March 01, 2013
— Ace Andy Borowitz is not funny.
In fact, Andy Borowitz is legendarily unfunny. Andy Borowitz is so unfunny that, despite being a liberal who makes all the right liberal jokes about all the right conservative targets, a guy at Salon named Alex Pareene who is himself unfunny still called Andy Borowitz out for not being funny:
Andy Borowitz makes dad jokes for self-satisfied liberals. If you think Sarah Palin is stupid and Mitt Romney is rich, Andy Borowitz has some jokes that will decidedly not challenge a single one of your prior assumptions!...
This material is designed to elicit a smirk of recognition and agreement from your average polite NPR listener.
...
Here’s the patented Andy Borowitz Joke-Generation Formula: Step 1: Take the single most obvious and most commonly remarked-upon trait of a public figure. Step 2: Lightly tweak figure for said trait. Take, for example, this vintage Borowitz Report laffer from 2004: “Flip-flopping may have injured Kerry’s shoulder.” Haha, get it? Oh, sometimes there is a Step 3: Mash up the news figure story with a popular culture reference, for added hilarity. Like, what if Saddam Hussein had a brother named Jermaine who defended him on “The Larry King Show”??
Andy Levy horrified people yesterday when he Tweeted, without warning, an Andy Borowitz "humor" piece from the New Yorker, just because he's a dirty son of a bitch and wants you to hate your life as much as he hates his own.
The piece is about the Pope. It's irreverent, but I wouldn't say it's cruel to the Pope. But what is is offensive, because it is gratuitously, nearly pornographically unfunny.
Oakland Rapper Pope Emeritus Threatens LawsuitPosted by Andy Borowitz
OAKLAND (The Borowitz Report)—
The Vatican’s plan to call the retiring pontiff Benedict XVI “Pope Emeritus” hit a snag today, in the form of a threatened lawsuit by an Oakland-based rapper who has been recording under that name since 2006.
“I don’t care who he is, I ain’t let nobody mess with my brand,” said Mr. Emeritus, who prior to 2006 recorded under the name Notorious P.O.P.E.
While the Vatican said it was unaware that Mr. Emeritus had already claimed the name seven years ago, the Oakland rapper scoffed at that idea: “They should have done what I did before I picked it out: Google it.”
Furious at what he is calling a clear case of trademark infringement, Mr. Emeritus said that he has no intention of stepping aside for the former pontiff: “He’s the one who should step aside. Call himself P. Biddy or something. This is wack, yo.”
Well, I mean, you can imagine the possibilities that flow from that kernel of a comedic premise. Here's the Pope saying "This is wack, yo." I mean, that's funny, because the Pope don't talk like that at all! In fact he mostly speaks in German and Latin.
So it's a mischievous juxtaposition of two incongruous things! And that's funny!!!
Or not. Note by the way how much he plasters his name and "The Borowitz Report" all over this. He wouldn't want anyone stealing his funny jokes.
Iowahawk started something called "BorowitzComedySkool," tweeting Borowitz-like comedy bits, and I joined, as did others. I'll just quote mine and direct you to Twitchy for the rest.
I can't just send you to Twitchy because they censored me, the Monsters.
Though I can understand why. You'll understand their reasoning. Top Rejected Borowitz Report "Funny" Headlines
Nobody Puts Baby In a Corner, Says John Boehner, Who's a Big Fat Orange BabyDavid Schwimmer Now Dating Phoebe Cates; Celebrity Couple Tagged "Schwimph"
John Boehner Something Something Something The Voice
Sequester Threatens Closure of Animal Shelters Something Something Baja Boys
Rectum? Well I Hardly Even Eric Cantor
Pity Laughs Make Me Hard
Dennis Rodman and Kim Jon-Un Are a Crazier Odd Couple Than James Mason and Chunk from Goonies
In Oscar Upset, Anne Hathaway Wins Best Vagina
Now, at this point I ran out of ideas, but I remembered that Iowahawk business of every New Yorker cartoon being funnier with suicide. So, with that in my head, and needing some a new style of joke, I started pushing things into The Bad Places.
Obama Locks Republican Leaders In Room Just Like Teenagers In The Breakfast Club Oh Sweet Jesus Please Take Me Home NowDebt Looms Like Shark We're Going To Need a Bigger Boat Sweet Spectre of Radiant Death Let Me Enter Thy Kingdom
Republican Leaders Lola Falana Una Paloma Blanca A Real Man Would Have Pulled the Trigger By Now
1998 Political Reference 2002 Cultural Reference The Shining Sharp Razor Romances My Throat
If you take the first letter of my last 45 Headlines it tells you what pills I took and how many... please don't stop me... I want to go to the Soft Place Where Nothing Hurts....
J-Lo Obama Tea Party Dr. Ray Stanz The Greatest Comedy Hero of All Time Is Freddie Prinz Because He Manned Up and Just Took the Hit
Sequester Jack Kervorkian Madonna Ice Cream My Uncle Told Me It Was a Roll of Quarters In His Lap But It Sure Felt Warm
Marco Rubio Caught In Affair with Perrier I Just Wanted My Cousin Samuel To Teach Me How To Kiss But He Made It Dark
I changed my last name because it sounded "Too Republican"... my name used to be Andy Rape
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Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Knows it's going to kill us all. at March 01, 2013 12:53 PM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Whatev at March 01, 2013 12:54 PM (A7Wh1)
Posted by: USS Diversity at March 01, 2013 12:55 PM (gzcrC)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at March 01, 2013 12:57 PM (PMGbu)
Posted by: The Borowitz Reportz at March 01, 2013 12:59 PM (+lsX1)
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 01, 2013 12:59 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: zsasz at March 01, 2013 12:59 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: mallfly at March 01, 2013 12:59 PM (bJm7W)
*rimshot*
Thank you. I'll be at Chuckles on the Ninth.
Posted by: Dr Spank at March 01, 2013 01:00 PM (w+Dvf)
sad too...
I want the inner city to be a manufacturing hub again and i want a productive America maximizing everyone's potential...
that makes me evil.
