Friday Funnies: Three Stooges in "The Fiscal Cliff"

Henry Payne | 1.4.2013 7:00 AM

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Fist of Etiquette 12 years ago

Bill Gates looks like he's enjoying his ear tug, but Dick Nixon doesn't seem to like the unibrow massage.
1. John Galt 12 years ago
  
  Oh I get it that's Bill Gates, I thought it PeeWee Herman.
  
  Now I'm confused.
  1. John Galt 12 years ago
    
    *was
2. Way Of The Crane 12 years ago
  
  What the hell is Bill gates doing hanging out with Han Solo anyway and why is that Chinese guy wearing blue flannel?
John Galt 12 years ago

Oh I get it, that's Boehner, I thought it was Dick Nixon.
1. Fist of Etiquette 12 years ago
  
  But we're agreed that's an algae wave about to hit them, right?
  1. Whiterun Guard 12 years ago
    
    See below, I'm pretty sure HP went to Tulane.
    1. Ted S. 12 years ago
      
      I don't believe either Hewlett or Packard went to Tulane.
      1. heller 12 years ago
        
        No he means Harry Potter
  2. John Galt 12 years ago
    
    Okay, I remember the 3-Stooges?
2. Ted S. 12 years ago
  
  It's Leonard Nimoy from his In Search Of... days.
Whiterun Guard 12 years ago

Why is Obama poking Detective Friday with a gun, but only pulling the ear of young Marty Feldman?
1. Whiterun Guard 12 years ago
  
  Also, what's the deal with the wave behind them? Is it Stooges going Surfing? Or did Payne go to Tulane or something?
  1. Fist of Etiquette 12 years ago
    
    More importantly, Princess Leia is apparently a massive liar.
    1. Whiterun Guard 12 years ago
      
      Oh is that Ms Organa? I thought they were having their spat in a Punch and Judy puppet show box.
    2. Way Of The Crane 12 years ago
      
      I thought it was Han Solo with a bowl cut.
heller 12 years ago

Is the large-breasted, dick-nose woman wondering what the point of this cartoon is, how it could be labeled "funny," or why Payne was too lazy to draw all the bricks?
1. Groovus Maximus 12 years ago
  
  The stucco is chipping away. Shoddy workmanship.
2. Mongo 12 years ago
  
  Those are some nice juggs on that Jewess.
invisible furry hand 12 years ago

This is not wholly bewildering, recycled or laboured. Payne is slipping
1. Fist of Etiquette 12 years ago
  
  Can't understand a word of that.
  1. Whiterun Guard 12 years ago
    
    The doris is saying she's none too chuffed with the tidy page, and you'd better get off the blower before she chucks a wallah.
    1. Groovus Maximus 12 years ago
      
      SOD off, ya wally berk!
      1. Whiterun Guard 12 years ago
        
        Fair dinkum! My pommy were ramblin into flamin oath, but now I've 'ad me proper tucker and I'm fit to stake a dag on a dugong.
        
        invisible furry hand 12 years ago
        
        Thought Fisty's pig-ignorance was the bloody limit, but now a pair of seppos is taking the piss. Bugger the lot of youse. May yer chooks turn into emus and kick yer dunny door down
        
        Whiterun Guard 12 years ago
        
        Hey, don't blame me, I learned everything I know from an Outback Steakhouse menu.
        
        Whiterun Guard 12 years ago
        
        That's like your constitution, isn't it?
        
        Groovus Maximus 12 years ago
        
        MEh. Don't ya be angro, I was jus' eggin' him on. No matter what ya blowin', you're always spunky to me, ta!-D
        
        heller 12 years ago
        
        What a bunch of gloopy chepooka these droogs govoreet. I can pony none of it.
        
        Groovus Maximus 12 years ago
        
        heller, either you are quoting "A Clockwork Orange" or that is the worst Russian I have ever seen.
        
        heller 12 years ago
        
        All the cool people speak Nadsat Groovus.
        
        Groovus Maximus 12 years ago
        
        And have an appreciation for Joy Division..., heller.
        
        heller 12 years ago
        
        True
        
        heller 12 years ago
        
        That is some horrorshow zvook.
        
        Ted S. 12 years ago
        
        This Russian isn't bad so much as it is retch-inducing. 🙂
        
        Groovus Maximus 12 years ago
        
        Actually Ted, I like it, though a bit kitch-y.
        
        Ted S. 12 years ago
        
        And people here think I have no taste because I don't drink beer or go in for obscure scifi....
        
        invisible furry hand 12 years ago
        
        Yarbles to thee and thine, o my brother. Great big bolshy yarblockos. We talk horrorshow down under
    2. Ted S. 12 years ago
      
      So you're saying Payne bollixed up the Friday "Funnies"?
  2. John Galt 12 years ago
    
    Foreignour?
  3. invisible furry hand 12 years ago
    
    OK Fisty, allow me to elaborate in the Queen's English:
    
    Those bloody politicians, eh? Pack of bloody galahs. Never worked a day in their life, the miserable bludgers. And you try to escape them by reading the funny papers, and some bastard goes and draws them in that too. And he's pretty shouse at it too. Just look at that bloke in middle - he's all prick and ribs like a drover's dog.
    1. Groovus Maximus 12 years ago
      
      I understood than perfectly!-D Fist, this is very simple to gist.
      1. Fist of Etiquette 12 years ago
        
        Not enough superfluous u's.
        
        heller 12 years ago
        
        Shouldn't that be nout enough...?
      2. Ted S. 12 years ago
        
        "than"? :-p
        
        Groovus Maximus 12 years ago
        
        You try typing English on a Cyrillic keyboard. And my typing is almost John level terrible anyway.
        
