ready.gov satire
March 6, 2003 1:37 PM Subscribe
ready.gov satire thread on a message board that i frequent which takes images from the government website and re-captions them. there are some real gems.
Try these as well:
Idlewords
Kieran Healy
Insubordinate.net
Track7
Unready.net
posted by Karmakaze at 1:53 PM on March 6, 2003
Idlewords
Kieran Healy
Insubordinate.net
Track7
Unready.net
posted by Karmakaze at 1:53 PM on March 6, 2003
Holy sugar snax, what happened there, half the thread was, ruined.
posted by thomcatspike at 2:02 PM on March 6, 2003
posted by thomcatspike at 2:02 PM on March 6, 2003
Excellent! Very very funny! Inspired by airtoons, of course. The "How Soon is Now" parody by blacksatan is truly brilliant.
posted by 111 at 2:09 PM on March 6, 2003
posted by 111 at 2:09 PM on March 6, 2003
Television Without Pity's pixel challenge is spoofing the site as well. I particularly like the Buffy and 24 parodies ("Don't be afraid...Be Keifer.")
posted by amarynth at 2:11 PM on March 6, 2003
posted by amarynth at 2:11 PM on March 6, 2003
I'm leaning towards "NO FARTING IN THE ICE FORT" as my personal favorite, but there are many good ones from which to choose.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 2:27 PM on March 6, 2003
posted by mr_crash_davis at 2:27 PM on March 6, 2003
Okay, I have one now too.
(No disrespect meant/slightly bad taste):
"I have a huuuuge round ass."
(Alternately, "J-Lo in da house.")
posted by Shane at 2:36 PM on March 6, 2003
(No disrespect meant/slightly bad taste):
"I have a huuuuge round ass."
(Alternately, "J-Lo in da house.")
posted by Shane at 2:36 PM on March 6, 2003
I don't see what breakdancing or doing the running-man has to do with homeland security!?!
posted by Pollomacho at 2:40 PM on March 6, 2003
posted by Pollomacho at 2:40 PM on March 6, 2003
My favorite: If you spot an act of terrorism, blow your anti-terrorism whistle. If you are Vin Diesel, just yell really loudly.
posted by Bag Man at 2:47 PM on March 6, 2003
posted by Bag Man at 2:47 PM on March 6, 2003
breakdancing or doing the running-man
heh! -or-
"Get out of the house before you grow too tall to fit through the door."
posted by Shane at 2:49 PM on March 6, 2003
heh! -or-
"Get out of the house before you grow too tall to fit through the door."
posted by Shane at 2:49 PM on March 6, 2003
In the event of an emergency your filing cabinets will become intimidating. Do not file or organize for they are tall and angry.
posted by Espoo2 at 2:59 PM on March 6, 2003
posted by Espoo2 at 2:59 PM on March 6, 2003
That's kind of an interesting lesson in how to take something funny and make it totally and completely unfunny by overkill.
I guess MeFi's not alone.
posted by Kafkaesque at 3:30 PM on March 6, 2003
I guess MeFi's not alone.
posted by Kafkaesque at 3:30 PM on March 6, 2003
Thanks Dom, this thread made my afternoon. Sidesplitting.
posted by rotifer at 3:40 PM on March 6, 2003
posted by rotifer at 3:40 PM on March 6, 2003
Great White show has already begun. Pull off the road, and find something else to do.
other than that, what Kaf said.
posted by quonsar at 3:41 PM on March 6, 2003
Unfortunately a triple post. Most recent deletion here.
posted by DBAPaul at 4:27 PM on March 6, 2003
posted by DBAPaul at 4:27 PM on March 6, 2003
Double Post
The Ready.gov site begs to be satirized, so look for this to happen multiple times.
E.g., this caption from BCO, which is new and satirific:
Dear Terrorists,
This is where Great American Satan lives.
Please leave the rest of us the fuck out of it.
posted by Dunvegan at 4:40 PM on March 6, 2003
The Ready.gov site begs to be satirized, so look for this to happen multiple times.
E.g., this caption from BCO, which is new and satirific:
Dear Terrorists,
This is where Great American Satan lives.
Please leave the rest of us the fuck out of it.
posted by Dunvegan at 4:40 PM on March 6, 2003
from the new thread at this site: so this is why we have the private button PLEASE PRIVATIZE THE BOARD NOW!! The plot thickens.
posted by thomcatspike at 4:56 PM on March 6, 2003
posted by thomcatspike at 4:56 PM on March 6, 2003
CafePress does have an intellectual property rights page.
The folks at BCO should consider contacting the CafePress IP people regarding the copied forum items now for sale at the ripoff store
...just sayin'....
posted by Dunvegan at 5:12 PM on March 6, 2003
The folks at BCO should consider contacting the CafePress IP people regarding the copied forum items now for sale at the ripoff store
...just sayin'....
posted by Dunvegan at 5:12 PM on March 6, 2003
More random forum caption posts.
My favorite:
In event of terrorist attack, tell terrorists to "talk to the hand because the face isn't listening".
posted by zsazsa at 5:21 PM on March 6, 2003
My favorite:
In event of terrorist attack, tell terrorists to "talk to the hand because the face isn't listening".
posted by zsazsa at 5:21 PM on March 6, 2003
About a week ago, Fark did a photoshop contest with these same images. There's some pretty tasteless stuff in there, but most of it is pretty damn hilarious.
posted by dicaxpuella at 7:33 PM on March 6, 2003
posted by dicaxpuella at 7:33 PM on March 6, 2003
This thing's getting worse than All your base. It was funny (and original) on the first day this meme started; not a week later. Besides, most of the one's in the linked forum aren't very original in the first place.
posted by mkn at 9:36 PM on March 6, 2003
posted by mkn at 9:36 PM on March 6, 2003
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