Posted by: sven10077 at March 01, 2013 01:00 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at March 01, 2013 01:02 PM (feFL6)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 01, 2013 01:02 PM (4OvDk)
Posted by: Tami[/i] at March 01, 2013 01:02 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: NBC at March 01, 2013 01:02 PM (RD7QR)
*rimshot*
Thank you. I'll be at Chuckles on the Ninth.
-----Andy Borowitz
oops.
Posted by: Dr Spank at March 01, 2013 01:02 PM (w+Dvf)
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 01, 2013 01:03 PM (8sCoq)
Old White People Rapping is a legendary comedy goldmine.
It jumped the shark five minutes before it started.
Posted by: eleven at March 01, 2013 01:04 PM (fsLdt)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 01, 2013 01:04 PM (1Jaio)
I guess I'll be a contrarian again, surprise. I thought the Pope Emeritus bit wasn't awful. Granted I only read the snippet.
Posted by: polynikes at March 01, 2013 01:04 PM (m2CN7)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at March 01, 2013 01:04 PM (nIvhx)
toe the line, toe the line, toe the line.....
hey you know what might be cool?
What if we bought a failing local newspaper or created one and had just a web edition?
Anyone know how much an AP feed is?
Posted by: sven10077 at March 01, 2013 01:04 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 01, 2013 01:05 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Chuck Hagel at March 01, 2013 01:05 PM (mV8sg)
Posted by: polynikes at March 01, 2013 05:04 PM (m2CN7)
There's more?
Unfunny AND long-winded.
Great combination.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 01, 2013 01:06 PM (GsoHv)
Posted by: The Borowitz Reportz at March 01, 2013 01:06 PM (+lsX1)
Come on, you know you were all thinking it.
Posted by: Fritz at March 01, 2013 01:06 PM (UzPAd)
Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at March 01, 2013 01:06 PM (feFL6)
Posted by: Betty White at March 01, 2013 01:07 PM (mV8sg)
Posted by: RedriverTed at March 01, 2013 01:07 PM (Nym5C)
Posted by: Funnybot at March 01, 2013 01:08 PM (eHIJJ)
Whoop! Whoop!
You're welcome!
----Andy Borowitz
Posted by: Dr Spank at March 01, 2013 01:08 PM (w+Dvf)
Betty White Saying Sex Words You Guys
Posted by: Nothing Has Ever Tasted Sweeter Than This Gun in My Mouth at March 01, 2013 01:08 PM (leNBy)
Dr Carson fanboyz should watch this
That gave me pause when I heard it last night. Does not bode well for him.
Posted by: Infidel at March 01, 2013 01:09 PM (O/fK8)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, the future Pope Ampersand I at March 01, 2013 01:09 PM (GBXon)
Posted by: The Borowitz Reportz at March 01, 2013 01:10 PM (+lsX1)
Posted by: Burn the Witch at March 01, 2013 01:10 PM (yCvxi)
Yup...you ever hear of Friedman's concept of a reverse income tax?
If we decoupled the minimum wage, subsidy cult, price controls, etc etc etc
goddamn how did it ever get this screwed up?
Posted by: sven10077 at March 01, 2013 01:10 PM (LRFds)
38Dr Carson fanboyz should watch this
That gave me pause when I heard it last night. Does not bode well for him.
Posted by: Infidel at March 01, 2013 05:09 PM (O/fK
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Watch what?
What did he say?
Posted by: wheatie at March 01, 2013 01:11 PM (QPnFm)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at March 01, 2013 01:11 PM (nIvhx)
Posted by: Burn the Witch at March 01, 2013 01:12 PM (yCvxi)
That gave me pause when I heard it last night. Does not bode well for him.
Posted by: Infidel at March 01, 2013 05:09 PM (O/fK
Umm....what?
Posted by: Tami[/i] at March 01, 2013 01:12 PM (X6akg)
How many Republicans does it take to screw in a light bulb?
Two. One to screw in the light bulb and the other to mix the martinis.
Posted by: polynikes at March 01, 2013 01:12 PM (m2CN7)
Posted by: Soona at March 01, 2013 01:12 PM (cJHn3)
Posted by: The Borowitz Reportz at March 01, 2013 01:13 PM (+lsX1)
Posted by: © Sponge at March 01, 2013 01:14 PM (xmcEQ)
Posted by: Dracul The Impailer at March 01, 2013 01:14 PM (KqwSL)
Two Republicans and a Democrat walk into a bar. The bartender asks ' whata ya have? '
The Democrat points to the Republicans and says "whatever it is , they're paying for it"
Posted by: polynikes at March 01, 2013 01:14 PM (m2CN7)
Watch what?
What did he say?
Beck interviewed him list night. He said he's not sure people who live in populated areas should have semi-auto weapons.
Posted by: Infidel at March 01, 2013 01:14 PM (O/fK8)
Posted by: Sean from TX at March 01, 2013 01:14 PM (1SzQh)
Norm McDonald roasts Bob Saget. Best Roast Ever.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at March 01, 2013 01:15 PM (eHIJJ)
that's impressive -- that is spot-on.
It's actually hard to imitate him like you just did.
Posted by: ace at March 01, 2013 01:15 PM (LCRYB)
what if you just cut 16,000 cash to everyone with no minimum wage yes it is stupid from a purist PPV *but* it removes the empowering self-reciprocating feedback loop the welfare system has created...
"here you get *x* and may earn *y* amount without penalty"
I grew up poor my mom in her last years of relative sanity while working advanced to the cusp of management with Pizza Hut after she dropped out and quit when my brother was sick and she was risking losing medicaid....
within 6 months she had the breakdown she never quite came back from....
it must have been devastating to her.
I just know that not all of the poor are greedy sloths, and I also know that minimum wage hampers their ability to work their way to skills, the ability for certain sectors to exist here etc etc
Posted by: sven10077 at March 01, 2013 01:15 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: ace at March 01, 2013 01:15 PM (LCRYB)
Posted by: tasker at March 01, 2013 01:16 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at March 01, 2013 01:16 PM (DGIjM)
Nine.
