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Klugmeister Correctly Foresees the Stranger Things Release Date

Has it been almost three years since our webmaster attempted to forecast the release date of Stranger Things Season Five? Indeed it has.

On November 19, 2022 Klugmeister penned a tongue-in-cheek blog post wherein he laid out potential release dates for the long-awaited Season 5 based on three different approaches. Two approaches were mathematically rigorous; one was very simple.

As fate would have it, one of the approaches came very close to the right answer. The winning prediction of December 20, 2025 is squarely within the range of release dates, and only 24 days after the Volume 1 release date (November 26, 2025, when the first four episodes drop). Volume 2 (three episodes) drops on December 25, 2025, and the finale drops on December 31, 2025. Episodes drop at 5 p.m. Pacific Time. The winning forecast was based on the least squares regression line.

Check out the whimsical blog post at this link.

Upcoming Anniversary

Our favorite website turns 3 years old on October 17, 2025. Hmm, has it really been three years since we launched the klugness (pronounced "kloog-ness") site? Why yes, Scarlet—it has.

We've decided to set aside the entire month of October 2025 to celebrate this anniversary achievement. As part of that celebration, we'll be making updates to this home page every day during the month of October. Please check us out daily during October to get a guided tour down memory lane.

What do we have planned, you ask? One example is that our webmaster has used his knowledge of php programming to set up a daily "slide show" of selected funny top ten lists from our first three years of existence. The grouchy dude programmed it all up front so that the "throwback list of the day" changes automatically each day during October 2025—even if the old fart takes a nap and forgets to update it! So bookmark our site and check back every day during October for the Throwback List of the Day.

Top Ten Things that Could Make Other People Mad

Giving someone driving directions that lead directly into a lake
Wearing a tan suit to a press conference
Surreptitiously removing a single piece from your friend's in-progress 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle, then acting surprised and dismayed when there's one piece missing after she finishes it
Wearing a bright blue suit to a major religious leader's funeral
Revealing the secret—once closely guarded—of how to fly business class for the price of economy
Calling another driver a "peckerhead" when his lane unexpectedly ends and he tries to merge into yours
Humming "Don't Worry, Be Happy" during someone's root canal surgery
Calling another driver a "peckerhead" when your lane unexpectedly ends and you try to merge into his, but he won't let you in!
Something something something acetaminophen
Excessive use of "tush push" maneuver

Posted September 24, 2025

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This image of "a frustrated person who just completed a jigsaw puzzle, only to find that one piece is missing" was created by Klugmeister using artificial intelligence software. The image was reviewed by Klugmeister before posting on this web page.

Commentary

This is one of those list titles that seems promising and intriguing but can be kind of deflationary once you actually read it. It brings back memories of our list on Top Ten Challenging Situations which turned out to consist mainly of riffs on Biden's 2023 State of the Union speech. Oh well.

Anyway, we've been looking for an opportunity to spoof an idea introduced in adramatic scene in Dunder Mifflin Infinity (Episode 2 of Season 4 of The Office), and finally found a way to use it in item 10. We must have had The Office on the brain as we referenced a different episode of The Office in our previous top ten list on negotiation tactics.

We worked in a couple of parallelism jokes in items 9 and 7 and items 5 and 3, which is always fun. Items 2 and 1 are riffs on current issues in public health and professional football. Item 6 is a spoof of a frequent internet headline. Apparently, we finally tired of making jokes about the old "click me" headline regarding whether the floating door could have supported the weight of both Jack and Rose in the movie "Titanic." Ah, memories.

Item 8 is based on an idea from our webmaster, who is a puzzle enthusiast. Recently he completed two puzzles that were missing a piece. Of course, that's probably because the old grouch lost the piece while assembling the puzzles, right? But now he's gone and cooked up a conspiracy theory that he's circulating as if it were fact. How irresponsible! He's even thinking of joining KlugAnon.

Welcome to klugness.com!

The U.S. website www.klugness.com was launched in October 2022 with over 100 funny top ten lists, and has since increased that number to over 200. The klugness site doesn't include jokes in the traditional sense, but is dedicated to humor using a David Letterman-style top ten list format. A portion of the content focuses on American politics, with the site generally leaning left, while the rest is garden-variety humor ala MAD magazine. We hope you enjoy the site!

This image of "a made up beer called 'Swarthy Brick Bock' " was created by Klugmeister using artificial intelligence software. The image was reviewed by Klugmeister before posting on this web page. This image appears on List 229 - Top Ten Beers or Magical Creatures from Harry Potter.

This home page shows the most recent top ten list. Please check out the full archive of funny top ten lists on klugness.com at All Top Ten Lists. Note these lists were created up to six years ago, even though the klugness site itself is two years old (we'll be free years old on October 17). The archive page also includes a "List Sampler" table of 18 selected funny top ten lists that will give you a sense of our content without having to tackle all 200+ funny top ten lists. Beneath the "List Sampler" is information about the pictures we've been adding to the site since the beginning of 2023. The pictures are generated using a combination of artificial intelligence and traditional means.

This image of "a doctor trying to resuscitate a red 250cc street motorcycle" was created by Klugmeister using artificial intelligence software. The image was reviewed by Klugmeister before posting on this web page.

In the Imagining Things blog, we've posted the third (and final) installment in a series of three blog posts about our eccentric webmaster's first motorcycle. This third blog post covers The Death of Klugmeister's Red Motorcycle. In this post, our webmaster describes an attempted trip to Key West that didn't work out so well. As he mulled this story lately, Klugmeister has been getting nostalgic about his li'l red Honda Rebel 250—though that's not the bike in the accompanying image, which was generated by AI. In other heartwarming news, our webmaster is continuing to make an effort to post new material to the Imagining Things blog on a more consistent basis.

Getting back to the funny top ten lists, we offer a couple of targeted subsets that focus on particular themes. For example, the Trump-Themed Lists are critical of former President Trump, so you won't like them if you're a Trump aficionado.

Another theme is the clever May 2020 Now vs. Then series, which consists of 10 funny top ten lists that compare and contrast the initial coronavirus times to historical times in an amusing way (e.g., "stay at home" vs. "rock and roll all nite"). That early pandemic theme was created in 2000, but it feels sooo ancient! Based on viewership of these pages, it appears that most folks are loathe to revisit that challenging period, and we don't blame you!

Note that the themed lists are also included on the All Top Ten Lists archive (i.e., the themed lists are a subset of the full archive), so if you looked at the full archive, you won't find any new material on the themed lists. This handy bit of intell could free up more time for you to gaze at your phone, watch the latest episode of Jimmy Kimmel, or not watch the latest episode of Jimmy Kimmel.

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