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July 14, 2007
"DANCING LLAMAS" ARE NOT FUNNY
Sorry, I wanted to include something that's actually funny in today's post. And it kinda looks like dancing.
So Stantis/Carmen admits that nobody likes the president, but that's only because he can also say nobody likes the House or Senate (since he sees those as Democratic bodies - let's forget that little thing that nearly half are still obstructionist Republicans). The question is then asked: What do the American people want?
And then we get the punchline that Stantis set up a few weeks ago. In Prickly City, it qualifies as a "running gag" because it appeared in two back-to-back strips a last month. Yup, it's the return of Winslow and his unfunny obsession with "dancing llamas."
I understand it's a silly comic strip, and I wasn't expecting Stantis to tackle an issue as important as what the American people want from its elected politicians. Although the answer is pretty obvious if you actually pay attention. Bush hearts war in Iraq. Republicans heart war in Iraq. The American people voted in the Democrats to get us out of Iraq. The Democrats haven't. Now the American people are mad at the Democrats too. Seems pretty simple to me.
But instead, can't we get something funnier than dancing llamas? Stantis is so pathetic he hasn't even attempted the visual of what dancing llamas might look like. Do they do the Snoopy dance? The four-legged fox trot? I don't think it really matters - it's just not a funny concept. But apparently Stantis thinks it's HYSTERICAL, so we're stuck with it.
Like we're stuck with a Congress that won't do what it was elected to do, which is get us the hell out of Iraq.
Comments
Yeah, but maybe it's best that Stantis doesn't attempt the visual of dancing llamas, as I suspect he would fail miserably at drawing such a thing.
Posted by: Chris at July 14, 2007 08:35 PM
