Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for September 25, 2015
September 24, 2015
October 01, 2015
Transcript:
Unpopular Mechanics the magazine for young muslim american makers This week: How to Build a clock Heres what you'll need" * LED digital display * Circuit Board * Soldering kit * 9 volt battery * Sharpie pen * Lawyer's phone number *Earplugs *Hobby Light high Grease 1. Insert earplugs as you bring your supplies home, to drown out the calls of middle school bullies. bomb Builder! Terrorist! 2. Assemble your clock using the regular instructions for normal, non muslim kids. 3. Before you bring your clock to school, apply hobby light high grease to your wrists to avoid handcuff chafing. 4.write the phone number of your lawyer on you arm in case your possessions are confiscated before you are brought into custody. 5. Now you're ready to show your device at your school. Say Clearly "This is a clock". Keep your hands visible and be prepared to be tackled. 6. Do not speak to the police until your parents, legal representatives and various celebrity tweeters have been engaged in the process. Congratulations! you've completed and electronics project as a young muslim American. Next: Create a Volcano using just paper- cache baking soda vinegar, and $200 ball money.
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Monster Hesh about 9 years ago
(awaits storm of yokels claiming this was either a “dry run” to test school protocol before “the real thing,” or a “trick” to fool the authorities and media into revealing their bigotry and ignorance)
andrew_c about 9 years ago
Yokels and a certain loud-mouthed idiot who seems to make it his mission to make atheism look as bad as religious fundamentalism
Ottodesu about 9 years ago
Wicked satire!Happy to hear why he was handcuffed and put in the back of a police car with the “bomb”, and why the school wasn’t evacuated. Note that I’m a foreigner and don’t understand your American ways.
dadoctah about 9 years ago
Why would anyone want a clock anyway? Don’t they have cellphones to tell time with like normal people?
NeedaChuckle Premium Member about 9 years ago
Remember these are the same yahoos who thought Jade Helm was gonna make TX part of the USA!
Donaldo Premium Member about 9 years ago
Can’t say they didn’t bring it upon themselves
makutaking about 9 years ago
Well, looks like i get to play devils advocate today!
First off, he didnt make that clock, its a radio shack clock from 1980 he just ripped the guts out of and stuffed haphazardly into a pencil case.
Second, he knew it looked like a bomb, tried to make it not look like one, and said as much in an interview,
Third, they never thought he had a bomb, they were more worried about his “activist” parents than him.
Malcolm Hall about 9 years ago
I’m sure he’ll do just fine at MIT.
Linguist about 9 years ago
@Night-Gaunt49
" We in the USA got some “smart & savvy” teachers and local police. (Smirk) "
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You have to remember you dealing with Texans and ( according to many of them ) Texas is not part of the USA !
fontenelle about 9 years ago
What would happen if a kid like Ahmed Mohamed demonstrated his use of cursive writing? Might that be interpreted as a secret code used to communicate with other terrorists?
Ushindi about 9 years ago
“So there you have it folks, Ahmed Mohamed did not invent, nor build a clock. He took apart an existing clock, and transplanted the guts into a pencil box, and claimed it was his own creation. It all seems really fishy to me.”http://blogs.artvoice.com/techvoice/2015/09/17/reverse-engineering-ahmed-mohameds-clock-and-ourselves/Interesting article by an engineer (with no apparent axe to grind).
ickymungmung about 9 years ago
Oh, Texas, you are so goddamn special.