The Onion

The BBQ Pit
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You guys suck. You used to be good, brilliant even. Your 9/11 issue was nearly perfect. Noone is exempt from your ridicule, and that’s what we love about you. However, lately you’ve sucked some serious ass. Where’s our favorite accountant, Herbert Kornfeld? Where’s the esteemed Pub-lisher, T. Herman Zweibel? Those two far surpass any of the drivel that Jean Teasdale and Jim Anchower spew out.

But not only that, but you’ve resorted to recycling old articles. Today, you’ve printed Holocaust Museum Cashier Has Yet Another Depressing Day. Yes, a very funny concept. Unfortunately, you ran it on February 13, 2002. Why do I even fucking bother to look forward to Wednesday anymore?

I expect next week we’ll see Horror of Blimps.

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Unless I’m grossly mistaken (and I may well be, given that my vision is somewhat blurry after eating that three-day-old bagel that was in my desk drawer), all of the Onion articles and blurbs this week with the exception of the headline are duplicates.

Damn them, I say. As a loyal fan, I proclaim it worst. episode. ever. Rest assured I was on the internet within minutes registering my complaint throughout the world.

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Heh heh. Remember this? That was funny.

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They’ve did this a few months ago. My understanding is that instead of leaving the same issue up for 2 weeks when they take a break, they now throw up on older edition.

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Munch, I am in total agreement. You might find this thread of interest.

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They’re all reruns. With the time off I’m expecting a really snappy take on ‘Operation Entirely Justified’ or whatever their calling it this time.

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that said, The Hammurderer article deserved a rerun, if only for they incredible joke about “the Grapist”.

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Heh. I have to admit I was quite surprised to discover that the first three characters you listed all come from the same pen.

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The Onion A.V. stuff is new today.

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I have a theory that all humorists have five good years in them. Remember when Roz Chast was funny? And Dave Barry? I dread the day when James Lileks’ five years run out . . .

—Eve (whose own five years ran from 1992–97)

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I think Jim Anchower is wicked funny. Not as funny as Herbert Kornfeld, but right up there.

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Actually, they’ve always done that. They do a “Best Of” style issue fairly regularly. Nowadays, one might even call it tradition.

Signed,
A Loyal Onion Reader Since 1996.

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iconplast, I seem to remember them throwing up a “This is last week’s issue, we’ll be back next week/month” for the last several years.

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I remember when Dave Barry was funny… Last Sunday seems so long ago now.

–Brian, who dreads starting his five years.

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No…when was that?

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I love it when people complain that freebies aren’t up to snuff. :stuck_out_tongue:

“My Kroger store gives out stickers to kids, and man, are they ever UGly! Ugly ugly stickers. Why don’t they get some nice stickers?..”

Yep.

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::Zette shivs Twisty in the McRibs::

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Same here. I guess my memory is jumping the shark.

[sub]That didn’t make sense, and I used it wrong, but oh well[/sub] :stuck_out_tongue:

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I seem to remember Zweibel’s column being discontinued more than a year ago when that robot rapscallion Mr. Tin blasted into space with out gentle-man publisher in tow.

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They’ve run re runs in the past, but the pace seems to be increasing.

But even the new stuff seems to wearing a little thin. Just ask the real pros .
Ouch!! :stuck_out_tongue: