Friday Funnies: White House Drones

Henry Payne | 1.30.2015 7:00 AM

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Fist of Etiquette 10 years ago

Maybe don't wear a t-shirt and douchebag-style ball cap to work if you want to be taken seriously.
1. invisible furry hand 10 years ago
  
  Maybe don't expect to stay a secret if you put "Secret Service" on your t-shirt, for that matter.
  
  BTW Fisty, if your balls look like that cap, then you have my most sincere condolences
  1. Steve G 10 years ago
    
    +1 Female Body Inspector
    1. WTF 10 years ago
      
      OT:SF Cops Arrest Public Defender for Refusing to Let Them Interrogate Her Client Without Counsel
      1. Ted S. 10 years ago
        
        Sugar Free's cops would do that, wouldn't they?
        
        WTF 10 years ago
        
        SugarFree's cops would do much worse than a mere arrest. Much, much worse.
        
        invisible furry hand 10 years ago
        
        The SugarFrei Korps are coming for you
        
        Tonio 10 years ago
        
        [golf clap]
      2. Cdr Lytton 10 years ago
        
        SF cop school's law segment consists of watching The Closer?
  2. Charles Easterly 10 years ago
    
    "... look like that cap..."
    
    I thought it was a toupee.
    1. Fist of Etiquette 10 years ago
      
      Uh, I think they call that a merkin.
      1. Swiss Servator, ... Switzy! 10 years ago
        
        +1 posing pouch
      2. Charles Easterly 10 years ago
        
        "Uh, I think they call that a merkin."
        
        Those Merkins; always getting into other people's stuff.
        
        OT: Here's a topical example of a Merkin Beaver: http://www.inquisitr.com/18002.....u-library/
  3. Fist of Etiquette 10 years ago
    
    I know English is your second language so let me spell it out for you. A douchebag-style cap is just a regular cap worn differently, and a ball cap is short for baseball cap. Baseball is a game just like cricket only less boring and not as long (but not by much).
    1. invisible furry hand 10 years ago
      
      And where are these caps worn? Down the front of the pants like a cricket box?
      1. Rich 10 years ago
        
        *cap!* Er, I mean *slap!*
      2. Fist of Etiquette 10 years ago
        
        Sigh. Basics it is. A cap is a hat.
        
        invisible furry hand 10 years ago
        
        And a hat is a part of a cat's anatomy, right?
        
        Charles Easterly 10 years ago
        
        El gato en el sombrero?
        
        Fist of Etiquette 10 years ago
        
        Maybe neither of you should be on America's internet.
        
        Charles Easterly 10 years ago
        
        Happy Friday Fist.
        
        (And stop using the "royal we" and talking into the mirror, Dude)
2. Bee Tagger 10 years ago
  
  He's dressed for the next Beer Summit.
Almanian! 10 years ago

Don't. Get.

Awful. Therefore, perfect.

Happy fucking Friday, Reasonoids. I hope the President personally drones everyone you love, in front of your eyes, so you live out your days with memory of the horror of losing those closest to you.

Oh! also - *SLAP!*
1. invisible furry hand 10 years ago
  
  *slap!*
  1. WTF 10 years ago
    
    *SLAP!*
2. Robert 10 years ago
  
  I get that it's not a Hylkema, Bagge, Colon, Baloo, or any other of the good cartoonists Reason has had.
Almanian! 10 years ago

Also - NEEDZ WAY MOAR LABELZ
1. WTF 10 years ago
  
  Always.
Steve G 10 years ago

Not bad, although I would gone with something about the droning on behind the podium at every press conference...if I had drawring skillz
1. Charles Easterly 10 years ago
  
  Sonically soporific.
Spawn of Nyarlathotep 10 years ago

After yesterday's Richman derpfest, the Friday Funnies now look like models of political insight.
1. Steve G 10 years ago
  
  760 comments so far...
  1. Ted S. 10 years ago
    
    And apparently people are still commenting. When I was on the front page of H&R at dinnertime, it was only in the 500s of comments.
    1. WTF 10 years ago
      
      Richman was obviously successful with his obvious click bait.
      1. Bardas Phocas 10 years ago
        
        He's obviously the inhouse troll.
        
        Open your eyes, people!
      2. Ted S. 10 years ago
        
        I clicked on it when it first showed up before being hidden in the archives for two hours. That was enough.
      3. Hamster of Doom 10 years ago
        
        Obvious troll was obvious.
        
