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Civil Liberties

Friday Funnies: Pop Tart Politics

Chip Bok | 3.22.2013 7:40 AM

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  1. Fist of Etiquette   12 years ago

    Edgy and corny at the same time. Quite a feat.

    1. mnarayan   12 years ago

      Your Reign In puns will soon end in Blood.

  2. invisible furry hand   12 years ago

    what flavour pop tart is that?

    1. Sy   12 years ago

      9mm munchberry

    2. Certified Public Asskicker   12 years ago

      I don't eat them anymore, but you cannot beat frosted strawberry.

      1. RBS   12 years ago

        True, but brown sugar cinnamon is a close second.

        1. some guy   12 years ago

          Frosted brown sugar cinnamon is tops. Frosted strawberry is the close second.

      2. Generic Stranger   12 years ago

        I'm pretty sure frosted strawberry is the flavor that caused me to puke when I was a little kid, and why for years after the smell of poptarts made me nauseous.

        1. c3po   12 years ago

          The smell was nauseous.

          You were nauseated.

          1. Ted S.   12 years ago

            Generic Strangre pwned by the gay robots of Star Wars.

          2. Joe M   12 years ago

            Incorrect: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nauseous

            1. c3po   12 years ago

              SLIPSHOD EXTENSION!

          3. Loki   12 years ago

            But can you translate that into Bocce?

        2. Certified Public Asskicker   12 years ago

          Impossible, you were already sick and the frosted strawberry pop tart was unfortunately the last thing you ate.

          1. Certified Public Asskicker   12 years ago

            Side story, my friend ate a bunch of Starburst jelly beans a few years ago, right before his appendix burst and he threw them all up.

            Poor guy cannot bring himself to eat them anymore.

            1. RBS   12 years ago

              Jelly Beans Linked to Massive Organ Failure

              /Yahoo News

            2. Night Elf Mohawk   12 years ago

              Back in the day, I drank eight 32-oz margaritas at a happy hour. It was two years before the smell of tequila didn't make me queasy. Luckily for me, I finally got over it.

              1. mnarayan   12 years ago

                Unless it was more like "happy five hours", your stomach must be big as hell.

                1. Night Elf Mohawk   12 years ago

                  Yeah, it wasn't a literal happy "hour." It was probably the semi-standard 4-7PM type of thing.

                  As far as I can tell, I'm over 4 standard deviations from the mean in height and my visible body parts are much larger than average, so it's entirely possible my stomach is also big as hell.

              2. itsnotmeitsyou   12 years ago

                Ugh, I had a really bad argument with Jose over a decade ago and the smell of tequila still nauseates me.

                1. Jesus H. Christ   12 years ago

                  Jose is shit tequila. I don't know why anyone drinks it.

                  1. itsnotmeitsyou   12 years ago

                    Because I was young enough not to have discerning taste in alcohol yet. Hell, I was still drinking Miller Lite as my primary beer at the time.

              3. Ted S.   12 years ago

                There are other fine alcoholic beverages to drink besides tequila.

                1. Night Elf Mohawk   12 years ago

                  True enough, and I turned to some of them during those dark two years, but tequila is my preference.

        3. CbadCAMom   12 years ago

          I once threw up after eating onion rings, didn't eat them for 15 years. Now I CAN'T stop.

          Why were you bothering with strawberry? Everyone knows brown sugar & cinnamon are the best.

    3. Ted S.   12 years ago

      What the fuck is a "flavour"?

  3. Sy   12 years ago

    that's....almost not funny.

    1. Generic Stranger   12 years ago

      Oh hi, you must be new.

      1. Sy   12 years ago

        nay.

  4. Almanian.!   12 years ago

    1) Weird how they got that smudged effect with the wall treatment - appears they put paint on erasers, put the eraser on the wall, and then dragged it to the left. Interesting.

    2) Why is the old fat guy holding a moldy piece of bread and appearing to hand it to a young Newcular Titties?

    3) What the HELL is up with Young Newcular Titties' right arm? I thought it was a tie at first. Is this some mashup where he got Bob Dole's gimpy arm? If so, why isn't he holding a pencil in it like Bob Dole always did. Does...

    4) Would it kill a guy to throw a couple labels in this?

    Happy Friday, Reasonoids.

    1. Question of Auban   12 years ago

      And why doen't the adult think he is "professional enough" to nibble the pop tart himself?

    2. SugarFree   12 years ago

      1) Matrix bullets. Duh.

      2) Antibiotics.

      3) Dragon fire near burned it clean off.

      4) He's stopped trying to please complainers like you.

  5. Question of Auban   12 years ago

    With the recent shooting at Quantico I wonder how long it will be before someone suggests that military bases become "Gun Free Zones".

    1. Generic Stranger   12 years ago

      Err..they pretty much already are. Pretty much nobody but the MPs are allowed to carry a firearm outside of training on most military bases. That's why that fuck that shot up Fort Hood is still aspirating.

      1. RBS   12 years ago

        You might need to adjust your sarcasm detector.

        1. Drake   12 years ago

          I may need to as well - but I've heard the same nonsense from people not being sarcastic.

          1. Question of Auban   12 years ago

            I was being sarcastic, really, I was in the Air Force I know ... but still .. I would not be surprised if some idiotic congresscritter like Sheila Jackson Lee were to propose such a thing.

            1. Drake   12 years ago

              The NJ National Guard beat her to it.

        2. Generic Stranger   12 years ago

          Could be, but he seemed to be operating under the delusion that they weren't already.

          1. RBS   12 years ago

            Yeah, but he's been around long enough that I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.

