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This cartoon is a better illustration of the Friday Funnies than it is of what it purports to be.
If you drop acid and stare at it for 20 min., the meaning will become very very clear.
Come on guys. It's still better than Marmaduke, so I give it a passing grade. (Although it's hard to imagine what would fail that standard: I'm defining dumb down.)
My Friday Funny was Syracuse beating UConn in 6 OT's, game took so long it ended on Friday.
Hmmm...not bad, really. And as Untermensch points out way
funnier than Marmaduke. And as a corollary* to what Bingo said,
like this thread, Marmaduke is an exercise in dreadful
repetition.
*mathematicians, please don't kill me. I'm trying.
(Although it's hard to imagine what would fail that standard: I'm defining dumb down.)
Anything that fails the Marmaduke standard is technically a war crime.
*mathematicians, please don't kill me. I'm
trying.
We use corollaries in Philosophy too, so you're safe.
Anything that fails the Marmaduke standard is technically a
war crime.
Coming from a soldier in a war zone, that's...harsh.
Anything that fails the Marmaduke standard is technically a
war crime.
Best description of Cathy I've ever heard.
Marmaduke, i heard
So much coke in the 80s
His nipple fell off
(thanks, Achewood.)
What's really funny is how right-wing market fundies cling to the same old bromides no matter what happents in the real world.
Am I the only one that got a good chuckle out of this one? Wow...I thought it was rather entertaining...not the best but definately one that was dead on...
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Episiarch | March 13, 2009, 7:23am | #
This cartoon is a better illustration of the Friday Funnies than it
is of what it purports to be.
jester | March 13, 2009, 7:38am | #
If you drop acid and stare at it for 20 min., the meaning will
become very very clear.
Elemenope | March 13, 2009, 7:53am | #
Weak!
domoarrigato | March 13, 2009, 8:01am | #
boo. D+ reversion to the mean...
Untermensch | March 13, 2009, 8:05am | #
Come on guys. It's still better than Marmaduke, so I give it a
passing grade. (Although it's hard to imagine what would fail that
standard: I'm defining dumb down.)
ed | March 13, 2009, 8:21am | #
It's funnier without the caption.
D-
Guy Smiley | March 13, 2009, 8:27am | #
The driver should have a name tag that says, "Unions".
John-David | March 13, 2009, 8:37am | #
My Friday Funny was watching Jon Stewart tear Jim Cramer a new one
last night.
Nick | March 13, 2009, 8:39am | #
Untermensch, cancer and AIDS both suck. Which one gets the passing
grade?
Nick | March 13, 2009, 8:40am | #
My Friday Funny was Syracuse beating UConn in 6 OT's, game took so
long it ended on Friday.
Bingo | March 13, 2009, 8:51am | #
All of the Friday Funnies comments are always the same. Now that's
funny!
Art-P.O.G. | March 13, 2009, 8:58am | #
Hmmm...not bad, really. And as Untermensch points out way funnier
than Marmaduke. And as a corollary* to what Bingo said, like this
thread, Marmaduke is an exercise in dreadful repetition.
*mathematicians, please don't kill me. I'm trying.
Art-P.O.G. | March 13, 2009, 9:02am | #
(Although it's hard to imagine what would fail that standard: I'm
defining dumb down.)
Anything that fails the Marmaduke standard is technically a war
crime.
Elemenope | March 13, 2009, 9:02am | #
*mathematicians, please don't kill me. I'm trying.
We use corollaries in Philosophy too, so you're safe.
Elemenope | March 13, 2009, 9:04am | #
Anything that fails the Marmaduke standard is technically a war
crime.
Coming from a soldier in a war zone, that's...harsh.
sage | March 13, 2009, 9:09am | #
Haiku day today
Show me what you got, bitches!
Sorry, off topic
SugarFree | March 13, 2009, 9:11am | #
There is no topic
More important, more vital
Than Friday haiku
Episiarch | March 13, 2009, 9:13am | #
Anything that fails the Marmaduke standard is technically a war
crime.
Best description of Cathy I've ever heard.
Episiarch | March 13, 2009, 9:15am | #
Oh Cathy Guisewite
Why do you hate me so much
You are comic whore
Xeones | March 13, 2009, 9:16am | #
Statement is half true:
It is actually Friday.
Funny? Not so much.
SugarFree | March 13, 2009, 9:16am | #
Marmaduke sucks ass
But, sadly, Friday Funnies
Fail to be better
Episiarch | March 13, 2009, 9:18am | #
You don't understand
Marmaduke is big red dog
Do you get it now?
Xeones | March 13, 2009, 9:21am | #
Marmaduke, i heard
So much coke in the 80s
His nipple fell off
(thanks, Achewood.)
sage | March 13, 2009, 9:21am | #
You have it wrong, dude
Clifford is the big and red
That dog must poop huge
SugarFree | March 13, 2009, 9:23am | #
Fat Cathy: "AACK, AACK!"
