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Saturday, May 19, 2012

Halls of AcaDUHmia

Now maybe residents of northern latitudes can avoid moving to Florida for the winter.

03/23/08 — 0 Comments

On average, the study found that firstborns received two more years of focused attention than second-born children, and four more years than third-borns.

03/23/08 — 0 Comments

New study provides convincing evidence disproving that humans have at all evolved from earlier life forms.

03/28/08 — 0 Comments

Apparently, carving and dragging hundreds of thousands of 20 ton blocks of stone around in the hot Egyptian sun all day wasn’t quite the picnic we’ve all envisioned.

03/30/08 — 0 Comments

Exact quotes:  But “‘(w)e don’t appear to have been visited by aliens,’ Hawking said, adding that he discounts reports of UFOs. ‘Why would they only appear to cranks and weirdoes?’” Hey, we resemble that remark!

04/21/08 — 0 Comments

Members of the Pi Kappa Alpha chapter at Tulane University blamed the incident, which caused injuries to several pledges, on the federal government’s slow response to Hurricane Katrina.

05/11/08 — 0 Comments

Exact quote:  “New explosives could be more powerful and safer to handle than TNT and other conventional explosives and would also be more environmentally friendly.” Fortunately, the new bombs will be at least as lethal as their less environmentally-friendly predecessors, something that will no doubt comfort opposing armies as they cower in their foxholes.

05/27/08 — 1 Comments

A new capital fund campaign, ostensibly to repair damage from the tornado, was announced the next day.

06/13/08 — 0 Comments

Which may explain why preserving tenure is a top priority of the American Federation of Bad Teachers.

06/29/08 — 0 Comments

Scientists also claim that Martian ice is disappearing rapidly due to human activity-induced greenhouse gases.

07/31/08 — 0 Comments

On the bright side, the study revealed that graduate student drinking usually doesn’t start until after earning a bachelor’s degree.

08/03/08 — 1 Comments

Said an irate parent, “First it’s peanuts, then it’s wheat, and before long they’ll want to ban that tasty school paste!”

08/12/08 — 0 Comments

Another one of those really annoying studies that proves your mom was right after all.

11/21/08 — 0 Comments

Honestly, guys, in the Exactly section, we don’t make this stuff up:  “STUART, Fla. - A student at a Florida school has been arrested after authorities said he was “passing gas” and turning off his classmates’ computers. According to a report released Friday by the Martin County Sheriff’s Office, the 13-year-old boy “continually disrupted his classroom environment” by intentionally breaking wind.” A mighty wind, indeed.

11/24/08 — 0 Comments

Said an NEA spokeswoman, “We’re positively thrilled with the improvement.”

11/25/08 — 0 Comments

Critics of women in the military feel vindicated now that scientists have documented the negative affects of combat duty on children.

11/25/08 — 0 Comments

Who says the American education system doesn’t accomplish anything?

11/30/08 — 0 Comments

Good to keep in mind when someone is calling you a “filthy, disgusting piece of scum.”

12/01/08 — 0 Comments

Interested officials at the Federal Reserve are said to be exploring the use of the new fabric on bank balance sheets.

12/03/08 — 0 Comments

Astronomers in the 25th century should have no trouble spotting the remnants of Britney Spears.

12/03/08 — 0 Comments

Remarkably, the very same poll also found that they are driving less, spending less, eating less, and worrying more.

12/09/08 — 0 Comments

Sadly, the way things are going, this country is really gonna be fat!

12/10/08 — 0 Comments

The full title of the study: “Nation of Junkies: How America’s Sugar Addiction Is Making Us Fat, Dumb and Cavity-prone.”

12/11/08 — 0 Comments

. . . and millions of holes in American retirement accounts.

12/16/08 — 0 Comments

At least until the residents started throwing styrofoam cups out the windows of their Martian Hummers.

12/18/08 — 0 Comments
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