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Frankenstein Joins Match!

The Frankenstein monster, tired of being single and dissatisfied with the women he was meeting has joined the online dating community Match.Com “I was hesitant to join” says the monster. Online dating frankly has such a bad reputation but a friend of mine, the Mummy, said I should give it a try so I joined.  We’ll […]

From the Manhattan Infidel Archives: Titanic Sunk by Iceberg Lettuce!

Since it is a slow day here at Manhattan Infidel I have reached back into the archives to present a story first reported on the pages of this blog back in 1912: Dateline April 14, 1912:  Tragic News from The Atlantic.  Titanic Sunk by Iceberg Lettuce! News comes to us over the wireless that the RMS Titanic was […]

My Exclusive Interview with Cee Lo Green

Today at Manhattan Infidel it is my pleasure to interview one half of the hip hop group Gnarls Barkley and one of the hosts of “The Voice” currently seen on NBC, Cee Lo Green. MI: Good afternoon Mr. Green. CLG: Let’s make this quick honky.  I got stuff to do. MI: Um.  Okay.  Let’s start off with the recent […]

Borg Collective Goes Co-op!

The Borg Collective have announced that they will be converting many of their “Cube” spaceships into co-ops starting next Spring. “I don’t have to tell you that traveling throughout space assimilating cultures is expensive” said the Borg Queen. Our ships don’t run on prairie farts and pixie dust.  They need a source of energy. Also […]

Bullwinkle Shot, Strapped to Top of Car, Cut Into Bite-Sized Pieces and Eaten by Family

Bullwinkle J. Moose, resident of Frostbite Falls, Minnesota was shot today while walking in the woods. Source report that Bullwinkle and his companion, Rocky the flying squirrel, were out for a morning stroll when they were spotted by a local hunter. “I was looking for a deer but then I saw this moose.  I couldn’t […]

Ghost and Mrs. Muir Have Open Relationship

Carolyn Muir, a young widow renting Gull Cottage in the town of Schooner Bay, Maine and her lover, a long-dead sea captain named Daniel Gregg, have announced that they are currently in an “open and swinging” relationship. “It’s true” said Mrs. Muir on her Facebook page. I’m dating a ghost and I couldn’t be happier. […]

Academic Scandal: Physicist Christmas Jones Faked Credentials and Data!

Noted nuclear physicist Christmas Jones, who among her achievements once saved Istanbul from a nuclear explosion with the help of British agent James Bond, has been exposed as a fraud. “Naturally we were shocked” said the head of the International Association of Nuclear Physicists. Shocked and disappointed.  I read her PhD thesis, “Nuclear Physics is Like […]

How Will Cheryl Hines Die?

Popular, successful and attractive actress Cheryl Hines signed her own death warrant over the weekend when she married environmental lawyer shakedown artist Robert Kennedy Jr., in a ceremony at the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port. Since the news broke we here at the world wide headquarters of Manhattan Infidel have been busy feeding information into […]

Donner Party Amusement Park Ride Proves Unpopular

Six Flags has announced that it is shutting down the controversial Donner Party ride. “We had high hopes” said a source at Six Flags who wishes to remain anonymous. It had everything.  Adventures.  Thrills. American history.  Salt.  I just wish the public had given it more of a chance. The Donner Party Adventure Ride seemed doomed […]

Batgirl Sues Batman, Robin

Famous Gotham City crime fighter Batgirl has filed a lawsuit against fellow crime fighters Batman and Robin, citing, “a pattern of sexual abuse and defamation of character resulting in a loss of promotion opportunities.” “Originally I was very excited to join Batman and Robin” said Batgirl in her deposition. Here I was a woman fighting […]