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OFFICE MATE"S PRODUCTIVITY WAY DOWN SINCE BEGINNING TO PLAN TO MURDER YOU.

By Chris Churchill/Contributor Your Cubicle. Yes. I’m talking to you. Recently, you may have noticed that there is an increased burden on your side of the desk. It seems that your office mate, the one seated in the cubicle adjacent to yours, on the right, is not doing all that he can to carry his portion of the office burden. You may wonder why it is that his/her productivity has plummeted in recent days. I didn’t want to be the one who told you, because, you know, it’s unpleasant news and sometimes people tend to take out their frustrations on the messenger but…well, here goes. Your office mate is planning your death.  He has it all figured out now. It will look like an accident. In fact, it will look like you accidentally did it to yourself in such a perfectly “you” way that your friends and family will, after a proper mourning period, laugh when they think of it. Weeks, maybe even days from now they will recall your death and simply chuckle, saying under their breath, “That
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THIS MAN THREW YOU OUT OF PREP SCHOOL

By: Wilson P. Otterbanks III/NVN “Humor” Contributor You may have attended Hotchkiss, Choate, Kent, Exeter, Taft, Avon Old Farms, or slummed prepped at New Jersey’s Lawrenceville.  It doesn’t matter as he sent you packing.  Maybe a church youth group, boy scout troop, your fraternity, or Phi Beta Kappa chapter.  He didn’t like you.  At all.  You were an entitled, highly intelligent, good-looking, smartass finding your way.  He worked hard for everything, grew up in Youngstown, or some God-forsaken place, had a paper route and bagged groceries.  From seven through college.  He’s a virgin, not by choice, just is.  Always a great target for bullies, and deservedly so. He is John Bolton. A man who once could not get confirmed by Congress.  Chiefly due to being a bitter, sexually frustrated, dick.  Now he is National Security Advisor.  Advising the President of the United States.  Not just that…he is also the last person in the room with the President.  Cabinet secretaries, advisors,

Hallmark Channel To Play Exact Same Love Story From Now On.

By Chris Churchill/Contributor Kansas City, Missouri Executives at Hallmark Entertainment have announced a new strategy to finally, once and for all streamline operations at the struggling Hallmark Cable Channel. They will be playing exactly the same love story from now until the channel brainwashes every lonely forty-year old woman in middle America. Executives claim that their audience will hardly notice the change. “We need to let our loyal audience know that this will change very little at The Hallmark Channel. The same themes you have come to love and expect, nay demand of us, will be fully in tact. We will simply not need to produce any new content, which will free us up to get better advertisers and make funnier greeting cards.” In a diagram presented to the half-full conference room at the Hyatt Crown Center in Kansas City, all the elements of a Hallmark produced love story were laid bare in excruciating detail. It seems that, based on ratings success and sub

All Animal Languages Decoded, Ignored.

By Chris Churchill/Conrributor Evanston, Illinois Scientists at Northwestern University’s Animal Behavior and Language Laboratory have invented a device that is presumed to be a game changer in the age old struggle to know what our animal friends are saying. Scientist, Dr. Irwin Park has invented what colleagues and science journalists alike are calling a “Doctor Doolittle Machine”. It is revealing to humanity exactly what our animal cousins are trying to say.  However, Dr. Park insists that we “try not to read too much into what the animals are saying.” Why does Dr. Park give such a warning?  “The information is really inconvenient.” Park says in fluent Lemurspeak. “If our species is going to continue to assert our dominance of the planet and continue to make the technological advances that make life easy for us, we’re going to have to shut these animal voices up.” The first message received from the “Doolittle Device” was from “Bilbo”, a Golden Retriever, generally conside

End Times Watch: Christian/Muslim Volleyball Tournament Proof of Lord’s Return.

By: Chris Churchill/Contributor Topeka, Kansas Reverend Ed Hanson, 58, has announced that he has incontrovertible evidence that Jesus Christ will be returning “to shepherd his flock back home” next Thursday at about 2:15pm. He suggests we all get right with God and pack our nicest linen robes, because “this is the big one!”  He claims his evidence comes from the voice of the Lord Himself.  Hanson, who scours his Bible for signs of Christ’s return for hours everyday, says he found the evidence while walking past the high school last Wednesday.  “I saw that there was a Christian/Muslim volleyball tournament going on that night.” Hanson bristled. “They claimed it was for the cause of ‘understanding’ between people. That’s just donkey scat. If Jesus had wanted us to love each other, He would have said something about it.” When it was suggested to Hanson that Jesus had actually said those exact words, Hanson’s response was quick and authoritative. “Then I suppose  it’s okay

Book Review: The 1975, Kansas City, Kansas White Pages

By Chris Churchill/Contribuor Sometimes a story is straightforward; easy to understand. Sometimes it is not. Or is it? It is…not. In the case of the books with the more complicated structures, it is often the extreme difficulty understanding what the author is trying to get across that is, in many ways, it’s own reward. “The 1975 Kansas City, Kansas White Pages” is one such case.  It would appear, on first blush, that it is too thick to read in it’s entirety. Is this some sort of dare from an over-literate bumpkin? Is it meant to be read or just ripped in half to impress people? Well, I assure you, it is meant to be read. I sat down in May of 2008 to start out on the extremely rewarding task of decoding this beast. It took me 9 years to read and I lost most of my important personal relationships in the meantime but it was worth it. To start, let me help you get a little ahead of the game. This book has a couple really important devices that help you along. Firstly, not one cha

The Button!

By: Chris Churcill/Contributor Hey guys.  Big news. Big fake news. I’m so excited to be the one to be here to report it to you.  The scientists have really done it. They’ve figured it out. I think it’s really going to happen this time. The research is back and it appears that it works.  Here it is: They have come up with this new invention where you can just kill anyone you want with the push of the button. It’s called “The Button”! How simple is that? How does it work? It’s really science-y and I don’t fully understand it. Just call it magic. It may as well be. Someone makes you want them dead? The Button is here to facilitate your action! What a perfect invention! The Button is super easy, too. Some people say it’s too easy but how can we, in good conscience, and in respect to scientific progress, say that something can be too easy? It’s why we make machines. To make work easier.  Anyway, enough of my moralizing. Here’s what you do: You simply purchase the button from a