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Close to tears now, I took the screwdriver and hammer back in my hand, and wedging the end of the screw driver under the doorknob, I began beating it with the hammer in a bid to knock the knob straight off.

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Ah, the good old finger bang.

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To close the year out, we’ve created a list of 25 of our favorite articles we ran in 2011. They’re in no particular order. Enjoy.

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You know those people you’ve met a handful of times at social gatherings and each time they pretend that they’ve never met you before? Yeah, those people suck. They extend their hand to say, “Oh my god, hi. So nice to meet you. What’s your name?” and you reply with, “Um, we’ve actually met a few times. My name’s blah-blah.”