Citing Need to Attract More Assholes, SPD Adds Teslas to Fleet

After years of struggling to recruit enough assholes into its ranks, today the City of Seattle said it would be adding Teslas to its Seattle Police Department’s cruiser fleet. “It takes a lot more than...

Seattle Welcomes Spring with Deafening Citywide Rattling of Iced Lattes

This week Seattle excitedly welcomed the return of the sun, clear skies and warmer weather with a deafening citywide rattling of the first iced lattes residents have had in months. “I know Seattle usually makes...

Natalie’s Boyfriend Sweeps WA Primary with Flood of ‘Uncommitted’ Votes

As the first wave of Washington state primary election results came in Tuesday night, it became quickly clear that Natalie’s boyfriend Trevor had already won a decisive victory with an unprecedented number of votes...

Green Lake Coyote Just Trying to Get in 10,000 Steps Before Animal Control Called

Anxiously glancing over its shoulder as it trotted past the Green Lake Boathouse, a Seattle-area resident coyote expressed hope it could reach its daily step goal before someone called animal control officers. “The whole den is...

SPD Speeds Up Response Times After Telling Officers There’s Cocaine at Every Crime Scene

After it was widely reported that it took 20 minutes for Seattle Police Department officers to arrive at a shooting scene with a victim less than five minutes away, SPD Chief Adrian Diaz says...

George Washington Actually Thinks He Looks Pretty Dumb on State Flag Too

After generations of Washingtonians looking at him weird, today former U.S. President George Washington broke centuries of silence to say that he actually thinks he looks pretty dumb on their state flag too.   “Look,...

Sound Transit Clarifies People Can Soon Ride Lines 1 and 2, Not Go Number 1 and 2

Jubilation across the Seattle area that people would soon finally be able to go number one or two at any of Sound Transit’s light rail stations was cut short today after the transit agency...

Mount Si Celebrates Hosting One Millionth Second Date

State park rangers presented a surprised pair of hikers with a summit-top champagne toast today to celebrate the one-millionth second date held on the Seattle area’s top make-or-break fitness test for potential romantic partners:...

King County Public Health Asks That If You’re Freakin,’ Please Call a Crisis Hotline, Not Beacon

Today King County Public Health advised local residents who may be freakin’ to contact the Crisis Connections Hotline and not call Beacon. “I know the ads are everywhere, but please don’t call Beacon—they’re just not...

Man Discovers He Actually Lives in Kenmore, Not Bothell

A three-year investigation into why Pagliacci Pizza delivery boys could never find Doug Frankel’s Bothell-based address has concluded that he does not, in fact, live in Bothell — he lives in Kenmore. “I live so...