Thing that are currently making me laugh excessively and compulsively:
"The Chinese Buffet!"
WE HAS TROUBLE AND ALSO TRIBBLES (h/t Dorian)
I need to go to bed.
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I had seen the pidgen Star Trek before, but the Chinese Buffet was new to me. Thanks! I need all the excessive and compulsive laughs I can get right now.
My current guilty pleasure is the "Catholic Heaven/Protestant Heaven" Simpson clip posted at People of the Book:
http://peopleofthebook.us/2007/06/06/catholic-heaven-by-the-simpsons/
Disclaimer: I have never watched the Simpsons as a series, just a couple of their Halloween specials which friends told me to tape. It's just not my kind of thing. However, I thought this was really funny (though I do feel rather embarassed about enjoying it so much).
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