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[center][big][big][big]WELCOME to the NEW and IMPROVED DUZY AWARDS[/big][/big][/big]
Your weekly collection of snark, silliness, puns, and jokes that reveal the depths to which some of us need intensive and long-term counseling and/or sobriety.
Some of you are doubtless asking hey, krispos, how are the DUzies new and improved? The answer is
the New and Improved color of the excerpt boxes!
Note to mods: None of the Admins have authorized the posting of the DUzies in GD, and I dont give a crap because there arent any more mods. So there! :Þ
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How this works: I post an original post and all the replies to it that have been nominated for the award. The OP may or may not qualify, and I may include non-nominated posts that are needed for context. If the posters name is in [font color=#800080]purple[/font] then youve won an award. If in black, then youre not trying hard enough.
[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by WillyT
[big] (Delusional) Lindsey Graham: Consumer Protection Bureau 'Is Something Out Of The Stalinist Era'[/big]
Lindsey Graham: Consumer Protection Bureau 'Is Something Out Of The Stalinist Era'
Ryan Grim - HuffPo
First Posted: 12/11/11 12:02 PM ET Updated: 12/11/11 12:13 PM ET
<snip>
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said on Sunday that an agency established to protect consumers from financial fraud "is something out of the Stalinist era."
Graham, speaking on NBC's "Meet The Press," was asked why Senate Republicans had filibustered President Obama's nominee to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which was created as part of 2010's Wall Street reform. Graham spoke as if the bureau had yet to be created and debate was over how to shape it, rather than discussing the nominee, Richard Cordray, the former attorney general in Ohio.
"This consumer bureau that they want to propose is under the Federal Reserve, no appropriation oversight, no board. It is something out of the Stalinist era," Graham said.
The CFPB moved through both chambers of Congress and passed the Senate in a landslide, winning 60 votes, including three Republicans. "The reason Republicans don't want to vote for it is we want a board, not one person making all the regulatory decisions," said Graham, continuing to talk as if the bureau doesn't yet exist.
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More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/11/lindsey-graham-consumer-protection-bureau-stalinist_n_1141817.html
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[font color=#800080] eppur_se_muova [/font]
[big]4. Yes, because Stalin always put consumers first. nt[/big]
Graham is a parody.
GD, Dec. 11, 2011
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025089
[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by Capn Sunshine
[big]Just so we're clear, speaking as a member of the DNC- WE DID NOT BAN OWS from the convention[/big]
It's the City of fucking Charlotte.
Not in our control.
I definitely will see that someone from OWS gets a turn at the podium. Even if its me.
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[font color=#800080] jberryhill [/font]
[big] 16. The whole city? I hope they give that gal a rest now and then. [/big]
GD, Dec. 12, 2011
http://www.democraticunderground.com/100210380
[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE] In an original post by Newsjock
[big]Righthaven backed into a corner; copyrights to be auctioned[/big]
Source: Vegas Inc (Las Vegas Sun)
Copyright lawsuit filer Righthaven LLC of Las Vegas faced more problems Monday after a federal judge granted a defendants motion that Righthaven be placed under control of a receiver and that its copyrights be auctioned off, giving it nothing to sue or appeal over.
U.S. District Judge Philip Pro granted the motion made by attorneys for defendant Wayne Hoehn, who said a receiver was needed to run the company and that its assets should be auctioned.
That was after Righthaven failed to pay their attorneys fees and U.S. Marshals were unable to round up enough Righthaven assets to cover their fees totaling more than $63,000.
... A U.S. magistrate judge on Monday also ordered that Righthaven CEO Steven Gibson and his wife, Raisha Drizzle Gibson, appear in court on Jan. 5 and provide testimony under oath concerning the location of Righthavens assets.
Read more: http://www.vegasinc.com/news/2011/dec/12/righthaven-backed-corner-copyrights-be-auctioned
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[font color=#800080] Pab Sungenis [/font]
[big]6. Anyone know what the copyright used in the suit against DU, specifically, was?[/big]
Wouldn't it be a hoot for us to buy that copyright and give it to Skinner as a Christmas present?
LBN, Dec. 12, 2011
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141563
[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]Original post by [font color=#800080] denbot [/font]
[big]Dear Monkey Gods of Admin status[/big]
The Veterans Group does not have any Hosts. I don't know exactly know what hosts should do, but I do believe that DU NEEDS a Veterans Group, and I would like to help it get started.
My qualifications are: I am a Navy veteran with a campaign ribbon for service in the persian gulf. I am the son of a Veteran, the Nephew & cousin of Army, Navy, Marine, and Airforce veterans of the Vietnam War, Grand son of WWII Navy vet, great grand son of a WWI veteran, and a great great grand son of combatants from both sides of the apache wars.
