style mashups here. Enjoy!
WEll, *I* think it’s pretty funky, but then I have a soft spot for musicals. This is the first part, so you’ll have to hunt down the rest yourself if you want to watch it in its entirety.
Aargh!
