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Friday Funnies

America's real pirate problem

Scott Stantis | 4.24.2009 7:00 AM

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  1. Suki   17 years ago

    AW! Now that one was okay. Won't spoil it for others.

    Noted in another thread, someone made a special cartoon just for Tony.

  2. Untermensch   17 years ago

    Any chance of getting a larger copy? This one might make more sense if we could read what's on the papers the blindfolded guys are carrying. Since I can't make that out, I have no idea who these guys are supposed to be.

  3. domoarrigato   17 years ago

    I believe the papers are tax forms, which would make the plank walkers "teh taxpayer"

  4. domoarrigato   17 years ago

    and for the record, it almost made me smile... High praise, Scott...

  5. Anonymous   17 years ago

    A cartoon that conveys "taxation is theft"? You ought to put this on the cover!

  6. Technosophist   17 years ago

    Untermensch - While keeping the Control button depressed, scroll to enlarge the image on your screen.

  7. Taktix?   17 years ago

    A cartoon that conveys "taxation is theft"? You ought to put this on the cover!

    Why make a point when you can beat someone over the head with it, like a sledgehammer?

  8. Warren   17 years ago

    Arrggh
    Ye be makin a fine point thar
    But ye still not be funny

  9. Mango Punch   17 years ago

    Lame...

  10. Augie Doggie III   17 years ago

    The men walking the plank, the one falling into the water should be saying "In these uncertain times..." and the next man is saying "...at least there are some certainties..." and the next man is saying "...too bad they are..." and the fourth man finishes it with "...DEATH AND TAXES!!!" Add an angel going up toward heaven, and he is saying "They'll even tax you after you die!" Then show a little pirate boat in the ocean and the one pirate is saying "That's the way to do it, let's go get some suits and provide (insert an adjective depending on your political views) services to the public!" And get the little Somalian boy who was captured and he says "Now THESE guys know how to do it!" Also, the woman carved on the front of the boat, with her breasts hanging out, make that Hillary Clinton and show bill saying "Geez! No wonder everyone is scared when this ship comes to town!" Also, in the background, show the Navy ship that killed those pirates, and a little man on deck will be saying "Not even we will go near that one!" and a little penguin in the corner on a little iceberg will be saying "yeah because those pirates pay you!"

  11. Ska   17 years ago

    While keeping the Control button depressed, scroll to enlarge the image on your screen.

    Or in the case of Friday Funnies, you can just press Alt + F4.

  12. High Every Body   17 years ago

    Or in the case of Friday Funnies, you can just press Alt + F4.

    FTW

  13. Team America   17 years ago

    The Payne has stopped!

    That there is no sign of surprise in the face of the taxpayer who falls off the plank, is pure brilliance.

  14. Lamar   17 years ago

    Hey! That's me, second guy from the left!

  15. P Brooks   17 years ago

    The IRS is committed to using sustainable energy?

  16. 1070??   17 years ago

    ??

  17. brotherben   17 years ago

    Wouldn't the IRS technically be privateers?

  18. Silentz   17 years ago

    Re: 1070

    I hear Stantis has inside info on the form number that we'll get to use once Barry 'simplifies the tax code'.

  19. Ben Kenobi   17 years ago

    I think they should make one with a chimp that looks like Obama.

  20. Untermensch   17 years ago

    It was the 1070 bit that confused me... I figured it was really something else, but it sure didn't look like a 1040. I figured there was more to it than making tax payers walk the plank...

  21. Francesco Sinibaldi   17 years ago

    The damask rose.

    Often, when
    a green and
    delicate rose
    appears near an
    hopeful hedge,
    a passing cloud
    invents an emotion,
    and even a smile,
    like beautiful
    thoughts in the
    sun of your song.

    Francesco Sinibaldi

  22. nike shox   14 years ago

    is good

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