Hey hey hey … How’s your week going? Do you need a dose of mid-week satire as an energy boost? If so .. hold that thought for a few important tidbits.
Life: The Musical starts Wednesday 9:30 pm (Eastern US) with Act 11 featuring Hope, so song titles must include Hope, Hopes, Hoped, Hoping, Hopeless, or Hopelessly in the title. Have you made your selection? Shhhhhh …. don’t tell anyone!
Because Halloween is Friday, The Onion offers these tips for the perfect Halloween party.
The 200,000 hit may happen with this post. Because I doubt it, my guess is during Life: The Musical (Act 11). … but heck, maybe during Opinions in the Shorts. Whenever, my way of celebrating the occasion is to dive into The Onion’s archives searching for celebration headlines. Which is your favorite?
For those who want to write an original combo, go ahead .. but I struggled because of the nouns and similar verbs. Nonetheless, have a good rest of the week.
Embed from Getty ImagesLocal couple celebrates anniversary by returning to website where they met
Chessmaster begins celebration several moves before checkmate
Parents at graduation celebrate child’s last accomplishment
Painful reminder celebrates fourth birthday
Larva celebrates ascent into adulthood with Bar-Moltzvah
Christianity celebrates one billionth unanswered prayer
White Castle bathroom stall celebrates fifth conception
Canvas shopping bag celebrates third year on doorknob
New hospital celebrates grand opening with free health-insurance samples
Team celebrates eighth straight loss by emptying garbage can contents on coach
Tiger Woods adds celebration where he slowing licks a putter shaft
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A Frank Angle 
“Local larva celebrates emptying garbage on doorknob.”—Um, yeah, let’s consider this one a stinker and try again next week…
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Carrie,
Now that’s one small garbage can! … and yes, this week’s combo would be difficult. .. but I imagine someone will create a good one.
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Too many celebrate words for my brain.
“Bag begins billionth birthday.”
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Jim,
Yep … limits the options, so I didn’t bang my head too long on this one.
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Local larva couple celebrates on bathroom stall doorknob where they met.
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Cynthia,
Outstanding!!! … Woo hoo! … I knew someone would come through!!!!
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Larva celebrates ascent into adulthood with Bar-Moltzvah
Christianity celebrates one billionth unanswered prayer.
Okay, you just rock……
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Cindy,
Thanks for sharing your favs … and the one about the larva was mine!
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Local couple celebrates anniversary by emptying garbage can contents on Tiger Woods….. not easy this week Frank to come up with much more than this…. but maybe Tiger will get renewed energy from this….
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Bulldog,
Perfect idea for renewing Tiger. Count me in as one who believes Tiger needs golf, plus golf needs Tiger.
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I’ve got zippo Frank. Happy Hump Day!
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Audra,
No problem … fortunately I quickly realized the difficulty … Fortunately, Cynthia has developed a great one. Did you hae a favorite?
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I’m putting my vote behind Carrie. Too many ‘celebrates’ for me.
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Catherine,
But wait … have you forgotten the reason for the celebrates?
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Of course not! Though to be honest, I am not one to celebrate, far too much pressure for me.
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Hmmmm …. How can celebrating others bring pressure on self?
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I’m thinking in terms of, if I host a part for a celebration of others, I am in complete stress mode.
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Therefore I should be the one stressed. 😉
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Great selection again from The Onion, Frank. “One billionth unanswered prayer” would be my pick. No time for a combo this time. I’ll be there for the musical . 🙂
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Sylvia,
Good choice! Combo this week would be a chore .. after all, even I passed on it. Meanwhile, on to Life: The Musical.
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Okay Frank, you are only 3 away from the magic turnover!! Congrats – it will happen this morning for sure, best for a great rest of the week.
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Mary,
Many thanks for the update. Unfortunately, I had to be out for about 3 hours, so I missed the rollover … because I now know it happened sometime between this comment and the next one, I will put this in two places. … 🙂
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Yeah for you Frank!! It is an accomplishment in a very big way ~ congratulations!
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Thanks … More of a sign of longevity as this place isn’t one where readers flock to in droves … then again, that was never my goal. Meanwhile, also approaching a comments milestone. At least that one I can determine who hits it … well, as long as I’m awake.
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“Local couple celebrates anniversary by returning to website where they met.” Hilarious and kind of sad at the same time–quintessential Onion…
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Lorna,
That one is absolutely quintessential Onion. Meanwhile, since the celebration time occurred sometime between your comment and the previous one … I’m inserting a pair of celebratory bookends. … 🙂
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Wonderful! Hey, how do you insert either pictures or video clips into comments? I tried and all I could do was insert links to either one.
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The videos is simply copy & paste. If you paste it after the last punctuation (and space) the just the URL appears. However, after the last punctuation, then you Enter (to go to the next line, or Enter twice …. the video will embed (be visible) in the post.
In terms of pictures, I think it could be done by Replying to the comment on the Comments page of your Dashboard … but I’m not definitely sure.
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Thanks so much–I’ll give it a try!
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Celebrating all the celebrating. (and wouldn’t it be appropriate to hit that mark during your “Life – the Musical”? Something to sing about. (Much too nice to remain inside, but got a song sitting on the bench waiting….)
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Mouse,
I’m thinking we hit the mark about 10-20 minutes before you arrived … so I’ve added bookend fireworks in the comments. … but I didn’t get to see the rollover. 😦 … Nonetheless, Life: The Musical is next!!!!
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Just like when the car odometer is about to roll over – then the dog throws up in the car at that exact moment. Life does have a sense of humor
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Exactly!
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Tough one indeed, too many celebrations perhaps. Anyway here’s another one:
“coach celebrates bathroom stall grand opening by emptying contents on Tiger Woods “
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Fasab,
Oh wow … that’s a good one … Too many of the same verb and limited nouns made combos hard … so I appreciate your addition … Meanwhile, given the day, celebrations fit.
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Congratulations on the 200,000 views! And I will spare you any attempt at combos that my fried brain might attempt this evening.
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JM,
Many thanks … and no worry on no combo … after all, I didn’t do one!
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These are great, Frank–but I’m brain-dead, coasting on last accomplishment of emptying garbage.
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PS–I’m watching a documentary from 2005, “Mad Hot Ballroom”, about youngsters learning ballroom dance in NYC. It’s delightful–not just the dancing, but hearing kids talk about all manner of things!
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Never heard of that one … so I just returned from YouTube where I watched several clips … Awesome!!! … and thanks for the suggestion.
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You’re welcome–I really enjoyed it, they had me dancing in my living room with Mr Invisible-Perfect.
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Ponder,
No need to make a combo out of these because it would be difficult … thus impossible when the brain is fried. Glad you enjoyed this little celebratory toast.
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You made it with this one I see, scanning the comments. Congratulations. The Onion is always good for a rift, I think though I will just say I got nothing, not a thing. I will just continue down the path of catch up.
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Val,
Yep … the milestone reached, but I didn’t get to see it. 😦 Nonetheless, don’t worry about no combo as it requires too much energy!
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Playing a little catch-up tonight, Frank. Hope you have a good weekend! I liked, “Painful reminder celebrates fourth birthday.” Distressingly odd–I love the Onion!
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Debra,
Of course The Onion includes a pic of a four year old approaching a birthday cake. For me, my fav was the larva.
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