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My new house is under the landing path of the airport. I am modestly concerned about the jet kerosene pollution coming from those planes. I guess I should have been more concerned about the larger particles, which landed about 15 miles away.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/charles-hew-crooks-pilot-who-fell-to-his-death-said-he-needed-air-before-exiting-plane-mid-air

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Elon jokes that he wants to by Manchester United. You should not even pretend to create an axis of evil, mister.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1559691922725281800

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Mattress

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OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY

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PRO

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DBD AV CLUB

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FICTIONAL PRODUCT

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ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE

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CAL

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Ridiculous Products

Mad Magazine was the master of these. Here's one:

“Aspire Boot-Lick Polish,” made for “The Man in Command: Pompous… Pig-headed… Pathological.” The flavored boot polish—“licorice, caviar, chocolate, caramel, molasses, borscht, halavah, and Moxie in a base of chicken fat”—is said to make “boot-licking a little more tasty when you gotta do it.”

https://www.openculture.com/2015/02/a-gallery-of-mad-magazines-rollicking-fake-advertisements-from-the-1960s.html

SGB, how to you come up with these things?

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