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When in doubt, Steve Gutenberg. But I am so very proud of all the highlighted contestants! You all are the true spirit of America!

I love the choice of Gutterballs. It is both my bowling ability and now my Internet clan name.

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i selected didnt know how but i could have easily figured it out, i guess i saw all the funny ones online already and the only thing i could think of was to add a couple of star wars emperors guards. really not that funny and knew others would do better, they didnt disappoint.

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No initial caps, so is this a correct analogy?

Ray is to el gato malo

as

Linda Ellerbee is to Kurt Vonnegut? And so it goes.

(No harm intended)

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I feel like ee cummings was the more obvious choice.

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el gato malo is my hero

truth is my chair is so far away from the keyboard i just type with 1 hand at a stretch plus im lazy, so sue me

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"I just type with 1 hand at a stretch," he said, fully erect.

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and a 48" computer screen doesnt incline me to sit too close

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Totally understand the difficulty of typing while holding an iced scotch and fresca highball.

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So I went with "Gutenberg" since A) I don't know what the holdup on releasing Police Academy 37 is, and more importantly B) I just found this 'stack like yesterday and was NOT AWARE there would be a quiz on my very first day.

Good stuff, tho.

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Welcome. One of the best out there. She’s a fucking riot.

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Your mom is one of the best out there. At doing it.

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...and she let's us cuss. I mean...it's insightful 'stacking, bovine , canine, porcine, etc hijinks, occasionally bloodshec.bloodshed..

AND she lets us cuss.

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Welcome to the Gutter

She grades on a curve!

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Congrats to ZHCommenter who demonstrated a superb and nuanced understanding of the secrets of the Gutter.

And, a big hello to all my fellow Gutterballs, or as a Nor’Easterner might put it, a big hello to all you Fucking Gutter Fuckitty Fucking Fuck Balls, pardon my French, pardonay moi.

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I promise if you draw a dick or a butt or boobs next time you'll win.

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Life long fan of dick graffiti so I was thrilled to see ZHCommenter take home the gold. Also like “Gutterballs” and the approach of equally disappointing all who participated.

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This kind of Fucking talk landed me in detention for a month, and dam near got me suspended. I merely answered the English teachers instruction to construct a sentence using the same word for the noun, the verb, and the adjective, by stating. "Fuck those fucking fuckers".

BTW, my parents were not amused. My dad did however admit that it was a clever use of the word.

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fuckin awesome

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Those were some great meme entries!

For transparency, I voted that I didn't know how...however I'd also would have picked I'm lame/ not funny.

As I had to set the law down strait with a Gen Z the other day who thought surely I wanted to " go out "...

" No dear...I'm where fun goes to die"

Thanks for the tutorial! I'll admit that I'll probably forget even where it was, about 15 minutes after I sign off. 🙄 let's say it again :"lame"

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Ah, if I still had the body to go clubbing, I'd be wearing a corset and accidentally punching guys in the dick dancing to Nitzer Ebb on a Friday such as this.

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Corsets are lovely , even on...ummm I'm not Rubenesque. Say...Rococo or Renaissance? Bodies...

And dick punching shouldn't be left behind for any reason. Accidental or entirely purposely.

I'm teaching a martial arts session to black belts next weekend...why didn't I think if " Crotch Shots are good clean fun!" As a potential?? Dammit...Lllllllame!

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I mean, under the aforementioned circumstances, I was always sorry. Dick punching is not something done lightly.

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No...punching lightly is just a waste of a change in center of balance

Lol

( no...I knew what you meant. Then again, the husband I'm separated from said I was " bloodthirsty for a female" (like it was a bad thing?! No wonder that Bridge is well and truly burned )

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I should learn to do this stuff.

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Everyone can and should. I compared them to guns because memes really are a "great equalizer" in popular discourse. If you're online, you're probably seeing memes, and you can meme about anything without being a grand master novelist.

Mocking power is a very important practice that has become vital, and memes are the equivalent of the 3D-printed gun.

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Oooooh! 'Ghost memes'. 🤣

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Did you know that Guttermouth is a great punk rock band from Huntington Beach, CA?

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Yes, a lot of my substack readers have turned out to be fans! I actually took the name from a Bree Sharp song by the same title, and that my father would call me it as I became a compulsive swearer as a child due to his own near-constant cursing.

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I dig the whole Guttermouth thing, so I kind of have to subscribe! Thanks!

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Yay! Welcome to The Gutter!

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OK, Guttermouth. Tried this twice, but I have the computer skills of a concussed kindergartner.

A picture is worth a thousand words; in this case I'll use only six.

Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Brandon! (Transpose on Pedo Hitler image)

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Wait, here, it works fine:

https://i.imgflip.com/6svwlr.jpg

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LOL, nice, doc.

You need to post it to imgur so you can list the link here.

Or just email it to me.

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Gutterballs of the world UNITE! Together we can sink to even lower depths.

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When i first saw that clenched fist ranting pose of Pedo Joe, he reminded me of a combative 3 yr child saying No! I won't eat my peas, I HATE peas!

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Thanks for the memes, Gutterpunks

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I came for Steve Gutenberg and all I got was abused.

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LOL. Steve Gutenberg made you come.

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Hey don’t judge. He was a handsome dude!

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I am honored! My sincerest thanks to Guttermouth and this great community

Shameless plug: Feel free to check out my publication zhcommenter.substack.com or instagram https://www.instagram.com/zhcommenter/ where I curate the comments from ZeroHedge.com.

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Not even El Gato Malo was able to convince me "memes" were worthwhile or anything other than snapshots of Endarkenment (which was a series at my abandoned weblog). I'll admit I like some of the "taxation is theft" ones, but that's about it.

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Something to brighten your day?

MSB, in english called The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (sort of civil defence org but without guns) came out with advice and instructions the other day, aimed at people living in apartments and how they should handle power outages.

(Several hundred thousands are expected to be left without power in the southernmost parts of Sweden this winter. Down there, winter typically means around 0C, 20 to 30 m/s winds, and around 90% humidity - you feel colder there than here where it gets -30C but the air is bone dry.)

The advice, written up by licensed and certified professional civil sevants with several years of university and/or college:

"Build a pillow fort under your kitchen table. Hang drapes, blankets, sheets etc over the table to make a tent. Use tea candles to heat the space under the table."

This is not a joke or fake. This is their advice, for real.

See? It can be worse than Kalifornia even.

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As a red-blooded American girl, I don't need my government's permission to build a blanket fort.

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Thanks, Guttermouth. Good night.

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You too.

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