Articles on the news page

[jazz]

i'm pretty much limited to articles that are based in reality, so i myself will admit there are some days that are slower than others, but are the articles i post on the news page funny or interesting/weird enough to read about?

just looking for some feedback.

http://www.encircling.us (http://www.encircling.us)

EDIT: also, would you say that the quotes i list from the article good choices? do they make good teasers?

[spinnin'dervish]

i love 'em esp the one about the jordanian couple. long time ago
i log off now

[jazz]

i added an additional question there, derv.

[spinnin'dervish]

Yep!

[Trizzak]

I find them funny. However, I rarely read the whole article. I usually just laugh at the absurdity shown in the short blurbs on the homepage.

[jims]

i enjoy the read

[toolgemini]

when i manage to read them hell yes

[jazz]

I find them funny. However, I rarely read the whole article. I usually just laugh at the absurdity shown in the short blurbs on the homepage.

that's what i'm aiming for (at the very least). that it keeps you coming back to check everyday. that's good.

[Trizzak]

that's what i'm aiming for (at the very least). that it keeps you coming back to check everyday. that's good.
Well sometimes I just bypass the homepage altogether. But sometimes I'm in the mood for wacky news stories, usually about human stupidity.

So I find them funny, but not something I go out of my way for.

[jazz]

Well sometimes I just bypass the homepage altogether. But sometimes I'm in the mood for wacky news stories, usually about human stupidity.

So I find them funny, but not something I go out of my way for.

thanks for the honesty. :up:

[Trizzak]

I think it's a good way to hook people into the site though.

[jazz]

if you were just surfing and found this site (the site, not the message board, of course), would you bookmark it?

[Trizzak]

I don't bookmark anything. But it would draw me in further to meet the other people that frequent the site.

The homepage really does fit us all quite nicely. When are we not making fun of the stupid things in the world?

[The Judas Cow]

I pretty much agree with all of what Trizz said.

I always scan the headlines, and any of them that I find funny I read the blurb and the ones I really like I hit the link and read the whole article.


For the most part they are worth the read.

[jazz]

I pretty much agree with all of what Trizz said.

I always scan the headlines, and any of them that I find funny I read the blurb and the ones I really like I hit the link and read the whole article.


For the most part they are worth the read.

cool.

[The Judas Cow]

Monk accidentally glues eyes shut

^ Now that's funny.

[iha]

i voted for some days. if we read a news article that is funny do you want us to tell you so you can look at it and possibly put something about it on there? Also.. I think you should have a page explaining what encircling.us is.

[Ryan]

i never visit the main page... :insecure:

but i'll say yes anyway

[greg]

some days. and the quotes are decent enough teasers.

[saber]

i dont really go to this site that often anymore, mainly because i liked it better when it was apc oriented. some of the reads are alright though.

[jazz]

i voted for some days. if we read a news article that is funny do you want us to tell you so you can look at it and possibly put something about it on there? Also.. I think you should have a page explaining what encircling.us is.

nah, that's cool. part of the allure for me is finding the articles to put up there.

[mjk870621345]

i find them funny... but rarely i click a link.. i just read the headline and thats it

[iha]

i never visit the main page... :insecure:

but i'll say yes anyway
I have 3 times. :lmao:

[iha]

nah, that's cool. part of the allure for me is finding the articles to put up there.
ok :up:

[Parabola7001]

If the first statement getter grabs my eyes and it seems unreal then ill read it

[DeadOhioSky]

yea dude keep up the good work i love all those funny storys. i send the links to my friends and they're all like "where do u dig this shit up man, u need a girl or a job or something"

[iha]

yea dude keep up the good work i love all those funny storys. i send the links to my friends and they're all like "where do u dig this shit up man, u need a girl or a job or something"
lol.

[jazz]

yea dude keep up the good work i love all those funny storys. i send the links to my friends and they're all like "where do u dig this shit up man, u need a girl or a job or something"

just give 'em the homepage link. :shrug:

[B]

FUKITOL is great.

[Heath]

Thumbs up for the news page.

[mud_]

i'm not a massive online reader, if i want to READ, i'll get a book

so, i limit my exposure to the exerpts on the front page and find them sufficient to get me to laugh or at least have something new to tell my friends when they come around

dogs licking cane toads? awesome

[Halo17]

It's funny that you brought this up. I've been meaning to tell you how much I love those news articles. I think they are a great addition to the site and I thank you for taking the time to find them and post them for us.

