Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for February 24, 2012
Transcript:
tom the dancing bug's edited by ruben bolling super-fun-pak comix superhero fantasies for the middle-aged woman: oh no! it's happening again! man: angry... grrr... man 2: get back! is he going to...? aaarrrr rip oop: yes! he's going to pass out coasters! man: come on! that's mahogany! classix comix not a substitute for reading the text or for classroom discussion of the text. oliver twist bum: okay, orphan. steal that man's handkerchief! husband: hey, you! wife: why, this waif is my nephew! orphan: what a coincidence! husband: you'll live with us and have all the handkerchiefs you'll ever want! orphan: yay! handkerchiefs! happy hobo times hobo 1: you wanna borrow this can of peas? hobo 2: no way, geoff! hobo 1: why not? hobo 2: because you'll just pool that loan with other assets, creating a tranched debt instrument... ...then you'll get a rating on the highest tranche... hobo 3: geoff used to work at lehman. tim tripp, time traveller tim: i did it! i'm just back from 1932 germany, where i killed krauss! dude: who? tim: i prevented him from becoming fuhrer, and starting w.w.ii and mass genocide! dude: don't you mean hitler? tim: sigh. this'll be my 8th trip back. how many of these guys do i have to kill? the flaoting head of irrelevant and wrong predictions guy: oh, you'll pay for that one! oh, no! the floating head of irrelevant and wrong predictions! head: squirrels shall gain the ability to make sloppy joes! advertisement the concept of a fart! only 14.95 imagine the looks on the faces of your friends!! parents will be like, "huh?" teachers will be all "wha...?!!!" now 18.95 act fast!! as seen in funny tv shows & movies! yes, i will gladly pay $18.95 for something so hilarious. payment is enclosed. wait. what? lol! #whofarted? i would have paid $18.95, but $21.95 seems steep. yes, it's now $21.95! this is so inane, i don't know whether to call the attorney general's office, or just crawl into bed and weep for the future of our nation. i found a website where i can get a pirated version for free. woohoo! the idea of odoriferous gases expelled from the rectum, accompanied by an auditory burst, and expressed as a mild vulgarism is roflmao! enclosed is a traveller's check for $27.95. it's still $21.95! i represent a hollywood studio, and i'm enclosing $400,000 to option the concept of a fart for a major motion picture! cut out and send to: concept novelties, inc. p.o, box 3744a, encino, calif. please contribute to our kickstarter project, the concept of a dude getting kicked in the balls!
tecumseh18 over 12 years ago
No, it’s a good one. Especially like the profound swipe at the Great Man theory of history. How many, indeed?
Whitecamry over 12 years ago
I agree:
Yay, handkerchiefs!
Malcolm Hall over 12 years ago
Hey, put a coaster under that! Have some manners.
mercmarc over 12 years ago
wheres the floating head of James Caan?
Hookbrah over 12 years ago
@tecumseh18Agree completely. Now if only Tim Tripp could team up with Percival Dunwoody…
Hookbrah over 12 years ago
@ChikukuAh, yes, but then how many before Mr. Tripp himself becomes the new Hitler?
Lucky Ducky should have his turn again soon, what with Romney’s tax plan & all…
ladywyntre over 12 years ago
How am I supposed to clip out that ad from my screen?
pschearer Premium Member over 12 years ago
Yes, there is a profound truth in the Time Traveler episode, not so much about any theory of history but certainly about Germany at that time.
I once read a comment from an author on German history who wrote that there was no evidence that the general German population knew what was going on in the camps, but it would not have made any difference if they did.
Another author wrote that it is false to think the Nazis recruited sociopaths to staff the camps; quite the opposite, they used ordinary German soldiers as an experiment in getting ordinary people to do whatever the State ordered.
Edwin Odesseiron over 12 years ago
Yes… Yes, I’d know that blundering, disembodied manifestation of malign moronity anywhere. The fool fed me some tripe about men with no magic, flying upon metal birds, dropping eggs- EGGS, of all things- capable of killing cities. Utter hogwash.