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not funny at all :3
I don’t quite get this but at least – unlike some of the other caption options – there is no mislabeling of the critters here as “horses”.
I think lolcats and loldogs have been funnier the past two days.
The hill & sky (minus the cows and soldiers) looks a lot like one of the default desktop backgrounds in Windows XP. I think it’s moderately funny.
i’m forced to use a pc at work and i thought this was hilarious…
“I’m forced to use a pc at work”
… oh the horror… are you forced to “work” too?!
um yes, that’s why they call it work. otherwise it would be called a hobby.
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and by forced to use a pc, i mean i cannot use a mac or a linux box like i’d prefer…
I too had the dreaded default background on my work computer (and honestly, this caption made me laugh more than any on here in a few weeks because of that). Anyway, I made friends with the tech person and they let me upload a few personal pix to use as backgrounds. Much better.
linux runs on pc buddy. do you mean windows?
It elicited a chuckle from me as well. I have Banker Cat as my background at work. He does not approve your loan…
My current wall paper, on the site I got it from…
Definitely trumps mine in class and style.
I like the Neo-Surrealist stuff… Especially the lost expedition series… it has a resonance.
this is my background right now [link]… it makes me want to get the\ hell out of the office… which is kind of a problem…
I find it very resonating which is why I probably shouldn’t have it for wallpaper. I need some humor or I would go nuts.
Beautiful!
Beautiful!
Ooo, pretty.
(Yeah, that’s all I have. My glorious return to college is particularly kicking my butt this week…)
I love these pc haters. Everyone knows (cept the mac users) that Macs are for people that don’t know how to properly use a real computer, they need something that is easy and will do all the background work for you.
Lol..which is why some of the most famous tech geeks out there use mac. Kevin Rose for example (founder of digg.com)… Brilliant comment, brilliant.
I love these mac haters. Everyone knows (cept morons) that you can run both Windows, and MacOS on the same Mac computer, and Windows is only popular because replacing PC’s on a large scale to switch operating systems in a business environment is extremely costly and time consuming. – Fixed that for you.
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In addition, MacOS is completely immune to virus and spyware infection, unlike Windows.
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You’re a PC fanboy, and that’s ok. I love my PC, because I assembled it myself, and that allowed me to get incredible hardware for a fraction of Apple prices. I would replace it with a mac in a heartbeat if they standardized the hardware so I could build my own.
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The fact that you can run Windows on an Apple computer makes all of your “Mac Sux” arguments irrelevant, because it’s not just a Mac anymore. Welcome to the year 2006.
Steve,
I appreciate your first statement and completely agree. But, please understand that MacOS is not in the least bit immune to viruses nore has it ever been. The truth is that there are simply far fewer viruses targeted at BSD and Linux or other such variants of Unix. Point of fact; since the release of Leopard, the number of viruses targeted to Mac have increased, not decreased.
Please don’t fool yourself or others into a false sense of security.
Now adware is a completely different story, but even then they are becoming more common on Mac due to a significant increase in the market share between Mac and Linux; though still far less common than even Viruses.
Behind my name is a link to the actual photograph.
Ah, makes sense now. Thanks!
Although, I suspect what we are actually seeing here is a mad cow roundup and slaughter?
naw, more like really nasty photochop job…
none of the cows have shadows for the direction of the light source…
Yep, I noticed that myself. Total photoshop.
Shame, really.
Oh, I am disappointed.
They’re on a hill, stupid.
Someone’s reached a new low, no?
I live on a farm and we have cattle, stupid.
when cattle are on a hill they cease to have shadows? amazing! if you stand upside down does your shadow go into the sky instead of on the ground?
LOL!
It’s an interesting stilted run, as well.
They also weigh more.
They’re easier to milk.
Calves born on the hill have a permanent ’tilt’ to them.
“they’re easier to milk”
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only if they’re born facing uphill…
“if you stand upside down does your shadow go into the sky instead of on the ground?”
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No, but if you stand outside in Australia, your shadow is upside-down.
The f*ck you say?
You know what I mean. It’s like the way the water drains counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere? Same deal with shadows.
Shadows go where???
Seriously. Post pics. I has a confuzed!
I hate to break this to you, but the Coriolis effect doesn’t actually affect the direction the water swirls when going down the drain…[link]
However, shadows are not only upside down, but they do swirl down the drains (and can get captured by funnel-web spiders or the Blue-ringed octopus), so you should always be mindful of the whether you’re on land or in the sea.
