Daily Archives: June 11, 2015

And Now a Word from Our Sponsor (Lightning Infused Toaster Pastry Toilet Death Awareness)

Together, we can find a cure for LITPTD.

Together, we can find a cure for LITPTD.

BEN AFFLECK:  Hello.  I’m acclaimed motion picture star Ben Affleck.  Everything I’ve been in has been great.

Gigli?

Neverheard of it.  Will you people get over it, already?  Look, you’d make any movie if you were dating J. Lo and…nope.  Nevermind. We’re not hear to talk about that.  We’re hear to talk about a horrendous illness that is sweeping across the globe.

LADY GAGA:  Gosh, Ben!  What is it?

BEN AFFLECK:  It’s a physical condition that’s uglier than that dress you’ve got on, Gaga.

JOE NAMATH:  It sounds awful, Ben.

BEN AFFLECK:  It sure does legendary football star Joe Namath.

KERMIT THE FROG:  Hi Ho Ben, why don’t you just tell us what it is already?

BEN AFFLECK:  LITPTD

AL ROKER:  Say what?!

BEN AFFLECK:  LITPTD, or in laymen’s terms, “Lightning Infused Toaster Pastry Toilet Death.”

CROWD OF CELEBRITIES ON STAGE GASPS

IGGY AZALEA:  Crikey, Ben!  What in the deep digeridoo is that?

BEN AFFLECK:  Every year, thousands of people die after eating a toaster pastry infused with a concentrated lightning bolt. It’s not their fault.  Lightning infused toaster pastries are so damn delicious that no mortal is able to resist.  Sadly, what goes in must come out and sure enough, the lightning comes out in a big way.  Too big for the human body to handle…usually while the afflicted individual is sitting on the toilet.

KERMIT THE FROG:  Did you say, “usually?”

BEN AFFLECK:  I did.  Unfortunately, the best case scenario for a LITPTD sufferer is to die whilst on the commode.  Of course, we’ve all seen the news stories about LITPTD afflicted individuals rolling over in the middle of the night and taking out their spouses who happen to be sleeping in bed with them.  Of course, our hearts and prayers go out to those poor folks who were attending a telemarketer convention when one of the attendees inflicted by LITPTD wasn’t able to find a bathroom in time and accidentally took out an entire seminar on how to call people during dinner.

KERMIT THE FROG:  Did you say thousands of people suffer from this?  Is LITPD really that common?

BEN AFFLECK:  Yes, Kermit. Right now as we speak, someone is dying on the toilet while trying to push out a lightning bolt that was consumed in the form of a toaster pastry.

NICKI MINAJ:  (Sweetly) Only cherry toaster pastries though, right? (ANGRILY) – BECAUSE TO DIE FROM AN ORANGE TOASTER PASTRY WOULD BE A FRIGHTENING SIGHT!

BEN AFFLECK:  No Nicki.  Lightning can strike any flavor of toaster pastry and make it extra delicious and hard to resist, despite the fact that eating it results in a certain, painful, and exceptionally hilarious death.  Strawberry.  Chocolate.  Vanilla.  No toaster pastry is safe from becoming a vessel of impending doom.

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE:  What can we do, Ben?

BEN AFFLECK:  What celebrities do best, Justin.  We can raise awareness.

CELEBRITIES GATHER TOGETHER AND BREAK OUT INTO SONG

Cure LITPTD Today

By: A Gaggle of Concerned Celebrities

ALL:

There’s a rumble in my tummy!

I don’t know what to do!

Oh lightning infused toaster pastry!

Why did I eat you?

You looked so delicious.

So I ate the entire thing.

But now out of my backside…

A damn lightning bolt will fling!

Whoa…whoa..whoa…CURE!

CURE LIGHTNING INFUSED TOASTER PASTRY TOILET DEATH!

Won’t you donate today and make this madness go away?

Whoa…whoa…whoa..CURE!