The teasers are perfect, you read them and just have to read the rest of the story.

Where the hell do you get them?

[jazz]

It's funny that you brought this up. I've been meaning to tell you how much I love those news articles. I think they are a great addition to the site and I thank you for taking the time to find them and post them for us.

The teasers are perfect, you read them and just have to read the rest of the story.

Where the hell do you get them?

i have a huge list of sites i comb through and i pick the ones i think would be worthy of reading. some days there's just nothing at all. other days i have to eliminate a few of them because there were so many.

[waylander]

I don't read them, but I may start. I didn't vote because I can't form an educated opinion on them until I've skimmed over them.

[jazz]

fair enough.

[Tzarina]

Sometimes I get busy and forget that the articles are even there, but once I remember, I always enjoy reading your choices.
Then again, I LOVE Art Bell, too fun... :greenwink

[waylander]

fair enough.
Let it be known that I do appreciate the work you put into the site though.

[jazz]

Let it be known that I do appreciate the work you put into the site though.

:up:

[phi]

YES

[Pudie]

I dont read em :/

[ElleJae]

I read them because I never took the time to change the bookmark to take me directly to the forums, so everytime I come here I end up seeing the news page first.

I read through the excerpts, and I'd say they're pretty good. If I've got time and one of the articles seems interesting, I'll check out it out.

[EvAn]

I usually glance through them. Sometimes if the first few lines catch me I'll give the artical a look over.......good stuff over all

[bleuMadonna]

I haven't read any of them. I usually just come right to the board. I might have to start, though :biggrin:

[MAGO]

i'm pretty much limited to articles that are based in reality, so i myself will admit there are some days that are slower than others, but are the articles i post on the news page funny or interesting/weird enough to read about?

just looking for some feedback.

http://www.encircling.us (http://www.encircling.us)

EDIT: also, would you say that the quotes i list from the article good choices? do they make good teasers?

although i don't read the articles all the time, when i do read them i find them hilarious....i like them...

[Hailo]

I liked the one about the musical Condums.

[EtchedInCold]

i had to go with C.
but those somedays are few and far between.

[chilifoot]

i like it.... it's nice to see that side of the news.... the blurbs could be a little better, but i know it's hard to sum these things up sometimes.... overall, good work.... although i admit i don't look at it everytime i come here

[jazz]

i like it.... it's nice to see that side of the news.... the blurbs could be a little better, but i know it's hard to sum these things up sometimes.... overall, good work.... although i admit i don't look at it everytime i come here

yep. the blurbs are actually harder to compose than you think. i want to make it funny, informing, but i also have to walk the fine line of not giving too much away, making it enticing enough to read, etc.,

...and sometimes, the articles just aren't that funny to quote from. :shrug:

[EtchedInCold]

:pepper:

[jazz]

:pepper:

that's one insatiable pepper.

[EtchedInCold]

:pepper: :monkey:
pepper spray

[jazz]

:pepper: :monkey:
pepper spray

or 'hot spooge.' :shrug:

[EtchedInCold]

:shrug: indeed

[Keith Moon]

- I usually just skim through them at the home page, but I hardly ever read the full story.

[jazz]

:shrug: indeed

'hot yogurt' sounds better though. :what:

[jazz]

- I usually just skim through them at the home page, but I hardly ever read the full story.

as long as i have people coming back to (at the very least) read the excerpts, i'm happy.

[EtchedInCold]

hot yogurt :ha:

[JTMoney]

I love them, i have a reason 2 get on the computer at school :)

[jazz]

i like it.... it's nice to see that side of the news.... the blurbs could be a little better, but i know it's hard to sum these things up sometimes.... overall, good work.... although i admit i don't look at it everytime i come here

it may sound cheesy (:bird:, in advance), but in a way i'm trying to provide an alternative to news sites that only concentrate on the negative reporting. that, and celebrity-related bullshit.

if it makes someone laugh out loud once in a while, then i've done what i set out to do. that's enough for me.

[bleuMadonna]

There's a guy on another board I frequent who created a thread just for the funny stories of the day, the head-scratchers and the ones that just plain entertain because the subjects in them are just so stupid. We made it a sticky.

[EtchedInCold]

today>yesterday

[EtchedInCold]

on a similar note, :haha: at the download of the week.

[jazz]

hehe. good thing i don't smoke on ledges.

[The Judas Cow]

on a similar note, :haha: at the download of the week.

:ha: that's great

[EtchedInCold]

what's up with people getting things lodged in their head and not knowing?

