Friday Funnies: Stalled

Henry Payne | 5.9.2014 7:00 AM

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Fist of Etiquette 11 years ago

Ugh. This one is so pedestrian I can't even think anything up to play off it.
1. Suthenboy 11 years ago
  
  Of course they are pedestrians, the car is broken down.
  1. Almanian! 11 years ago
    
    TEATHUGLIHADISTS DROVE IT INTO THE DITCH, YO
    1. Free Society 11 years ago
      
      Boooooooooooosh was bad too, so that cancels out all criticism of Barry.
    2. susan221 11 years ago
      
      Start working at home with Google! Just work for few hours. I earn up to $500 per week. It's a great work at home opportunity. I can't believe how easy it was once I tried it out. Linked here http://www.Pow6.com
2. Snark Plissken 11 years ago
  
  You have to riff through the tough ones, FoE, they are the ones that test your mettle and, ultimately, make you a stronger commenter, and a better human being overall.
  
  When you are lying on your death bed, FoE, it will be the comments that you let get away, not the one's about Michael Bay, that you'll most regret.
  
  I want you to go back in, and give it your best, I want you to go out there with all you've got and win just one for the Gipper.
  1. Fist of Etiquette 11 years ago
    
    Their other neighbor probably owns a blue ox named Babe?
UnCivilServant 11 years ago

Where's the car to go? There are no ROADZ!
invisible furry hand 11 years ago

The tree only hit the top of the car, so why is the front damaged too?
1. LiveFreeOrDiet 11 years ago
  
  That's where the national debt tree hit it.
SlV 11 years ago

Needs more unhelpful Republicans with Slurpees
Ted S. 11 years ago

I thought it wouldn't start because the Republicans drove it into a ditch or something.
1. cmace 11 years ago
  
  You can say that again!!!
  1. Ted S. 11 years ago
    
    The browser was having memory handling problems (H&R tends to cause that) and I didn't realize the first post went through.
    1. Roger the Shrubber 11 years ago
      
      Sure, Ted. Blame it on the website.
    2. DontShootMe 11 years ago
      
      wrong, it was squirrels.
2. Almanian! 11 years ago
  
  *reminds self that sometimes reading downthread before commenting sometimes avoid duplication of previously-posted memes - returns to reading comments and/or comenting*
Ted S. 11 years ago

I thought it wouldn't start because the Republicans drove it into a ditch or something.
invisible furry hand 11 years ago

I thought it wouldn't start because the Republicans drove it into a ditch or something.
1. Lord Humungus 11 years ago
  
  b-b-but the stock market! /derp
$park? has had enough 11 years ago

Seeing that the doors are welded shut, it's a good thing the tree smashed out the windows.
1. Almanian! 11 years ago
  
  They did nice bodywork to cover that up - cannot see it through the paint at all.
  
  /Wheeler Dealer
2. Snark Plissken 11 years ago
  
  I think the General Lee looked better red.
Jordan 11 years ago

Huh. I kinda like this one.
1. Swiss Servator, CH yeah! 11 years ago
  
  It is very subtle....for Payne.
lap83 11 years ago

The cold weather needs a label. I suggest "Obama's disappointment in us" written on the snow in yellow.
1. Almanian! 11 years ago
  
  Good point. However, I'd have portrayed it as background figures of a crying Statue of Liberty behind a crying Gabby Giffords (with a thought balloon, "Man, I need this like a need a...."), with a crying sun all looking down on the scene, with "Climate Change Deniers" ghosted over the whole thing.
  
  Oh, and all in Thomas Kinkade style.
  
  PS I disturbs me that Kinkade didn't even know how to spell his own name. "Kincaide", dude. "I'll take Kink Aid for $400, Alex....." /Connery
  1. invisible furry hand 11 years ago
    
    I donated $50 to Kink Aid
    1. UnCivilServant 11 years ago
      
      How much are Ozland dollars worth these days?
    2. Almanian! 11 years ago
      
      A receipt for your 2014 tax records is in the mail. Thank you for supporting Kink Aid?!
      
      PS Does Oz do tax deduction for charitable contributions? I don't know what other countries' tax codes do in that regard. Suddenly, I have an urgent desire to know.....although I'm far too lazy to BingGoogle it...
      1. invisible furry hand 11 years ago
        
        1) $A1 = 93 cents US / $US1 = $A1.06
        
        2) Yes, anything over a couple bucks is deductible, but I would support the wonderful work of Kink Aid anyway. For the children.
Almanian! 11 years ago

1) I don't get it
2) NEEDZ MOAR DICK NOSES
3) Labels! Labels! My kingdom for moar labelz!

It is awful - although less so than usual - therefore, perfect for a Friday morning (EDT) at teh HyR.

Happy fucking Friday, Reasonoids.
Will4Freedom 11 years ago

Even though I could think of a couple better ways to represent Regulations choking the economy, I could see what he was going for.

Just a couple of questions, though. What kind of car is that? A tree that big would do more than dent the roof. Especially with no center post. But I guess gravity is different there, since the guy can lean way over like that without falling.

Also, what's that square thing on the tree branch? Looks like block of cocaine or something.
1. Almanian! 11 years ago
  
  The first of the Mailbox Overlords coming to check out Erf for the impending invasion.
  
