Priceless

[Ken King]

Even though I don't recall seeing it, it's probably been on here already but what the heck, it won't hurt to show it again.

 

[demsformd]

This isn't a fake or anything.

 

[jlabsher]

Snopes!


Sorry...

 

[Ken King]

Sorry for what? It was still funny and depicts how many view him. I guess we can only make jokes or post "doctored" pictures of Bush.

 

[SmallTown]

Originally posted by Ken King
Sorry for what? It was still funny and depicts how many view him. I guess we can only make jokes or post "doctored" pictures of Bush.

Doctored or not, these kinds of pics are great!
This one made the rounds awhile back, I about fell out of my chair when I saw it. When I saw it on snopes, it lost some of the thunder, but still funny!

 

[jlabsher]

Originally posted by Ken King
Sorry for what? It was still funny and depicts how many view him. I guess we can only make jokes or post "doctored" pictures of Bush.

Geez, don't get defensive. I've seen funny doctored pix of many politicos. Unlike most on this board, I think they're all crooked as a dog's hind leg.

The sorry was meant to signify that it was a fake pic, nothing more, nothing less.

 

[Larry Gude]

Fake!!!!

Besides, that's not the funny part. The funny part is...

He's a United States Senator and ex-fake leader of the Senate!

Now THERE'S a hoot for yah, boy!

Ha ha.

Ahem...

Actually, I don't remember it being very funny now that I think about it. In fact, I remember it sucking some serious mud. If I recall, they put his coffin right there in the chamber so he could dash (dash, get it??? bawhahhah) off if they "worked" too late and the sun started coming up.

Just look at the picture. You can see the canines making an impression against his lips. Serious. Just look...

 

[Tonio]

Originally posted by Ken King
Sorry for what? It was still funny and depicts how many view him. I guess we can only make jokes or post "doctored" pictures of Bush.

Ken, sorry to get on a soapbox on what is supposed to be a fun thread.

I don't like that photo (see http://www.snopes.com/photos/daschle.asp for the full explanation), and I don't like these photos of Bush and Clinton(http://www.snopes.com/photos/binoculars.asp). Of course people view Daschle as unpatriotic or Bush as dumb. That doesn't give people the right to manipulate a photo and claim that it's real. That's just wrong and unethical.

Why? For one thing, even experienced Photoshop users have problems picking out the blending and cropping in a doctored photo. I don't mean the factual errors in a photo, I mean the technical aspects of merging two images. The second link I posted shows one way of detecting the manipulation.

Don't get me wrong. I can definitely appreciate the joke behind the Daschle photo, and I'm not a Republican or a Democrat. But jokes like this rely a LOT on context and presentation. As an example, I think The Onion is hilarious, partly because its parodies are done with such care and attention to detail. But once you take an Onion article out of context and send it by e-mail, it's sometimes hard to tell that the article is a spoof.

 

[vraiblonde]

Oh for God's sake! It's a JOKE, people!!! You know? Ha ha? Funny? Kind of like Daschle's whole political career?

 

[Tonio]

Originally posted by vraiblonde
Oh for God's sake! It's a JOKE, people!!! You know? Ha ha? Funny? Kind of like Daschle's whole political career?

Vrai, of course it was intended as a joke. My point was that most people would assume the photo itself is real. Distorting reality to make a joke is just asking for trouble.

 

[SmallTown]

Originally posted by Tonio
Of course it was intended as joke. My point was that most people would assume the photo itself is real, and that playing with reality to make a joke is just asking for trouble.

Actually, that is what many jokes are all about.

Jeff Foxworthy became so popular with his redneck jokes, because the more real he got, the more people could relate and thus laugh their a$$es off.

 

[vraiblonde]

Disagreed. Most jokes are a distortion of reality.

For example, I personally think the photos of Bert in various scenarios are hysterical. But it never once occurred to me that Bert might have actually been there. However, I did receive an email from a friend who mentioned that she wasn't going to let her kids watch Sesame Street anymore because of Bert's antics. And because Bert and Ernie were gay lovers.

 

[Tonio]

Originally posted by SmallTown
Actually, that is what many jokes are all about.

Jeff Foxworthy became so popular with his redneck jokes, because the more real he got, the more people could relate and thus laugh their a$$es off.

True. But in Jeff's line of work, exaggeration and caricature come with the job description. People know he's telling jokes and not presenting unvarnished reality.

Remember the helicopter shark photo? It was funny as hell, and I laughed at it like everyone. But why did the Photoshop expert who put it together feel the need to lie? "Oh, man, this really happened!" Maybe I'm just being uptight about this, but I feel deceived when people present these photos as being true reality. Don't lie and say you swiped it from the AP wire.

Note that I don't care much for Daschle or Bush, and I can appreciate the spirit of what was done with their photos. As politicians, these guys should just take their lumps.

 

[SxyPrincess]

Somebody give him a quarter so he can buy a friggin sense of humor...

 

[Sharon]

Humor is good for the soul, don't get uptight about it, you'll have a heart attack and die.

 

[SmallTown]

I guess the next thing you are going to tell me is that this isn't real either?

 

[SxyPrincess]

Of course it's true, ST...

 

[Tonio]

Originally posted by SmallTown
I guess the next thing you are going to tell me is that this isn't real either?

I love the expression on "Bush's" face! He looks like he just finished a whole roll of Sweet Tarts!