-----Andy Borowitz
Posted by: Dr Spank at March 01, 2013 01:16 PM (w+Dvf)
Posted by: The Jackhole at March 01, 2013 01:17 PM (nTgAI)
Crazy old fart.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 01, 2013 01:17 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at March 01, 2013 01:18 PM (Qxdfp)
Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at March 01, 2013 01:18 PM (feFL6)
Posted by: BurtTC at March 01, 2013 01:18 PM (TOk1P)
Posted by: steevy at March 01, 2013 01:18 PM (9XBK2)
Nine.
-----Andy Borowitz
See he's hard to imitate. I don't think this works because you're employing a type of humor (the anti-joke or anticlimax joke) that is... well, let's say he's not playing to an audience that gets the idea of the anti-joke.
Posted by: ace at March 01, 2013 01:18 PM (LCRYB)
- Andy Borowitz
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 01, 2013 01:19 PM (UOM48)
http://is.gd/97E7yl
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 01, 2013 05:03 PM (8sCoq)
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Y'all better look at that link
Posted by: Sean from TX at March 01, 2013 05:14 PM (1SzQh)
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He certainly won't be my choice for congress or president. Too bad.
I guess he still has a good message in other areas, though.
Posted by: Soona at March 01, 2013 01:19 PM (cJHn3)
Uh not necessarily...
he;'s better than Christie and he is not a pol...
I find him no less trustworthy than McCain
Not saying we crown him tomorrow but he is more reasonable than the other favorite son Christie I'd wager...
Posted by: sven10077 at March 01, 2013 01:19 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at March 01, 2013 01:19 PM (Qxdfp)
When I was a kid, I was what my Dad called a "shotgun humorist". If there was a joke to make, I made it. Didn't matter the time or place or even if it was funny. That's how I got to be the class clown in high school. At some point in college (summer after my junior year, to be precise) I decided to not be funny anymore. I hated that side of my personality, hated the way I always had to be the center of attention and getting yucks.
Well, it didn't work out. I can no more not be funny than I can not eat food. But what that year-long experiment in not making jokes taught me is that I don't have to be funny all the time and, more importantly, if I'm not funny all the time (if I hold my fire) then I am actually funnier than I would be otherwise.
The shitty jokes get discarded and (hopefully) only the good ones come out.
Posted by: Fart at March 01, 2013 01:20 PM (erQJO)
Posted by: Regular Moron at March 01, 2013 05:06 PM (feFL6)
Fine.
I'll hire 20 entry-level people and teach them something. Then they can move on to a higher paying position somewhere else.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 01, 2013 01:20 PM (GsoHv)
Dangerfield (the live raunchy version) on a bad day - still kinda funny.
Borowitz on a good day? Gets gong'd opening for Dangerfield.
Posted by: @PurpAv at March 01, 2013 01:20 PM (/gHaE)
Posted by: runningrn at March 01, 2013 01:20 PM (Ag5D2)
Posted by: BSR at March 01, 2013 01:20 PM (H0Rot)
Posted by: Infidel at March 01, 2013 05:14 PM (O/fK
Ah, ok. I missed Jones' link in #20.
Yeah, that's a big OOF!!, Dr. Carson.
Posted by: Tami[/i] at March 01, 2013 01:21 PM (X6akg)
Andy Borowitz
Posted by: steevy at March 01, 2013 01:21 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: Hanoverfist at March 01, 2013 01:21 PM (F5hy9)
Posted by: beachreader at March 01, 2013 01:22 PM (XYSwB)
I'm a 2nd amendment backer. I believe in the right to bear arms. I believe in the right to a well regulated militia for the security of a free state.
I also believe in the right to defend my family and my property. Should I decide and can afford a FUCKING M1 ABRAMS, then God willing, I WILL PROTECT THIS HOUSE.
That is all.
Posted by: © Sponge at March 01, 2013 01:22 PM (xmcEQ)
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at March 01, 2013 01:22 PM (eHIJJ)
JEF or fallen inline with the herd?
Posted by: Hanoverfist at March 01, 2013 05:21 PM (F5hy9)
I would have depended on how coked up he was at the time
Posted by: The Jackhole at March 01, 2013 01:22 PM (nTgAI)
Posted by: Andy Shecky-witz at March 01, 2013 01:22 PM (DGIjM)
Andy Borowitz
Posted by: steevy at March 01, 2013 05:21 PM (9XBK2)
That's Gold!
Posted by: joejm65 at March 01, 2013 01:22 PM (UZuc4)
Yup...which involves removing minimum wage, a stabilizing reverse income tax to ease the markets off the massive interferences it is weathering and allowing/cultivating people to get back to growth...
hard but not undoable...
Posted by: sven10077 at March 01, 2013 01:22 PM (LRFds)
JEF or fallen inline with the herd?
Posted by: Hanoverfist at March 01, 2013 05:21 PM (F5hy9)
Well, he WAS black and blamed whitey for a LOT of shit, so.......
How many blacks in Hollywood have come out AGAINST that asshole?
Posted by: © Sponge at March 01, 2013 01:23 PM (xmcEQ)
Posted by: polynikes at March 01, 2013 01:23 PM (m2CN7)
Posted by: Eaton Cox at March 01, 2013 01:23 PM (q177U)
Andy Borowitz
that's hilarious, and so I know that's not Andy Borowitz at all, you trickster.
Posted by: ace at March 01, 2013 01:23 PM (LCRYB)
Posted by: Burn the Witch at March 01, 2013 01:24 PM (yCvxi)
JEF or fallen inline with the herd?
Posted by: Hanoverfist at March 01, 2013 05:21 PM (F5hy9) >>>>>
Pryor would have fallen in line with the herd. Kinison would have swung JEF around by his balls.
