Humor: September 2005 Archives

He asks for a bathroom break. So, OK, maybe in the middle of an important meeting at the U.N. isn't the best timing, but I was at a concert last night and missed one of the best songs because I was in the ladies' room, so I'm not one to judge.

The photos is currently up on Yahoo News, and has Reuter's as the photo credit. 

I won't be surprised if it turns out this is a Photoshopped prank that somehow made it past the normal journalistic barriers — it looks totally enhanced, and is that really what his handwriting looks like? — but damn, it's funny.

Also, wanna read a bad joke?

Q: What is Bush's position on Roe vs. Wade?
(Wait for it...)
A: He doesn't really care how people get out of New Orleans.

Ba-da-BUMP! (Thank you, TalkLeft and Lesley!)

Updated to add: Editor & Publisher seems to think the photo is for real! 

Updated again to add: and this is the unretouched version!

Updated yet again to add: here's Reuter's explanation of how the photo got there. (Basically, it's real, and, don't blame the photographer)

I'm so happy that the Onion has put all its archives online for free, because they include gems like this one:

Jews To Celebrate Rosh Hashasha Or Something

September 11, 1996 | Issue 30•05

JERUSALEM—Jews the world over are preparing to celebrate Rosh Hashanukah or something this weekend, the traditional Jewish holiday marking some sort of rebirth and new beginning, or maybe the Jews' liberation from some foreign ruler 55,000 years ago. "Rash Kishansha is a very holy time for the Jewish people," said Paul Castellano, a guy from Houston whose gastroenterologist is Jewish. "I think Dr. Futterman said it's the holiday where they light that chandelier and blow that horn." Lasting 12 days, Ran Hosea is followed by Yor Kiplach, the Festival of Sand, during which no buttered bread may be eaten in remembrance of the flooding of the ancient Temple of Hosea.