"Obesity Awareness" Bake Sale Results in Ironic Education

July 29, 2010
Ben Berkon, Article, Local, Education, Obesity, Fat, Bake Sale, Baked Goods, Cupcakes, Dangerous, Machinery, Safety, Sweets, Technology, IronyIn local news, an office bake sale for "Obesity Awareness" resulted in a very ironic form of education. The bake sale, which took place in offices of Bryant Technologies, was a huge success--selling over 250 pounds of baked goods to workers who hardly get up from their desks or exercise in their free time.

"I think this bake sale has really enlightened us about obesity," said Bob Horner, who personally purchased $80 worth of cupcakes for himself. "Granted, I knew America had a obesity problem, but it wasn't until I personally indulged in 28,000 calories of baked goods that I realized the scale of the issue. I'm just glad we were fortunate enough to have such an eye-opening bake sale."

According to sources, Bryant Technologies has canceled their upcoming "Office Safety Day" due to lack of dangerous machinery rental places in the area.

Times Square Bomber Identified As Native New Yorker Looking to Clear Out Some Fucking Walking Space

May 2, 2010
Article, New York, Local, Car Bomb, Times Square, Police, Bomb, Traffic, TouristsIn local terrorism news, the recent Times Square bomber was identified as Steve Rosenbaum, a native New Yorker who was just looking to “clear out some fucking walking space.” Rosenbaum, who unfortunately lives in the area, lamented how sick and tired he was of tourists walking slowly with their heads in the air pointing at the least impressive points of New York, creating logjams by posing next to semi-renown structures, and generally acting like they forgot people actually live in New York.

“Steve [Rosenbaum] just seems like a really disgruntled, yet normal person,” said New York Police Chief, Harold Beimer. “Steve was very honest about his reasons for planting the car bomb in the middle of Times Square, and frankly, I agreed with most of his sentiments. Like for real, do those tourists realize how much of a clusterfuck they make Times Square. Sheesh.”

According to sources, Rosenbaum is expected to get at least three to five years in jail, but will also have a guaranteed job in the New York Department of Tourism upon his release.

Local Man Wonders Whether “End World Hunger” Facebook Group Will Clutter Profile Page

February 26, 2010
Article, Local, End World Hunger, Facebook, Social Networking, Twitter, Clutter, Groups, Fan Pages, Computer, Technician, Jobs, Monster, CNN, ESPN, NYTimes, ObamaIn local news, Dan Copperman, a 27 year-old computer technician, was confronted with a difficult decision Sunday night—whether joining the “End World Hunger” Facebook group would clutter his profile page. While surely Jennifer Gerard, a person Dan worked with at a summer camp 8 years ago and who sent Dan the invite, wouldn’t notice if Dan joined the group or not, Dan was still compelled to at least ponder whether he really wanted to add yet another group to his amounting collection.

“Most of the time I just accept the group invite and go on my way,” said Dan, who sat bent over his computer and looked very tired. “But this group would put me over the top—I would have to click the ‘click to view all groups’ link. Do I really need this clutter in my life? I mean, I’m sure this ‘End World Hunger’ group will do wonders—it says that ‘for every person who joins, EndWorldHunger.org will donate $.05 to an African village of your choice,’ but is it really worth having a disorganized Facebook page?”

According to Dan’s friends, they’re confident that Dan will make room for the “End World Hunger” group by leaving a group about a Freshman rush event from college, a group about a now expired deal at a local pizza place, or possibly that group about some inside joke that wasn’t that funny to begin with.
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