# The Onion **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 19, 2003, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion/162574 "2003-03-19T16:06:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion/162574/1 "2003-03-19T16:06:04Z")
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](http://www.theonion.com/onion3910/holocaust_museum_cashier.html). Yes, a very funny concept. Unfortunately, you ran it on [February 13, 2002](http://www.theonion.com/onion3805/holocaust_museum_cashier.html). Why do I even fucking bother to look forward to Wednesday anymore? I expect next week we’ll see Horror of Blimps. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion/162574/2 "2003-03-19T16:10:35Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion/162574/3 "2003-03-19T16:10:44Z")
Heh heh. Remember [this?](http://www.theonion.com/onion3307/clintondropsdabomb.html) That was funny. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion/162574/4 "2003-03-19T16:15:06Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion/162574/5 "2003-03-19T16:15:18Z")
**Munch** , I am in total agreement. You might find [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=159513) of interest. ---
**Author:** ![Inky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7feea3/32.png) [@Inky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inky_1)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion/162574/6 "2003-03-19T16:24:33Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion/162574/7 "2003-03-19T16:31:46Z")
that said, The Hammurderer article deserved a rerun, if only for they incredible joke about “the Grapist”. ---
**Author:** ![Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bottle_of_Smoke)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion/162574/8 "2003-03-19T16:33:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Munch \* > **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.** Heh. I have to admit I was quite surprised to discover that the first three characters you listed all come from the [same pen.](http://www.mediabistro.com/content/archives/03/02/24/) ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion/162574/9 "2003-03-19T17:03:41Z")
The Onion A.V. stuff is new today. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion/162574/10 "2003-03-19T17:08:23Z")
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) ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion/162574/11 "2003-03-19T17:58:27Z")
I think Jim Anchower is wicked funny. Not as funny as Herbert Kornfeld, but right up there. ---
**Author:** ![iconoplast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3d9bf3/32.png) [@iconoplast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iconoplast)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion/162574/12 "2003-03-19T18:04:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by World Eater \* > \*\*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. \*\* 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. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion/162574/13 "2003-03-19T18:17:07Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Netbrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71e660/32.png) [@Netbrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Netbrian)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion/162574/14 "2003-03-19T19:28:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*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) \*\* I remember when Dave Barry was funny… Last Sunday seems so long ago now. –Brian, who dreads starting his five years. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion/162574/15 "2003-03-19T19:52:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*Remember when Roz Chast was funny? \*\* No…when was that? ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion/162574/16 "2003-03-19T20:52:02Z")
I love it when people complain that freebies aren’t up to snuff. 😛 “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. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion/162574/17 "2003-03-19T22:34:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TwistofFate \* > \*\*that said, The Hammurderer article deserved a rerun, if only for they incredible joke about “the Grapist”. \*\* ::Zette shivs Twisty in the McRibs:: ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion/162574/18 "2003-03-19T22:47:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Munch \* > \*\*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. \*\* 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] 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Juniper200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@Juniper200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juniper200)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion/162574/19 "2003-03-19T22:47:21Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Munch_ > \*\*Where’s the esteemed Pub-lisher, T. Herman Zweibel? \*\* 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. ---
**Author:** ![JamesCarroll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@JamesCarroll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JamesCarroll)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion/162574/20 "2003-03-20T02:11:39Z")
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](http://www2.warnerbros.com/madmagazine/files/onthestands/ots_424/bunion.html) . Ouch!! 😛 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion/162574.md?page=2)