It has been a good year at the Comedy Sojourn.
Here are some of our favorite memories and inside jokes from 2016!
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January: John tried to prepare us for the possibility of a Trump election.
February: John shared his thoughts on the Superbowl. (Puppy Monkey Baby!)
March: John went back-and-forth with his imaginary friend and concluded that sex is a choice.
April: John became an ordained Atheist minister. (Really!) And the trolls upped their game, resulting in a post with over 200 comments.
May: We discussed whether human beings are more than mere brain matter…
June: A gorilla was shot. The Atheists refused to take a Vow of Silence. Later, they took the chance to answer questions from Christian teens who attended the 414 Conference. (Many words were used; not many answers given.)
WARNING! The picture provided is for reference only! Please, don’t attempt to read the entire comment without a spotter!July: John confessed the Bible isn’t the reason for his faith.
August: John explained why Christians should believe in magic. And he relived his childhood by describing how plastic spacemen taught him a lesson about right/wrong.
September: We challenged Christians to switch to Atheism. And, we launched the Podcast!
October: John explained why belief in God is less like cancer and more like Down Syndrome. He was told he’s not funny (again). Plus, we formally introduced the Heathens who plug up our comment sections.
Several new people started commenting in October. This made one troll suspicious…
November: John’s mom had a bone to pick. And then he gave everyone “permission” (whatever that means).
December: We were reminded why Christmas is the Season of Shame. We watched a painful video of a prideful man embarrassing himself. And John taught readers the art of twisting Scripture.
And if that’s not enough to convince you that 2016 was AWESOME, then consider:
- We predicted our evolutionary future: (Sea Centaurs!)
- We got in touch with our poetic sides: (Haikus!)
- And, when words failed us, we posted videos. (Like Grape Ape! And songs about spinning in circles!)
- Also, there were pictures:
Statistically speaking…
- The most-viewed post of the year contained the word “Hooker.”
- The least-viewed post featured a picture of a creepy-looking dude. (We don’t blame you for avoiding that one!)
- There were more than 33,000 unique visitors to the Comedy Sojourn.
- And we picked up at least 1000 new members, who decided to follow us regularly.
So, there you have it! It’s a lot of fun around here. But don’t take my word for it:
I can’t wait to see what happens next year. Don’t be left out in 2017!
Leave us a comment and join the community.
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Happy New Year everyone! Feel free to drop by the Quarter Cave today for some sea centaur sandwiches. All are welcome.*
~CQW
*except for superstitious fedora wearing naked apes, great grape apes, baby birds, rectum photo collectors, or sissies named after a Korean automobiles (no offense to Korean automobile manufacturers)
What a fantastic summary of the year. Honestly, this place has been such a bright spark for me the last twelve months I’ve been around. Thanks for the laughs! Here’s to the next 10,000 comments.
Glad you’re part of the group, Jasmine! Happy New Year!
The sandwiches! That was one of my personal favorites (other than the haikus).
It all started when an angry troll accused John Branyan of serving up “BS Sandwiches”–and John replied:
“You’ve never offered any alternative sandwiches, despite numerous invitations to do so.
So…in lieu of other menu items…bon appetite!”
https://branyancomedy.wordpress.com/2016/09/08/will-there-be-guns-in-heaven/comment-page-1/#comment-4388
Kevin’s quote here still makes me laugh:
https://branyancomedy.wordpress.com/2016/09/14/the-horse-was-already-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-4761
Haikus were right up there on my list. Don’t ever miss an opportunity to force people to be creative. Doing so forcefully makes the point that we would be NOTHING without intelligent design. 😉
I don’t know about you, but most of my haikus wrote themselves, through a process of time + chance.
Now I feel compelled to wade through all those comments.
Gee, thanks
But, for the most part, I could just read one or two, then repeat
Seriously, though, thanks as there is a lot from the year I missed.
If you can remember a key word, I can search the comments for you!
HA! I thought you said, “I could just read one or two, then REPENT.”
Well… first comment of the year and I’m already feeling like it’s time to get into the prayer closet.
Lol
I think repent would indeed have fit just as well
Wally reminded me yesterday that “tossing turds” was a regular phrase for awhile:
https://branyancomedy.wordpress.com/2016/10/02/making-a-trucker-stop-trucking/comment-page-1/#comment-6215
lol.
What am I forgetting?!