        I wanted no part of that. One does not simply walk into Mordor.
  2. Swiss Servator, ... Switzy! 10 years ago
    
    771 and counting...
The Hyperbole 10 years ago

So are the terrorist attacking the White House via hot air balloon while the secret service is distracted by paper airplanes, balloons and toys out front? Or has someone made hot air balloon sized paper airplanes, balloons and toys and rather impressively launched them over the White House? My five year old niece has a better grasp of perspective.
1. Charles Easterly 10 years ago
  
  I'm sure 3-D printers are responsible for the threatening airial devices pictured. We should ban 3-D printers.
  1. mad.casual 10 years ago
    
    I'm sure 3-D printers are responsible for the threatening airial devices pictured. We should ban 3-D printers.
    
    You can't fathom how fundamentally the at-home 3D printer is going to completely revolutionize the hot air balloon business.
    
    Soon, instead of paying exorbitant maintenance and storage prices or messing with rental fees and paperwork, people will be able to print out their own hot air balloons at home. Prices for hot air balloons will bottom out and people will finally be able to travel by made-to-order, on-demand hot air balloon as freely as they please.
    
    We really are on the verge of a 3D printing revolution.
    1. Charles Easterly 10 years ago
      
      Surely the FAA must intercede to keep our skies safe! An unregulated airspace spells collisions and debris falling on the children!
      
      On a serious note, mad.casual, have you heard about the individuals in China building houses with 3-D printers?
      
      Here's a link: http://www.pcworld.com/article.....dings.html
      1. mad.casual 10 years ago
        
        Revolutionary! Absolutely revolutionary.
2. Cdr Lytton 10 years ago
  
  No, no. The secret service agent is outside of the White House and in casual clothes because he got fired. The stuff going on in the background are the toys that the Colombian escorts are playing with now that he's gone. For extra fun, picture Sophia Vegara's Modern Family character as a house guest there.
Swiss Servator, ... Switzy! 10 years ago

HAHAHAHAHAHA?
1. Almanian! 10 years ago
  
  sage?
  1. Swiss Servator, ... Switzy! 10 years ago
    
    I wanted to give sage a chance to be more HAHAHAHA definitive.
  2. Ted S. 10 years ago
    
    Parsley?
    1. invisible furry hand 10 years ago
      
      Rosemary & Thyme can beat Sage & Parsley's bitch ass anythyme
    2. Swiss Servator, ... Switzy! 10 years ago
      
      *narrows gaze*
Steve G 10 years ago

OT: was reading an NPR article about someone being
arrested for resisting arrest (really) this morning and saw this awesome story of a guy being arrested for
walking with a golf club as cane in Seattle. How did we miss this one, the dash cam video is entertaining.
1. sarcasmic 10 years ago
  
  When I was living in Boulder a couple decades ago (am I that old?) it became a fad for young people to walk around with canes. The cops responded by declaring the canes to be weapons, and confiscating them from anyone who didn't have a note from their doctor. Anyone who argued got arrested. Anyone who resisted got a beating. Nothing else happened.
  1. WTF 10 years ago
    
    Nice that the cops can get away with making something illegal simply by their own decree.
    1. sarcasmic 10 years ago
      
      I've noticed that the more "progressive" a city is, the more fascist the cops are.
      1. WTF 10 years ago
        
        It seems they often fail to understand the implications of More Government.
        Or they just assume it will be directed at someone else.
        
        sarcasmic 10 years ago
        
        I think it's a bit of both. On the one hand they fail to understand that government is organized violence, while at the same time they support any legislation that outlaws something they don't do.
    2. Doctor Whom 10 years ago
      
      But ... but ... they don't write the law; they just enforce it! I know this because they say it routinely.
sarcasmic 10 years ago
sarcasmic 10 years ago

Obligatory hairy armpits.
1. Ted S. 10 years ago
  
  Will not click, even though I have Youtube videos set not to show until I click on the play button.
  1. sarcasmic 10 years ago
    
    It's that German chick singing about red balloons.
    1. WTF 10 years ago
      
      Or "air balloons" in the original German.
      1. sarcasmic 10 years ago
        
        As opposed to what?
        
        Swiss Servator, ... Switzy! 10 years ago
        
        Luft Ballons!
        
        Swiss Servator, ... Switzy! 10 years ago
        
        Balloon... was immer.
        
        Charles Easterly 10 years ago
        
        I like Focke Wulf brand Luftwaffles (recipe 190).
        
        WTF 10 years ago
        
        Lead balloons, maybe? I don't know, German can be a funny language sometimes. Although I do like the way they mash a bunch of words together to make a new word. Like "backpfeifengesicht".
        
        sarcasmic 10 years ago
        
        They capitalize all nouns. That's just weird.
        
        John Galt 10 years ago
        
        Steppenwolf - Earschplittenloudenboomer.
Rich 10 years ago

Nice touch to have those "RRRRRRRR"s representing Bo's growling at the drones!
1. Swiss Servator, ... Switzy! 10 years ago
  
  I thought it was the mini-gun spinning up to bring them down?
John Galt 10 years ago

That was a tad Payne-ful.
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Vincent Milburn 10 years ago

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