The Onion

Friday Funny: Caution!

A road sign goes too far in explaining road hazards.
26 January 2007 - 2:00pm
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Friday Funny: Accessibility To The Extreme

The Onion, America's "Finest News Source", brings this image of an office building that takes the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) a little too far.
22 December 2006 - 2:00pm
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Friday Funny: South Dakota Reopens To Handle U.S. Overpopulation

The state of South Dakota -- closed to the public since 1931 -- will be reopened to help the United States cope with its steadily rising population.
8 December 2006 - 2:00pm
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Friday Funny: California Intersection Site of 'Wicked' Accidents

The Onion reports on how an 'insane' California intersection is the most likely site of 'awesome' car crashes.
20 October 2006 - 2:00pm
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Friday Funny: A Dig At The 9/11 Memorial Project's Progress

Five years after 9/11, satirical publication The Onion reports on the World Trade Center rebuilding effort in New York City.
8 September 2006 - 2:00pm
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Friday Funny: Why Don't People Want To Gentrify My Neighborhood?

A struggling artist laments in The Onion that more people like him aren't moving into his neighborhood to make it even more authentic than it is now...and asking for $3.00 lattes.
25 August 2006 - 2:00pm
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Friday Funny: Beaver Falls Prey To Analysis Paralysis

Dam builder Dennis Messner has overanalyzed his upcoming construction project, calling himself an "integration-minded postmodernist". Pretty advanced thinking for a beaver.
28 April 2006 - 2:00pm
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Friday Funny: Detroit Bound For Scrapyard

Like so many of the cars it produced, Motor City is heading for the scrapyard, the Onion reports.
7 April 2006 - 2:00pm
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Friday Funny: City Parking Lot Can't Compete With Wal-Mart's Parking Lot

It's a shame when a Mom n' Pop parking lot falls victim to another 'Area' Wal-Mart.
10 February 2006 - 2:00pm
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Friday Funny: A Magical Zoning Amulet

Urban revitalization efforts enhanced by use of the long-lost Amulet of Surr-Vey, Lord Of Demarcation, He Who Measures And Assesses.
26 August 2005 - 2:00pm
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Friday Funny: US to be Oil-Free in Less Than 3,000 Years, Vows Bush

The Onion reports on President Bush's "aggressive initiative" to eliminate oil dependence by 4920. The auto industry isn't so sure.
12 August 2005 - 2:00pm
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Friday Funny: Cities Fight To Preserve Burger Kings

Neighborhood preservationists worry as fast food joints close around the country.
29 July 2005 - 2:00pm
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Friday Funny: Non-profit Habitat Community Faces Criticism

Habitrail for Humanity is under scrutiny for unorthodox housing communities.
17 June 2005 - 2:00pm
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Friday Funny: Improving Amtrak

The Onion offers its top tips for improving Amtrak's propsects for funding.
13 May 2005 - 2:00pm
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Friday Funny: Concerned, Obstinate Citizen Impacts Local Planning

Irv Draper fought ten long years to save taxpayers' money and ensure that a community pool would not be built.
18 March 2005 - 2:00pm
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Friday Funny: Minnesota Too Polite To Ask For Transit Funding

Minnesota is reluctance to request more interstate funding.
4 March 2005 - 2:00pm
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Friday Funny: Census Bureau's Employment Estimate

Between 9,000 and 15,000 people work at the US Census Bureau, according to the Bureau's 2004 figures.
11 February 2005 - 2:00pm
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Humor: 'Strip Mall Of America'

'The Onion' takes on the strip mall.
31 March 2004 - 3:00pm
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Humor: Laughing With Us Or At Us?

The planning profession makes "The Onion".
10 March 2004 - 3:00pm
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Friday Funny: Wal-Mart's Opinion

An "opinion" piece by Wal-Mart Store #3297.
19 September 2003 - 2:00pm
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