WEEKLY WHINE >> 2014
MON 29 DEC 2014
A FISHY REQUISITE
“Have you ever wondered what other people use for aftershave lotion?” Tax Raquel Welch in A Fishy Requisite.
Keywords: Community, Edvard, Stump Edvard
MON 22 DEC 2014
BEES
“In fact, so many things are happening that our coffee machine is broken.” Discover why you should have stuck with the hot chocolate in Bees.
MON 15 DEC 2014
REVISITING THE BEGINNINGS
“We love those salmon kits, you Salmoners.” Embark on a search for a club called the Rainbow Trouts in Revisiting the Beginnings.
MON 08 DEC 2014
CAN YOU BEAT THE DRAW?
“Most likely.” Determine just how likely a 3% probability really is in Can You Beat the Draw?.
Keywords: Sport, Community, Football, Women’s World Cup, Interactive
MON 01 DEC 2014
THE MAILBOX
“Where am I gonna get a polymer matrix from?” Understand that this is one feature with which Pez dispensers are not equipped in The Mailbox.
MON 24 NOV 2014
WAITING FOR THE BIG ONE
“Or is it the other way around?” Go about things wrong in Waiting for the Big One.
MON 17 NOV 2014
SOLUTIONS FOR THE GAME
“FIFA still appears to believe that corruption is composed only of explicit bribery and quid pro quo deals.” Realise that you don’t want to know who is scratching Sepp Blatter’s back in Solutions for the Game.
Keywords: Sport, Propaganda, Support, SPEED, Football
MON 10 NOV 2014
RESULTS OF 2014 US BALLOT MEASURES
“We here at GoobNet are obviously going to have to reassess whether we will continue to provide this service to you in future.” Influence Reg’s decision making process by fixing his Jump to Conclusions mat in Results of 2014 US Ballot Measures.
Keywords: Politics, Propaganda, Support, United States
MON 03 NOV 2014
GUIDE TO 2014 US BALLOT MEASURES
“GoobNet recommends a no vote and reminds the people of Rhode Island that they have a legislature.” Live in abject fear of the day that Mr Griffin goes to Providence in Guide to 2014 US Ballot Measures.
Keywords: Politics, Propaganda, Support, United States
MON 27 OCT 2014
FASTEST FINGER FEST: MISLEADING EDITION
“If not, allow us to tell you what you’re missing out on.” Allow us to tell you what you’re missing out on, which is a Fastest Finger Fest: Misleading Edition.
Keywords: Community, Interactive, Fastest Finger Fest
MON 20 OCT 2014
JOIN US IN KEEPING FEAR ALIVE
“They are obviously doing something right, considering that their reach is much greater than ours.” Find out why our FuchsiaZone channel is not coming in clearly in Join Us in Keeping Fear Alive.
MON 13 OCT 2014
NUMERIC REVIEW OF LANDON
“Also, can you believe this?” Determine what the script is and who is writing it in Numeric Review of Landon.
Keywords: Sport, Variety, Football, United States
MON 06 OCT 2014
IMPROVING UPON WORST
“You deserve better, and we are going to give you better.” Discover just how far we have to climb in Improving Upon Worst.
MON 29 SEP 2014
DRAFTING HISTORY
“This would be a simple rule change that should be made immediately.” Bend everything to your will in Drafting History.
MON 22 SEP 2014
EUROPEAN FOOTBALL: ARRRGH!
“That was probably a miscalculation on your part, but still, thanks.” Avoid making the same mistake that Jack Warner made in European Football: ARRRGH!.
Keywords: Sport, Propaganda, Support, ARRRGH, Football, UEFA
MON 15 SEP 2014
DISCUSSION OF GOOBNET’S SOLUTION TO COPYRIGHTS
“Of course it’s safe.” Count your fingers in Discussion of GoobNet’s Solution to Copyrights.
Keywords: Community, Mailbox, Copyright, Use It or Lose It
MON 08 SEP 2014
GOOBNET SOLVES COPYRIGHTS
“This obviously has nothing to do with the stated purpose of copyright law, which is to encourage authors to create works and to make those works available to the public.” Realise that you really don’t want to know what encouraged us to create GoobNet in GoobNet Solves Copyrights.
