# Wow.  The Onion tasted bad.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-the-onion-tasted-bad/341463>\
**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:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-the-onion-tasted-bad/341463/81 "2006-01-26T19:28:41Z")

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I liked the ones during the 2000 US election controversy: [Nation Plunges Into Chaos: Pro-Bush Rebels Seize Power In West; D.C. In Flames](http://www.theonion.com/content/index/3641).

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-the-onion-tasted-bad/341463/82 "2006-01-26T20:19:56Z")

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> [@Sunspace](#):
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> I liked the ones during the 2000 US election controversy: [Nation Plunges Into Chaos: Pro-Bush Rebels Seize Power In West; D.C. In Flames](http://www.theonion.com/content/index/3641).

“Clinton Declares Self President for Life” was one of my favorites.

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**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-the-onion-tasted-bad/341463/83 "2006-01-26T22:51:32Z")

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> [@KidCharlemagne](#):
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> What the fuck were they thinking?

Aww, did that mean ol’ Onion make widdle kid Chucky cwy?

Enjoy,  
Steven

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**Author:** ![Sleel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Sleel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleel)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-the-onion-tasted-bad/341463/84 "2006-01-27T02:10:30Z")

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> [@BrainGlutton](#):
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> [http://www.theonion.com/content/node/34104](http://www.theonion.com/content/node/34104)

Thank you!

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-the-onion-tasted-bad/341463/85 "2006-01-27T02:52:02Z")

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> [@Marley23](#):
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> “Clinton Declares Self President for Life” was one of my favorites.

[Here’s a link.](http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28066) The photo is priceless.

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**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-the-onion-tasted-bad/341463/86 "2006-01-27T22:12:49Z")

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I didn’t find the article especially tasteless.

My favourite questionable taste headline is from **Our Dumb Century** , a collection of Onion articles that make it appear as though the Onion had been in print throughout the 20th Century. This headline was from a (IIRC) 1905 edition…

**The Machine, Could It Replace The Chinaman?**

My favourite all-time Onion headline?

**Bush Not Liar, Bush Says**

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