My Long Lost Brother

Check out the surnames in this week's "American Voices" section of the Onion.

Comments

[The Bearded Hobbit]

.. your brother's a lot darker than you!!

.. nice recognition, guys ..

.. Hobbit

[ev]

im bekifft and betrunken but that's just hilarious

way to go onion

[Nibble]

How, Reason really loves dancing on the RP campaign's grave!

[.]

How = Wow

[Art-P.O.G.]

How, Reason really loves dancing on the RP campaign's grave!

????

[jb]

Congradulations!

Reason staff finely get the cred they deserve. Welch and Weigel must be steaming they didn't get mentioned. Whose the mole there at the Onion?

[John-David]

It is impressive that so far there has not been a response that hasn't magled the English language. Including this one.

[Art-P.O.G.]

Au contraire, my response wasn't in English.

[Brian Sorgatz]

I can only hope that my (presumable) long lost cousin in Minnesota admires me as much as that fictional character admires you, Radley.

[kwais]

Shouldn't this topic get a hat tip the the H&R commenter that noted it in a previous thread?

[Brian Sorgatz]

kwais,
I figure that it's Radley's job to avoid stealing the limelight from his co-workers, if that's the situation.

[Art-P.O.G.]

BlueBook | June 14, 2008, 7:35pm |

In the Friday Political Thread. no e-mail given.

[thoreau]

You know you've made it when the Onion is spoofing you.

[BlueBook]

Heh, I'm not in the employ of Reason or Onion, but I was wondering if there was any overlap between their respective staff. If not, then thoreau is right: you've finally earned the attention of America's Finest News Source.

...Which may or may not be a good thing...

[Orange Line Special]

I don't get it. The people at the link are nobodies, just regular people off the street. Are their names anagrams for something, or do they spell out a code or something?

[stoneymonster]

I don't get it. The people at the link are nobodies, just regular people off the street. Are their names anagrams for something, or do they spell out a code or something?

if you think REAL hard OLS, you *just* might figure it out.

Then again, mehbenot.

[Someone Who Doesn\'t Want to L]

My favorite joke in the "American Voices" bit is the constant appearance of a professional "Systems Analyst".

[thoreau]

If you rearrange some of the letters in the names and add a few more letters and then subtract some out you get "Reconquista."

Tremble, Lonewacko. Tremble.

[Mister DNA]

Tremble, Lonewacko. Tremble.

Don't you mean, "TrembleLonewackoTremble."?

It should be noted that TheOnion has a decidedly pro-SuperHighwayBias.

[Rich Ard]

Whoever managed to troll as lonewacko in an Onion thread should come forward. Nice work.

[J]

Now Reason is in the big leagues.

[J sub D]

< 5% of Onion readers will get it. My admiration for them just grew. Congrats to the Reason staff. Getting spoofed by Onion is a much deserved compliment.

[Nigel Watt]

How, Reason really loves dancing on the RP campaign's grave!

This response began making a lot more sense after I realized that was an exclamation point and not an "l". I still have no idea what it's about, though, as I can't access the Onion at work.

[Eric S.]

Kudos folks! Begs an obvious question though, are we missing inside jokes on a weekly basis? Has American Voices always used that kind of insiderism?

[Usage Pedant]

Eric S. - your basic point is correct, but it doesn't "beg" that question so much as it "asks" it.

[Chris Potter]

Nigel,

It was either the knee-jerk response of a humorless Paultard or a joke.

[Chris Potter]

Also, remember that it's hard to make up random names every week, so I'm sure they just mix and match names found in various sources all the time.

[robc]

American Voices hasnt been the same since they got rid of "Man with Hat".

[thoreau]

American Voices hasnt been the same since they got rid of "Man with Hat".

DRINK!

🙂

[robc]

thoreau,

DRINK!

I should have said "The Onion isnt the same since I cant pick up the printed version anymore." (I moved out of Wisconsin in 1994, so it has been nearly 14 years now since I picked up a printed version)

My all time favorite Onion was "Smells like Splattered Brains" the week after Cobain offed himself.