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A Giant Leap For Women’s Rights In Saudi Arabia

by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 81 Comments › )
Filed under Art, Humor, Islam, Middle East, OOT, Open thread, Satire, Saudi Arabia, Sharia (Islamic Law) at April 3rd, 2013 - 9:00 pm

Saudi women allowed to ride bikes

[Al-Jazeera] Word spreads of alleged change in law.

On Monday, Saudi daily al-Yawm cited an unnamed official as saying women can now ride bikes in parks and recreational areas. According to the official, the ruling stipulated that women must wear a full-body abaya, be accompanied by a male relative, and stay within certain areas. They are allowed to bike for recreational purposes only, not as a primary mode of transportation.

That’s not satire from The Onion. The Kuwaiti artist who produced that illustration (Mohammad Sharaf)  is going to get a knock on his door in the middle of the night. It also turns out that Al-J cropped the original image. Here’s what was left out:

Saudi women allowed to ride bikes cropped part
The sarcastic Persian caption translates to “non-prohibited.” Fun facts to know and tell on The Overnight Open Thread.

Not A Photoshop.

by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 17 Comments › )
Filed under Humor, OOT, Open thread, Satire at March 12th, 2013 - 10:00 pm

ANCIENT ASTRONAUTS
Blame our pal Bordm for half of that, blame Erich von Däniken for the other half, and blame me for posting it on The Overnight Open Thread.

Wow! What a Shine!

by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 94 Comments › )
Filed under Art, Humor, OOT, Open thread at September 18th, 2011 - 11:00 pm

“Oooh, my face looks like a hamster in the side of THIS pan!
Thank you, Prozac!”

From the amazing Plan59 comes this classic illustration, but I have a couple of problems with it. What bonehead decided to put a lamp post right next to the garage, and why is the car parked sideways in the driveway? And another thing –  she’s over 6 feet tall and her kitchen is being consumed by a mysterious white fungus.

Just one more example of the average American drug-addled lifestyle of the late ’50s, buffed and shined for The Overnight Open Thread.

Big Mystery Food

by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 131 Comments › )
Filed under Art, Humor, Open thread at June 9th, 2010 - 10:00 pm

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There’s a lot of talent standing on that crate, but I have no idea who he is, what he’s painting, or why. Although the slices of porkroastraisinbread don’t match the marbling of the cuts, I don’t think I’d have the heart to tell him. There’s always the remote possibility that after all that work he might become despondent, down a bottle of cheap sherry and step in front of a trolley. Then where would we be?

There’d be one less porkroastraisinbread illustrator in the world, and we’d all discuss it on an Overnight Open Thread.