Posted by: joejm65 at March 01, 2013 01:24 PM (UZuc4)
Posted by: Whatev at March 01, 2013 01:24 PM (A7Wh1)
Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at March 01, 2013 01:24 PM (feFL6)
20 -
Vid won't load. I'll reserve judgement until I get the guy's actual words, rather than somebody's interpretation of what he said.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 01, 2013 01:24 PM (TOk1P)
http://is.gd/97E7yl
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 01, 2013 05:03 PM (8sCoq)
Ho hum. What that really boils down to, is that if you own a weapon, particularly one that might be sought after by the criminal element, you ought to take measures to ensure it cannot fall into the wrong hands.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 01, 2013 01:25 PM (673KB)
Posted by: steevy at March 01, 2013 01:25 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 01, 2013 01:25 PM (UOM48)
Guy you know I am not a 2d A caver...the man is a surgeon in the inner city in BWI...not making excuses he is better on guns than many NY GOPers and any donk just to acknowledge that...
hell he has not passed or signed an AWB unlike certain recent Presidential candidates....
I'm just saying if we are going to get new blood we have to allow them to hear our case and make theirs....
I think he is reachable but if he were not he'd make a hell of a Surgeon G likely
Posted by: sven10077 at March 01, 2013 01:25 PM (LRFds)
-Andy Borowitz
Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 01, 2013 01:26 PM (SY2Kh)
I realized it was Seinfeld. It is funny. I'm laughing.
Roundtine.
Posted by: ace at March 01, 2013 01:26 PM (LCRYB)
---Andy Borowitz
Posted by: Dr Spank at March 01, 2013 01:26 PM (w+Dvf)
Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 74% more DOOM! at March 01, 2013 01:26 PM (FsUAO)
Yes I am certain he read that....
the minimum wage is a poverty trap and there's a reason we lost our strong manufacturing....
we need to make the case for a different kind of self-ending and skills gathering enabling welfare.....
Posted by: sven10077 at March 01, 2013 01:27 PM (LRFds)
Not ready to vote for him.
Not ready to throw him out with last nights trash either.
One nice thing about it, I feel like whatever his opinion was, it was the truth.
Not something run through the meme-filter wordenart opinion generator that Obama and his ilk work with.
Carson could tell me he hates dogs, and I would thank him for his honesty.
Obama could tell me he believes in the Constitution, and I would suspect he is parsing it.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 01, 2013 01:28 PM (S3fdp)
Posted by: Bureau of Carson Statistics [/i] at March 01, 2013 01:29 PM (feFL6)
Isn't this just the bizzaro version of the "Jedi Mind Meld" jokes???
incongruity can be funny, if all the objects share a common trait that can be exploited for their incongruity.
See:
Sauron-Voldemort-Vader mash. Mildly amusing, but still humorous. This? This is like making fun of old folks sitting on porches.
I really don't want to make fun of this guy, actually. It's like picking on the slow kid. Not especially funny and it's just too easy a target anyway.
Posted by: imp at March 01, 2013 01:29 PM (UaxA0)
I think he is reachable but if he were not he'd make a hell of a Surgeon G likely
Posted by: sven10077 at March 01, 2013 05:25 PM (LRFds)
I agree.
I'm just telling him MY side, so he can understand where the REST of us, that AREN'T blessed enough to be a Dr. and have to work hard for the pittance we have feel.
Posted by: © Sponge at March 01, 2013 01:29 PM (xmcEQ)
And Ace digs ups Una Paloma Blanca.
Fucking outstanding.
I haven't heard that stupid song since, well, 1975. But it's been sitting buried in the dark recesseses of what's left of my brain. I immediately started humming it.
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at March 01, 2013 01:30 PM (YmPwQ)
Posted by: Hello, it's me Donna let it burn really.really bummed at March 01, 2013 01:30 PM (9+ccr)
-Andy Borowitz
This is one is good, real good. Actually gets the style perfectly.
You'd be surprised at how hard it is to imitate an '80s-'90s hack sitcom writer's "joke" style.
Posted by: Jeff B. at March 01, 2013 01:30 PM (bcLhD)
Republicans are so uptight they could save the enviroment by turning all the coal into diamonds by sticking it up there butt.
Andy Borowitz
Posted by: polynikes at March 01, 2013 01:31 PM (m2CN7)
55 Thanks wheatie.
No Ace, thank you.
You're the one doing the work...I just get to do the easy part, read it.
I remember how you and Andrew Breitbart used to goof for hours on Twitter.
It was a thing of beauty.
So I think that Andrew is probably smiling, to see you and Iowahawk continuing on like this.
Andy Levy and some of the others, get in a few good ones too.
But You and Iowahawk are the ones pouring so much of your energy into it.
Posted by: wheatie at March 01, 2013 01:31 PM (QPnFm)
Posted by: teej at March 01, 2013 01:31 PM (tWrwm)
he's got like literally a million twitter followers and gets his trash published in the New Yorker, for, like, actual money.
How do you feel about goofing on this Mount Everest of Non-Talent now?
Posted by: ace at March 01, 2013 01:31 PM (LCRYB)
Posted by: Jeff B. at March 01, 2013 01:32 PM (bcLhD)
Posted by: steevy at March 01, 2013 01:32 PM (9XBK2)
How is Romney allowed to LIVE!!????
Posted by: © Sponge at March 01, 2013 01:32 PM (xmcEQ)
Andy Borowitz
Posted by: steevy at March 01, 2013 05:30 PM (9XBK2)
Nah, too witty. Actually pretty good.
Posted by: polynikes at March 01, 2013 01:32 PM (m2CN7)
Posted by: Schwalbe: The Me-262© at March 01, 2013 01:32 PM (UU0OF)
138 "Th-th-th-ufferin Th-th-th-ucotash!"
Posted by: Sequester
I don't know why, but that made me laugh out loud, you guys.
Posted by: imp at March 01, 2013 01:32 PM (UaxA0)
Yup, he has a scientific mind he worked his ass off to become a top flight surgeon and I am certain he can consume new data, perspective, and environment.....
we have to allow dissidence without opprobrium if the position is better than the mean of the left wing of the party in newcomers because we are held to a different standard.
One of the tragedies of Reagan's twilight coming early in the form of dementia is that he was not there as an elder voice...
I just think there is more to know on the guy and I find him fascinating in a way Obama wishes he was.
