Articles Tagged with #spoofsandsatire
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Spoofs & Satire
We’re Looking Out for You
With slo-mo commercials warning against fender benders, does your insurance company truly have your well-being in mind?
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Spoofs & Satire
The Five Stages of Black Friday
The road from denial to Christmas is an arduous one, and begins the day after Thanksgiving. Abandon all hope, and brave the throngs.
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New York, New York
Metro Crisis
Mike Bloomberg has been kidnapped and the rest of the city is threatened—by the cutest gang of lovable forest-sprite fairy thugs to ever take New York hostage.
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Spoofs & Satire
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Pogue
If only Shane MacGowan had been more persuasive, his Pogues might have been recognized as the greatest of all Irish bands.
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Spoofs & Satire
You Sexy Atheist, You
Who says non-believers can’t get frisky like the faithful? Secular countries may be suffering declining populations, but atheists still have all the fun.
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Spoofs & Satire
The Kennel at the End of the World
Sure, you’re going to heaven, but what about your dog—and yes, even your cat? A helpful guide to caring for your pets after the rapture.
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Spoofs & Satire
The Vanishing Date
Halloween: time for stories of headless horsemen, escaped psychos with hooks for hands, and ghosts other than the white-sheet variety. But the same stories year after year can get a little dull.
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Spoofs & Satire
Googling for Trouble
The search company has asked that people tread lightly when verbing its name—but can it turn away history’s momentum?
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Spoofs & Satire
Acmegate
The White House has a secret that not even an Acme Ultimatum Dispatcher could eke out.
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Spoofs & Satire
Employees Must Double-Wash Hands
The recent E. Coli scare sent many bags of spinach into the trashbin. Now that the FDA says the outbreak is over, how will restaurants assure us what they’re serving is safe to eat?
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Spoofs & Satire
Let’s Catch the Wave of Waterboarding!
In a recent White House press conference, Karen Hughes, undersecretary of public diplomacy and public affairs, unveiled an exciting new chapter in the war on terror.
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Spoofs & Satire
The Obit Laureate
The first installment of our occasional series in which we transform recent Times obituaries—a gong striker, a burger matriarch, a bagpipe virtuoso—into light verse.