Keywords: Propaganda, Novelty, Copyright, Use It or Lose It
MON 01 SEP 2014
GREEN AND FRIENDS
“Sleeve chevron party redux!” Realise that we are talking about Robert, not Julian, in Green and Friends.
Keywords: Sport, Variety, Football, England, Sport uniforms
MON 25 AUG 2014
ROLL THE RED CARPET AWAY
“We’d list some more examples, but then you’d just go and search for them, and you do not want to do that. Seriously.” Wish that we were merely Rickrolling you in Roll the Red Carpet Away.
Keywords: Variety, Award ceremonies
MON 18 AUG 2014
REDUCTION IN COMPLEXITY
“Back already? How was India?” Determine which of many head nods best applies to Reduction in Complexity.
MON 11 AUG 2014
RENDEZVOUS WITH AND STUMP EDVARD
“So... you know... yaaaaay.” Make a judgment as to whether the Muppets sound wrong in Rendezvous With and Stump Edvard.
Keywords: Space, Community, Edvard, Stump Edvard
MON 04 AUG 2014
INTERACTION: DECONSTRUCTING MIKE
“In fact, I’m shocked that more teams don’t have economics taught to their players in house.” Discover if anyone... anyone... wants to learn the importance of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act in Interaction: Deconstructing Mike.
Keywords: Novelty, Sport, Interaction, Football, MLS
MON 28 JUL 2014
PLUS MAILLOTS
“And it will be fun to see whether riders will attempt to avoid scoring points in order to remain in contention for this classification.” Get shut out in Plus Maillots.
Keywords: Sport, Support, SPEED, Cycling, Tour de France
MON 21 JUL 2014
ELEVEN GOALKEEPERS WITH IMMOBILE FROS
“You have not lived until you have heard Brazilian commentators try to pronounce ‘Schweinsteiger’.” Live in Eleven Goalkeepers with Immobile Fros.
Keywords: Sport, Variety, Football, Men’s World Cup, Review committee
MON 14 JUL 2014
YOU’RE WELCOME FOR YOUR WELCOME
“Actually, it was much more complicated and nuanced than that.” Deny all suggestion of shades of grey in You’re Welcome for Your Welcome.
Keywords: Sport, Support, SPLUT, Football, Men’s World Cup
MON 07 JUL 2014
EVERYONE MUST GO
“This is further proof that you should not make decisions about impressiveness without hearing all the facts.” Explore what happened when the cookies hit the fan in Everyone Must Go.
Keywords: Sport, Variety, Football, Men’s World Cup
MON 30 JUN 2014
AND DID THOSE TEETH
“You put it in their mouth.” Realise that we are not after all talking about Mr Pibb in And Did Those Teeth.
Keywords: Sport, Support, SPEED, Football, Men’s World Cup
MON 09 JUN 2014
UNNECESSARILY DAMAGING
“We urge teams not to dress like goalkeepers, no matter how many jerseys they think they can sell.” Find out where Jorge Campos has gone in Unnecessarily Damaging.
Keywords: Sport, Support, SPEED, Football, Men’s World Cup, Sport uniforms
MON 02 JUN 2014
HOW NOT TO MAKE THINGS WORSE
“We don’t want a repeat of last time.” Approach the world the way you approach Calvinball in How Not to Make Things Worse.
Keywords: Variety, Sport, Football, Men’s World Cup, Interactive
MON 26 MAY 2014
DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE RAPIDLY
“Telling people what is happening in the world and giving them context in order to help them understand things and make informed decisions is so 20th century.” Find out that we are late to the party in Decisions Are Being Made Rapidly.
MON 19 MAY 2014
ADDING TO THE NETWORK
“Although there is such a thing as Bay Area Rapid Transit, it actually services an astonishingly small portion of the Bay Area.” See why Salinas never gets its due in Adding to the Network.
Keywords: Support, SPEED, High speed rail, HEARTANDSOUL
MON 12 MAY 2014
OUTWARD MOVEMENT
“Go back to your novels, Brucie.” Eagerly anticipate the publication of Holding Midfielder! in Outward Movement.
MON 05 MAY 2014
STRIKES
“But sport is not a capitalist society.” Come to the conclusion that everything you know is wrong in Strikes.
Keywords: Sport, Propaganda, Novelty, Basketball, NBA
MON 28 APR 2014
COME RIGHT IN, MAGIC
“Join us for a moment as we talk about sport.” Join us for a moment as we talk about sport, and then go away the next moment as we cease talking about sport, in Come Right In, Magic.