Posted by: sven10077 at March 01, 2013 01:32 PM (LRFds)
on the slow kid. Not especially funny and it's just too easy a target
anyway.
The guy is a wildly successful purveyor of unadulterated crap. My sympathies are distinctly limited.
Posted by: Jeff B. at March 01, 2013 01:33 PM (bcLhD)
Posted by: Jean at March 01, 2013 01:33 PM (S4AQU)
Hahahah!!!! Posted by: Eaton Cox at March 01, 2013 05:23 PM (q177U) Hide posts from (q177U)
that is the one that pulled a good laugh out of me yesterday. Very clever- and funny
Posted by: museisluse at March 01, 2013 01:33 PM (G4YiV)
----Andy Borowitz
Posted by: Dr Spank at March 01, 2013 01:33 PM (w+Dvf)
Posted by: clonefan at March 01, 2013 01:33 PM (y3vwL)
Posted by: Chris Balsz at March 01, 2013 01:33 PM (0Bs6G)
Posted by: Regular Moron at March 01, 2013 05:24 PM (feFL6)
Sure did!
And my point is that the minimum wage prevents exactly the kind of employment that I am offering.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 01, 2013 01:34 PM (GsoHv)
he's got like literally a million twitter followers and gets his trash published in the New Yorker, for, like, actual money.
How do you feel about goofing on this Mount Everest of Non-Talent now?
Posted by: ace
Are they laughing with him, or AT him?
I know, he's fair game. Just so, so painfully unfunny . . .
Posted by: imp at March 01, 2013 01:34 PM (UaxA0)
I regret to inform you that:
Borowitz created The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
So he's got bank. That sweet sweet syndication money.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 01, 2013 01:34 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 74% more DOOM! at March 01, 2013 01:34 PM (FsUAO)
Posted by: Invictus at March 01, 2013 01:34 PM (OQpzc)
Posted by: Peregrine Took, Hobbit S.O.B. at March 01, 2013 01:35 PM (erlzv)
It takes skillz to do a routine badly. I mean the odds favor at least one riff being funny.
So put your hands together for a true master of unfunny - -
Andy Borowitz. (bored wits? bored twits?)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 01, 2013 01:35 PM (qyv02)
Posted by: Hanoverfist at March 01, 2013 01:35 PM (IxprO)
One of the tragedies of Reagan's twilight coming early in the form of dementia is that he was not there as an elder voice...
Reagan was the elder voice when he was President. Besides, Republicans generally clam up when they're out of office. If he had his wits about him in his retirement, I'm not so sure he would have said much.
Posted by: joejm65 at March 01, 2013 01:36 PM (UZuc4)
seriously you guys.
Posted by: © Sponge at March 01, 2013 01:36 PM (xmcEQ)
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at March 01, 2013 01:37 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Invictus at March 01, 2013 01:37 PM (OQpzc)
I'm glad to hear it and suspected as much...one of the illusions of the TV era is that everyone lives next door to each other and we're all everytown USA...
well no California and New York no we're not...
I have no desire to be like either of you wherever I am and frankly you bombard me constantly trying to berate me into being you...
life is different in the bayou for example...and you know for a crowd that keeps on preaching at me not to judge say Islam by my own desires y'all sure do want to change a lot of Americans culture....
anyway if the guy wanted seriously to be a force he'd go on minimally priced speaking tours and start making a case...
now if this were a fantasy he'd talk on economics like Sowell and Williams, the Law like Scalia and Thomas foreign policy like Bolton and badassery like Cheney...
but it's real life and we need to hear each other.
Posted by: sven10077 at March 01, 2013 01:37 PM (LRFds)
What Dr. Carson said about semi-auto weapons...is disappointing, for sure.
I guess he's never contemplated what he would do, if anarchy breaks out...and a crowd of angry people stormed his home.
Posted by: wheatie at March 01, 2013 01:38 PM (QPnFm)
Posted by: Bureau of Carson Statistics [/i] at March 01, 2013 01:38 PM (feFL6)
Posted by: Meghan's McCans at March 01, 2013 01:38 PM (xfWVe)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 01, 2013 05:34 PM (kdS6q)
Oh, THAT'S his CV?
A formulaic blacksploitation show that was repeats of repeats of previous shows? Just with different characters and in this case the Black Family was rich? What a twist huh?
He should be punished just for having helped Will Smith's career.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 01, 2013 01:38 PM (qyv02)
Who the hell is Andy Borowitz and why should anyone care?
Posted by: Peregrine Took
New York thing. He's on the established Harvard, New Yorker, Huff Po and CNN Axis of Evil.
Like thin-crust dirty water pizza that you fold, something to be either pitied or scorned.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 01, 2013 01:39 PM (kdS6q)
I know trust me I know...
dear lord looking at Dhimmi and Billy jeff I know...
that said Reagan could have had a nice role as the elder statesman that counseled our own executive to be in waiting gallery perhaps...
not in camera either...
There's a decided difference between undermining the current occupants and contenders and cultivating legacy ties with different operatives of different ages.
The GOp loses some legacy knowledge when we let those ties fade.
Posted by: sven10077 at March 01, 2013 01:40 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 01, 2013 01:40 PM (/v7wy)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 01, 2013 01:40 PM (qyv02)
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 01, 2013 01:40 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Invictus at March 01, 2013 01:41 PM (OQpzc)
Posted by: Occam's Safety Razor at March 01, 2013 01:42 PM (lpR33)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 01, 2013 01:42 PM (d0Dmj)
-----Andy Borowitz
Posted by: Dr Spank at March 01, 2013 01:42 PM (w+Dvf)
Borowitz should have stolen some of our Dick Cheney is So Mean That...material.
Liberals can't do that by the way. They don't know how to embrace the insults and turn it around and make it humorous.
Posted by: polynikes at March 01, 2013 01:43 PM (m2CN7)
Posted by: sven10077 at March 01, 2013 05:37 PM (LRFds)
I'm with ya.
We need to "blow it up" and start over. The Washington elite has become just that. Elite.
