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Flash cartoons

tellurian — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 16:04:01 -0800

Magic Butter produce NSFW flash cartoons. Don't believe me? Have a look at Miss Muffy and the Muff Mob - Lubin' Da Hole Wit 'Sco or Porkchops - Approaching Pork Horizon (Part Two).

Planning your dream wedding

tellurian — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:37:56 -0800

Altar•ations [flash] Remember YOU'RE in control.

Big up to you

ludwig_van — Thu, 13 Jan 2005 12:19:39 -0800

Borat strikes again. Sacha Baron Cohen, star of HBO's Ali G Show, hits another unsuspecting American audience, this time as Borat Sagdiyev, Kazakhstan's sixth most famous man. "And may George W. Bush drink the blood of every man, woman and child in Iraq." Kazahkstanians say the darndest things!

Vote the bastards out!

aacheson — Wed, 09 Jun 2004 12:22:21 -0800

Republican Survivor The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has created a cartoon "Republican Survivor." Read the profiles of the contestants. You can vote them out after each "episode." The National Republican Committee says that they are just "Playing with cartoons." But I think it's friggin hilarious.

Funny Across The Atlantic

owillis — Tue, 25 Feb 2003 09:39:45 -0800

America and England: Separated By Humor? "This laughter gulf between two otherwise co-dependent cultures should not be thought surprising. The two most fundamental aspects of comedy are observation and speech rhythms and these are necessarily subject to local variation. The point has often been made that British jokes derive most often from class and puns, while US humour is rooted in gags." While talk show host Ruby Wax claims "If your language consists of little more than guttural grunts and cherry pie, you can't be blamed for not getting it." Is it any wonder her little show tanked so fast?