            1. Question of Auban   12 years ago

              Thanks

          2. Question of Auban   12 years ago

            I know that they are now - I was in the Air Force. I guess it is a sign of our times that we now have to throw up sarcasm signs for such comments

      2. l0b0t   12 years ago

        I was just about to post that very thing. We were not allowed to bring our service weapons into the barracks for any reason. Hell, even privately owned firearms had to be stored in or battery arms rooms and we had to get the CO's permission to sign them out (our privately owned firearms).

    2. Almanian.!   12 years ago

      How about all war zones as "Gun Free Zones"? Probably cut down on all the killing a bit.

      Just a thought.

      1. RBS   12 years ago

        Then they could declare the Middle East a terrorist free zone. World Peace!

    3. Drake   12 years ago

      Never been in the military, have you?

      They already are gunfree zones - except for MP's, who are minutes away when the shooting starts.

      In the Marines, I often had my rifle with me - but never, ever any ammo except on the range. In the Army National Guard, I never touched my rifle except on the range or in the armory to clean it.

    4. SugarFree   12 years ago

      I wonder how long it will be before someone suggests that military bases become "Gun Free Zones".

      Gun violence has no place in the military.

      1. LTC(ret) John   12 years ago

        Nor "assault weapons".

        1. SugarFree   12 years ago

          All assault is sexual assault.

          -Andrea Dworkin

          1. invisible furry hand   12 years ago

            hey, stop hatin' on Andrea just because she nibbled your penis into the shape of a pop tart

            1. SugarFree   12 years ago

              I believe that was her own penis she did that to.

              Australian public education is embarrassingly lax.

              1. invisible furry hand   12 years ago

                I went to a Catholic girls' school, hence I only learnt nun jokes

                1. RBS   12 years ago

                  I went to a Catholic girls' school

                  Go on...

                  1. Eduard van Haalen   12 years ago

                    Were you ever In Trouble?

                2. SugarFree   12 years ago

                  I bet you could name everyone that's ever been in a Mad Max movie, though.

  6. gaijin   12 years ago

    Clearly a military style weapon being used...look at all the bullets.

    1. l0b0t   12 years ago

      Those are bullets?!? I thought the cat had walked through the ink and was scratching at the drawing.

  7. LTC(ret) John   12 years ago

    I am shocked, dismayed and bewildered...this one didn't really suck. What are we supposed to do when that happens?!

    1. SugarFree   12 years ago

      Hope that you are taken today and are therefore spared 1000 years of tribulations.

      1. LTC(ret) John   12 years ago

        Rise Great Cthulhu, smite me down!

  8. sarcasmic   12 years ago

    Needs more labels.

    1. a better weapon   12 years ago

      Is this the first one he's ever done with no labels? I kind of miss them now...

  9. c3po   12 years ago

    HEY, REASON, HOW COME NO COVERAGE OF PA HOUSE APPROVAL OF PRIVATIZATION OF LIQUOR SALES?!

    1. LTC(ret) John   12 years ago

      Too drunk celebrating?

    2. Ted S.   12 years ago

      It's not as if you're going to get a hat tip for it anyway.

    3. RBS   12 years ago

      When did the final approval occur? If you use the search tool you will find Reason has been covering the drive towards privatization.

    4. Rod Flash   12 years ago

      Is this bigger than the MD Senate decriminalizing up to 10g of pot?

      1. Some call me Tim?   12 years ago

        More monumental in that it seemed like this change would NEVER come.

  10. Brian from Texas   12 years ago

    The father in this cartoon will probably have CPS and cops banging on his door tomorrow, especially if he lives in Jersey.

    1. invisible furry hand   12 years ago

      aren't they the ones firing the bullets today?

  11. sloopyinca   12 years ago

    You dumbasses have it all wrong. That's not a Pop Tart and they're not after his gun.

    That's the Feds working on behalf of the RIAA going after this bastard for illegally downloading movie torrents onto his Kindle Fire. If you squint hard enough, you can make out Wreck It Ralph.

  12. sloopyinca   12 years ago

    And if that's a Mass shooting, where are the pews and little pads to kneel on? Or where are the Massholes?

    1. Auric Demonocles   12 years ago

      The shooting is happening at a Red Sox sellout.

  13. AlmightyJB   12 years ago

    Slightly funny. That's all you're getting.

  14. BlueBook   12 years ago

    One of the bullets appears to be exiting the speech balloon, but there is no visible entry point...

    IT'S A CONSPIRACY.

    1. Eduard van Haalen   12 years ago

      Yeah, who are they trying to fool with their magic-bullet theories? It was the one-armed man on the Grassy Knoll.

  15. Loki   12 years ago

    OMG, It's an assault pastry! Quick, someone get mayor Bloomburg on the phone, I think I've found his next ban.

    "We need to get these dangerous assault pastries out of the hands of our childrunz!"

  16. SumpTump   12 years ago

    Sometimes dude, you jsut have to roll wit hit man.

    http://www.Anon-Today.tk

    1. Question of Auban   12 years ago

      All bow down to the great Annonbot, it is from he that all wisdom flows.

  17. a better weapon   12 years ago

    That was the first Chip cartoon that made me laugh and not laugh AT it.

    1. Jesus H. Christ   12 years ago

      Yep, I actually chuckled at it before my libertarian cynicism kicked in. Of course, he's still got the big "NEXT MASS SHOOTING" label at the bottom. Really? you think that was necessary? Bok thinks the commentariat are a bunch of dipshits.

      1. itsnotmeitsyou   12 years ago

        Come on, Jesus. Look into the souls of the commentariat here and tell me that we don't have our fair share of dipshits.

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