Friday Funny
"Last year the government spent less on the ministry of silly walks than it did on national defense."
The Dallas Morning News
Satirical website The Onion has noticed something about the American approach to the traffic circle.
The Onion
Can a little levity save us from reckless and distracted drivers?
Chicago Tribune
This is another one of those "funny" articles, in that it's satire about a tragic state of affairs.
The Beaverton
Call it wildlife gone urban.
MPR News
This version is called 'The Best of All Possible Plans.'
Twitter
A satirical post for McSweeney's about the typical approach to the country's growing number of homeless brought to mind a famous song by Meat Loaf.
McSweeney's
This is the first and only time you will be actively encouraged to get your mind into the gutter.
Houston Chronicle
What does the flavor of your drink say about the flavor of your urbanism?
The Market Urbanism Report
It's a sad day. Portlandia will no longer skewer the idiosyncrasies of enlightened urban lifestyles.
The Oregonian
The Onion burns Elon Musk in a totally fake news story (really) about a bad day for the billionaire.
The Onion
This might be one of those uncomfortable laughs.
xkcd
In this fake, satirical article, The Onion imagines that the MTA has finally had enough complaints about service failures and overcrowding on the New York subway. Vulgarities ensue.
The Onion
The Onion is back at it again, this time satirizing society's interest in self-driving cars with a new concept: the carless driver.
The Onion
A CityLab article surveys Twitter for the seven stages of Amazon grief.
CityLab
Not everything went according to plan in a perfectly planned demolition even in Atlanta over the weekend.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Onion is probably trolling the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration more than bike riders with this one.
The Onion
The lengths to which cities have gone, or will go, in their bids to attract the second headquarters for Amazon has produced a cottage industry of media coverage. Satire from The Onion follows that trail to its most explosive of possible ends.
The Onion
OK, the officer said it was "screaming" a song that got a driver near Montreal in trouble.
CTV News Montreal