They're so fucking far removed from what life is, they can't find their ass with both hands. They ALL have no clue what makes this thing work and have destroyed it from within for much of their adult lives.
We NEED outsider common sense.
Posted by: © Sponge at March 01, 2013 01:43 PM (xmcEQ)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 01, 2013 01:43 PM (3Aqe5)
Sneak out the back door and join the mob looting your crib. If you're not armed, that's gonna be the safest play.
Posted by: @PurpAv at March 01, 2013 01:43 PM (/gHaE)
NO.
Now get off my, my uhhh uhhh LAWN! Yeah that's it LAWN.
And take your principle of logic with you.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 01, 2013 01:44 PM (qyv02)
Posted by: Hadji the Muslim Comic at March 01, 2013 01:44 PM (9P+hO)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 01, 2013 05:42 PM (d0Dmj)
Speaking of that. What the fuck about "cheap toilet paper" says that it has to be 200 grit SANDPAPER?!?!?!?!?
Posted by: © Sponge at March 01, 2013 01:44 PM (xmcEQ)
In each episode, Ben Hoffman undergoes a different "life journey," including forming a band, finding religion, auditioning for a reality show, and volunteering. Hoffman seeks advice from people like his father, ex-girlfriends, and his therapist, who also help Hoffman in introducing the show's sketches
Ooh, sounds as much fun as pooping bad mexican food.
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at March 01, 2013 01:44 PM (Qxdfp)
Sarah Palin waterboarded a snowman. Hey Yo. #BorowitzComedySkool
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 01, 2013 01:45 PM (p/cQy)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 01, 2013 01:45 PM (ZCAlb)
Posted by: illegally posting anonymously on the internet [/i] at March 01, 2013 01:45 PM (feFL6)
Yup...
and hey guess what I may not be able to get my conglomerate started because the margins indexed to minimum wage might not work...
BUT there are enterprising ways around that.....
the main fact is we have lost so much trade skill in this nation it is sick and I do mean SICK...one of my goals is to run parts of my conglomerate on the raxors edge of profitability but make sure there are real SKILLS being taught for future growth potential....
If "moron estates" ever gets off the ground a lot of the workshop stuff is gonna have to be done co-op style I'd wager...
but say we built those ConEx Micro Dwellings....
There's room to learn plumbing, carpentry, electrical, RV style heating and air conditioning, generator repair, etc etc etc welding too probably....
minimal or no pay on the front but they sell now on ebay for ~21,000-26,000
so after calculating material costs less shipping or charging shipping the crew that "coops" on it could probably split the take for shares....
the point is there are economic bad times coming and one of the tools the donks are using is gaming the government "service: suite as an albatross to the economy's neck...
we may need to bust through
Posted by: sven10077 at March 01, 2013 01:45 PM (LRFds)
You do know that TP is made from WOOD SPLINTERS don't you?
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 01, 2013 01:46 PM (qyv02)
Posted by: Burn the Witch at March 01, 2013 01:46 PM (yCvxi)
-----Andy Borowitz
I think I made that funny accidentally.
Posted by: Dr Spank at March 01, 2013 01:46 PM (w+Dvf)
So.... don't go to this link, because there is nothing there.....
http://tinyurl.com/ax8zr5n
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 01, 2013 01:47 PM (GsoHv)
It get softer the 2nd time around...
Posted by: Sheryl Crow at March 01, 2013 01:47 PM (/gHaE)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 01, 2013 05:45 PM (ZCAlb)
She just needs to hurry up and publish a sex video already.
Posted by: © Sponge at March 01, 2013 01:47 PM (xmcEQ)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 01, 2013 01:47 PM (d0Dmj)
Posted by: BumperStickerist at March 01, 2013 01:47 PM (9P+hO)
A formulaic blacksploitation show that was repeats of repeats of previous shows?
Posted by: Bitter Clinger
What you talking 'bout Willis?
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 01, 2013 01:47 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: scofflawx at March 01, 2013 01:48 PM (Z6Os9)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 01, 2013 05:46 PM (qyv02)
It's supposed to be processed INTO PAPER.....I can crinkle up a piece of paper for 5 minutes and have better TP than the stuff they supply in the office here.
Posted by: © Sponge at March 01, 2013 01:48 PM (xmcEQ)
When you eat them they bray a little.
Then when you shit them you PRAY a little.
(oh god let it stop.)
Or my favorite when those extra long visits to the toilet turn violent; KILL ME NOW!
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 01, 2013 01:49 PM (qyv02)
---Andy Borowitz
Posted by: Dr Spank at March 01, 2013 05:26 PM (w+Dvf)
lol
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 01, 2013 01:49 PM (BuSM8)
Posted by: The Office Manager at March 01, 2013 01:50 PM (/gHaE)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 01, 2013 01:50 PM (d0Dmj)
Posted by: Occam's Safety Razor at March 01, 2013 05:42 PM (lpR33)
I never did either. This must be inside NYC baseball.
Posted by: Invictus at March 01, 2013 01:50 PM (OQpzc)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 01, 2013 05:43 PM (3Aqe5)
-------------------------------------------
Your choice of words is a bit disturbing.
Posted by: Soona at March 01, 2013 01:51 PM (cJHn3)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 01, 2013 01:51 PM (d0Dmj)
Yeah, back to the drawing board cuz I lol'd. Funnier than the onion or borowitz or borowitz onion soup or something.
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at March 01, 2013 01:51 PM (Qxdfp)
Posted by: Tami at March 01, 2013 05:50 PM (X6akg)
I guess her one day at a time ran out.
Don't judge me I got that from Borowitz.
Posted by: polynikes at March 01, 2013 01:51 PM (m2CN7)
One of the tragedies of Reagan's twilight coming early in the form of dementia is that he was not there as an elder voice...
I'm of the opinion that Reagan would have preserved the dignity of his office by not mouthing off about the actions and policies of those that followed him, unlike say....Jimmy 'Peanut Brain' Carter. The left cheers that hydrocephallic idjit on as the 'aging lion of the democratic party', (actual headline from a couple years ago, when he was spouting off about how mean Bush was toward NK), but if the parties were reversed, we all know they'd be pooping their Depends in outrage.
For this reason alone, I wish Bush II would stick his two cents into this mess.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at March 01, 2013 01:52 PM (KESFj)
Posted by: Occam's Safety Razor at March 01, 2013 01:52 PM (lpR33)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose DOOMCASTER! at March 01, 2013 01:52 PM (0q2P7)
Posted by: The Office Manager at March 01, 2013 05:50 PM (/gHaE)
That actually didn't work here. Some of the Trainees from Europe were lifting the stuff like it was money.
Posted by: © Sponge at March 01, 2013 01:52 PM (xmcEQ)
Posted by: Soona at March 01, 2013 05:51 PM (cJHn3)
Yeah. Don't be sliding up next to me with a smile on your face cause I'm not in the mood. (just ate a Taco Bell Burroito and I think it's trying to come back to life.)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 01, 2013 01:53 PM (qyv02)
Funny how the mind works - I tried a dozen ways for that to read Barney Frank first. Too bad.
For both.
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at March 01, 2013 01:53 PM (Qxdfp)
Posted by: phoenixgirl member of WAVAWA at March 01, 2013 01:53 PM (GVxQo)
Posted by: Tami at March 01, 2013 05:50 PM (X6akg)
I'll have to go back and watch some old ODaaT shows and get my spank on to a young Valerie Van Halen.
Wait, she was old enough, right?
Posted by: © Sponge at March 01, 2013 01:54 PM (xmcEQ)
Yup and his allowing himself to be doormatted by the MSM kinda stole that potential.
I dunno yeah i wouldn't have wanted Reagan undermining Clinton no matter how tempting but training up George W?
Could not have hurt at all.
Posted by: sven10077 at March 01, 2013 01:54 PM (LRFds)
Nail old phone books to the wall. That'll tamp down their enthusiasm.
Posted by: The Office Manager at March 01, 2013 01:54 PM (/gHaE)
191...Posted by: Hadji the Muslim Comic at March 01, 2013 05:44 PM (9P+hO)
Especially good one, Hadji.
The laugh muscles in my face are getting a workout today.
And it feels good.
Posted by: wheatie at March 01, 2013 01:54 PM (QPnFm)
Thank you for your input.
Now go pick some nits elsewhere.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 01, 2013 01:54 PM (qyv02)
Posted by: The Onion at March 01, 2013 01:57 PM (oshol)
She just needs to hurry up and publish a sex video already.
Posted by: © Sponge
She ain't getting any perkier.
Posted by: imp at March 01, 2013 01:57 PM (UaxA0)
I'd be happy with just a "Miss me yet" With that Texas cowboy grin on his face.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 01, 2013 01:57 PM (qyv02)
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at March 01, 2013 01:57 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose DOOMCASTER! at March 01, 2013 01:57 PM (0q2P7)
Posted by: teej at March 01, 2013 01:58 PM (h1gQR)
nobody knows how to get one of those...
heh
Yeah something like that though I wonder how much an AP feed is?
Posted by: sven10077 at March 01, 2013 01:59 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: imp at March 01, 2013 05:57 PM (UaxA0)
EXACTLY!!
Her 15 minutes of fame are ALMOST up.
Posted by: © Sponge at March 01, 2013 01:59 PM (xmcEQ)
And apparently no one will tell her.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 01, 2013 01:59 PM (qyv02)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 01, 2013 01:59 PM (BuSM8)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 01, 2013 01:59 PM (C8mVl)
invest in good gloves, preferably with Kevlar mesh....
and "good luck" enjoy the learning bud.
Posted by: sven10077 at March 01, 2013 02:00 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Andy Shecky-witz at March 01, 2013 02:01 PM (DGIjM)
Schtick."
Classic, Hadji. May the IEDs carry you to Allah the fastest.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at March 01, 2013 02:01 PM (eHIJJ)
Single ply embossed paper. One side it 2000 grit, the other side is 100 grit. No joke.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 01, 2013 05:47 PM (d0Dmj)
Well, the sandpaper manufacturers have to have a way to market all their product that doesn't meet QC standards. You have to have true grit to be successful in that game.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 01, 2013 02:02 PM (673KB)
Not hiring bud...heh on a lighter note Robert Reich did apply...he and Krugman are gonna team back up for the "Odd Couple"
Posted by: sven10077 at March 01, 2013 02:03 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: sofa lover and his cell mate lingerie store freak at March 01, 2013 02:04 PM (DGIjM)
Wait, she was old enough, right?
Posted by: © Sponge at March 01, 2013 05:54 PM (xmcEQ)
Valerie had a junkie coworker who banged her own father. That makes your statutory concerns seem fussy. Relax. Spank away....
Posted by: joejm65 at March 01, 2013 02:04 PM (UZuc4)
You ever seen one of those net ball bags in gym class when there is only one basketball left in the bag?
Yeah...two of those.
Posted by: jeremiah
I strongly disagree, she is still lava-hot.
Posted by: imp at March 01, 2013 02:04 PM (UaxA0)
Posted by: L, elle at March 01, 2013 02:04 PM (0PiQ4)
I'm trying to keep track and identify the bigger threats.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 01, 2013 02:05 PM (qyv02)
245 Well, I'm in for a learning experience. Started a new job today.
Good for you, teej.
I hope it works out...sheet metal work is a good skill to have.
Posted by: wheatie at March 01, 2013 02:05 PM (QPnFm)
Posted by: teej at March 01, 2013 05:58 PM
If you were any good at the aptitude tests where you had to guess which solid shape was the exploded view and such you'll do fine. Mostly you'll be doing shit the journeymen don't want to do. Be on time and do as you're told and you'll get a raise quickly.
Posted by: Dept. Of Accuracy Dept. at March 01, 2013 02:05 PM (+I8Mq)
yeah I didn't get out much
Posted by: sven10077 at March 01, 2013 02:05 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at March 01, 2013 02:06 PM (DGIjM)
Posted by: joejm65 at March 01, 2013 02:06 PM (UZuc4)
I'll have to go back and watch some old ODaaT shows and get my spank on to a young Valerie Van Halen.
