Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for October 10, 2014
October 09, 2014
October 16, 2014
Transcript:
Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling Presenting Charley the Australopithecine in "HOW THE APE BRAIN ASSESS RISK" You know, 9.3% of Americans have diabetes, and it's the 7th leading cause of death. Charley: Mm-hmm... Every year, there are over 30,000 American traffic fatalities. Charley: Gotta just send this one text... Heart disease is the leading cause of death, killing about 600,000 Americans every year. Charley: Right. Scientists predict that climate change will lead to a global catastrophe, killing millions. Charley: Okay. There's a group 6,000 miles away that wants to kill you, and they just killed two Americans. Charley: WE'VE GOT TO GET THEM!! OR WE'RE ALL GONNA DIIIEEE!
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Randy B Premium Member over 9 years ago
Charley has an excuse: he’s an australopithecine.What’s yours?
jmarkoff2 over 9 years ago
Brilliant observation by the cartoonist, although I don’t see why the australopithecine is necessary. It would be just as effective, perhaps even more so, to have the protagonist be a human, perhaps one of the stock characters from Chagrin Falls.
disinterest over 9 years ago
The irrationality of the human brain. It’s just those darn statistics and data again…
Donaldo Premium Member over 9 years ago
forgot to add 14.000 annual gun kills
Monster Hesh over 9 years ago
Don’t forget “flu” versus “EBOLAAAAAAAAAAH!!”
…Say, does anyone remember the last time the news media announced we were at Code Orange?
Rush Strong Premium Member over 9 years ago
The outrage is over the intent, not the numbers.
jjiimm over 9 years ago
Perfect!
Tinman Premium Member over 9 years ago
Life is so simple for the liberal brain.
Randy B Premium Member over 9 years ago
So that’s your excuse? “Look over there!”??.It’s not all about conservatives vs. liberals. It’s about idiots. Only the “We’re all gonna die!” part is purely relatable to specific conservatives (Lindsey Graham, September 14, Fox News Sunday), and Bolling isn’t the fool in this case.
QuiteDragon over 9 years ago
I like that. What is the source?