College football is great… unless your team isn’t. But for all those not-so-skilled squads out there, there is something that can always rile up the crowd: The mascot. Whether they’re the best catcher on the field or the worst runner on the court, the men and women...
Some warning labels address activities that could pose a true danger to our health, like the grim images on cigarette packs. Others are more questionable, like the Parental Advisory Label program that used to indicate which CDs had explicit language (back in the days when we bought...
A mix of clichéd metaphors and hyperbolic buzzwords such as “mission critical” and “scalability,” the ubiquitousness of office clichés will make you feel like you’re taking crazy pills. Because if you work in an office long enough you know this seemingly innocuous jargon is actually loaded in hilarious subtext. This week in Office...
Kitchen equipment is weird, man. Turkey basters have those big bulbs, whisks look like they’re straight out of a sci-fi flick and colanders… let’s not even start. But hey, whatever it takes to make a proper meal. Anyway, put on your apron because you’re going to need it for...
What do you do when a devastating hurricane levels your hometown, leaving its future in doubt? If you’re Alan Citron, New Orleans native and a former reporter for the Times-Picayune, you turn that pain into laughs. New Orleansland, Citron’s new novel, takes a satirical look at the...
With football season upon us, it’s time for America to do what it does best: Planning what to eat during the big game. And there’s nothing better to chow down on while the ol’ pigskin is being tossed around than, you guessed it, pig. But not the...
When a 60-pound prize fish is meandering down the river but your trusty fishin’ rod is back in the car, you have to take matters into your own hands. At least, that’s how Nate Williams won the 2015 Okie Noodling Tournament, a competition that challenges fishermen to...
Ding! Ding! Take your desks, everyone. For today’s lesson, we’ll be attempting to solve Landau’s problems, a series of mathematical equations proposed by Edmund Landau in 1912 that are so difficult, they remain unsolved by modern mathematicians. If you can’t solve them, you get an F. Just kidding,...
Societies develop rules of etiquette for a number of reasons: To signal that you come in peace (in the case of handshakes), to embarrass you at the dinner table (the justification for dessert spoons and fish forks) or to keep those around you safe from whatever leaves...
Misplaced letters, unfinished words and patterns? We’ve officially gone full Da Vinci Code. So pull out your magnifying glass and summon your inner Tom Hanks, because this week’s Rompecabeza is seriously mysterious. These incomplete words have a pattern. Can you find it? Tune in next week for the...
If you’ve ever wondered about who exactly is answering your emails, chatting with you on our site, replying to you on our social accounts and generally trying to make your experience with Dollar Shave Club the bestest EVAR, well then meet Nick Kohan. Nick has been a...
Toss your bags in the hatchback and get out of town, because August is almost over and your boss is calling. There’s arguably no better ‘Murican summer vacation than the cross-country road trip—open pavement, truck-stop waffles and a 12-hour playlist. Don’t know where to go exactly? There’s...
