Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for October 04, 2008
September 27, 2008
October 11, 2008
Transcript:
Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling Man: Howdy. Nice place you got yerself here. Bartender: Can I help you? Man: No. I was just thinkin'... It'd be a shame if anything were to happen to it. Man: Looks to me like you could buy some PROTECTION. You know, from a fire...or THE ECONOMY COLLAPSING! Man: My associates and I had some bad luck at the poker table, and we need something to tide us over. WANTED Bartender: I get it. How much? Man: The whole town is chipping in. Your share comes to two grand. To start. Man: Oh, wait. Is that your wife? And two kids? That'll make it $8,000. Man: Oh, no! It's the Sheriff! MAVERICK McCAIN! Someone I've never met before! We certainly don't go back twenty years! Maverick: That's right, Banker Bart! Now, COLLECT YOUR MONEY! But I'm VERY ANGRY! Banker Bart: Thank you. GENERAL STORE Banker Bart: Well, it's 5:00, John. Let's start again tomorrow. Maverick McCain: Okay, Bart. See you at the tables tonight. Next: Maverick McCain vs. Big Oil!
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tobybartels about 16 years ago
I dunno, I think this comic might be more effective if Obama weren't saying THE EXACT SAME THING!!!
Donaldo Premium Member about 16 years ago
Wonderful. The republican attempt to brand that lame duck as a ‘maverick’ is utterly ridiculous. Does anyone really believe it?
xangatom about 16 years ago
I would laugh if it didn’t hurt so bleeep much
tobybartels about 16 years ago
Over the top much, JPW? :-)
Richard Howland-Bolton Premium Member about 16 years ago
Since this IS the web then JPuzzleWhiz is: A) a rabid, evil and stupid McC supporter venting in a daft attempt to gain support for McC or B) an Ob supporter pretending (for devious evil reasons) to be A in a daft attempt to gain support for Ob or C) really a McC supporter pretending to be B or D) Uh Oh! does anyone know anything about recursion?
runar about 16 years ago
McCain has, in the past, supported efforts to privatize and/or de-fund both social security and medicare; both positions are part of neo-con position statements and the Republican party platform. If legislation won’t work, maybe bankrupting the country will.
Edcole1961 about 16 years ago
Richard, you left out answer E) A moron who forgot to take his medication again.
John Glynn creator about 16 years ago
Bolling writes with the elegance of a young HL Mencken … if Mencken somehow had the the fangs of a python!
I actually met him once in an establishment known as Friendly’s Ice Cream Emporium in East Stroudsburg, Pa. I believe he had the peanut butter and chocolate milkshake.
He was pleasantly chatty, though not verbose. Surprisingly, he did not finish his frozen beverage, claiming the flavors became “tired” after just a few pulls on the straw.
After he walked away, I am not ashamed to say I pilfered what was left of the drink and it remains in my freezer to this day.
papawhale about 16 years ago
Wow, PuzzleWhizzzy’s been at the Retardican Kool Aid again!
runar about 16 years ago
Note that when Repubs like PuzzleWhiz run out of anything cogent to say they resort to name-calling and ridicule (O-BUM-a)?
MaryWorth Premium Member about 16 years ago
-giggle- There is no “Ruben Bolling”… it is a pen name!
ChiehHsia about 16 years ago
Tom Saaristo - I hear ya loud and clear.
JPW, I hear your words but they don’t make sense.
Jglynn, Pythons don’t have fangs. Just lots of sharp teeth. So, who did you meet? Bolling, or Mencken?
That is all.