MON 21 APR 2014
STUMP EDVARD ABOUT ANNE BRONTË
“Why didn’t anyone change it?” Determine that nobody could find the remote control in Stump Edvard About Anne Brontë.
Keywords: Community, Edvard, Stump Edvard, Literature
MON 14 APR 2014
DO NOT PLACE IT BEYOND THE LINE
“Travelling is a fun, exciting, and educational thing that everyone should do.” See the Universe in your Chevroverse in Do Not Place It Beyond the Line.
Keywords: Community, SHAGADELIC
MON 07 APR 2014
AS ALWAYS, GAUGUIN WAS CORRECT
“Also, those two announcements are completely unrelated.” Discover that there is nothing to see here in As Always, Gauguin Was Correct.
Keywords: Community, Mailbox, Tournament, History
MON 31 MAR 2014
2014 GOOBNET DECADE CHAMPIONSHIP
“This result also proves the precognitive capabilities of Amber Lynn, who submitted a bracket entitled ‘Never Go Against the Bikini’.” Discover something that MTV learned a long time ago in the 2014 GoobNet Decade Championship.
Keywords: Variety, Tournament, History
MON 24 MAR 2014
2014 GOOBNET DECADE CHAMPIONSHIP: SEEDINGS
“And he totally said something that made Warren laugh.” Find out what happens when a mutual fund, a derivative aggregation, and a maturing annuity walk into a bar in 2014 GoobNet Decade Championship: Seedings.
Keywords: Variety, Tournament, History
MON 17 MAR 2014
PUZZLES FOR YOUR DAY
“This week, we are not going to whine about anything.” Determine when a Weekly Whine is not a Weekly Whine in Puzzles for Your Day.
Keywords: Variety, Interactive
MON 10 MAR 2014
THE BIAS OF REALITY
“But what if you want to know what is really happening in the region?” Resign yourself to finding out only what Vladimir Putin wants you to know in The Bias of Reality.
MON 03 MAR 2014
THE NEED TO DEFUSE TENSIONS RAPIDLY
“You should congratulate yourself on correctly using the phrase ‘free rein’ instead of ‘free reign’.” Discover that it is inconceivable that that word does not mean what you think it means in The Need to Defuse Tensions Rapidly.
MON 24 FEB 2014
CHEETAHS, VIOLINS, AND SANDWICHES
“Yes, that is how international sport works.” Feel relieved that we don’t need to bring out the diagramme of Sepp Blatter’s brain in Cheetahs, Violins, and Sandwiches.
Keywords: Sport, Variety, Winter Olympics, Review committee
MON 17 FEB 2014
PRESENTED BY LAZINESS
“Some people skate around in circles.” See who can get nowhere fast in Presented By Laziness.
Keywords: Sport, Variety, Winter Olympics
MON 10 FEB 2014
SCHMILBLICK PATROL: ROGER GOODELL
“Well, I was already going to do all that anyway.” Plan your participation correctly in Schmilblick Patrol: Roger Goodell.
Keywords: Sport, Novelty, Schmilblick Patrol, American football, NFL
MON 03 FEB 2014
THANK YOU FOR SACKING
“Got it!” Understand what the picture is telling you in Thank You for Sacking.
Keywords: Sport, Variety, American football, NFL
MON 27 JAN 2014
REVISITING HALLOWEEN 2013
“Wait, so you get to go about in fancy dress, and your neighbours give you sweets? That sounds fantastic!” Discover that Guy Fawkes isn’t really all that exciting in Revisiting Halloween 2013.
MON 20 JAN 2014
ADMINISTRATIVE NOTES FOR JAN 2014
“Warning: Tournament may contain protests.” See why everyone hell no won’t go in Administrative Notes for JAN 2014.
Keywords: Support, Administrivia
MON 13 JAN 2014
QUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED
“At least, he would if you cared about people who are not you.” See what happens to people who make the dangerous mistake of not being you in Questions to Be Addressed.
MON 06 JAN 2014
THE MOMENT ARRIVES
“We are pleased to announce our first Meteor of the Year winner since 1987, when we recognised the meteor from Maniac Mansion.” Don’t be a tuna head in The Moment Arrives.
Keywords: Variety, Review committee
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