I think she means shadows go down the
drain. Doesn’t that make them dizzy?
@Scum: Ya slipped in on me there, cheeky
monkey!
Since we’re talking science, why does the
witch who lives under my bed grab my
ankles when I get up in the night for a glass
of water?
You know what?
Screw ye guyz. I’m going home.
*grumble* make fun of a retard *grumble*
What part of LITERAL do you not get ….
*picks up phone. Dials the ACLU. Sues the pants off Tessie, Scum and rhorho*
Heh. Pants off.
*screams*
*runs upstairs for another pair of flannel
jammie bottoms*
*forgets to change top*
*looks in mirror*
*jammie clash causes head asplosion*
*dies*
*heirs sue Literal for everything she’s got*
*rhorho’s heirs become panhandlers as all Literal’s got is her brain*
*peruses asploded remains*
*looks down nose at Literal*
*hands lawsuit to Literal*
See you in court, Madam!
*disappears in a puff of smoke and logic*
@rhorho
Maybe this will help [link]
I’m told they’re roughly the same thing.
*looks at Literal’s brain*
Hmmm………
*measures*
Nope, not big enough.
*throws back*
*files suit against Literal’s great-great-great-grandchildren*
I on the other hand seem to be attracting trolls. Any suggestions?
Woooo! Woo-OOO-ooo!
*finds Literal’s secret safe*
*emails combo to froo* (ghosts can do that)
*waits for preciousssssss to change hands*
If it helps, they’re right-wing trolls masquerading as moderates if that makes a difference.
@Scum: I can haunt them for you, seeing
as how I’m a vengeful ghost, and what have
you…
Are they right-wing for being trolls, or right-
wing AND trolls?
a puff of smoke and logic
Is that the kids are calling a bong hit these days?
I’m not sure I want to interrupt you. You seem to be
enjoying yourself, by yourself. We can discuss the particulars later…
This is not Rho’s ghost. This is her attorney. Her RIGHT WING attorney.
Yeah, I say if you’re going to hire an
attorney, get a vicious venom spewer…
Who else but a rightie?
Attorney. Pffft.
Our resources are everlassssttinnngggg!
We will crush you under the almighty hand of GAWWWD! For it is only through the SAYVOUR that you will be REBORN!!!!
Unclean evil soul-sucking spirit, be GAWN!!
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Oh and you too, ghost of rho.
Umm, Rho, not trying to upset you or anything, but, have you taken your meds today?
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Look! They’re all sorts of pretty colors. I bet they taste good. You should try them.
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If you don’t take them, they may take you back to that ‘bad place’.
(psst. shhh! There are two of us…)
If you make your naughty attorney go away, I’ll make my evangelical whackadoodle go away.
Tit for tat, snookums …
*sneaks up behind Scum and bops him with Teh Book of Righteousness*
*watches him falls*
*waits for him to wake up to present him with a card for legal services*
Woo-OOO-ooo!!
*floats into Someone’s ear and starts
humming Kenny G tunes*
… into the SANCTUARY of the ALLLMIGHTY JEEESUS!
I have trapped you; the power of CHRRRISTTT compels you ..
Okay, rho, Kenny G?
Now you have gone too far. The gauntlet, she is thrown …
I mean:
Okay, rho, Kenny G?
Now you have gone too far. The gauntlet, she is thrown …
*hops out of Someone’s head*
*be-bops over to Spokesperson’s head*
*starts tickling various parts of brain*
@Attorney for Rho’s Estate
Sorry, you missed him. He’s down at the beach listening to
the nalu crashin on da shore.
You bopped my boy, and now you will pay.
*retains Johnny Cochran’s ghost*
If the book is s*it, you must acquit!
@Scum
I have noted with great envy and am duly impressed with the size of your staff: how do you manage to keep it so large and well-satisfied in the current economic atmosphere?
You have staff veritably dripping from every thread! It’s amazing how they cover for you in your absence …
@rho
Horifically tickilish.
*braindeath*
@Scum’s mother: Amateur! You hired an
*impostor* Johnny Cochran’s Ghost–LOL!
The real one should be here shortly…
Ladies and gentlemen of the supposed jury, I have one final
thing I want you to consider: This is Chewbacca. Chewbacca
is a Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk, but Chewbacca
lives on the planet Endor. Now, think about that. That does
not make sense!
