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Did you hear the one about the monkey and the testicles and the birthday cake?

by David Wong

Mack “John Cheese” Leighty sends me this link, with the instructions, “This is fucking awesome, but you have to read the whole thing. You’ll want to stop, because you’ll think you know what the story is about, but you have to keep reading.”

Then he linked me to this.

Do what he says. You won’t regret it.

In print journalism they talk about the inverted pyramid structure, where you put the important facts at the top of the story because 1) you know many people will not read very far and 2) if the editors need to cut for space, they can just lop of the less important facts at the end. That’s why newspaper stories seem to just peter out rather than building up to some kind of conclusion.

I personally believe that this reporter just started making shit up and sticking it on at the end, just to see if anyone was reading that far. And I believe that he is a genius.

12 Responses to “Did you hear the one about the monkey and the testicles and the birthday cake?”

  1. ice monster Says:

    I was just talking to a friend about how we don’t laugh at things that are supposed to be funny on the netz and kind of just smile at them at most. Then I read this and couldn’t stop laughing. Thanks, Wong.

  2. Lex Says:

    I too could not stop laughing out loud. Thank you for sharing.

  3. CoMa7oSe Says:

    Oh man, I haven’t had that good a laugh in weeks. Thanks Wong!

  4. Cloister Says:

    I actually saw this guy, the one who got his balls ripped off on Montel Williams a couple years back. Unfortunately for Mr. Davis and quite fortunate for the internet this story is true.

    Brian Posehn even did a bit about it on his album Nerd Rage.

  5. Cloister Says:

    I should rephrase that. The guy didn’t have his balls ripped off on Montel Williams. They were ripped off by a monkey and then he went on Montel Williams.

  6. Wophugus Says:

    What a terrible way to have your balls ripped off.

  7. Scolex Says:

    Because there are so many good ways to have your balls ripped off?

  8. Sanchez Says:

    I thought the guy was making it all up too, until I saw the picture of the poor noseless bastard at the top of the article. That sort of killed my giggleboner.

  9. Mongo Says:

    His balls weren’t ripped off. They were chewed off.

  10. Peter Says:

    Link is dead, anyone know where I can find it?

  11. Brizz Says:

    Yup, link’s dead :(

  12. Kat Says:

    Can I get my 5 min back?

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