# I love this story... so much **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 14, 2011, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-story-so-much/581934 "2011-05-14T21:51:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-story-so-much/581934/1 "2011-05-14T21:51:11Z")
[How a Fish Almost Destroyed My Childhood](http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/03/how-fish-almost-destroyed-my-childhood.html) My eyes are tearing up from laughing. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-story-so-much/581934/2 "2011-05-14T21:54:39Z")
That’s fantastic–as her stories so often are. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-story-so-much/581934/3 "2011-05-14T22:10:12Z")
Even before I checked the link, I thought, “Hyperbole and a Half”? I think “my eyes are tearing up from laughing” is what gave it away. But I prefer some of her others, like [Dogs Don’t Understand Basic Concepts Like Moving](http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/11/dogs-dont-understand-basic-concepts.html) [The Year Kenny Loggins Ruined Christmas](http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/12/year-kenny-loggins-ruined-christmas.html) [The God of Cake](http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/10/god-of-cake.html) ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-story-so-much/581934/4 "2011-05-14T22:19:31Z")
Perhaps I’m missing something, but I find nothing funny in it at all. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-story-so-much/581934/5 "2011-05-14T23:30:21Z")
> [@ITR\_champion](#): > > Perhaps I’m missing something, but I find nothing funny in it at all. ::crosses ITR champion off the list of stalkable dopers:: ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-story-so-much/581934/6 "2011-05-14T23:40:48Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Even before I checked the link, I thought, “Hyperbole and a Half”? Same. It was the title. That’s a H.5 title, if ever there was one. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-story-so-much/581934/7 "2011-05-15T00:05:37Z")
yeah, I especially like her “dog” posts. I’ve known a lot of dogs that are as, uh, simple as hers. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Woodhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Miss\_Woodhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Woodhouse)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-story-so-much/581934/8 "2011-05-15T01:12:25Z")
How did I miss this? Google Reader!! You let me down! Love it. Perfect with a perfect punch line. (I don’t think she will ever be able to top Kenny Loggins Christmas though.) ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-story-so-much/581934/9 "2011-05-15T01:23:16Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Even before I checked the link, I thought, “Hyperbole and a Half”? I think “my eyes are tearing up from laughing” is what gave it away. > > But I prefer some of her others, like > [Dogs Don’t Understand Basic Concepts Like Moving](http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/11/dogs-dont-understand-basic-concepts.html) > [The Year Kenny Loggins Ruined Christmas](http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/12/year-kenny-loggins-ruined-christmas.html) > [The God of Cake](http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/10/god-of-cake.html) I hate you people. I had stuff I wanted to do today. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-story-so-much/581934/10 "2011-05-15T01:54:02Z")
The dog relocation one made me actually LOL, like not just a snicker or chortle but actual laughter. I have a “helper dog”. He even looks like her “helper dog”. ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-story-so-much/581934/11 "2011-05-15T02:03:57Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > But I prefer some of her others, like > [Dogs Don’t Understand Basic Concepts Like Moving](http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/11/dogs-dont-understand-basic-concepts.html) Oh my God, when the helper dog started flopping around toward her food bowl I just about died. Thank you for these! ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-story-so-much/581934/12 "2011-05-15T03:14:38Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Even before I checked the link, I thought, “Hyperbole and a Half”? I think “my eyes are tearing up from laughing” is what gave it away. > > But I prefer some of her others, like > [Dogs Don’t Understand Basic Concepts Like Moving](http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/11/dogs-dont-understand-basic-concepts.html) > [The Year Kenny Loggins Ruined Christmas](http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/12/year-kenny-loggins-ruined-christmas.html) > [The God of Cake](http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/10/god-of-cake.html) Exactly! LOL.. I had it pegged before I opened the link. Genius. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-story-so-much/581934/13 "2011-05-15T08:20:15Z")
I freakin LOVE Hyperbole and a half! The illustrations really crank up the funny. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-story-so-much/581934/14 "2011-05-15T09:01:39Z")
[Here’s a photo](http://twitpic.com/4k3816) of Allie’s dogs. ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-story-so-much/581934/15 "2011-05-15T15:20:37Z")
I think my favorites are [The Party](http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/09/party.html) (“parp?”), [Texas](http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/06/texas.html), and the all time best, [This is Why I’ll Never Be an Adult.](http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/06/this-is-why-ill-never-be-adult.html) When I read about her mother’s slowly dawning realization at the McDonalds in The Party, I literally did laugh until I cried. Those who enjoy H&aH should also check out [The Oatmeal.](http://theoatmeal.com/comics/shopping_cart) ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-story-so-much/581934/16 "2011-05-15T15:33:25Z")
> [@ITR\_champion](#): > > Perhaps I’m missing something, but I find nothing funny in it at all. Same here. I saw it and immediately thought it looked like an even less funny version of “The Oatmeal”. Although if you look at it as a parody of the unfunny-ness of “The Oatmeal”, it’s actually kinda funny. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-story-so-much/581934/17 "2011-05-15T15:55:31Z")
[Sneaky Hate Spiral](http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/05/sneaky-hate-spiral.html) is one of my favorites. The bit with the mug falling out of the cupboard kills me. ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-story-so-much/581934/18 "2011-05-15T17:23:24Z")
Hyperbole and a Half is awesome. One of my favorites is [The Four Levels of Social Entrapment](http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/09/four-levels-of-social-entrapment.html), because THIS IS ME. ---
**Author:** ![Pyper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pyper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyper)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-story-so-much/581934/19 "2011-05-15T17:46:02Z")
> [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](#): > > I think my favorites are [The Party](http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/09/party.html) (“parp?”), [Texas](http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/06/texas.html), and the all time best, [This is Why I’ll Never Be an Adult.](http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/06/this-is-why-ill-never-be-adult.html) Clean ALL the things? ☹ (That is me every weekend.) Although clearly their styles are nothing alike, her tone reminds me of David Sedaris- the way they both make ordinary life seems hilarious and sad at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-story-so-much/581934/20 "2011-05-15T17:49:14Z")
Never heard of this before. Too funny. I love the Kenny Loggins one! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-story-so-much/581934.md?page=2)