I never got to see their printed version; my experience with The Onion was solely their online ‘paper’. Although a big fan (still am), I unconsciously avoided the site for a time after 9/11 (much too close to home), but then came the NPR radio interview with the writers; I listened to it in my car while driving home from work. The interview focused on how 9/11 humor could be covered so soon after the event, and how. I only recall two jokes: one about the terrorists waking up in Hell, and the other being a “paid notice” in The Onion. To the best of my recollection, here it is, not exactly as stated in the interview I dare say (I heard it only once), but the tenor and a couple of details do match: “Tri-State Floor and Tiles in Weehawken, New Jersey offers their sincere condolences”. The first joke gave me – an atheist – a touch of satisfaction, but the second one made me chuckle.
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