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Why would a Wookiee — an eight foot tall Wookiee — want
to live on Endor with a bunch of two foot tall Ewoks? That
does not make sense!
But more importantly, you have to ask yourself: what does
that have to do with this case? Nothing. Ladies and
gentlemen, it has nothing to do with this case! It does not
make sense!
Look at me, I’m a lawyer defending a vengeful ghost, and
I’m talkin’ about Chewbacca. Does that make sense? Ladies
and gentlemen, I am not making any sense. None of this
makes sense.
And so you have to remember, when you’re in that jury
room deliberating and conjugating the Emancipation
Proclamation… does it make sense? No! Ladies and
gentlemen of this supposed jury, it does not make sense.
If Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit! The defense
rests.
Okay, so now my estate’s attorney has won
all past, present and future cases.
All your money r belong to my heirs and
assigns.
*vanishes in POOF, leaving behind hula
girl key chain*
*reappears, grabs key chain*
Woo-OOO-ooo!!
*vanishes again*
Ack! Rho! RL has taken over … family crisis calls.
Endor. HEH!
Night.
Goo-OOO-oood night!
Uneven terrain can distort the appearance of shadows on photographs. Watch Mythbusters for crying out loud!
Also, someone doing a shop wouldn’t've changed the hill so much; it barely resembles the screensaver.
Right, no one would do that much work to make a picture appear to be something that it wasn’t originally. Why, that kind of dedication and boredom simply doesn’t exist!!
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I’m trying to figure out how the ethereal light next to the cows was formed from the cosmos. Do you supposed Mythbusters has the answer for that?
Yeah, ’cause grass always stays a perfect green after being trampled by cows all day!
1: The only thing common between the pic and the backdrop are that it’s a sloped grassy surface.
2: If they went to that much trouble to make it look different, they could’ve fixed the lighting stuff.
http://punditkitchen.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/political-pictures-soldier-army-windows.jpg
http://www.otismaxwell.com/Images/Bliss_XP.jpg
See? Barely alike at all!
Sense of humor: You has none.
Thanks, Literal, I was too lazy to do that.
My pleasure.
I’m a little frustrated — I’ve had eight LOLs make upcoming in the past two days … and nothing made the front.
It’s strange, and I’m playing with the voting trying to figure out how it works …
Thanks for the favoriting, BTW!
Check that — I’ve got nine, starting with the Pope.
Crrraaappp!
At least yours are making “upcoming”; my recent ones apparently all suck.
Ok, I’m looking at the most recent 15 of yours. They’re all a bit
wordy. I don’t think people like to read that much. Maybe if there was a text-to-speech feature, but as it is, you know, reading is haaaard… and it hurts the brain.
I did want to ask you about the 300% tariff on roquefortt. Really? That really is wrong. Damn him, damn them all to hell!
I like the ‘traditional oath of office’ one.
I think you got the wrong profile.
Link to my LOLs.
I suspect he’s commenting on mine; as I have a tendency towards wory captions! And, yes, the 300% tariff the Bush administration snuck in on roquefort is very real. [LINK]
Wordy captions, and typos in my comments.
I am commenting on yours diss. The nesting looks correct to me, does it not to the two of you?
But Literal, thanks for the link to yours. I’ll have a look.
I do remember there was at least one of yours I really liked and voted for, but I can’t recall which one. I’ll go look.it was.
No, I posted a “center of universe nesting fail” comment, but it got eated. It should show up …
I’m an a**hole. Sorry, scum and diss.
NP…the nesting fail one will probably turn up soon! We all
do that sometimes.
And regarding the roquefort one, I knew that one would never make it; it’s almost more of a lol-psa…getting the word out!
Sh*t. Now I have 10 in upcoming.
I FAIL at LOLing.
Understood. Some are meant to be sacrifices.
Speaking of cheese, one of my absolute favoritesis Kaltbach, cave-aged Emmentaler [link]
I love this stuff.
[link (in Swedish - none of their English sites will load right now)]
Could it be that your LOL’s aren’t fuuny?
I’ve got one on the front page right now, a*swipe, and several in upcoming.
So no, it couldn’t be.
Dick.
