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I get to cite The Onion in my dissertation…

Non-Widescreen Version Of DVD Received As Hanukkah Gift

Bernie spoke in reference to last year, when the Greenbergs came close to finding a gift Rosenstein would like. The misguided couple gave their nephew the theatrical-release version of Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring, instead of the extended version which contains 40 extra minutes of footage—a distinction Rosenstein gently explained to the confused gift-givers.

“If we’d known, we’d have been happy to get him the other version,” Hannah said. “Well, this time we were very careful. There were two versions at the store, and we made sure to get the special one. See, Tyler hates it when they cut out part of the movie.”

Confusion over the misleading term “full-screen” caused his well-meaning relatives to purchase the inferior version of the DVD.

“Why do they call it ‘full-screen’ anyway, when it’s only two-thirds of the stupid movie?” Rosenstein asked. “Fucking bullshit aspect ratio!”

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One Response to “I get to cite The Onion in my dissertation…”

  1. David Brake Says:
    May 16th, 2004 at 12:16 pm

    I want to cite the Onion as well but there’s two problems – 1) the archives are only available for a fee (so could I give a URL where the full text is offered informally?) and 2) what do you give for the author? “Anon”?

    So far my citation looks like this:
    (2003) “Mom Finds out About Blog”. in The Onion, 39 (44). http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2003/11/13/mom_finds_out_about_blog.html [republished for non-commercial use]

    What do you think?

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