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The best of another goofy month
November was another month full of news you can use from this blog.
Traffic stats for the 10 most popular items show that readers were especially eager to learn what makes the perfect gift, how to avoid as many of those Kardashians as possible, and what superstars miss most when they’re filming away from home.
They also appreciated my new insights into goofy history, with true stuff like what Abe Lincoln did on the South Lawn, and how King James I amused himself.
And most of all, they valued having a place where they could learn what retail products have been recalled recently. It’s a very long list.
On a personal note, I was happy to see my Fabio item made the top 10 list. I just really liked that one.
Here they are, your favorites for the month…
After Total Recall, time for a fling?
Blog Guy, recently you did an item about a lot of consumer products recalled in a short period. Were you trying to scare us?
No! Whatever made you think that?
The headline on it was, Attention! Everything has been recalled!
Oh, right. You mean the post about recent recalls of cantaloupe, lettuce, candy, ice cream, pine nuts, prawns, soy burgers, kale chips, spinach, eggs, tuna, cars, motorcycles, gas range tops, recliner chairs…
Yes, that’s the one. So just to show that things aren’t always that bad, why don’t you check and see what’s been recalled so far in November.
Well, this week there was that chunky peanut butter recall from 24 states and the District of Columbia.
Are you implying that we dont work while commenting on the blog, Malt? Are you calling us lazy workers? Are you implying that we sit on our bums the whole day, dont work and just comment on the blog?
Are you? ARE YOU?
Attention! Everything has been recalled!
Blog Guy, I guess you’ve been reading about the huge recall of cantaloupes because of that deadly listeria outbreak?
Yes, but recalls in general are coming too fast to count. In the past month, we’ve had stories about recalls of lettuce, candy, ice cream, pine nuts, brewers yeast tablets, prawns, soy burgers, kale chips, spinach, organic eggs, frozen tuna…
Oh, I know all about that tuna recall. I’m piling my supply in my Chevy Equinox right now and driving it right back to the supermarket…
Your Equinox? Did you see that GM just recalled 36,000 of those and GMC Terrains to fix the tire pressure monitoring system?
No! Okay, I’ll return the tuna on my motorcycle, then.
I hope it’s not one of the 308,000 motorcycles that Harley-Davidson just recalled because of rear brake light switch problems.
Thank goodness I haven’t had to return anything yet. I don’t think that many people are really hurt by the recalls, it is a very very very small percentage in comparison to the billions of working (or decently working) items in the market.
For dummies who read this blog…
Blog Guy, you run a fairly low-tech operation, right? I mean, there’s nothing complicated about doing a humor blog.
You couldn’t be more wrong. We do consumer testing, focus groups, FDA monitoring, all that stuff.
For a blog? What’s to test?
Everything. You see these dummies? We monitor their reactions to goofy photos, outrageous puns and other content in advance of using them in the blog.
Note this dude’s skull coming off his shoulders like a bobblehead. That’s not a good sign.
I can’t help noticing his pants are pulled down and he’s tied to a chair.
advice for Shra from Capt James T. Kirk: set taser to ‘stun’ 
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I didn’t know we were asking for fantasy photos. I’d like to see new photo of a Republican presidential candidate holding a food item. Those are always entertaining. I still don’t know why Mitt was looking at that corn cob like that.