Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for October 08, 2010
October 01, 2010
October 15, 2010
Transcript:
Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling Attention, Publishers: Now that the vampire craze has died down, what will take its place in romantic books for young women? We here at "Tom the Dancing Bug" have a humble proposal for the next creature to capture every girl's heart... Woman: Charley, you're not like the other boys. Charley: You smell like bacon. Did you eat bacon? Woman: Oh my god. The canine teeth, the cmal cranial capacity. The obsession with grape soda... Woman: Charley's...an AUSTRALOPITHECINE! Woman: Charley, I discovered your secret, and I don't CARE that you're a protohominid from the Pliocene epoch. I LOVE YOU! WILDCATS! Woman: I know what you're going to say -- that our love is forbidden. Charley: Come on, here's a closet! Woman: Thank you for showing me your special place in the trees! Being semiarboreal is so cool! Woman: You're so raw and primitive! I find it exciting... Charley: Squirrel! Woman: Oh, Charley. Can I ever truly understand you? Coming Soon... CHARLEY
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ejcapulet over 13 years ago
You actually want to understand him?
Ironman92 over 13 years ago
This movie was already made. It was called “The Social Network.”
pschearer Premium Member over 13 years ago
What’s to understand? He’s a male!
jpozenel over 13 years ago
Bacon perfume?
Ouirsophuct over 13 years ago
Why that’s brilliant! The non-sequitur rambling of advertising spam is eerily similar to no-attention-span, amydala-driven behavior of lower order animals! Touche sir!
MiepR over 13 years ago
That’s amygdala
Just sayin’.
Careful or I’ll sic Gary Farber on you.
pbarnrob over 13 years ago
Flowers for Algernon, anyone?
Charles Brobst Premium Member over 13 years ago
They are extinct because even their own girls no longer found them hot and cool. They wanted those nerdy genus Homo boys.
hugh_jainus over 13 years ago
That reminds me of Democrats on November 3rd.