  "These guys are pussies. This is gonna be easy!"
  1. UnCivilServant 11 years ago
    
    No, clearly it's a scarf caught on the braches, and the guy's leaning over because of the strong wind pushing both to the left...
    1. Almanian! 11 years ago
      
      *looks intently*
      
      AH! Right you are!
    2. Spoonman. 11 years ago
      
      THAT's what's going on!
    3. EDG reppin' LBC 11 years ago
      
      It's an NSA camera, disguised as a giant acorn, and it's pointed directly at leaning man's butt.
  2. Swiss Servator, CH yeah! 11 years ago
    
    "The first of the Mailbox Overlords"
    
    I am not worried - sloopy will destroy them with a baseball bat.
    1. invisible furry hand 11 years ago
      
      Not if they drown him first in a vat of artisanal mayonnaise
      1. Swiss Servator, CH yeah! 11 years ago
        
        Just getting close to that would cause sloopy to Hulk out in rage. We'd be picking up splinters of the aliens for weeks.
2. Swiss Servator, CH yeah! 11 years ago
  
  It is an axe with a bent and slender handle, WITH WHICH THE TEATHUGLICAN FUCKRATTER CUT DOWN THE ECONOMIEZ!!!11!!!
  
  /prog derp
3. sarcasmic 11 years ago
  
  What kind of car is that? A tree that big would do more than dent the roof.
  
  I'm thinking it's a Subaru of some sort. They've got built in roll cages.
  1. Ivan Pike 11 years ago
    
    I'm thinking it's a Subaru of some sort. They've got built in roll cages
    
    They lived!
    
    Subaru
  2. Swiss Servator, CH yeah! 11 years ago
    
    "Subaru"
    
    Dey took r jerbz!!!!!!
  3. Ted S. 11 years ago
    
    Then shouldn't it be a bunch of lesbians driving?
    1. mr simple 11 years ago
      
      Flannel shirt, oversized pants, short hair. Looks like lesbians to me.
    2. Will4Freedom 11 years ago
      
      Hey! I've got an Outback and I'm no Lesbian! Just an old dude who does't want to get stuck in the snow.
Swiss Servator, CH yeah! 11 years ago

The Iraqi Death Blossom comes to America...

http://miami.cbslocal.com/2014.....-concerns/
1. mad.casual 11 years ago
  
  That is a gem! Every other paragraph starts out with a "WTF?!?!"
  
  The shooting is being reviewed by both the State Attorney's Office and the Miami Dade Police Department.
  While those reviews will likely take years to complete,
  
  Nearly 400 rounds discharged by almost two-dozen officers in a polish firing squad and it's going to take *years* for the investigation to be completed?
  1. Rod Flash 11 years ago
    
    It's going to take at least 10 years to find all the bullets. They can't proceed without all the forensic evidence.
Swiss Servator, CH yeah! 11 years ago

People slowly waking up?

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/s.....9-03-14-17
1. invisible furry hand 11 years ago
  
  It's the second time Stem has shot and killed a suspect since joining the department in 2012
  
  So he's an expert
  1. Almanian! 11 years ago
    
    AHA! So THIS is why I keep hearing so much about encouraging kids to go into "Stem" fields of study.
    
    THE GUMMINT IS TRYING TO CREATE A BUNCH OF FUTURE THUG COPS!!11!
    
    Fuck. Stem. Research.
    
    /Emily Littela
    1. Ivan Pike 11 years ago
      
      National Police Week, May 11-17, 2014
2. Lord Humungus 11 years ago
  
  why do you hate the pigs police?
3. TheSpiteHouse 11 years ago
  
  These things seem even more egregious when they happen in smaller cities.
4. sarcasmic 11 years ago
  
  He gave her a lawful command which she disobeyed, so he killed her. The end.
gaijin 11 years ago

Clearly the economy car had a faulty ignition system.
Carl ?s his privilege 11 years ago

Very topical for May...
1. waffles 11 years ago
  
  I think it's because all the economic reports from Q1 come out now and they all blame the weather.
  1. Carl ?s his privilege 11 years ago
    
    Oh, that. Thanks.
some guy 11 years ago

A tree falling on your car is usually an accident. Regulations are almost never accidents.
1. waffles 11 years ago
  
  Something about unintended consequences being totally awesome?
What's that smell? 11 years ago

I actually laughed at this one!

Off Topic:
Pittsburgh police recruit ? once a wanted man in Mass. ? fired

http://triblive.com/news/alleg.....ce-recruit

At least he's well practiced at witness intimidation.
On The Road To Mandalay 11 years ago

The cartoon as a political message is always very effective. In this case, the message is that President Obama and his administration are responsible for making life in these United States of America "uncomfortable" and restrictive. The caption should read "GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS". Obama is no more responsible than any other President for those regulations that limit our so called freedoms.

Take a look at The Patriot Act as a good example of regulations that limit those freedoms. In any event, anyone who thinks he/she is going to get a break from "the regs" with the next administration is sadly mistaken. No matter who gets in the White House, the American people will continue to be governed at all levels by those regulations, which are implemented by The Congress and the Bureaucracy far more than any President could "decree" them.

And for those who labor under the illusion that Rand Paul is going to lighten the load, dream on. If elected (which I doubt) his administration will be any bit as "regulatory" as any other, although that may manifest itself in more subtle ways.
Shrug 11 years ago

If the economy breaks down people will be needed to restore the economy which in and of itself creates jobs and fixes the economy. Thus our economy is self-healing and the more you break it the more it gets fixed?seems like sound logic to me.
jmomls 11 years ago

Side question: do you dorks think everyone is going to click on your endless You Tube links to who-knows-what every other comment?

If you can't make a joke yourself, don't bother.

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