# What is funny about this Onion article?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 21, 2008, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-funny-about-this-onion-article/473848 "2008-11-21T16:22:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-funny-about-this-onion-article/473848/21 "2008-11-22T15:33:14Z")

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> [@Derleth](#):
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> [It’s also a callback to this article.](http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/bush_tumbles_wildly_down) It might just be a running joke due to the staff’s dislike of Bush. That, or they want to parody ‘cartoonish’ violence by transposing it into the real world with real consequences.

I was actually going to post and ask what was supposed to be funny about this.

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