Back from the dead, it’s the latest edition of America’a favorite gameshow (among gameshows hosted on little-read blogs):
AP or ONION?
That’s right, it’s AP or ONION?, where you the reader decide whether the headline is ripped from a legitimate news source, or from the internet’s foremost satirical news website.
Ready? Hands on buzzers . . .
LOCAL BAPTIST CHURCH CONSIDERS REMOVING BAPTISM REQUIREMENT
There it is – is fact stranger than fiction, or is the art of satire on the road to recovery?
Join us next time, won’t you, when we play . . . AP or ONION?
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July 27th, 2006 at 4:42 PM
Come on, Dave. You make it too easy. Obviously no Baptist church would ever drop baptism as a requirement. What would they be called, Optional Baptists? How do you even come up with this stuff? You live in Edmond, Oklahoma, in the heart of the Bible belt with a Baptist church on every corner. How can you, an Edmondite, even imagine such a thing?
July 27th, 2006 at 6:04 PM
It’s the heat, man, THE HEAT!!!!
July 28th, 2006 at 5:52 AM
Terry, Dave didn’t have to make it up. It’s the AP.
July 28th, 2006 at 7:27 AM
I think Terry was engaging in ironicality.
July 28th, 2006 at 7:55 AM
Dave, Dave, Dave…You really are a kidder. I suppose you were disappointed that I saw through your “quiz question” so handily. But what a hoot to bring in “Father Shane” to perpetuate the gag. Yeah, right. Like there really is a “Father Shane.” Let’s face it, Dave, the idea of “Optional Baptists” is just too far-fetched. Next time you play “AP or Onion,” you’re just going to have to come up with something a little more believable. Oh yeah, and say hi to “Father Shane” for me.
July 28th, 2006 at 10:31 AM
Ah, a common mistake, Terry.
You see, much like Superman and Clark Kent, Fr. Shane and I are often thought to be the same person. This is because, of course, nonsense, as Fr. Shane wears glasses and I do not. Though, to be sure, it is odd that we are rarely if ever seen together in the same room at the same time.
Plus, our super-powers are totally different. Fr. Shane can effect ontological changes in the essences of ordinary objects, while I am merely a smart-aleck.
July 28th, 2006 at 11:24 AM
Dave…Your claims about Father Shane are intriguing, but can you transubstantiate them?
July 28th, 2006 at 12:04 PM
Well played.
I’ve always said a good pun is its own reword.
July 31st, 2006 at 4:32 PM
Terry,
Dave can’t, but I can. Go to my website for more information.
August 1st, 2006 at 1:39 AM
I have seen Fr. Shane and Dave in the same room at the same time. So, I can say with some certainty that they are not the same person. However, I cannot say with as much certainty that Dave and I are not the same person. You see, at times I see the world through Dave’s eyes, and its scary man. It’s real scary. You have no idea. Make it stop. Make it stop!