# My favorite McSweeney's article (thus far) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 17, 2006, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mcsweeneys-article-thus-far/361040 "2006-06-17T06:41:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2006, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mcsweeneys-article-thus-far/361040/1 "2006-06-17T06:41:56Z")
[Play-by-Play of Classic Sports Rivalries If the Team Names Actually Represented the Combatants. And Also, Instead of Playing the Sport, They’re Fighting to the Death.](http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/lists/26GeoffHaggerty.html) > [@](#): > > **Cubs vs. Cardinals** > > “That bear just ate that tiny bird!” I love absurdist humor. [The site’s main page.](http://www.mcsweeneys.net/) Is anyone else a fan of this place? ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2006, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mcsweeneys-article-thus-far/361040/2 "2006-06-17T06:47:39Z")
[QUOTE=Derleth] [Play-by-Play of Classic Sports Rivalries If the Team Names Actually Represented the Combatants. And Also, Instead of Playing the Sport, They’re Fighting to the Death.](http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/lists/26GeoffHaggerty.html)I love absurdist humor. [The site’s main page.](http://www.mcsweeneys.net/) Is anyone else a fan of this place? [/QUOTE] Right here. I think the essay that I was first introduced to was about how many 12 year olds somebody could beat up. The recent cookie monster one was good too. ---
**Author:** ![Rachael\_Rage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Rachael\_Rage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachael_Rage)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2006, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mcsweeneys-article-thus-far/361040/3 "2006-06-17T06:51:07Z")
I always forget about it until someone links to one of their genius articles. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2006, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mcsweeneys-article-thus-far/361040/4 "2006-06-17T07:20:46Z")
Two responses already. This thread is going gangbusters. Gangbusters, I say! I’m currently making my way through their Lists section, so all of my links in this post will be from there. They make good lists. [Replacing Bunnies With Bastards](http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/lists/replacingbunnies.html) [Comments Overheard at a Brainstorming Meeting Between Ted Nugent and the Editors of _Gourmet Magazine_ Where They Were Discussing the Upcoming Book _Gourmet Magazine’s Vegan Cooking With Ted Nugent_](http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/lists/11AaronStarmer2.html) > [@](#): > > Tofurkey? Tofuckyou. [UNIX Application or Outlawed Paramilitary/Guerrilla Organization?](http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/lists/10SaraCody.html) [Potential Names of TV Shows Taken from Every Other Word of the Preamble of the US Constitution, And on What Networks Those Shows Might Appear](http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/lists/preamble.html) ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2006, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mcsweeneys-article-thus-far/361040/5 "2006-06-17T08:43:48Z")
[Music Industry Trends Not Yet Overexposed](http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/lists/trends.html) > [@](#): > > Jazz-Crap Fusion [Signs on the Lawns of People Whose Lawns You May Want to Avoid](http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/lists/lawn.html) > [@](#): > > I squirt on your shoes from my special place. [Pattern Options for Scrubs in the Jasco Uniform Company Catalog](http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/lists/scrubs.html) > [@](#): > > Funny Monkey > Furrever Friends > I Love Scooby-Doo > I.V. > Kool Kats I’ve seen issues of Jasco, and they really are that bad. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2006, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mcsweeneys-article-thus-far/361040/6 "2006-06-17T08:48:52Z")
[Quotes from the Movie “Jaws” in Which “shark” Is Replaced by “Jimmy Page”] ([http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/lists/jaws.html](http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/lists/jaws.html)) > [@](#): > > “All this machine does is swim and eat and make little Jimmy Pages.”