I think upcoming is fickle. I’ve had a couple make it to the first page of upcoming, and the next thing I know, they’re not to be found. I don’t usually bother looking there any more – it’s just frustrating
Thanks, Scum. I’ll bear that in mind.
I’ve voted “WIN” on several of yours …
Looking at yours now and I have to say that I’ve never seen most of these. I think they’ve really messed up the voting function recently.
Ok, the ‘limp dick’ one is really cheap and easy, but so am I – I loved it.
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I remember voting for the Stupify one (regardless of it being a podium, it does look like a wand).
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I liked the ‘resign – if price is right’ one too.
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I remember there was an older one I liked, but I’m too lazy to go looking for it.
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I’ve just learned to accept that for whatever reason, some of the best ones never make it to the front page. I think that for some of them at least, they’re too clever and the humor is ‘over the heads’ of most of the people voting.
scum, i agree with you on all points… the voting seems very whacked lately… and the only way i’ve found good lols everyday is to have good friends who post good lols… that way at least they appear in your dashboard…
Thanks, Scum.
I’m not whining (UF) I’m just trying to figure out how it works.
Appreciate your help and honesty.
I’d not say anyone was whining about the voting code of this place…
I’d have to see the specification, and the code before I commented properly, but it seems flawed…
lol. do you think they’ll make the voting code open source? at least we’d have something to look at when the lols suck…
I doubt it’s that proprietary…
The one I had on the front page in October was never
in the Upcoming section. I kept checking, because it
was getting favorited a lot. The next thing I knew, it
was up.
Now this is just stupid…
The one behind my name is better, I think.
Hee Hee. I love the smell of bagbalm in the morning.
These aren’t dairy cattle — but tee fricking hee anyway!
Yup, much better.
And I am so sick of seeing the Breaking News image.
I totally agree.Even if the caption is good i’ll just hate it with this image. :/
Yeah, these Breaking News Images have gotta go. Lame.
u phail @ nesting
I’d like the Engrish pointing panda adding to it
Well, it’s plain they didn’t “liberate” the background; there’s no burning buildings or inconvenient craters…
They’d have carpet bombed it first…never works…
You obviously meant to say “Freedom Divots.”
Lol!
Ok, I’ve never said this about one of my own before, but I really do think mine was better. [link]
Not brilliant, but better.
Much better, actually
Check’s in the mail..
You could have gotten away with Frangipani cuttings…
aka Plumeria. Got lots and lots of those around.
Mine have to overwinter indoors. I have a lot of cool hybrids.
[LINK] to one hybrid photo
Very nice. They’re quite large full size trees here. You’d have trouble
taking them indoors.
You don’t think I know that???
My jealousy … Let me show you it. —->
(Sorry. I’ve got to get those veneers redone…)
if that’s how they get steak, then they’ll likely use torpedoes for the shrimp
Ooh. Surf and Turf. It’s 7:16 here, and I needs me some Red Lobster now …
Nice one, BTW, and you’re totally right about the voting thing.
God. No sh*t about what time it is. DUH! I’m in the same state as PK!
I had surf and turf last night! Thanks for the suggestion!
WTF is this?
I’m still looking for the Teletubbies….
mine was better
Is that why it’s on the front page?
dunno, mine got more votes and a higher rating. It’s the 2nd one on the “see all captions” page.
Oh yeah?!?! Well I guess I don’t know sh’t…Yeah, I don’t…How do they determine which ones get the front cover treatment?
Pink Floyd? Probably funnier than this one to Pink Floyd fans.
As someone who doesn’t really know Pink Floyd, it’s not bad.
My favorite one is “Canadian army invades Wisconsin.”
Thats a good one too.
I think it’s funny.
US Army frees? Are you kidding me? Since when it does FREE something, instead bomb, kill, crush everyything?
I think it should say “flees” instead of “frees”. T’would make more sense.
haha agreed
For all those who think it’s ’shopped, I did a google search “soldiers helicopter cows” and got quite a few hits, including:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_soldiers_with_cows_in_Kunar_Povince_of_Afghanistan.jpg
From all the references it “seems” legitimate.
Thanks! There are two main reasons why shadows are missing in a photo:
- It is noon.
- It isn’t sunny.
I wonder why everyone rather thinks of digital editing than of these two possibilities…guess people don’t spend enough time in nature
Help! Cows have taken over my windows background!
Looks like a bad case of drunken Photoshop.