Justin Bieber is coning now

Oh, please.

August 3, 2011 at 6:45PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Yes, yes, of course. Planking is old. Coning is less old, but somewhat more obscure, and also stupider than planking. Coning consists of ordering a cone from a drive-through, then picking it up by grabbing the ice-cream part. Ha ha! Of course someone is shooting video, which goes up on the internet, so everyone can tell you're part of the coning craze. When I first heard about this, I figured someone was spoofing stupid internet video trends, and it's possible that was the intention; it just makes you look stupid. Perhaps the true joy is the look on the clerk's faces, which seem to range from "You're an idiot" to "what the heck? Also, you're an idiot."

Now Justin Bieber has joined the craze. Go here for the video. Keep watching past the initial conage, because he turns into a jerk. He tries to return a Wendy's shake . . . to Burger King. (This is probably called Shaking.) The manager, who probably takes a year to make what Beebs hoovers in every 17 seconds just by existing, tries to explain to the young fellow that he has the wrong restaurant. Oh, he might have better things to do then appear as a punchline in a twitvid, but all the world's a stage! Everyone's a player!

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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