My primary medical and occasional mental health care comes from the West Los Angeles V.A. Hospital system. I am sure there are much better hosts out there, but I am more then willing to fill in until they muster for duty.
I for one hail my Simian Overlords.
Peace, and should that fail, poo shall be flung.
H&M-D, Dec. 13, 2011
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12406953
[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by A-Schwarzenegger
[big]You can PM yourself.[/big]
Please don't abuse it.
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[font color=#800080] Make7 [/font]
[big]5. I wonder if you'll be able to block PM's from yourself.[/big]
Just in case you start start stalking you.
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[font color=#800080] A-Schwarzenegger [/font]
[big]6. Before I blocked myself,[/big]
I would first ask politely that I discontinue PMing me.
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[font color=#800080] A-Schwarzenegger [/font]
[big]7. Look in your Inbox.[/big]
[font color=#FF0000]Lots more humor in the thread![/font]
H&M-D, Dec. 12, 2011
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12405695
[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by Little Star
[big]The Palins Can't Sell New Reality Show..[/big]
Her 15 minutes seem to be over, thank goodness!
http://www.mediaite.com/online/report-sarah-palin-is-having-a-tough-time-pitching-a-reality-series-about-todd/
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[font color=#800080] JBoy [/font]
[big]2. Lots of options for Todd left[/big]
Dancing with the Stars
The Apprentice
Survivor
Real Househusbands of Wasilla
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[font color=#800080] itsrobert [/font]
[big]4. and[/big]
The Bachelor.
Meth Rush Alaska (Gold Rush Alaska)
Showbiz, Dec. 13, 2011
http://www.democraticunderground.com/102918
[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]Original post by [font color=#800080] corkhead [/font]
[big] A bug or a trippy hallucination regarding the testing of ignore[/big]
about 1pm et, today, I saw a new thread come up posted by "Eladtest" (if I recall correctly) that said "Testing the ignore feature" "Please ignore me". I thought I would volunteer some assistance, so I poked around, found ignore, and when I picked it, I got a "page not found" error. My subsequent reply ended up in the "Vegetarian, Vegan and Animal Rights group", where it was quickly locked because it looked like I was barking at the moon. To add to this weirdness, I was briefly knighted "Host" of that forum for about 5 minutes before my "superpowers" were revoked by Skinner.
Paging Lewis Caroll... What the hell happened? Were those magic mushrooms in my pasta primavera?
H&M-D, Dec. 13, 2011
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12407962
[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by WillParkinson
[big] Who pulled the fast one on Rick Santorum?[/big]
[font color=#FF0000]The picture is priceless![/font]
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[font color=#800080] madamesilverspurs [/font]
[big]2. Wow.[/big]
Somebody is fluent in Turdish. . .
GD, Dec. 13, 2011
http://www.democraticunderground.com/100214461
[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE][font color=#006400] Amerigo Vespucci [/font]
[big] Freepers respond to their "Planned Parenthood encourages young children to masturbate" thread[/big]
The thread:
Life Site News ^ | 12/14/2011 | John-Henry Weston
Posted on Wed Dec 14 2011 06:40:25 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time) by IbJensen
NEW YORK, December 13, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Planned Parenthoods main website encourages pre-pubescent children to masturbate. On a section of the site with info for teens a Q&A presents the question Is it normal to masturbate before puberty? The answer begins, The myth is that its abnormal for children to masturbate. The truth is that masturbation is a perfectly healthy activity at any age.
The news comes as little surprise to Dr. Judith Reisman the researcher who discovered that in the late 1950s sexologist Alfred Kinsey had data relating to masturbation of babies, which was later discovered to have been undertaken for Kinsey by a pedophile.
Dr. Reisman, Visiting Professor of Law at Liberty University School of Law, told LifeSiteNews that Planned Parenthood has been encouraging young children to masturbate for decades. She said that the devastation resulting from such early childhood sexual trauma can lead to addiction to orgasm, for which there now exists technical terms - Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder (PGAD) and, Persistent Sexual Arousal Syndrome (PSAS).
The responses:
2 posted on Wed Dec 14 2011 06:43:40 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time) by cripplecreek (Stand with courage or shut up and do as you're told.)
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To: cripplecreek
[font color=#FF0000]Classic pic of Farrah Fawcet[/font]
Farrah did it for me!
4 posted on Wed Dec 14 2011 06:48:25 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time) by massmike (Massachusetts:Stopped hanging witches;started electing Kennedys.Coincidence?)
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To: IbJensen
PP encourages kids to masterbate for the same reason McDonalds encourages them to eat hamburger.
13 posted on Wed Dec 14 2011 07:06:48 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time) by circlecity
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To: IbJensen
Planned Parenthood = Jerry Sandusky enablers.
14 posted on Wed Dec 14 2011 07:06:52 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time) by OrangeHoof (Obama: The Dr. Kevorkian of the American economy.)
