Wednesday, February 20, 2008

When did Cracked Magazine get funny again?

We all remember Cracked Magazine from our childhoods. It was a fairly standard Mad Magazine ripoff, with parodies of movies that seemed funny if you were a seven year old, and not a whole lot else.

Well, either they've picked up their game, or I've regressed to an infantile state, or both, because I have been reading their site and laughing my ass off.

Particular subjects of amusement?

The 5 Most Badass US Presidents

Excerpt:

When the 1828 election rolled around, a lot of people were terrified when they heard Andrew "Old Hickory" Jackson was running. If you're wondering how a guy we're calling a bad ass got such a lame nickname, it's because he used to carry a hickory cane around and beat people senseless with it, and if you're wondering why he did that, it's because he was a fucking lunatic.

[...]

On one occasion, he challenged a man named Charles Dickinson to a duel, (the reason behind it wasn't important, not to us and certainly not to Jackson), and Jackson was even kind enough to give Dickinson the first shot. We're gonna go ahead and repeat that: In a duel with pistols, Jackson politely volunteers to be shot at first. Dickinson happily obliged and shot Jackson, who proceeded to shake it off like it was a bee sting. When Jackson returned the favor, Dickinson was not so lucky, and that's why his face isn't on the twenty. The bullet, by the by, remained in Jackson's body for 19 years because, we assume, Jackson knew that time spent removing the bullets would just fall under the general category of "time not dueling," Jackson's least favorite category.

The Nine Manliest Names in the World

Excerpt:

#1.
Staff Sgt. Max Fightmaster

The Name:
Holy shit! Just ... holy shit.

Fightmaster is the kind of name we all wish we were born with. And, the irony is that it's the one name that will prevent you from ever having to actually fight anybody. If you ever get into a scuffle at a bar, before the fists start swinging, people would pull the other guy back shouting, "No you fool! He's Max Fightmaster! Think about this for a second!"

Max Fightmaster. Holy shit.

1 comment:

CalexanderHamps said...

It is like it is written by 13 yr olds who grew up to be 13. It is goddamn sweet.