"The bikini is too small!"
Irving: "Lose weight, sow."
Xeones | March 13, 2009, 9:24am | #
Dog guano exports
Major economic deal
In Clifford's hometown
Episiarch | March 13, 2009, 9:25am | #
Clifford, Marmaduke
These things are best left to suits
in Washington, dude
Episiarch | March 13, 2009, 9:33am | #
Homer Simpson shocked
Cathy is woman, he asks?
To be honest, who knows?
SugarFree | March 13, 2009, 9:34am | #
Lecherous Pinkley
Cathy's atrocious boss
The only one I like
P Brooks | March 13, 2009, 9:36am | #
giant piles of shit
the sound of GM dying
no boo hoo from me
SugarFree | March 13, 2009, 9:38am | #
Cathy? A woman?
Could have fooled me... Women should
not be shaped like tubes
Episiarch | March 13, 2009, 9:43am | #
Cathy Guisewite sucks
Got Emmy in '87
Is Emmy worthless?
P Brooks | March 13, 2009, 9:44am | #
naughty marmaduke
cathy gets some puppy love
go marmaduke go
Lefiti | March 13, 2009, 9:46am | #
What's really funny is how right-wing market fundies cling to the
same old bromides no matter what happents in the real world.
Episiarch | March 13, 2009, 9:48am | #
Lefiti is cool
I want to be just like him
But my hands chafe fast
Low-Brow | March 13, 2009, 9:49am | #
Nancy Pelosi
Plays Harry Reid of
Barack Obama
Xeones | March 13, 2009, 9:50am | #
Shorter Lefiti:
"Pay attention to me, waahhh!"
What a fucking douche.
domoarrigato | March 13, 2009, 9:51am | #
Haiku writing fools
ignore the master calling
the days grow longer
Xeones | March 13, 2009, 9:53am | #
Way to bash our fun,
Domoarrigato, with
Lines cribbed from Japan
crimethink | March 13, 2009, 9:55am | #
Sorry to tell you
That the date for Haiku Day
Was In December.
Episiarch | March 13, 2009, 9:56am | #
This has to be done:
Uh, Domo arrigato,
Mister Roboto
crimethink redux | March 13, 2009, 9:57am | #
Sorry to tell you
That the date for Haiku Day
Was In December.
Art-P.O.G. | March 13, 2009, 9:57am | #
re: PBrooks @ 9:44
Now that's funny. Or am I just sick?
Preston | March 13, 2009, 9:58am | #
Haha, he's all bloody.
Xeones | March 13, 2009, 9:58am | #
Whatever, crimethink
I am libertarian
I do what i want
crimethink | March 13, 2009, 10:02am | #
Libs wear Santa garb
With July sun beating down?
That would be silly
P Brooks | March 13, 2009, 10:03am | #
eye of beholder
that is where the sickness lies
my hands remain clean
domoarrigato | March 13, 2009, 10:04am | #
crimethink says the time
for haiku has passed but knows
it will come again
SugarFree | March 13, 2009, 10:09am | #
Every day can be
Haiku Day, if you open your
heart to it, crimethink
Cindhi | March 13, 2009, 10:12am | #
Am I the only one that got a good chuckle out of this one? Wow...I
thought it was rather entertaining...not the best but definately
one that was dead on...
SugarFree | March 13, 2009, 10:16am | #
Cindhi, hating the
Funnies makes us forget how
much we hate ourselves.
Reinmoose | March 13, 2009, 10:17am | #
The Friday Funny
it doesn't make any sense
big fucking surprise
Xeones | March 13, 2009, 10:21am | #
Hey Cindhi, see,
All commentary should be
In haiku format
Episiarch | March 13, 2009, 10:21am | #
Cindhi has ruined
Our haiku day with laughter
Now we hate on her
domoarrigato | March 13, 2009, 10:25am | #
bonus points are had
for alluding to seasons
as all haiku do
Xeones | March 13, 2009, 10:29am | #
Pedantic domo:
"Silly gaijin, not like that!"
Dude, it's Friday, chill.
domoarrigato | March 13, 2009, 10:39am | #
Haiku are more fun
when rules are followed my friend
I am white as snow"
A Winner!
Xeones, but "Laoed" or
"Lao'd!" has its subtle charms, right?
Let the crowd decide.
fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck
fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck
fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck
Lao Tzu's point was that
this has all happened before,
will happen again.
Matt Welch was so wrong
In his tweet the other day.
This thread is the wins.
Friday Funnies scrawl
Worth one hundred responses?
Ha! Haiku fun time.
Like an oak in a fantasy.
The yellow
sand appears
in my mind
with a rumbling
and delicate
look; you call
me near a
sylvan hedge,
and everything
shines like a
taciturn wind.
Francesco Sinibaldi
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