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The Edge of the American West 
19 comments
April 25, 2008 at 3:32 pm
eric
Link.
April 25, 2008 at 3:43 pm
ari
Genius.
April 25, 2008 at 4:00 pm
bitchphd
I don’t really get it.
April 25, 2008 at 4:09 pm
ari
Sure you do.
April 25, 2008 at 4:35 pm
bitchphd
Well, I get the blog thing. But the chicken thing is beyond me.
Or at least, I don’t see why people are actually laughing at it.
April 25, 2008 at 5:04 pm
ari
Because it’s funny.
April 25, 2008 at 6:27 pm
standpipe
And now I have extromitted my beverage.
April 25, 2008 at 6:38 pm
John Malkovich
Malkovich malkovich malkovich malkovich malkovich malkovich malkovich malkovich malkovich “Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich”, malkovich malkovich, malkovich malkovich malkovich malkovich malkovich.
April 25, 2008 at 6:53 pm
bitchphd
It’s not funny, though. I mean, okay, haha, powerpoint is stupid and you can fill it even with nonsense words and still adhere to the form. Now let’s move on.
April 25, 2008 at 6:54 pm
bitchphd
Sorry. Humorless today.
April 25, 2008 at 7:02 pm
ari
No, no, it’s about powerpoint presentations, particularly in the sciences. And also about powerpoint. Seriously, it might be worth reading the text. But probably not. Okay, almost certainly not. Just forget the whole thing. Party pooper.
April 25, 2008 at 9:06 pm
The Ambrosini Critique » Blog Archive » By popular demand
[…] (h/t Two folks also stuck somewhere in the Death Star) […]
April 25, 2008 at 10:05 pm
ben wolfson
Asieoniezi Asieoniezi Asieoniezi?
(Asieoniezi.)
April 25, 2008 at 10:19 pm
ari
Indeed.
April 25, 2008 at 11:15 pm
Gassalasca
I think you probably need to have sat through a certain number of presentations in order to find it funny.
April 26, 2008 at 9:30 am
RobinMarie
Bitchph, I don’t think you watch enough Monty Python.
Why this is hilarious has something to do with that sort of silliness.
April 26, 2008 at 10:22 pm
Rachael
Unamused people, it is funny on several levels.
#1-The Monty Python (Think #12, the Larch)
#2-People often read their PowerPoint presentations to their audiences.
#3-After a certain amount of time, PP presentations all look alike, and therefore the repetitive recitation of “chicken” makes fun of that happening.
April 26, 2008 at 11:13 pm
foolishmortal
One can’t explain jokes, Rachael. And even if one could, one certainly couldn’t explain them to b.
April 27, 2008 at 1:12 pm
bitchphd
Chickens are *not funny*, people. You’re all speciesist.