# State of the Onion **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 30, 2003, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-onion/151587 "2003-01-30T12:14:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Kantalooppi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@Kantalooppi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kantalooppi)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-onion/151587/61 "2003-02-04T21:17:25Z")
[They’re back. Oh, they’re back.](http://www.theonion.com/onion3904/north_dakota.html) Sheer genius. “Heroic Turtle Dials Most Of 911” also cracked me up. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-onion/151587/62 "2003-02-05T00:25:07Z")
Who is Watching our Cats? Every answer is hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-onion/151587/63 "2003-02-05T04:45:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Walloon \* > \*\*SDMB brag: My brother’s housemates in college were the two guys who founded The Onion (no, neither was Herman T. Zweibel), at the time of its birth. I remember visiting and seeing an unused room filled entirely with bundles of back issues. Back then the satire targets were local to Madison and Wisconsin; e.g., “Governor Thompson Declares October Masturbation Month.” \*\* I remember that one! Mainly because the next week, they had a full apology and retraction in there. Everyone thought, “Oh, oh\> They’ve pissed off the wrong person this time”. Then the last line was "Governor Thompson actually declared October ‘Whack Your Willy Silly Month’ " I about fell off my chair on that one, because the retraction was completely believable up to that point ---
**Author:** ![Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c67d28/32.png) [@Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weird_AL_Einstein)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2003, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-onion/151587/64 "2003-02-09T05:00:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr. Svinlesha \* > \*\*”Supreme Court Rules it Rules.” > > After a spat with the House Majority Leader, the Supremes lock themselves up in the Courthouse, dancing around in their robes to ”We aren’t going to take it,” by Twisted Sister. > \*\* Nitpicks: “Supreme Court Rules Supreme Court Rules” and “We’re Not Gonna Take It” Of course, the funniest article was “Congress Revises Federal Food Crime Equivilency Ratings”. Lately The Onion has been wildly uneven, imho. Every few weeks they put out an edition that totally kicks ass, all the rest are just filler, if they don’t completely suck. ---
**Author:** ![Jello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@Jello](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jello)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2003, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-onion/151587/65 "2003-02-09T05:43:57Z")
The Supreme Court ones are always genius: **Supreme Court overturns car** and **Supreme Court announces pact to lose virginity by end of year** "When asked why he considered his chances so good, Scalia lifted his judicial robes and said simply, ‘Res ipsa loquitur.’ " ---
**Author:** ![Beagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Beagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beagle)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-onion/151587/66 "2003-03-19T18:49:45Z")
[Weird.](http://www.theonion.com/onion3910/gulf_war_2.html) I’ve been making jokes like this one - comparing the war to a sequel. Good stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Sauroposeidon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Sauroposeidon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauroposeidon)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-onion/151587/67 "2003-03-19T19:20:07Z")
Does today’s issue have any new content? ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-onion/151587/68 "2003-03-19T22:40:08Z")
> [@](#): > > Does today’s issue have any new content? Other than a new headline article, it’s mostly recycled material this week. Check out this recent [Pit thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=170956) for more rants on the Onion. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-onion/151587.md?page=3)