Go on, ask!
ok, i’ll bite. “what about the hindenburg announcer guy?”
Dear eggo,
Oh my God–it’s burst into flames! Oh, the humanity! The burning airship is tumbling toward the crowd! The exploding hydrogen gas is engulfing the onlookers! The screams, oh Lord, the screams! Burning figures are falling from the twisted gondola! I can hear the shrieking of men trapped beneath the blazing metal! Please, sweet Christ, no!
Dear Hindenburgh announcer guy,
Are you hung?
Dear zuma,
Flames a thousand feet high are engulfing men, women, children–oh, Lord, no! No! Not the children! The sizzling, oh God, the sizzling. Flames have seared the entire crowd! The smell of burned and melting flesh, God, God! An abomination of science gone awry has brought Hell to our fairgrounds!
Hello Hindenburg Announcer Guy.
Didn’t you really mean “The inhumanity” ???
Dear Hindenburgh Announcer Guy,
Would you please run your sorry butt under the 'Burg and try to catch it? Tw…uh…'T’would be a nice thing to do. 
Dear Hindenburg Announcer Guy–
How do you feel about a person who re-uses a comedy bit that originally appeared in a nationally known satirical newspaper?
denbo, welcome aboard. Immediately, you have shown that you are just the sort of person we need around here!
Good spotting.
Of course, I always knew that Zaratustra’s humour was lame.
Good bit of detective work there Denbo.
I read the Onion too.
Thanks for the welcome, Coldfire. Glad to be meet ya.
I just knew it was too funny to be from a sock puppet.
Now if there had just been a link to the onion in the first place, that would have been fine, but…
What do you expect?
That’s odd. Does anyone else smell concrete?
Well, obviously, we have such a PROFOUND need for these hilarious “Ask the…” threads that it has now become necessary to plagarize. A tip of the hat to Z for observing a requirement and filling it.
GuanoLad–
Yes, he meant to say ‘humanity.’ That was the word used by the actual radio announcer in 1937.
GuanoLad–
Yes, he meant to say ‘humanity.’ That was the word used by the actual radio announcer in 1937.
Dear Hindenburg Announcer Guy.
My girlfriend is starting to drop subtle hints that she wants to get married. I don’t think we’re really at the right stage in our relationship for that serious of a commitment. What do you think?
Dear Inky,
Two points to denbo for spotting blatant Onion plagiarism. I’ll sign off with my favorite from bit from that column:
The roar of flaming gas can’t drown out the tortured cries of the roasted! The scarlet mist of scalded blood fills the air! I can’t bear the sight of this seared and blasted fairground–everywhere I look is misery! A baby trapped by the airship’s hull fries in its own juices! A roustabout’s eyes boil, burst, and run down his cheeks! Oh, the humanity! How can a just God allow such horror to be?
Zarathustra
Think what you meant to say was:
“Yes, he meant to say inhumanity.” If I recall correctly, he did say “humanity”, which doesn’t make much sense.
Not so sure about the “sweet Christ” quoted above, though.
Ah, how many people were actually killed in the Hindenburg? Wasn’t it a rather small number considering a few million cubic feet of Hydrogen going off?