MetaFilter posts tagged with theonion and parody

Not the onion, but may cause tears

soyjoy — Wed, 19 Mar 2003 11:27:57 -0800

The Onion keeps getting funnier In this week's edition, Antonin Scalia bans the media from covering his acceptance of a free-speech award, and also tells Americans "Most of the rights that you enjoy go way beyond what the Constitution requires." Haw-haw! Get it? Oh, wait a second...

Nailed With Their Own Hammer

briank — Wed, 13 Nov 2002 08:58:47 -0800

A Mad Parody Of The Onion Well, if this isn't Meta, I don't know what is. Certainly, we all know about The Onion (and, indeed, our consensus is that we don't post Onion links here). The fine fellows at MAD magazine have hoisted the Area Men by their own petard. I hate to say it, 'cuz I think The Onion is often quite funny, but they've got it nailed. (via Heath Row's Media Diet)

ice_cream_motor — Mon, 17 Sep 2001 07:53:36 -0800

Onion saving new jokes for another day The Onion's on hold for a bit. An interesting quote from one of the writers- "'The age of irony is over." Does anyone agree?

miamirelative — Fri, 29 Sep 2000 15:18:39 -0800

What's The Bunion? It's a parody of The Onion. That's right, a parody of a parody. Sheesh! Funny, though.

ab'd al'Hazred — Fri, 16 Jun 2000 22:50:28 -0800

Am I incorrect, or is this the same as last year? All of these articles seem familiar to me, but I could not find them in the archives.