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Here again is one of my Bizarro Sunday Punnies series. This is where I use puns sent in by readers to create cartoons. If you’d like to submit a pun, do so in the comments section of this post. I won’t publish any of the comments with pun suggestions so as not to ruin it for readers if I should choose yours, or not to embarrass you if the pun is really stupid. So have no fear, your pun is safe with me.
By submitting a pun, you agree that you will get no compensation whatsoever other than the thrill of seeing your name at the bottom of the panel, and that you will not object to the picture I link to your name in the subsequent post. Today, congratulations are due to John Styles, Earlene B., and No Watchel. When you post your suggestion(s), let me know what name you’d like me to use.
RULES:
1. Your pun suggestions must be your original idea, as far as you know. Don’t suggest things you’ve heard or read somewhere, please. My life can’t take any more scandals right now.
2. Do NOT include flammable liquids with your suggestion. Someone could get hurt.
A couple of readers who saw this cartoon on Saturday (some papers sell the Sunday edition on Saturday night) were confused by the last panel, “Busta Rhymes with Orange.” The deal is that “Busta Rhymes” is the name of a rapper or hip-hop artist of some kind, and “Rhymes with Orange” is the name of a charming and funny cartoon feature by Hilary Price that runs in lots of papers in North America and probably other places, too. Like “Bizarro,” she does not have regular characters, but just features a gag each day. She sometimes has a parrot, though, so that’s why I chose it. Busta Rhymes’ “music” often includes Parental Advisory labels, presumably because he has a potty mouth.
Rhymes with Orange website here.
Scary picture of Busta Rhymes here.
Something that might interest you: highlights from an Atheist guide to the 2012 election.
http://bigthink.com/ideas/41032
Good stuff. Thanks for the link, I agree with virtually everything Penn says there. As you might have guessed, I am one of those that believes that Obama is not completely truthful, though I have no idea if he believes in god and don’t care all that much. My criteria is not if someone believes in god, but if they use their religious beliefs to govern. Contrary to one’s intuition, belief in god is not always a sign of stupidity or insanity; many highly intelligent and sane people believe in a higher powr (though it is true that the more intelligent and educated a person is, the more likely they are to be atheist).
The problem is with our system. In the U.S., you have to tell a certain amount of lies to be elected. If a good person can get into office by lying, I’d rather that than choosing between two bad people. Though I don’t agree with many of Obama’s policies, I believe he’s a good man, he’s obviously an intelligent man, and I don’t see a viable alternative.
Thanks for keeping your comment civil. :o)
Glad you liked it. I apologize for being rude in recent weeks; I was recently laid off and just needed to take out my aggression on something. Sorry. I will post the link to the full article when it comes out later this week. Though I still think that if you keep supporting Obama even if you disagree with him because you “don’t see a viable alternative”, then you’re just contributing to further stagnation in our political system.
Now, while you’re glad I was civil, I’m afraid I have to break that by pointing out another way that Peta has lost its mind: protesting a Mario game because they think Mario wearing a tanooki costume advocates skinning animals for fur. I know where you stand on fur, but really, even YOU have to admit that Peta is reaching by saying that a Mario game is pro-fur. Tanooki skins don’t give people powers in real life.
Thanks. Yes, I’d like to see the entire article so please do send the link.
You’re completely right about the PETA/Mario thing. It is ludicrous. I used to criticize them for the same thing until I visited their headquarters and found out their game plan. They know these kinds of campaigns are absurd but they discovered years ago that this is the best (and often only) way to get in the press. They protest something ridiculous, the media jump on it, one of their spokespersons is interviewed, and they are able to get facts about animal cruelty into the press. They have found that regardless of the idiocy of the reason they are getting interviewed, the facts get into people’s minds and they eventually act on them. In the end, people hate PETA, but think twice about their consumer choices when they involve animal cruelty. Over the past 30 years or so, PETA has managed to change more laws and consumer habits than any other organization. It’s kind of brilliant in a very self-sacrificing way. I have to admire people who don’t mind being thought fools as long as they reduce the suffering of others. :o)
P.S. It’s also worth noting that as a matter of policy, they have given up damaging property in any way, like the red paint that was thrown on fur coats decades ago. They can’t stop all of their followers from doing destructive things like that, of course, but they no longer advocate or initiate that kind of behavior.
P.S.S. So sorry about your job. That really sucks. I’m going through some very tough times at the moment, too. I’ll be talking a bit about it on my blog in a few weeks.
Earlene’s photo is amazing!
I’m often curious about where you find all the great photos, but this one has me craving the back story!
Great job, Dan! Thanks!
Thanks, I like that one, too. Here’s my secret to finding the pics: I write the post, then look for words that might be fun to link to. Then I go to “Google Images” and type in various words or phrases, looking for something fun. In that case, I typed “accordian player” and happened to come across those three among the hundreds available.
Shhh. Don’t tell anyone.
Here’s some temporary relief from feeling low: I’ve been laughing hysterically at this http://damnyouautocorrect.com/category/best-of-dyac/ That’s just so wrong!
LOVE that site!
Just curious: did you envision a particular landing site for your awesome astronauts? You’d need atmosphere to transmit sound (and wear unsealed suits), so the Moon and Mars won’t work, and Venus is a touch too hot and corrosive.
I’m afraid I didn’t research the possibilities of that cartoon too much, so I have no idea where they are. Maybe a make-believe, cartoon planet. :o)
Ahh, I always loved your comics, but the raccoon one was hilarious- my friends and I are always looking for simple, funny jokes, and this one takes the cake (even though you didn’t really come up with the joke)
I can’t wait till next week! :)
“Osteopeirogi” is classic.
This one is from my Husband, Dave Monyelle…..we like to watch the birds at our feeder..this morning there were two sparrows, so he went into a dialog between them..one was me and one was him. ( im a bit of a FB addict Plus I don’t sit still, Im always up bouncing around..unless Im on this keyboard ) so when one bird flew off he said, ” she’s going online… on BEAKBOOK!” ……………..Your drawing could be all the birds on the telephone wire..chatting away!
I thought it was original, but pokeying about on the interwebs, I see it is not. But I’ll suggest it anyways, in the hope that you can originalize it.
Pokey-Mon with Dred-Gumby
The cartoon characters, with dreadlocks.
Welcome to LA. I grew up there, but couldn’t wait to get out. If you ever run into the robotman, tell him I said “Hi!” Maybe you’ll meet some kool bikers too.
You should make a cartoon somehow about Bowler Bears and Pinguins. My b/f and I just came up with that idea for out couple’s bowling team name! Original? I’m not sure.