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To: IbJensen
They want to disorganize America and turn it into some African nation of little savage pervs who will think of no further than, litteraly, a spitting distance. Obama wants a lottery drawn about who will be America or leading the world next. Its a scam of course because he is cynical and only wants to destroy and not build any other country. Its part of the French Guillotine and Soviet Purge denounciation system. Its easy when someone will be paid with drugs or a quick sex fix or homosexual acts in public to denounce the rich and the organized vs. a disorganized idiotic state and Marxist gang of morons. Their equality of wealth somehow does not imply merrit in their equation. Its like hope and change taking the convicted fox into the hen house will change him into a hen. The guy is a murderer, thief and organizer of pogroms (flash mobs and OWS) and genocide. Welcome Pol Pot USA.
50 posted on Wed Dec 14 2011 09:30:44 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time) by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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[font color=#800080] kenny blankenship [/font]
[big]12. I think I've found my favorite sentence in the English language![/big]
Last edited Wed Dec 14, 2011, 01:53 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1)
"Its easy when someone will be paid with drugs or a quick sex fix or homosexual acts in public to denounce the rich and the organized vs. a disorganized idiotic state and Marxist gang of morons."
Just a quick scan of this provides a contact high of a power equal to any intoxicant. Deep contemplation of this Dadaist text, in a heroic but futile attempt to apprehend the author's meaning thwarts and demolishes the reasoning faculty, liberating one's being from the petty and hectoring demands of the Ego, and induces a state of openness and loving union with the Cosmos, such as Hindu swamis are said to achieve through years of unbroken meditation.
GD, Dec. 14, 2011
http://www.democraticunderground.com/100216570
[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by struggle4progress
[big] Help! I think I might have a problem with my computer[/big]
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[font color=#800080] Occulus [/font]
[big]1. Drinktray stuck shut again?[/big]
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[font color=#800080] struggle4progress [/font]
[big]4. No. That flimsy piece of craptastic plastic broke off after it tried to close with my carmug in it[/big]
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[font color=#800080] canetoad [/font]
[big]2. You need to update your hard drive[/big]
[font color=#FF0000]Old print ad for a 10MB, $3,400 hard drive[/font]
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[font color=#800080] struggle4progress [/font]
[big]3. Can't I just run it through the dishwasher?[/big]
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[font color=#800080] Occulus [/font]
[big]5. That would drown the magic pixies living inside it[/big]
The place they live in is probably getting bumpy. You can smooth their magnetic terrain with an industrial-grade molybdenum magnet.
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[font color=#800080] wizstars [/font]
[big]12. back up my hard drive? Where's the reverse switch???[/big]
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[font color=#800080] SecularMotion [/font]
[big]17. Sounds like a nut loose on the keyboard[/big]
Computer Help and Support. Apr. 28, 2011
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10951
[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by Bucky
[big]Now, four times in 3 days I've been asked to be on a jury...[/big]
and four times in 3 days I've clicked "yes" only to be told I'm too damn late. You think they're just screwin' with me?
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[font color=#800080] MiddleFingerMom [/font]
[big]4. Stay tuned for the second part of our feature film today, "One Angry Man" n/t[/big]
The Lounge, Dec. 14, 2011
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10187336
[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by Remember Me
[big] I'd like to request a sound accompany invitations to serve on a jury[/big]
That's TWICE I've missed the invitation simply because I didn't see it. If it had a unique -- or even not so unique -- sound that accompanied it, it would be ever so helpful!
How 'bout it?
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[font color=#800080] Bucky [/font]
[big]22. I recommend a "Boi-yoi-yoi-yoi-yoiiinnnnggg!" from "The Banana Splits"[/big]
Or one of those cat-mewing autosounds singing "Shave and a Hair Cut... Two Bits!"
If the admins can afford it, I'd also like to hear the Benny Hill theme song played on continuous loop at double time the whole time I'm trying to decide whether to delete an offensive post or not. I think it would just add to the angst and fun of it all.
H&M-D, Dec. 12, 2011
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12406694
[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by thomhartmann
[big]Thom Hartmann: GOP's love affair with Dr. Strange...Newt [/big]
Richard Eskow, Campaign for America's Future joins Thom Hartmann. And Newt Gringrich seems to have become the GOP flavor of the month rather than just the flavor of the week - but are Respublicans really ready to make the strangest candidate in the race their nominee for the White House? Republican Presidential front-runner Newt Gingrich doesnt just want to throw you in jail for smoking pot - he wants to kill you!
The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann on RT TV & FSTV "live" 9pm and 11pm check www.thomhartmann.com/tv for local listings
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[font color=#800080] CreekDog [/font]
[big]3. HAHAHA Dr. Strange![/big]
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[font color=#800080] Dr. Strange [/font]
[big]4. Locking.[/big]
This is teh bullshit!
