# Wow. The Onion tasted bad. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 24, 2006, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-the-onion-tasted-bad/341463 "2006-01-24T22:51:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-the-onion-tasted-bad/341463/21 "2006-01-25T01:28:46Z")
> [@Sublight](#): > > My personal favorite has always been the short and simple, “Ebert Victorious”. The non-article headlines have made for some of the funniest Onion moments. One of my favorites is: “Jenna Bush’s Federally Protected Wetlands Now Open For Public Drilling” (which appeared on her 18th birthday, I believe). Gold. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-the-onion-tasted-bad/341463/22 "2006-01-25T02:26:52Z")
> [@Sublight](#): > > Shrug. > > The headline got a laugh from me, the body copy was too drawn out and didn’t add much. Pretty common for the Onion. > > My personal favorite has always been the short and simple, “Ebert Victorious”. Another short and simple one, published right after the death of George Harrison: “Ringo Next.” ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-the-onion-tasted-bad/341463/23 "2006-01-25T02:32:29Z")
Terri Gross interviewed some of the Onion editors awhile ago, and they mentioned a headline that even they thought was too far. It was one they considered running in their utterly brilliant post-9/11 issue: > [@](#): > > America Stronger than Ever, say Quadragon Officials Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-the-onion-tasted-bad/341463/24 "2006-01-25T02:54:00Z")
Favorite non-article headline: Like Boxes of Shit in Your House? Get a Cat. Favorite article headline: [photo of wolf] We Are Sick and Tired of Raising Your Young ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-the-onion-tasted-bad/341463/25 "2006-01-25T03:23:52Z")
No-frills abortion kit: A hungry rat on a string. Top **that!** ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-the-onion-tasted-bad/341463/26 "2006-01-25T04:50:47Z")
They often poke fun at celebrity deaths. One of my favorites from recent times: [Pope-Killing Virus claims yet another victim](http://www.theonion.com/content/node/33078) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-the-onion-tasted-bad/341463/27 "2006-01-25T05:45:19Z")
Compared to the [Bush Braces as Cindy Sheehan’s Other Son Drowns in New Orleans](http://www.theonion.com/content/node/40764) article it’s pretty pale. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-the-onion-tasted-bad/341463/28 "2006-01-25T06:00:55Z")
> [@Sublight](#): > > Shrug. > > The headline got a laugh from me, the body copy was too drawn out and didn’t add much. Pretty common for the Onion. > > My personal favorite has always been the short and simple, “Ebert Victorious”. My favorite was always “Ringo Next.” The day after George Harrison died. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-the-onion-tasted-bad/341463/29 "2006-01-25T06:47:47Z")
> [@Left Hand of Dorkness](#): > > America Stronger than Ever, say Quadragon Officials I’m glad I haven’t got my coffee yet… Sorry people, but that one really made me laugh out loud. It’s the kind of line that could have been written by an especially morose Israeli cynic. ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-the-onion-tasted-bad/341463/30 "2006-01-25T07:07:49Z")
Favorite article headline, bar none: Four or Five Dudes Jump Out of Nowhere and Just Start Wailing on This One Guy ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-the-onion-tasted-bad/341463/31 "2006-01-25T07:13:13Z")
Not terrific, but not too bad and not unusually tasteless. ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-the-onion-tasted-bad/341463/32 "2006-01-25T08:00:01Z")
“McVeigh’s Prison Number Retired” ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-the-onion-tasted-bad/341463/33 "2006-01-25T08:54:06Z")
All time favorite: **Pope to Rescind Blessed Status of the Meek. “Screw the Meek” Says Pope.** Also, “Is Your Toddler Sexy Enough?” ---
**Author:** ![Bernard\_Marx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@Bernard\_Marx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bernard_Marx)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-the-onion-tasted-bad/341463/34 "2006-01-25T08:58:21Z")
Caption to the famous photograph of a Tianenmen Square protester standing in front of a tank: “Stirring Symbol of Human Spirit Difficult to Clean Out of Tank Treads” ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-the-onion-tasted-bad/341463/35 "2006-01-25T09:04:34Z")
Study Reveals Babies Are Stupid ---
**Author:** ![sundog66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@sundog66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sundog66)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-the-onion-tasted-bad/341463/36 "2006-01-25T09:31:28Z")
> [@Interrobang!?](#): > > Favorite non-article headline: > Like Boxes of Shit in Your House? Get a Cat. Wow. Thanks for giving me the best laugh I’ve had all week. I’m serious. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-the-onion-tasted-bad/341463/37 "2006-01-25T09:37:05Z")
I loved “Microsoft Patents Ones, Zeros” so much I bought the t-shirt. Not tasteless, I grant you, but funny. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-the-onion-tasted-bad/341463/38 "2006-01-25T09:46:56Z")
…actually, this particular article made me cry… [Not Knowing What Else To Do, Woman Bakes American-Flag Cake](http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28148) ---
**Author:** ![Tomcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Tomcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tomcat)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-the-onion-tasted-bad/341463/39 "2006-01-25T09:48:03Z")
My favorite Onion article is pretty tame, but my wife and I loved it and we often quote the title to each other during difficult conversations. **Improved Communication Destroys Marriage.** Love that Quadragon title… -Tcat ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-the-onion-tasted-bad/341463/40 "2006-01-25T11:27:43Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > I loved “Microsoft Patents Ones, Zeros” so much I bought the t-shirt. Not tasteless, I grant you, but funny. I was always fond of [Bill Gates Grants Self 18 Dexterity, 20 Charisma](http://www.theonion.com/content/node/29743). The character stat sheet is priceless. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-the-onion-tasted-bad/341463.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-the-onion-tasted-bad/341463.md?page=3)