CURE LIGHTNING INFUSED TOASTER PASTRY TOILET DEATH!

Cure it today and make it safe to go to the bathroom again….

ATTORNEY DONNELLY SAYS:  This is just a parody.  Literally, none of the above mentioned celebrities participated in a telethon/music video to raise awareness for Lightning Infused Toaster Pastry Toilet Death.  None of them said any of these horrible things.

BQB:  Because they didn’t care?

ATTORNEY DONNELLY:  Because there isn’t such an affliction!

BQB:  Could of fooled me!  I’m still sitting on a prescription butt pillow!

Image courtesy of Eggib on openclipart.org.

BQB and the Meaning of Life returns this Saturday.

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You Can’t Argue with Science: Dr. Hugo Reminds You of BQB and The Meaning of Life

Guten tag, mein leipshin!

Dr. Hugo Von Science

Dr. Hugo Von Science

It is I, Dr. Hugo Von Science here mit mein column, “You Can’t Argue With Science.”

You really can’t, can you?  Go on.  Try it.  Argue with a molecule and see where it gets you.  Nowhere.

Perhaps you remember me from one of my amazing inventions:

  • The Super Collider Walnut Cracker – Harnesses the power of the super collider to send molecules hurtling at unimaginable speeds for the purpose of cracking mein delicious walnuts.
  • Chimpanzee Mind Control Helmets – Have you ever wanted to live vicariously through a chimp?  Now you can.  You’re welcome.
  • The Spoiler Stratifier – Tired of your favorite television shows being spoiled by people who have more time to watch TV than you do?  Try this special pair of ear buds that translates any spoiler uttered by a dufus into the sound of a Swiss man yodeling.

And of course…

  • The Stench-a-fier – Provide me with all the gold bars in the world or your cities will reek with the stench of a billion skunks dipped in old buttermilk and…woopsie!  That one isn’t perfected yet.  Mein bad.

Anyhoodles, have you forgotten all about Bookshelf Q. Battler and the Meaning of Life?  Of course you have, mein leipshin.  It’s all right.  You all have the brain capacity of a bunch of buzzing gnats.  It’s ok.  We all can’t be a distinguished Professor of Science at the Advanced Science Institute of Science University like yours truly, Dr. Hugo Von Science.

Here’s a refresher of BQB’s epic adventure:

Parts 1-5 – BQB dies on toilet after eating a lightning bolt that was concentrated into a pop tart.  In death, his spirit guide, William Shakespeare, advises him to seek the meaning of life.  Critics praise the tale, especially the intense realism as well as the author’s bold gambit in educating the world about the scourge of toilet/lightning related fatalities.

Parts 6-13 – Our hero is given a second chance at life and recovers from his injuries at the Bookshelf Battle Compound.  Various tiny book characters apologize for causing his injury.  BQB decides that the secret of life must rest in the brain of the Great Guru, a wise man who lives high atop a mountain smack dab in the middle of the civil war plagued island of Pango Tango.  The inhabitants have been massacring each other for years over an argument as to which side is most peaceful.  (Yes, you read that right.)

Pop Culture Mysteries returns in July with a special episode in which Detective Jake Hatcher investigates whether Han or Greedo from Star Wars shot first.

In the meantime, you can start reading Jake’s quest to figure out what happened to the original Brady Bunch spouses.

What do you think happened to them, mein leipshin?  Personally, I don’t think Mike or Carol had first spouses.  I bet the Brady children were cloned in a lab, but that just could be mein bias for, as you know, I am a man of science.

And you can’t argue with science.

Toodle-ooo herrs unt frauleins!

Dr. Hugo Von Science is a Distinguished Professor of Science at the Advanced Science Institute of Science University.  He has patented over a bazillion inventions and may or may not be attempting to conquer the world in his spare time.  His column, “You Can’t Argue with Science” is a recurring feature on the Bookshelf Battle Blog.

Mad scientist photo courtesy of shutterstock.com

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