        Ted S. 12 years ago
        
        And my typing is almost John level terrible anyway.
        
        So your typing is a chubby chaser?
        
        (At least I never have to deal with the Soviet keyboard layout.)
        
        Kaptious Kristen 12 years ago
        
        In Soviet Russia, keyboard lays you out!
        
        Ted S. 12 years ago
        
        I'm surprised it took 42 minutes for anybody to sink to posting that joke.
        
        Kaptious Kristen 12 years ago
        
        I'm surprised you haven't bitched about somebody's link that won't load on your shitty computer - it's already 9am! Chop chop!
        
        PS 12 years ago
        
        Wot? Never heard of masking tape and a Biro?
        
        Groovus Maximus 12 years ago
        
        Ha ha. Funny, PS. I am not used to the keyboard layout, that's all.
        
        PS 12 years ago
        
        But you can change the layout in the settings, right, you can in Windows. I've got Czech and American on my po?ita? and I just switch back and forth with alt-shift.
        
        Groovus Maximus 12 years ago
        
        I do on my personal laptop (which I also use for work, along with smertphone), which has an American QWERTY layout with phonetic (translit) recognition.
        
        Aha! One and done! Thanks, PS.
        
        PS 12 years ago
        
        Sorted? Not sure what I did but glad to help!
    2. Ted S. 12 years ago
      
      If we're going to comment using the Queen's English, can we at least get some Friday Page 3 girls instead of the Friday "Funnies"?
      1. invisible furry hand 12 years ago
        
        So easily satisfied - here are some large breasts, uncovered
        
        heller 12 years ago
        
        Too skinny.
        
        Jesus H. Christ 12 years ago
        
        Dammit! I thought for once the link would be safe.
Groovus Maximus 12 years ago

This is a horrible cartoon. First, that minstrel praying mantis is sexually assaulting that poor retarded fellow who clearly has jaundice, and trying to earfuck the other fellow who has Cushing's. Second, the praying mantis stole Kim Jong-Un's hairstyle, which is clearly racist. Third, stereotyping the developmentally disabled as pattern blind is just appalling.

To tally: Racism, bestiality, ADA violations, sexual assault, and crimes of fashion.

A+, Payne.
1. Ted S. 12 years ago
  
  I think you've committed a HIPAA violation by diagnosing them in public.
2. LTC(ret) John 12 years ago
  
  OT, good doctor, I was playing with the Thomas Friedman op-ed generator and got a Ukraine one:
  
  http://thomasfriedmanopedgener.....ael+d77acc
  1. Groovus Maximus 12 years ago
    
    THAT'S AMAZING! It reads almost word for word, Janukovich's New Year's speech!
    
    This bodes well not...
heller 12 years ago

Behold
1. Groovus Maximus 12 years ago
  
  Poor Henry! I didn't know he was a burn victim!
  
  I'll have to be more considerate in my criticisms in the future....
  1. heller 12 years ago
    
    Here is Henry on the far right:
    
    http://www.dbusiness.com/galle.....e.1485.jpg
    1. Groovus Maximus 12 years ago
      
      Oops, I mis-DX'ed. Henry has slight agnathia hypoplasia (means weak-chinned).
  2. Whiterun Guard 12 years ago
    
    heller is now an 'ooh burn' victim.
Whiterun Guard 12 years ago

Oooh I just got one:

Well, the 3 Stooges were known for their fiscal comedy.

ALSO SOMEONE ACKNOWLEDGE MY TULANE REFERENCE.
1. Longtorso 12 years ago
  
  There is no Tulane. It lives with all of the Highlander movies but the first.
2. Groovus Maximus 12 years ago
  
  No. Also, RACIST! The 3 Stooges were JOOZ! Are you saying that all JOOZ! are good with money? AND YOU LIKE DON SWAZE!!!
  
  You disgust me...
  1. Whiterun Guard 12 years ago
    
    There's no way they were jewish. Well, Larry, maybe. With the 'fro.
    
    And, Mission Accomplished!
3. Groovus Maximus 12 years ago
  
  *SWAYZE. (It's Swaze in the original Swazi-landian dialect.)
Ted S. 12 years ago

I'm surprised nobody's suggested Payne could have solved all his problems with MOAR LABELZ!
Almanian. 12 years ago

I don't get it.

However, if I were sage, I would say, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Happy Friday, Reasonoids.

Also, fried chicken.
sarcasmic 12 years ago

Why is everyone wearing plaid?
1. Whiterun Guard 12 years ago
  
  They are big Lagwagon fans?
  1. Ted S. 12 years ago
    
    Maybe they're lesbians. Are they wearing Birkenstocks?
waaminn 12 years ago

lol, OK now that cracks me up dude.

http://www.GotmyAnon.tk
1. invisible furry hand 12 years ago
  
  brownosing Payne is not going to get you any street cred around here, anonbot
Tim 12 years ago

You can't spoof the stooges with this weak tea. If this were a proper spoof they'd have Obama's head jammed into an iron pipe, heated red hot by a blow torch, while they beat on it it with hammers.
Brian from Texas 12 years ago

Actually, the real Howard, Fine and Howard could probably run the country so much better than Obama, Reid and Boehner there would be no comparison.
TheSpiteHouse 12 years ago

I smiled.
SugarFree 12 years ago

Oh, the dark excesses we reach when we have no AM Links to comfort us....
1. Tim 12 years ago
  
  They'll make up for it later by posting 62 threads within five minutes.
mr simple 12 years ago

I was a bigger fan of their earlier work: Raw Abuse of Power.
Kaptious Kristen 12 years ago

What does Bill Cosby have against Mr. Magoo and Andy Griffith?
1. invisible furry hand 12 years ago
  
  Neither eats Jello - they are blasphemers!

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