[alarment13]

i never really look at it, when i have, it seems that i have already gotten most of this "wacky" news from fark.com or fazed.org or some other site i frequent to procrastinate. i guess i am just used to when the site delt with apc more... sorry

[jazz]

nah, that's cool. i appreciate your honesty better than you just telling me what i hope to hear.

[mud_]

that one from today
in the middle, about the guy that got $1M for diving off the bridge...

that bridge is like 2 minutes from my house
i can almost see it from here...if i strain my neck a bit

i know i know...i'm just saying though

[jazz]

that one from today
in the middle, about the guy that got $1M for diving off the bridge...

that bridge is like 2 minutes from my house
i can almost see it from here...if i strain my neck a bit

i know i know...i'm just saying though

try it. maybe you'll get some coin. :what:

[Tzarina]

I read that Turkey story, and now all I can think of is that South PArk episode with the crazy turkeys... :hmm:

:lmao:

[JTMoney]

Funny Funny

[EtchedInCold]

I read that Turkey story, and now all I can think of is that South PArk episode with the crazy turkeys... :hmm:

:lmao:
gotta love the great lake state.

[jazz]

I read that Turkey story, and now all I can think of is that South PArk episode with the crazy turkeys... :hmm:

:lmao:

we think alike then. why do you think i even posted to begin with?

:mario2:

[Tzarina]

Can't you just HEAR that Turkey gobble noise in your head? :haha:

:idea: gotta find smiley thread...

[Tzarina]

:bump:

Man Arrested After Shooting His Car To 'Put It Out Of Its Misery'
:gaytard:

:roflmao:

Great stories this week :jazz:
:clap:

[jazz]

i know. this week is kicking ass so far. :lol:

[EtchedInCold]

:bump:


:gaytard:

:roflmao:

Great stories this week :jazz:
:clap:
you have me in your signature!

[Tzarina]

you have me in your signature!
is that okay 'super awesome rob'?

you're the cat?

[Godless]

the times that I doooo look at that page, yes, they are funny.

[EtchedInCold]

is that okay 'super awesome rob'?

you're the cat?
i'm the super-slut-kitten

[jazz]

the times that I doooo look at that page, yes, they are funny.

you print out the articles and rub them all over your body, admit it. :what:

[Godless]

don't forget the cum, jazzy....that's the most important part

[Tzarina]

"Due to these profiles and online chats, unknown men would arrive without warning at plaintiff's work expecting to engage in sexual relations with her,"
there are just so many things wrong with this statement...

:roflmao:

[Tzarina]

He's a guy. He's real tall, and he's got a full set of breasts
:roflmao:

[Tzarina]

Two mourners who rode an all-terrain vehicle to the service for a man killed in an ATV accident were injured in a similar accident as they were leaving.
oh you have NO idea the appriciation i have for this living out here in the forest...

:haha:

[MojoFearsSatan]

there's a radio show in the UK, called 'The Worst Week Of The Week Awards Awarded Weekly On A Week-By-Week Basis For Those Who've Had A Bad Week'; which trawls up the unluckiest people from these strange news stories, your site spoils it usually cos I know most of the stories.

My favourite one is still this one though:
If there were two types of people you'd think could never get into a fight, you'd say monks, and Buddhists. Even if they're not the top, they must be near it. Well, we got strange scenes in Thailand where riot police were called to break up a brawl that broke out between two rival groups of Buddhist monks. Genius. What the hell can a buddhist monk find to fight about!???!??!?!?

[jazz]

there's a radio show in the UK, called 'The Worst Week Of The Week Awards Awarded Weekly On A Week-By-Week Basis For Those Who've Had A Bad Week'; which trawls up the unluckiest people from these strange news stories, your site spoils it usually cos I know most of the stories.

i must be doing something right then. :shrug2:

[greg]

Boy brought grenade to show and tell

A primary school in Poland had to be evacuated after a nine-year-old boy brought a live hand grenade to a 'show and tell' session.

The pupils had been asked to bring something interesting into the classroom to show their classmates.

Nine-year-old Piotr Ernst, from Trzebnik, decided that a hand grenade from his dad's collection of WWII memorabilia was the perfect thing.

When later questioned by police, the youngster's father, Fryderyk, said he had dug up the grenade along with other WWII artifacts that he had found using a metal detector in woods near his home.

:lmao:

there's a joke in there somewhere.

