Adam@Home by Rob Harrell for April 23, 2010
April 22, 2010
April 24, 2010
Transcript:
Adam: You're the thugs the term-paper guy sent? Man 1: Thugs? Dear me, no. We're here to expound on the benefits of a position with our company. Adam: Can't you see the irony of english lit graduates writing other people's papers? Man 2: Yes. But the poor market for our degrees has made irony irrelevant. Adam: Irony's irrelevant? Ryan Seacrest's agent must have missed that podcast. Man 2: What's a podcast? Man 1: What's a Seacrest?
dante.deangelo over 14 years ago
THose two are my kind of guys.
celeconecca over 14 years ago
Thugs? Dear me.
He’s playing the “good” thug.
shadowwriter over 14 years ago
For Doctor Toon….
Paula Abdul…. That’s punchline enough.
linwoodbragg over 14 years ago
THUGS? More like SHRUGS.
bald over 14 years ago
what’s a seacrest?
my thoughts exactly
Smiley Rmom over 14 years ago
I guess it is a better job for English Lit grads than “Do you want fries with that?”
fritzoid Premium Member over 14 years ago
April 23! The presumed birthdate of William Shakespeare, as well as the documented date of his death. And yet, my slavedriver bosses expect me to come to work today…
A literature degree isn’t about base utility, it’s about expansion of the soul. Not “making a living”, but “making a life.” I could be bounded in a nutshell and consider myself king of infinite space, provided I have Hamlet by my side.
“Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.” – Groucho Marx.
trekkermint over 14 years ago
ooh he said irrelevant, a grammar no no i use it all the time
Iphelia over 14 years ago
are there points for being my favorite comic week in at least 5 years?
fritzoid Premium Member over 14 years ago
“irrelevant” isn’t a no-no, as far as I’m aware. Are you thinking of “irregardless”? That’s the one that grates the teeth of grammarians.