CollegeHumor: How It Happened Articles This Month http://www.collegehumor.com http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1769817 Sneakers Are Named Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:00:00 -0500 http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1769817 <table border=0 width="360px"> <tr> <td colspan=2> 1892 - Inventor Adam Abbot bursts into the office he shares with his fellow inventors.

Adam: I've done it, Gentlemen!  I've created a new, comfortable type of footwear!

Steve: Oh?

Adam: Yes.  You see, the walls of the shoe are composed of stiffened cotton and the soles are made of formed rubber.  They are light, flexible and great for athletics.

Steve: Athletics?

Adam: Yes, it's a new word.  It describes physical activities such as bi-cycling or fast-walking.

Martin: Well, why didn't you just say fast-walking, man?!

Adam: My apologies.  Now, gentlemen, what shall we call this new type of footwear?

Martin: Perhaps 'rubber soled footwearers'?

Adam: Good, good.  But I think we can do better.  Steve?  Anything?

Steve: Perhaps, 'Adam Abbot's Fashionable Atletikes Shoes for Upstanding Men of Position'?

Adam: Did you mean, "Athletics?"

Steve: Yes, whatever that newfangled word is.

Adam: Perhaps...

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]]> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=2> <hr> </td> </tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="35px"> <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:239"><img src="http://7.media.collegehumor.com/collegehumor/ch6/a/a/collegehumor.7d8b975affed1e53fc3e6afa6f0a2364.jpg"></a> </td> <td valign="top"> Written 2009-01-28 16:00:00 by <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:239">Streeter Seidell</a> <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/school:271"></a> <p> <img src="http://www.collegehumor.com/artwork/icon_likeIt_noLink.gif" align="texttop" /> 158 likes </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr /> http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1732436 How It Happened Wed, 30 May 2007 11:20:56 -0400 http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1732436 <table border=0 width="360px"> <tr> <td colspan=2> Year: 1999
Two T.V. executives walk into a dorm where 2 friends are hanging out in the common room, smoking and playing video games

T.V. Exec 1- What's up guys?
Friend 1- Who are you?
T.V. Exec 2- We just came to hang out for a little.
Friend 2- (to T.V. Executive 1) Are you a cop?
TV1- No. We just want to hang out and talk.
F2- I think he's a cop.
F1- If you are a cop you have to tell us. I don't know why but that's what they always say on Law and Order.
F2: STABLERRRR!
 
Friends high five

TV2- He's not a cop.
TV1- We'd just like to sit here and observe you for a little if that's okay with you. Act like we're not even here.
F1- First tell us if you're a cop. Be honest.
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]]> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=2> <hr> </td> </tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="35px"> <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:326"><img src="http://5.media.collegehumor.com/collegehumor/ch6/c/9/collegehumor.45397a4c6c8241522ef776b95348cf0f.jpg"></a> </td> <td valign="top"> Written 2007-05-30 11:20:56 by <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:326">Jeff Rosenberg</a> <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/school:1236"></a> <p> <img src="http://www.collegehumor.com/artwork/icon_likeIt_noLink.gif" align="texttop" /> 45 likes </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr /> http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1706445 How It Happened: Mind of Mencia Fri, 03 Nov 2006 02:16:41 -0500 http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1706445 <table border=0 width="360px"> <tr> <td colspan=2> Hotshot TV executive #1: Well... I hoped I'd never have to say this but.. it looks like Dave Chappelle has bailed on us. Not even $50 mil could keep him around. Hotshot TV executive #2: WHAT?! WHAT DO WE DO NOW?? Hotshot TV executive #1: Get a hold of yourself, Hotshot TV executive #2!! Keep it together! Hotshot TV executive #2: No..no, WHERE IS MY NOOSE??
Hotshot TV executive #1: No! We're going to get through this together!! We just need to find a replacement! We need a comedian who is offensive and racy; yet someone who will be able to push the boundaries without getting too many organizations protesting. Hotshot TV executive #2: How about Carlos Mencia?
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]]> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=2> <hr> </td> </tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="35px"> <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:311"><img src="http://1.media.collegehumor.com/collegehumor/ch6/2/2/collegehumor.9457d5b2b882a218aa7f8ff222c62b4b.jpg"></a> </td> <td valign="top"> Written by <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:311">Jake Klocksien</a> <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/school:265"></a> <p> <img src="http://www.collegehumor.com/artwork/icon_likeIt_noLink.gif" align="texttop" /> 58 likes </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr /> http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1706606 How It Happened: The Movie "Crank" Wed, 08 Nov 2006 15:52:51 -0500 http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1706606 <table border=0 width="360px"> <tr> <td colspan=2> Pretty office secretary: Sir, there is a man here with an idea for a film. Hotshot movie executive: Okay, send him in. Hotshot movie executive: So, what is your idea? Uninspired script writer: Alright, well basically.... it's the movie Speed. But with humans. Hotshot movie executive: I LIKE IT. Pretty office secretary, call Jason Statham and offer him seven figures!
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]]> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=2> <hr> </td> </tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="35px"> <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:311"><img src="http://1.media.collegehumor.com/collegehumor/ch6/2/2/collegehumor.9457d5b2b882a218aa7f8ff222c62b4b.jpg"></a> </td> <td valign="top"> Written by <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:311">Jake Klocksien</a> <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/school:265"></a> <p> <img src="http://www.collegehumor.com/artwork/icon_likeIt_noLink.gif" align="texttop" /> 5 likes </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr />