A Weblog of Centrist Voices in American Politics
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October 29, 2004HumorBy popular demand (or at least from sheer All CaCa fatigue) I hereby dedicate this political & campaign & media humor thread. No serious stuff, please. But give us the best silly and funny stuff from the joke factory! Or even from real life. Let's face it, we're going to get nothing but noise and blather from the politicos for the next several days, so we might as well kick back and have some fun. Decompress. Pop a beer or two. I'll lead off, with this real story I lifted from the Philadelphia Inquirer from a bit over a year ago...and then there's this headline I saw earlier today.... Dems, GOP working to capture early voters: The rush is on to beat the crowds (Can't we have an election without kidnapping and torture?) Posted by Tully at October 29, 2004 01:08 AMComments
Q - What do you call a boomerang that doesn't come back? Posted by: Oberon at October 29, 2004 09:39 AMA - A stick. Posted by: Oberon at October 29, 2004 09:39 AMHumourous football stories from UK Newspaper 116 fans revel in Andorra's glory The tiny Pyrenean principality wins at last in front of the World Cup's smallest crowd
Crap grounds: readers respond to last week's survey The bid to find the country's worst football ground touched a nerve with readers, who weren't shy about expressing their thoughts
Posted by: rickheller at October 29, 2004 11:01 AM I know that John Stewart is not necessarily a centrist or entirely unbiased, but my favorite moment in the entire campaign season was him saying "No, I'm not going to be your monkey..." I nominate this as the slogan for centerfield, at least for the remainder of the election season. I for one am not going to be a monkey for either side in any attempts to force rushes to judgement with any sort of last-minute surprise stories. Posted by: bk at October 29, 2004 11:11 AMI hosted a Pre-Election party at my house last Saturday night. When I woke up, I found that I had written down on a piece of paper two things I overheard at the end of the night when sobriety was in short supply: I'm for Bush because I saw some Bush a while ago and it was good In all of the debates, did you ever hear him once say "Did you fondle my balls?" I don't have explanations for either quote, but for some reason (likely because I was laughing my ass off), I wrote them down... Posted by: thehim at October 29, 2004 11:16 AMMy favorite line from the Stewart/Crossfire thing is still "You're on CNN. The show leading into me has puppets making crank phone calls." Posted by: Tully at October 29, 2004 11:26 AMthehim--some things are best left out of context. Explanations can only detract.... Posted by: Tully at October 29, 2004 11:26 AMJohn Kerry meets with the Queen of England. He asks her, "Your Majesty, how do you run such an efficient government? Are there any tips you can give to me?" I was watching SNL's Presidential Special from 2000 (hilarious...I'll have to see if they do another one this year), and one of the commercials was the Snickers commercial with the guy in the voting booth. Man, I had forgotten about that one. You can find it here, look for snickers-voting-booth. Priceless. Posted by: mitch at October 29, 2004 12:17 PMI just posted this on my blog: A trained dog saves a woman's life by dialing 911 and barking for help. The Rottweiler used its nose to hit the speed-dial button, then removed the handset and barked continuously in the receiver. The dog also unlocked the door for the police. Money quote: "I sensed there was a problem on the other end of the 911 call," said dispatcher Jenny Buchanan. "The dog was too persistent in barking directly into the phone receiver. I knew she was trying to tell me something."I'm assuming the dispatcher must have grown up watching Lassie reruns. I wonder if the police were originally dispatched for a young boy trapped in a well on a farm, or something. Posted by: Staunch Moderate at October 29, 2004 12:31 PM He he. Don't remember where I saw it yesterday, but one of the blogs reported that Iowans retain a healthys ense of humor. On a local call-in radio show, the host was asking people who they were voting for, and why. One caller said he was voting for "Coldwell Banker." The host either didn't twig, or went with it. "Who did you say you were voting for?" he asked. And the caller replied "Coldwell Banker. He has the best-looking signs, and I know he's honest, because every one of them says he's FOR SALE." Coldwell Banker is my new write-in candidate protest vote from now on. That's priceless. Posted by: Will at October 29, 2004 01:03 PMAbsolutely, Will! I'm voting Coldwell Banker for Congress this year. I hate not voting a race at all, and he's the perfect write-in. Posted by: Tully at October 29, 2004 01:19 PMhaha Thanks for the laughs. My favorite so far: Queen of England. Thanks, Donald. Posted by: Jamie at October 29, 2004 01:35 PMBK: You won't be my monkey? Damn. Now what am I gonna do with alla these DNC bananas? :) Posted by: carla at October 29, 2004 08:24 PM. Posted by: mp3 at November 4, 2004 05:16 AM. Posted by: mp3 at November 4, 2004 05:45 AM |
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