Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for May 09, 2014
May 08, 2014
May 15, 2014
Transcript:
Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling The Tale of Ye Olde Inter-Nets Part the First Man: We figured out a way to connect information between homes, shoppes and villages. King: Verily? Man: You send a messenger, or "request", to an address, and it sends you the information. King: Let me try it. Find me a goode joke. Man: I'll write this special address... Jester: Is that you popular songstress singing or doth a goose farte? King: Ha-ha! She got served! Man: Any information can be thus spread: commerce or news. King: Hmm...we shall need a better means for the information to travel. Troll: Ahem, I own the bridges and footpaths. King: Under MY license, troll! Troll: YES, m'lord. If it pleases you, I'll build out the roads, and then charge users a fee. King: Very well. And so were new roads built by the troll, and the internets grew! Man: The entire kingdom is prospering. Troll: But I, we internets service provisioner, not enough! Continued next week -
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SKJAM! Premium Member over 10 years ago
Perhaps he can get the king to allow him to charge extra for use of the fast road with no potholes, and stick everyone else with the slow common road.
wcorvi over 10 years ago
Billboards!
kapock over 10 years ago
The incredible part is, all those rolled-up parchments: cat pictures.
ickymungmung over 10 years ago
Avaunt! Dost thou pledge thine loyalty to Sir Dial Up? Though bands be broad none reach beyond the measure of their girth! Come, away with us, the heralds are but loading in! And loading in. And some more of that loading. Load ye well, god’s blood!
i'llaskher over 10 years ago
Nice analogy of the rich trying to take over the internet. Keep the internet free and unregulated!
Matthew Davis over 10 years ago
Percival Dunwoody, idiot time traveler AND parable king!