[jazz]

someone here actually reads the news page!!!!1

:yay: :wired: :dance: :nanner:

[EtchedInCold]

hey, if you never made a big deal about that star (that never shows up anymore) in the address bar, I'd still have the news page favorited... i hold you responible.
:jazzjazz:

[Pun'KinG']

you print out the articles and rub them all over your body, admit it. :what:

I do that...well sort of.

I am silly putty to the world's comic page. :what:

[jazz]

hey, if you never made a big deal about that star (that never shows up anymore) in the address bar, I'd still have the news page favorited... i hold you responible.
:jazzjazz:
:no:

:jazzrob:

[EtchedInCold]

I should totally make a slap chain. ending with Dio.

[jazz]

you need to finish the kenneth one. and make one for capt. :capt: he looks too damn happy there.

[EtchedInCold]

the kenneth one still haunts my dreams. and i had a capt one, but he's never really done anything slap-worthy.

[jazz]

i already said it. he's a happy cappy. he needs some emo in his diet.

[EtchedInCold]

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a112/RobsPhotos/jazzcapt.gif

[Pun'KinG']

:ha:

Happy Cappy turned quite.....sappy? :shrug:


:jazzpun:


:whistle:

[EtchedInCold]

:jazzpun:
i could....

[Pun'KinG']

:blink:

That would be puntacular.

[KenKill75]

Why would anyone want to slap loveable Kenneth?

[Pun'KinG']

Why would anyone want to slap loveable Kenneth?

:sarcasm:

Just for that reason alone. Because you're too damn loveable.

Didn't any of :byrche: rub off on you during the meet-up?

:shame:

[KenKill75]

No, I refused to rub him, even though he wanted me to.

[EtchedInCold]

:sarcasm:

Just for that reason alone. Because you're too damn loveable.

Didn't any of :byrche: rub off on you during the meet-up?

:shame:
not in that way.

[Pun'KinG']

No, I refused to rub him, even though he wanted me to.

You should have offered him a full body massage...with release. :what:

Especially after all that long-distance driving that he had to endure, coping with Rob at shotgun http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b345/punking/f030.gif.

It's the least you could have done. :shame:

[KenKill75]

Im selfish

[EtchedInCold]

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b345/punking/f030.gif
:rob2:?

[Pun'KinG']

:yes:

Uh.. I mean.. :no:

:teehee:

Awwwwww..

:insecure:

[EtchedInCold]

:punking:

i fix that later.
the colors were off

[jazz]

i could....
you should. :bat:

[Pun'KinG']

:hmm:

I was wondering which one of my many exaggerated faces you were going to choose.

Could you possibly use the end expression? I think it's more distinct and it'd be quite a transition to see me go from a yellow-toothed grin to a crying puss.

I mean...if it's not too much trouble.

You can do it, Robber.

[Pun'KinG']

you should. :bat:

you would. :chucks:

[KenKill75]

We should have ones where the stfu and gtfo guys get slapped

[EtchedInCold]

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a112/RobsPhotos/pun.gif
i was gonna do that one.

[Pun'KinG']

We should have ones where the stfu and gtfo guys get slapped

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b345/punking/a0782.gif

[Pun'KinG']

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a112/RobsPhotos/pun.gif
i was gonna do that one.

OK. That's probably more feasible.

:shake:

[KenKill75]

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b345/punking/a0782.gif

You hit like a girl :neener:

[EtchedInCold]

OK. That's probably more feasible.

:shake:
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a112/RobsPhotos/bc22e297.gif

What if forensics finds the answers?
What if they stole my fingerprints?
Where did I leave my book of matches?

We'll find you.

[KenKill75]

what if :jazzrob:?

[EtchedInCold]

i'm gonna make a whole army of me slapping all of you.

EDIT: except you, Ken, because you had to pick a fucking "squirrel" for a smiley.

[KenKill75]

you slapping the salami :teehee:

[Pun'KinG']

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a112/RobsPhotos/bc22e297.gif

:yay:

:bow3::rob:

:nanner:

[Pun'KinG']

i'm gonna make a whole army of me slapping all of you.

EDIT: except you, Ken, because you had to pick a fucking "squirrel" for a smiley.

:lol:

http://www.encircling.us/forums/showpost.php?p=210945&postcount=108

:woo:

[EtchedInCold]

:lol:

http://www.encircling.us/forums/showpost.php?p=210945&postcount=108

:woo:
i was gonna call it that, but was unsure of the spelling for some reason.

[Pun'KinG']

i was gonna call it that, but was unsure of the spelling for some reason.