Posted by: Sponge
"Ladies and gentlemen, we have someone very special in the audience tonight. A marvelous human being -- Sen. Bob Menendez. Bob, stand up!
*clap* *clap* *clap*
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 01, 2013 02:07 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: teej at March 01, 2013 02:08 PM (JCIjD)
the Chinese say old age is a power all might achieve...
She's 39 and a rather nailable 39 but in her line of work...
Posted by: sven10077 at March 01, 2013 02:08 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 01, 2013 02:08 PM (Rcoex)
Hey HO! Let's not get rash here. She is definitely "above the line" by a comfortable margin.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose DOOMCASTER! at March 01, 2013 02:08 PM (0q2P7)
Posted by: imp at March 01, 2013 06:04 PM (UaxA0)
Yeah, all runny and melty and SAGGING.
yeah lava hot from the neck up and the navel down.
When she lays down they look like runny sunny side up eggs.
I think she could tuck them under her arms.
She should NOT have worn that style dress.
Just sayin' Seal wasn't doing any motorboating that's for sure.
Grounds for divorce? Or at least screwing around a little?
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 01, 2013 02:08 PM (qyv02)
I'm glad to hear it...the advice on the kevlar gloves would be a long term investment they came in VERY handy when I was cuttingt he steel slats for a steel construction building I helped on...
you'll get kissed a bit elseways at some point but yu're savvy enough to cypher that out.
Good luck on the other lead as well
Posted by: sven10077 at March 01, 2013 02:09 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 01, 2013 02:09 PM (Rcoex)
Bitter Clinger
I pity your sad, lonely existence. Don't worry, pixels will never sag on you. Natural breasts? Well, those you can touch .
Posted by: imp at March 01, 2013 02:10 PM (UaxA0)
Posted by: L, elle at March 01, 2013 02:11 PM (0PiQ4)
Thanks. Save your faux pity for someone who needs it.
Sad? Lonely? My, oh my. Project much?
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 01, 2013 02:12 PM (qyv02)
I'll have to go back and watch some old ODaaT shows and get my spank on to a young Valerie Van Halen.
Posted by: Sponge
One Day at a Time, which aired on CBS from December 1975 to May 1984. It co-starred Mackenzie Phillips (16 when the show debuted) and Valerie Bertinelli (then 15)
You are so out of the Baby-sitters Club.....
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 01, 2013 02:13 PM (kdS6q)
you know I should have known by now to take the horde dead serious....
wow...definite future real estate investment...
Posted by: sven10077 at March 01, 2013 02:14 PM (LRFds)
While I agree that her days of sporting that neck line are probably at an end. She is totally without support in that dress. That said her tits still look better than 90% of girls a decade younger. Just finding a chick with hooters that big, and self supporting at any age is a rarity.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose DOOMCASTER! at March 01, 2013 02:15 PM (0q2P7)
quite he wants me to e-mail him and i will...I don't need to run a blog...dear God I'd die or weigh 900 pounds in a year....
plus I am too rabid to attract a big audience...
now as an editor maybe...
Posted by: sven10077 at March 01, 2013 02:18 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: teej at March 01, 2013 02:19 PM (J3IzX)
Posted by: Vanilla_Ice at March 01, 2013 02:19 PM (cCxiu)
but it is just a rumor.
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at March 01, 2013 06:16 PM (OWjjx)
----------------------------------------------
Ssshhhhh. Don't give Allen any ideas.
Posted by: Soona at March 01, 2013 02:20 PM (cJHn3)
that's two...
eye bleach...
you need to send that to Chaz the jazz Flautist
c/o Little green Footballs and the Village People
Posted by: sven10077 at March 01, 2013 02:20 PM (LRFds)
They probably won't teach but observe very closely. You can learn a lot watching a pro at anything.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 01, 2013 02:20 PM (qyv02)
Posted by: Judge_Roy_Bean at March 01, 2013 02:21 PM (cCxiu)
there's a definite utility to that art, sheet metal work was used for housing for crafted SMGs in WW2....
allying that skillset with stamping, drilling and press, and forging....
we're in the money! we're in the money!
well probably not really....
look up Valkyrie Arms...
they make replica grease guns and delisle carbines...
Posted by: sven10077 at March 01, 2013 02:22 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: teej at March 01, 2013 02:24 PM (GhSTE)
Posted by: teej at March 01, 2013 02:30 PM (M3APu)
Posted by: JohnKerryIsADoucheBag at March 01, 2013 02:34 PM (l7fAH)
You're right, these Borowitz shticks are not humorous at all, and it isn't because of perceived sensitivity to conservative targets or prudishness. They. Just. Aren't. Funny. Period.
I get sick of Letterman and Stewart smirking and teeing off on conservatives all the time, but at least they do make me laugh from time to time, even if I don't like all the one sided pot shots.
But then I never really saw the hilarity of the "binders of women" joke either, so who am I to say?
Posted by: RM at March 01, 2013 02:39 PM (/Frlf)
Posted by: Buzzion at March 01, 2013 02:56 PM (TmX83)
Posted by: Sgt Hulka at March 01, 2013 03:03 PM (/QPvY)
Mr. Emeritus said that he has no intention of stepping aside for the former pontiff: “He’s the one who should step aside. Call himself P. Biddy or something. This is wack, yo.”
That is, Borowitz has the fictional Oakland rapper "Pope Emeritus," not Joseph Ratzinger, saying, "This is wack, yo."
So it's not an example of attempted humor from incongruity. It's attempted humor from congruity, which isn't usually even recognized as an attempt at humor. Perhaps the humor is supposed to come from recognizing that the fictional rapper is using phrases like "This is wack, yo" which might sound somewhat dated in the hip-hop world. But I doubt it.
Posted by: Joshua at March 01, 2013 03:15 PM (oCZ4e)
Posted by: Luke Cage, Power Man at March 02, 2013 06:25 PM (PnHfW)
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