The Onion Ad Nauseam: Complete News Archives Volume 14

Why do I love "The Onion" compilations? Because I can begin browsing through an edition in a bookstore with the intent of obtaining a chuckle or two, only to find that I am doubled over laughing at articles so insensitive and oh-so very wrong! The Onion produces, in individuals, priceless moments when we laugh hysterically while begging ourselves "Stop laughing, this is vile, and NOT FUNNY!" For those of you who have yet to encounter The Onion, it is a satirical newspaper that attacks virtually everyone ---people both real and imaginary--- and mocks their most cherished political, religious, and domestic beliefs. Everybody and their brothers are humorously assaulted here: neither the liberal nor conservatives, rich nor poor, powerful nor pitiful are spared. The Onion is the rare case of an orchestrated Guajardian paper-raid. If The Onion were a newspaper delivered by the old-school bike-peddling paper boy, he might as well be chucking grenades upon the neighborhood doorsteps! This particular edition is my personal favorite dishing of The Onion's inappropriate humor, with the crowning glory appearing on page 49 under the headline "Developmentally Disabled Senator Wants To Be Treated Like Any Other Lawmaker." You will probably not go to Heaven after reading that story. Articles that come close to this humor ratio include "Man Dies After Long And Painful Battle With Life" on page 21, and "Children, Creepy Middle-Aged Weirdos Swept Up In Harry Potter Craze" on page 25. There are plenty of other great targets in this edition, from Smurf collectors to Bar-Trivia Champs to celebrity stalkers to celebrities. Every compilation The Onion has issued is excellent, but "Ad Nauseam" is their finest publication!

My daughter just gave me this hysterical collection as a birthday present, and all I can say is that I must have raised her right. This is a very, very funny collection. Yes, as one reviewer below stated, it is like the other collections. Is this a problem? Of course not! Is it somehow supposed to be unlike the other collections? How is it a criticism of The Onion to resemble The Onion? As far as the other reviewer who said that the previous volume was funnier, I don't know what to say. I found a great deal to laugh at, just as I found a great deal to laugh at in the past. I can't detect any decline in either the humor or the sharpness of it. In an age that does not especially satire (one would need to read a great deal of historical material from various periods to see how this is an art that has somewhat died out), The Onion is arguably the richest source of political and social satire since the heyday of the weekend news on Saturday Night Live when Al Franken was providing much of the material.The headlines are consistently priceless. "Bush on Economy: We Need to Get Saddam Now." "Judge Orders God to Break Up Into Smaller Deities." "Anti-Spam Legislation Opposed by Powerful Penis-Enlargement Lobby." As a Yo La Tenga fan (a very highly regarded indie rock band from NYC whom I have seen around 15 times live, for the uninitiated), I especially loved "37 Record-Store Clerks Feared Dead In Yo La Tenga Concert Disaster." Sometimes the humor can be merely funny, but sometimes cutting, such as the one that shows a photo of Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua beside the headline: "Starving Third World Masses Warned Against the Evils of Contraception."Hopefully the Onion will be with us for a very, very long time, and I pray that their humor stays as sharp

The Onion is one of the most consistently hilarious publications ever made. With a combination of cynicism and erudition and a seemingly endless creative ability the writers of the Onion constantly churn out stories that make fun of our country, leaders, way of life, beliefs and more for the truly best of intentions: To make us laugh.The latest installment includes a year's worth of comic gold. One of my favorite articles is the one about America's King returning from exile. Great stuff. For anyone who likes high-minded humor that one doesn't necessarily need to be 'high-minded' to love, I would recommend this and all the other Onion books. Regardless of your politics, religion, race, etc. you will surely find some great stories in here.

Another fantastic year brings another fantastic Onion collection. This book contains the following features:-Less profanity-Less adult material-Far more "passerby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood" comments (such as "I hope we can still be friends who never see each other," "That was a great Black History Month, "Are socks in fashion this season?" and many, many more)-More, longer opinion/community voice pieces-Plenty of articles with hilarious titlesTrust me, The Onion: Ad Nauseam 14 is a vast expansion of what made you laugh before.