Category Archives: Funny Stuff

Grand Rapids makes awesome video to prove it’s not a “dying city”

In January, dying magazine Newsweek declared Grand Rapids, Michigan to be a “dying city.” Grand Rapids decided to rebut this vile slander by, uh, doing… this: I love the guy with the Geraldo t-shirt around the 4:30 mark. Here’s how the project’s Director & Executive Producer, Rob Bliss, explains it: The Grand Rapids LipDub Video was filmed May 22nd, with… Read more »

Rapture rescheduled for October 21; Apocalypse to cancel USC-ND game

Harold Camping, the nutjob blasphemer fundamentalist evangelical preacher and radio host whose prediction of a May 21 Rapture launched a thousand snarky tweets, isn’t backing down in the face of the…uh…evident lack of a Rapture over the weekend. Instead, he’s doubling down! Camping says the world will still end on October 21, as he’s predicted all along. Originally, he said… Read more »

Quoth the Rapture: Nevermore

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BREAKING: Sources say #Rapture cancelled after an air-traffic controller in Heaven fell asleep on the job.Sun May 22 00:04:00 via EchofonBrendan Loybrendanloy Where were you on the day the world didn’t end? The above picture was taken out my window at precisely 6:00 PM Saturday, when the Rapture was scheduled to hit the Mountain Time Zone, airlifting the Saved to… Read more »

Rapture? I barely even know her!

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If you haven’t heard, the Rapture is coming on Saturday. Reminder: TSA will be conducting random pre-#Rapture “enhanced pat downs” to ensure air travelers’ safety during flights to Heaven tomorrow.Fri May 20 15:04:48 via webBrendan Loybrendanloy Specifically, the Rapture is coming at 6:00 PM local time on Saturday. (Apparently, God respects time zones!) So it’ll start in Kiribati and sweep… Read more »

Bah! Humbug!

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Deadspin’s list of 10 Things That Christmas Would Be Better Off Without (warning: profanity!) is very, very wrong — for instance, #1 is Jesus — but also very funny in parts. My favorite is number 3: Christmas Cards That Do Not Include An Awkward Family Photo The only reason to send me a Christmas card is so I can look… Read more »

Remember, Mommy, I’m off to get a commie…

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Inspired by Daniel Radcliffe’s shout-out to Tom Lehrer, I posted video of “We Will All Go Together When We Go” earlier. But actually, that’s only my second-favorite Lehrer ditty about nuclear war. Here’s #1 — “So Long Mom”:

#PANIC!!!

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Here’s loyal LRT reader Jim Kelly, representin’ #PANIC!!! at the Colbert & Stewart Rally To Restore Sanity And/Or Fear‎ on Saturday (my birthday): Heh!

Quote of the day

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Pollster: “There’s not a lot of point in breaking down feelings toward Blagojevich along demographic lines because pretty much everyone in the state hates him about the same.” Heh. He’s got 8% favorable ratings, 83% unfavorable, which is apparently the worst rating for a politician that Public Policy Polling has ever seen. And you know those 8% are either family… Read more »