I came across 'Dispatches From The Tenth Circle' in my local Exclusive Books back in 2001, and I've been laughing my ass off ever since.

I also remember 9/11 soon after, and how The Onion had the audacity to do the "Holy Fucking Shit" coverage a mere 2 weeks later, with "Bush Demands Terrorists Form Nation We Can Attack". No disrespect meant to New Yorkers – I thought it was very brave of the publication, and they passed the acid test with flying colours.

I've since ordered almost every compendium of theirs.

The website doesn't quite capture the humour the way the print edition does, but their futuristic edition with the "United Arab Nations make democratic decision to invade US" and the GM farmers cracked me up!

I love the way that EVERYONE gets it, how every single sacred cow gets slaughtered. 'Political correctness' simply does not exist in their dictionary. Long live The Onion, long live black humour!

the onion, onion radio, onion video, the av club (particularly the hater), and our dumb world have succeed in pronking my entire existence to pronkfullnes.

pronk.

The onion is with out a doubt the funniest thing ever. That encompasses all media including media that have not been invented yet, like braincast or crystal ball. This has made me laugh more than anything else. My dream job would be to write free-lance for the onion. On my high school newspaper I try everymonth to get them to let me write a made-up story. Also, whenever I think of some witty topical humor, I always think in headlines and then imagine exactly what quotes I would use and what picture I would photoshop and then I wipe away the drool and carry on with my life!

seriously, am I hired yet?

I first discovered the onion 10 years ago! I would be sitting on a silent train in Japan and just burst out laughing about some great headline like'Local wife told not to mess with the stereo settings' or the Society pages.Funny, very funny stuff.Well done onion, well done.

Hey anyone know what bar the free beer is at tonight hosted by the onion?