Beyond parody
Every day, I get more evidence for my theory that we're living in the Onionverse (not least the fact the The Onion itself is, in the time-honoured phrase, not as funny as it used to be). And today, I see that Peter Cuthbertson has clearly become one of their columnists, because there's no way anyone could have written this sentence with a straight face in the real world:
I recently enjoyed using economics to work out why it is the washing up in the student house I live in is generally done so poorly.
Nick got away with this at 9:27 AM
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Next week, Peter asks, "Who ate my yogurt?"
I don't recall my facial expression at the time, but it is indeed amusing to apply economics to such issues. But that isn't to say the explanations you get back are wrong or worthless. I'm confident mine is accurate.
The reason why The Onion isn't as funny as it used to be is because real life has gravitated ttowards resembling The Onion--what could possibly top Bush, Blair and the world they (with the willing help of American voters and the Labour party) have created.
You mean Peter isn't waited on hand and foot by uniformed flunkeys? Tsk, tsk, Tory students these days aren't what they were.
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