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Thursday, April 1, 2010 11:41 AM
AURAPTOR
America loves a winner!
Quote: I would like to offer a spirited defense of the unjustly-maligned Representative Johnson. First of all, although this is a little-known fact, he and Admiral Willard, the man he is questioning in the video, are old friends. They met in 1986 on the set of the film “Top Gun.” Willard was a consultant and actor in the film (you can look it up), but the telegenic Johnson also played a bit role in the film as one of the other pilots. Willard and Johnson struck up an acquaintance on the set, finding that they shared a remarkable gift for deadpan humor. They developed a number of routines that had the other “Top Gun” actors and extras in stitches, and were both known for keeping a straight face throughout the silliest exchanges, a skill that served them remarkably well during their recent encounter in Congress. One of their old routines involved a bit about landing an airplane on the island of Guam. The joke was about how small and narrow the island was, so thin it couldn’t even hold a runway, and so any landing might cause the whole island to tip over. It may not sound so funny in print. But it was Johnson and Willard’s delivery that made it so special. The exchange you see in the video has been much criticized. But it has actually been widely misunderstood. That portion of the question-and-answer merely represents an updating of their old routine, with both Johnson and Willard playing their familiar roles. Note how deftly Johnson sets Willard up with classic comic timing, drawing it all out with lengthy emphasis on just how tiny the island is. Then, after Johnson expresses his concern that Guam just might tip over and capsize (this time because of added people, rather than an airplane), Willard responds with perfect composure and the straightest of faces, “We don’t anticipate that.” Some have wrongly suspected the two of staging an April Fools’ prank. But that cannot be true, since it happened last Friday, well in advance of that date. No, it was just a bit of welcome levity from two old buddies, designed to lend a certain amount of lightness to these heavy and troubled times. How sad that such well-intentioned efforts have been so universally misconstrued
Thursday, April 1, 2010 11:54 AM
MINCINGBEAST
Thursday, April 1, 2010 11:55 AM
STORYMARK
Thursday, April 1, 2010 12:03 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Storymark: Yet the numerous gaffe's that bush made were all just honest mistakes, and anyone who made fun of them was just mean. In Rappyland. What, just creating useless posts to bump your RiverRappy beatdown off the main page?
Thursday, April 1, 2010 12:09 PM
Thursday, April 1, 2010 12:12 PM
GINOBIFFARONI
Quote:Originally posted by mincingbeast: dudes, you obviously hate eachother. its sweet, really. but there's only one way to settle this like gentleman: a duel. maybe RL, that vixen, can second Rappy. Storymark, i'm sure you can find a second, too.
Thursday, April 1, 2010 12:21 PM
RUE
I have a vote and I'm not afraid to use it!
Thursday, April 1, 2010 12:26 PM
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Thursday, April 1, 2010 12:30 PM
KWICKO
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)
Quote:Originally posted by AURAPTOR: Yeah yeah. Real touching, internet whizzing contest... hadn't seen THAT one before.
Thursday, April 1, 2010 12:31 PM
Thursday, April 1, 2010 12:33 PM
Thursday, April 1, 2010 12:36 PM
Quote:Originally posted by mincingbeast: i hope they agree to the duel. if they don't, maybe we can...i dunno, force them to. not for my amusement, mind you, but so they can just get past all of this hostility. i hope they choose blades! rappy, i would second you in the duel, but i hope to be the guy that gets to either say "turn and fire" or "now is where you stab each other! stab!" and i sort of agree with you on hank. that bush is a mouth-breathing gaffe-bot is not in dispute, but hanks' statement about islands tipping (if serious) evidences a powerful force of dumb.
Thursday, April 1, 2010 12:39 PM
Thursday, April 1, 2010 12:41 PM
Thursday, April 1, 2010 12:49 PM
Thursday, April 1, 2010 12:57 PM
Quote:Posted by Rue: Oh Rappy I THINK you're not River. It might be that even YOU think you're not River. But then again, you seem to inhabit the same insanities. Remarkable. Well, if you see each other on your way over the lemming-cliff, say hi while you have the chance - m'kay ? As for stupidity, I think THIS is priceless - after all, it seems Bush can't even recount his own history cogently: "You know, one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror." *************************************************************** Silence is consent.
Thursday, April 1, 2010 1:10 PM
Quote:Originally posted by mincingbeast: yes, there is a question. first, i'm not convinced that islands don't, in fact, tip over. second, i'm not convinced that hank was serious. edit: forgot to add that my village idiot is the stupidest, and ugliest.
Thursday, April 1, 2010 1:24 PM
Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: Quote:Originally posted by Storymark: Yet the numerous gaffe's that bush made were all just honest mistakes, and anyone who made fun of them was just mean. In Rappyland. What, just creating useless posts to bump your RiverRappy beatdown off the main page? Show them. Don't merely pass this off as just another " they both do it " load of crap. He didn't misspeak. He didn't MISPRONOUNCIATE any words. He said what he said. Comment on THAT, first, before you go running off to the " But Bush..... ". And I have no fraking clue what you're talking about, " on the main page ". Hadn't seen anything yet, but you address THIS, if ya can. Don't run away ( as so often is the case w/ you ) by interjecting irrelevant and meaningless side issues. *edit* There IS no " riverrappy beat down on " the main page ", so I really do question your sanity. RWED posts aren't even listed on the main page, moron. Now, back to THIS thread, or kindly stfu. Summer Glau can simply walk into Mordor Bones: "Don't 'rawr' her!" Booth: "What? she'rawred' me first."
