Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for October 24, 2014
October 23, 2014
October 30, 2014
Transcript:
did you know? this week -- boston "city on a hill" "athens of america" "city of champions" "the hub" (as in, "of the universe") boston holds the worldwide municipal record for most self-appointed, self-aggrandizing nickmans that no one outside the city has ever heard of! the boston area has over four million sets of traffic laws, one for each resident driver. bruins hall-of-famer bobby orr had to add an extra "r" to his last name to get bostonians to pronounce it. boston humor! as an elaborate practical joke on hapless visitors, boston outfitted all its bowling alleys with strange, unusable equipment! canada mass boston alabama boston's unique geographic location bestows upon it the culinary inventiveness of canada combined with the racial enlightenment of the deep south! every celebrity is from boston! mark wahlberg? from boston! donnie wahlberg? also from boston! satisfied? bostonians believe life is quite important, because it can serve as a metaphor for sports! dunkin donuts in honor of its home state, the holes in dunkin donuts are called "massholes," and boston's full of 'em!
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Randy B Premium Member about 10 years ago
Let’s all go visit the lovely Atlantic Coast resorts of Alabama.
jerbigge about 10 years ago
You forgot Boston Terriers!
puddleglum1066 about 10 years ago
In Bahstahn, they “wash the ca.”
In Indiana, they “warsh the car.”
In case you ever wondered where those unused Bastahnian rs went…
steverinoCT about 10 years ago
Comic from a Rhode Islander (Don Bousquet): “How To Talk Good Like A Rhode Islander Should”: [pic of appliance] “Blendah” [pic of girl] “Brender”
Ollyvah about 10 years ago
I am a life long Mainer, up here in the far north east corner of the country we do use the term masshole regularly, although, it seldom refers to the hole in a donut, and is always related to driving ability or, more accurately, the lack of it.
aamster about 10 years ago
ouch
John Glynn creator about 10 years ago
Boston is full of ’em
Catfinder/Dogfinder about 10 years ago
This would be a great first-in-a-series. But I suspect it’s not. If I am wrong about that, please do St. Louis!
louieglutz about 10 years ago
the man obviously prefers his chowder with tomatoes. you just can’t talk to people like that.
Catfinder/Dogfinder about 10 years ago
Never mind, I can do it myself, substituting a few words/names.
Catfinder/Dogfinder about 10 years ago
But correctly naming Canada to the immediate north?!
kapock about 10 years ago
Someone had a rough taxi ride in from Logan.
Packratjohn Premium Member about 10 years ago
It wasn’t a geography lesson, it was a culinary one.
seablood about 10 years ago
Buffalo calls itself The Queen City. Why? Buffalo calls itself the City of Good Neighbors—-why? Buffalo calls itself the NICKEL CITY———because of long discontinued, minor coin.Buffalo is ‘The lake effect city" Buffalo’s favorite haute cuisine recipe is any other recipe —with melted cheese on it
hablano about 10 years ago
Jeez, come on! Everyone knows Rhode Island doesn’t border on anything but water.
Pharmakeus Ubik about 10 years ago
We’re more whimsical in my neck of the woods. It used to be called The Valley of Hearts’ Delight. Now, with all of the ‘Silicon Valley’ boosterism, it’s called the Valley of Harsh Delights.
nerdhoof about 10 years ago
The states between Massachusetts and Alabama are flyover states, if anyone can find a reason to fly from Boston to Alabama.