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Emperor Joshua Norton I

by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 78 Comments › )
Filed under History, Humor, OOT, Open thread, Patriotism, Politics, Satire at August 21st, 2012 - 11:00 pm

Joshua Abraham Norton understood that the Union was in disrepair in 1859, and realized that he alone could save the United States of America from certain catastrophe. He also understood that an Englishman such as himself was barred from running for President via The US Constitution, so for legitimate reasons he unselfishly declared himself Emperor Norton the First.

Via Wiki: In accordance with his self-appointed role of emperor, Norton issued numerous decrees on matters of the state. After assuming absolute control over the country, he saw no further need for a legislature, and on October 12, 1859, he issued a decree that formally “dissolved” the United States Congress. In the decree, Norton observed:

“…fraud and corruption prevent a fair and proper expression of the public voice; that open violation of the laws are constantly occurring, caused by mobs, parties, factions and undue influence of political sects; that the citizen has not that protection of person and property which he is entitled.”

He was humored and tolerated at the time. Meanwhile I’ve put in an order for more Joshua Nortons. Any and all may apply via the comments section, here on
The Overnight Open Thread.

 

Just Wrong.

by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 59 Comments › )
Filed under Art, Bigotry, OOT, Open thread, Political Correctness, Progressives at August 19th, 2012 - 11:00 pm

Okay. Ignore that delightful image for a minute, and look at this instead.


That’s much better. Floppy-eared bunnies on a fishing trip. Mommy Bunny probably took the photo that hangs in Bobby Bunny’s bedroom. Then something bad happened.

Believe it or not, that’s a real book with a target audience: the children of criminals. Who knows why Little Bunny FooFoo’s dad got busted – Higgins doesn’t divulge on Amazon – no previews – so we can only guess. Did he evade taxes? Was he involved in a hit and run, or a drive-by shooting? Shirk child support payments? DUI? Then I wondered what the sad little rabbit was drawing.

Seems that the policeman under someone’s thumb isn’t a harmless brown floppy-eared rabbit. There’s a message in there somewhere.

Now let’s crank the sarcasm up another notch. To date, almost 98% of people who read and rated this Amazon Book Review found it helpful. (G’head. Right-Click it to view it.)

So sad, pathetic, offensive and funny at the same time, and that brings us back to the author of the book, M.C.”Melissa” Higgins. Maybe she means well, but  children’s book illustrator Wednesday Kirwan (whose lovely work is featured at the top of this thread) has problems and should never be allowed near children of any age, at least in my opinion. Hell, I wouldn’t let either of them babysit a dog.

Some folks just ain’t right in the haid no matter how talented they are, and that’s exactly why we’re posting it here, on The Overnight Open Thread.

The Party? You didn’t miss anything.

by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 84 Comments › )
Filed under Entertainment, Food and Drink, Humor, OOT, Open thread at August 18th, 2012 - 11:00 pm

Before you scroll down, study the picture. Four people, plus the cameraman.

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There are exacty five people who made that clip hilarious, and the camera man is up at No.2. He kept his focus on the drunk chicks while they and he ignored the facediver. The funniest one to me is the guy in the background, leaning against the wall, oblivious to everything. He’s seen it all before.

Stuff like that happens all the time on The Overnight Open Thread.

@Mr.Twitter #Hashtag Whisperer

by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 174 Comments › )
Filed under Caption This, Humor, OOT, Open thread, Satire at August 15th, 2012 - 11:00 pm


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Yeah, that’s him. @Mr.Twitter, and he’s way beyond the valley of #awesome.

He determines what’s #trending and what’s #birdpoop. He has full control while we don’t, but he’s really a nice guy. For example he invented #TwitterGulag, didn’t bother to tell @Twitter about it, and then created the #TwitterGulag #Hashtag to show them, and at the same time, to combat it.

He generates his own work that way, kind of like #BruteForceCybernetics did in the 70’s: Invent a problem, find a solution, then advertise the #remedy. Perfect #business #strategy.

@Mr.Twitter is #fkkn #amazing, and he #deserves a #tribute, with something more than 140 characters, on #TheOvernightOpenThread.