:hug2:

Here's hoping that you hit an inside the classroom homerun the next time we play Spelling Bee Baseball. :cross:

:cap: Oh, FYI, Meg's desk is going to be second base and it smells like tuna fish for some reason.

[Godless]

I visited the home page for the first time in mooonths.

[EtchedInCold]

I should totally make a slap chain. ending with Dio.
i'm gonna try to tackle this shit tonight.

[EtchedInCold]

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a112/RobsPhotos/setup.gif
that's as far as i've gotten for sure. the rest is gonna be a bit of work.

[Bruce]

So I get slapped first?

[Pun'KinG']

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a112/RobsPhotos/setup.gif
that's as far as i've gotten for sure. the rest is gonna be a bit of work.

Heath should be fairly easy to include.

So, I take it the propellar action is too much of bitch to add?



:secret:( I like it when we ask so much of Rob.)

:secret: (I know what you mean.)

:secret: (How so?)

:secret: (Nah.. I don't. I just like emulating Ryan and Greg by whispering.)

:secret: (lmaonade.... roflcopter....)

[Pun'KinG']

So I get slapped first?

:dopey: Lucky!

Byrche is most SLAP-worthiest... :krazy:

[EtchedInCold]

So I get slapped first?
alphabetical, save for dio...

and i suppose i could but Heath in there, but first we'll need a :jazzheath: and i'm not really in the mood right now.

[Ryan]

:jazzjazz:


:lmao:

[jazz]

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a112/RobsPhotos/setup.gif
that's as far as i've gotten for sure. the rest is gonna be a bit of work.
capt and greg look hilarious there.

[EtchedInCold]

capt and greg look hilarious there.
i thought i did a good job of making everyone look like their smileys.
I hand-did, me, you, capt, greg, and dio.

[Pun'KinG']

You didn't hand-do me?

____:crying2:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/dxpfounder/Bitsy20Bucket.gif

[EtchedInCold]

You didn't hand-do me?

____:crying2:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/dxpfounder/Bitsy20Bucket.gif
actually, every other frame of yours, i did. notice the eyebrows.

[Pun'KinG']

:shrug:



:yay:

Wait. Sooooo you half-ass hand-did me? :nanner9:

:erm:






I'll take it!

:jig2:

[EtchedInCold]

no, i definitely whole-ass hand-did you.



:pray: Ryan never sees this post.

[EtchedInCold]

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a112/RobsPhotos/ginormousteste.gif

that's what i've got so far...
of course, i'm gonna go through and fix the crying part, so they coincide with each person's respective cry. but at this point, it's easier to just use the same one over and over, just to get it in the right place and all synched up.

[greg]

wow

:bow3:

[Pun'KinG']

My 2nd generation smilie is going to get to virtually slap Rob's revised 2nd gerneration smilie. :nanner17:


This is soon to become the happiest time in my life. :smile:

[EtchedInCold]

you realize you posted that 2 minutes after i revealed it, don't you?

[Pun'KinG']

you realize you posted that 2 minutes after i revealed it, don't you?

:yes:

I felt it belonged in both threads. I know. I know. But I have to do all that I can to keep up with Ken's post count. And if that means duplicating previous posts and spamming then so be it. A whore's gotta do what a whore's gotta do.

.

[Pun'KinG']

you realize you posted that 2 minutes after i revealed it, don't you?

Oh, I read that wrong. I actually posted that (twice) before seeing your finished product. I guess we owe it to enthralled anticipation.

[jazz]

wow, that update took me a while. remind me to not lose my power during the week again.

:faint:

[EtchedInCold]

Hey, jazz...
















don't lose your power during the week again.

[jazz]

Hey, jazz...
















don't lose your power during the week again. :jazzrob:

[EtchedInCold]

:sorry:

[jazz]

:smooch:

:what:

[EtchedInCold]

:cringe:

[Ryan]

no faggot.

[greg]

http://images1.hiboox.com/images/3908/43c87a0c97ad4570f97279413ec4c6e2.gif

[jazz]

http://www.encircling.us/photoplog/file_4316.jpg

[Bruce]

Ironic how Prince can make anyone feel small.

[Pun'KinG']

no faggot.

You said it. Let's put an end to them all. :pirate2:

[sneakypete]

http://images1.hiboox.com/images/3908/43c87a0c97ad4570f97279413ec4c6e2.gif

:lulz::lulz::lulz::lulz::lulz::lulz: