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Friday Funnies

Creating green jobs

Chip Bok | 7.16.2010 7:00 AM

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  1. Fist of Etiquette   15 years ago

    It goes without saying that having the black man sitting around and the white man represent the workforce is overtly racist, but other than that this one is a keeper. Good commentary. Good work.

    1. AlmightyJB   15 years ago

      + Black man sitting up high like a monkey in a tree. Racist.

      + White man reading while black man throws writings in the ocean, insinuation is that the black man not only can't read but doesn't value an education. Racist.

      + Black man further away from water because he can't swim. Racist.

      + Platform is red as in redneck. Racist.

      + Large expanse of sky intended to make you think of space and therefore think of Black Holes. Racist.

      + Only white men care about jobs. Racist.

      + Anti-liberal bias. Double Racist.

      + Anti-Obama. Racist x Infinity.

      1. -   15 years ago

        Nice.

      2. Fist of Etiquette   15 years ago

        I'm taking my name off this thread.

      3. Suki   15 years ago

        That is like +8, or infinity depending on how you count infinity in this context.

        +1 from me too 🙂

      4. Fiscal Meth   15 years ago

        Not to mention that ROPE he's holding. The white man only knows how to do one thing with a rope...RACIST

  2. Episiarch   15 years ago

    It's been a long time since I was up early enough to comment on a Friday Funny, let alone a Bok version. I see that I've missed nothing, other than the timeliness with which to observe how terrible it is. Bok is like a Mary Worth cartoon with pretensions to contemporaneous significance, yet lacking even Mary Worth's track record of insipid banality mixed with crude soap operatic trivialities. Well done, Bok. You've given me, in my insomniac state, something to despise and detest. And that's something.

    1. -   15 years ago

      with pretensions to contemporaneous significance

      [bites tongue]

      1. Episiarch   15 years ago

        Don't choke!

    2. mr simple   15 years ago

      Bok could never hope to achieve the level of significance of the Mary Worth strip in which Mary advises a friend to commit suicide.

      1. The Android's Dungeon   15 years ago

        No banging your head on the display case, please.

  3. sage   15 years ago

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

    Mornin' Epi. Gotta ferry to catch. Later.

    1. Episiarch   15 years ago

      sage, can you give me your address? I'd like to crush your testicles in a vice, but I see that you're already emasculated by the fact that you have to take a ferry into Seattle every day. At least tell me which one so I can ridicule you for your transit choices. Bremerton? Bainbridge?

      1. Pro Libertate   15 years ago

        A secret lair in the Olympics?

        1. sage   15 years ago

          I'm on the boat out of Kingston every morning. Sure, I'm not choking down diesel exhaust while speeding along at one miles an hour, but at least I have a yard.

          I must say, though, that the ferry is a good thing to ride on during the summer. Lots to look at, IYKWIM.

          1. Death Panelist   15 years ago

            I caught your meaning loud and clear on everything except what IYKWIM stands for.

            1. sage   15 years ago

              If You Know What I Mean.

              1. Death Panelist   15 years ago

                Subtle humor fail on my part?

                1. Gringo   15 years ago

                  I'm pretty sure it was a comprehension problem, IYKWIM.

          2. Jordan Elliot   15 years ago

            Pics.

            1. Horn-dog   15 years ago

              ^This.

              1. sage   15 years ago

                Eh, I'll see what I can do...and get away with.

      2. rustedangel   15 years ago

        How is riding a ferry emasculating? Is it because he's not driving? I avoid driving to work whenever I can because I work regular office hours and rush hour is soul-destroying and hard on your car.

        1. sage   15 years ago

          Epi's statement doesn't bother me. Hey Epi, if you want to crush my testicles I'll be at the Kitsap judo club from 6 - 8:30 tonight. You're welcome to do it there. Bring your gi. Randori starts around 7:45. 🙂

          1. Episiarch   15 years ago

            You huge fairy. Judo is for Karate Kid wannabes and overcompensating schmucks. Do you think I have the time to go to Kitsap?

            Seriously, though, email me, you idiot.

            1. sage   15 years ago

              I emailed you. It's from my hotmail acct.

              1. Pro Libertate   15 years ago

                From your secret lair in the Olympics?

                1. sage   15 years ago

                  Sounds like a scam to me.

                  1. Pro Libertate   15 years ago

                    No, sage, a secret lair is never a scam. It's always cool.

                    1. sage   15 years ago

                      If I get one you are invited to check it out. But it would be a secret.

                    2. Pro Libertate   15 years ago

                      I believe there's a Mount Olympus in the Olympics, if you're scouting locations.

  4. Drax the Destroyer   15 years ago

    I really love the vengeful righteous elementary school teacher vibe this knee jerk reaction is giving off. One of the kids in "Offshore drilling class" shit on the floor, so now all the other kids have to sit in the corner instead of having snack time. The tragedy/silver lining(for fans of Schadenfreude) is that this will make it that much harder for the Barackonator to prove he has wrenched this country out of the recession/depression of 2008-?.

    1. Jordan Elliot   15 years ago

      "Barackonator"

      I like it. Comic's ok too.

  5. Suki   15 years ago

    Is showing Maobama barefoot racist?

    1. Tim   15 years ago

      If you have to ask, you're a racist.

      1. Suki   15 years ago

        You lesser crackers are just jealous of the superiority of us graham crackers.

        1. Nick   15 years ago

          Libertarians would the Ritz crackers of the cracker universe. Monocles and top hats, yo.

          1. Butts Wagner   15 years ago

            Liberals are Animal Crackers.....

        2. Henry Rollins   15 years ago

          Crackers? Why, I just love crackers?graham, saltine?I'm gonna get me a whole big bunch of crackers out of a box, or whatever, and I'm gonna squash 'em on my face and let 'em run off my chin! Semen is even better, though.

          1. Minister King Samir Shabazz   15 years ago

            I hate crackers !! Unless they are in soup. Alright, maybe with some cheese on them too or those crackers with the cheese baked in.But that's it,I really hate em. oh ya Smores are the worst you got them crackers forcing that oppressed chocolate to melt with the marshmallow. Just ain't right.

    2. hmm   15 years ago

      Only monkeys and slaves go barefoot.

      So yes.

      1. rustedangel   15 years ago

        don't forget hippies

        1. poopy   15 years ago

          hippies smell

      2. Fiscal Meth   15 years ago

        and escaped mental patients

      3. LeSigh   15 years ago

        And bigfoot.

  6. JoshINHB   15 years ago

    Why is that gargoyle littering?

    1. Drax the Destroyer   15 years ago

      ...Said Johnny Lombardo Mountain Dew Reebok VIII during his early 21st century history class in the year 2090.

      1. The Angry Optimist   15 years ago

        References to Idiocracy are for pretentious fools.

        1. DanD   15 years ago

          The movie itself was hilarious. I didn't find it prophetic, but I laughed my ass off.

          President Camacho is one of my favorite characters.

          1. Fatty Bolger   15 years ago

            It definitely had its moments. The large screen TV crowded out with ads and showing "Ow My Balls!" was hilarious. Come to think of it, "Ow My Balls!" was somewhat prophetic - look at the success of Wipeout.

            1. Butts Wagner   15 years ago

              America's Funniest Home Videos would be the zenith of "Ow My Balls!" in the present day.

  7. TheOtherSomeGuy   15 years ago

    I'm amazed these judges have held him in contempt of court yet.

  8. James Ard   15 years ago

    Veronique de Rugy talking stimulus spending right now on cspan's Washington Journal.

    1. ?   15 years ago

      I like it when the crackpots call in and the guest has to sit there stone-faced instead of breaking down in fits of laughter or blurting out, "Are you fucking retarded?!"

      1. James Ard   15 years ago

        There were a few of those calls for sure. However a wise tweeter got in a Fair Tax tweet, and she pretty much agreed with me.

        1. Fist of Etiquette   15 years ago

          You have no other choice that I can see but to stalk her now.

  9. Yonemoto   15 years ago

    Strangely, Obama has morphed into a black greenspan.

    1. poopy   15 years ago

      A black guy turning into a Jew?
      That's racist squared!

      1. Sammy Davis Jr's ghost   15 years ago

        Tell me about it, my man!

        1. Suki   15 years ago

          +100

      2. Yonemoto   15 years ago

        i didn't draw the picture.

  10. P Brooks   15 years ago

    Is that a sea turtle shell on Obama's head?

  11. Warren   15 years ago

    A surprising hit for Bok

    Amusing
    Topical and poignant
    Fair Artwork

    Grade B+

    1. The Angry Optimist   15 years ago

      Poignant???

  12. ?   15 years ago

    Obama's advice is good. A guy from the Village People trolling around an oil rig offering boat jobs isn't going to get many takers, but windmills are full of fags.

  13. James   15 years ago

    Can somebody explain the symbolism here? Why is the boat "jobs"? Why is Obama sitting on Drilling Ban II? What significance do the Court Rulings have in the meaning of the comic?

  14. Brad Potts   15 years ago

    Not funny and not even accurate.

    They specifically addressed the issues the judge had with the original ban, as they attempted to make the ban less arbitrary and actually focus it on safety issues, rather than making a political point.

    1. Fatty Bolger   15 years ago

      Yeah, *that's* what was wrong with the ban.

  15. Lamar   15 years ago

    I love how Obama is the one polluting the water and not the oil guy.

  16. P Brooks   15 years ago

    Bok can re-use this, later: just draw little George Washingtons on the pieces of paper, and turn Obama into Bernanke. And write "no" (jobs) on the boat.

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    The only green jobs being created here in Colorado are at medical marijuana dispensaries. Sweet, sweet, green jobs...

    1. Jason   15 years ago

      Damn, I'm going to have to change my name.

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