Thursday, April 1, 2010 1:26 PM
Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: *edit* Though not an actual April Fool's joke, I offer a retraction, none the less. Congressman Hank Johnson (D-GA) Hey, I said it was unbelievable, and it is!! Quote: I would like to offer a spirited defense of the unjustly-maligned Representative Johnson. First of all, although this is a little-known fact, he and Admiral Willard, the man he is questioning in the video, are old friends. They met in 1986 on the set of the film “Top Gun.” Willard was a consultant and actor in the film (you can look it up), but the telegenic Johnson also played a bit role in the film as one of the other pilots. Willard and Johnson struck up an acquaintance on the set, finding that they shared a remarkable gift for deadpan humor. They developed a number of routines that had the other “Top Gun” actors and extras in stitches, and were both known for keeping a straight face throughout the silliest exchanges, a skill that served them remarkably well during their recent encounter in Congress. One of their old routines involved a bit about landing an airplane on the island of Guam. The joke was about how small and narrow the island was, so thin it couldn’t even hold a runway, and so any landing might cause the whole island to tip over. It may not sound so funny in print. But it was Johnson and Willard’s delivery that made it so special. The exchange you see in the video has been much criticized. But it has actually been widely misunderstood. That portion of the question-and-answer merely represents an updating of their old routine, with both Johnson and Willard playing their familiar roles. Note how deftly Johnson sets Willard up with classic comic timing, drawing it all out with lengthy emphasis on just how tiny the island is. Then, after Johnson expresses his concern that Guam just might tip over and capsize (this time because of added people, rather than an airplane), Willard responds with perfect composure and the straightest of faces, “We don’t anticipate that.” Some have wrongly suspected the two of staging an April Fools’ prank. But that cannot be true, since it happened last Friday, well in advance of that date. No, it was just a bit of welcome levity from two old buddies, designed to lend a certain amount of lightness to these heavy and troubled times. How sad that such well-intentioned efforts have been so universally misconstrued I'm going w/ the above info being factual, and the two really were doing their own 'bit'. No one really COULD be that stupid, but for the previous holder of that Congressional seat, ..... who knows. Summer Glau can simply walk into Mordor Bones: "Don't 'rawr' her!" Booth: "What? she'rawred' me first."
Thursday, April 1, 2010 1:27 PM
Thursday, April 1, 2010 1:30 PM
Quote:Originally posted by rue: Oh Rappy I THINK you're not River. It might be that even YOU think you're not River.
Thursday, April 1, 2010 1:51 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Kwicko: Back to THIS thread... Looks like you got played. No new tale to tell there. And of course, you naturally (as is your nature, it seems) ASSumed the worst of the black guy in question. Says quite a bit about you, doesn't it?
Thursday, April 1, 2010 1:53 PM
Thursday, April 1, 2010 2:06 PM
Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: Quote:Originally posted by Kwicko: Back to THIS thread... Looks like you got played. No new tale to tell there. And of course, you naturally (as is your nature, it seems) ASSumed the worst of the black guy in question. Says quite a bit about you, doesn't it?
Quote: And it says something about the state of the modern Democratic party, which would produce such miserable pieces of shit, from Al Franken, Sheila Jackson Lee, John Dingell, Joe Biden.... ( the list goes on and on ) saying the most absurd, ridiculous things, that MOST in the MSM would have thought Johnson was being serious.
Quote: The Left have said plenty of things on par or even nuttier, so I've got an easy out on this one.
Thursday, April 1, 2010 2:10 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Storymark: You're so deranged. I'm actually beginning to pity you. As for all those on the left who have said things "on par or even nuttier" - well, to quote you: Show them.
Thursday, April 1, 2010 2:13 PM
Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: But I won't stoop to your level. Don't need to.
Thursday, April 1, 2010 2:14 PM
Thursday, April 1, 2010 2:32 PM
Quote:But I won't stoop to your level. Don't need to.
Thursday, April 1, 2010 2:34 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Kwicko: Quote:But I won't stoop to your level. Don't need to. Yeah, why would you stoop to our level when you've still got your racism to cling to?
Thursday, April 1, 2010 2:50 PM
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Thursday, April 1, 2010 3:46 PM
CHRISISALL
Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: I can do this all day.
Thursday, April 1, 2010 3:49 PM
Quote:It's like watching a gang of pre-teens yammer on at how stupid everyone else in the world is, while they alone possess seemingly endless levels of wisdom and intellect.
Thursday, April 1, 2010 3:54 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Kwicko: Yes, that is EXACTLY what talking to you is like.
Thursday, April 1, 2010 6:02 PM
Quote:Originally posted by rue: "It's mind numbingly tragic at just how racist you morons are, and yet don't even realize it. It's like watching a gang of pre-teens yammer on at how stupid everyone else in the world is, while they alone possess seemingly endless levels of wisdom and intellect. The more clueless y'all are, the bigger the bravado." Cites please. *************************************************************** Silence is consent.
Friday, April 2, 2010 12:51 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Kwicko: Yes, that is EXACTLY what talking to you is like
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