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[font color=#800080] racaulk [/font]
[big]5. Begone, you have no powers here![/big]
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[font color=#800080] TZ [/font]
[big]7. heh.[/big]
This is appropriate as most of the GOP are giant boobs and we all know how MUCH you love those, Dr. Boobie, er Dr. Strange...
Video & Multimedia, Dec. 14, 2011
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017829
[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In a hidden original post by [font color=#FF0000]late, unlamented[/font] Conservative GOP
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[font color=#800080] Prism [/font]
[big]17. There's three things wrong there.[/big]
View profile
You're conservative. You're a Republican. And . . . ah . . . uhm . . . . er . . . . Hrm. Can't remember the third one.
Oops.
GD, Dec. 16, 2011
http://www.democraticunderground.com/100227146
[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE] In an original post by cleanhippie
[big]The jury system seems to have many, many flaws. Here's another one.[/big]
I just had a post hidden because the jury felt I called the poster I responded to a "bum."
The problem is, THAT'S THE POSTERS NAME!!!!!!!!!!
There needs to be an appeal process here.
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[font color=#800080] Make7 [/font]
[big]2. I'll bet people replying to 'ASS' will have the same problem...[/big]
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=151292
H&M-D, Dec. 14, 2011
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12409090
Much thanks to: eppur_se_muova, Union Scribe, muriel_volestrangler, gkhouston, sufrommich, Spazito, rocktivity, Matariki, Ruby the Liberal, LiberalAndProud, dixiegrrrrl, MadrasT, and PunkinPi
This concludes the first of hopefully many, many DUzies to come!
-Krispos42
maddezmom
(135,060 posts)derby378
(30,252 posts)Texasgal
(17,045 posts)YAYYY! Glad it's BACK!
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,618 posts)So good to have the DUzy's back!
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)Happy Holidays to you
flying rabbit
(4,633 posts)the Benny Hill theme song idea is brilliant!
Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)I like to have split a gut picturing that. Priceless.
coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)a soundtrack to accompany jury duty, specifically the suggestion of the Benny Hill theme.
bleever
(20,616 posts)And one to the continuation of this fine institution.
What's all this now? Drinking? Freepers? Masturbation? Something's not sitting right.
gateley
(62,683 posts)JeffR!
Gormy Cuss
(30,884 posts)Recommend.
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)Spazito
(50,338 posts)Thank you, thank you, thank you for doing this!
malaise
(268,998 posts)I love me them Duzys
krispos42
(49,445 posts)Jim, Jack, José, Johnnie, and the Captain... I couldn't do it without'em!
Skinner
(63,645 posts)Thank you!
OneGrassRoot
(22,920 posts)William769
(55,147 posts)JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)I had concluded that Bush and Cheney were water-boarding them in an undisclosed location!!!
Mira
(22,380 posts)Thank you so very much!
Naturally recommended
Hutzpa
(11,461 posts)good job.
FarLeftFist
(6,161 posts)KT2000
(20,577 posts)for jury duty. Sequestered jurors need this more than coffee.
beac
(9,992 posts)Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Reminder to all: send you Duzy noms to:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=278973
click the email to send.
CherokeeDem
(3,709 posts)So great to see them again!!!
We do have some witty folks here!!!
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)LiberalAndProud
(12,799 posts)That's the "confuse-a-troll" function.
From now on, anyone who pops in from one of those sites will be taken on a scenic little tour of DU3 before they're dropped thru the floor.
Thank you, krisopos42! Well done.
Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)There is just so much serious stuff talked about here!
muriel_volestrangler
(101,316 posts)Now waiting in anticipation for the Christmas issue ....
joshcryer
(62,270 posts)sufrommich
(22,871 posts)me laugh. The drink tray on your computer.lol!
A-Schwarzenegger Look in your Inbox. More lol!!
I am convinced the freeper JudgemAll is a troll from Fark. He just can't be real.
libodem
(19,288 posts)BB1
(798 posts)How long has it been???
Make7
(8,543 posts)dmr
(28,347 posts)"Sounds like a nut loose on the keyboard "
pacalo
(24,721 posts)DUers are AWESOME!
jlayson
(95 posts)gateley
(62,683 posts)cbayer
(146,218 posts)Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)MissB
(15,807 posts)Why the hell did I never open these types of threads before? I'm laughing so hard that I'm crying.
RainDog
(28,784 posts)EFerrari
(163,986 posts)Number23
(24,544 posts)BY FAR the funniest one!! OMG that is the funniest thing I've seen all day!!!
Although the one with the poster who tried to respond to Elad test and the poster who tried to PM themselves are a very close second and third imho, that post from jberry made me laugh hard enough to start wheezing.
Oh, and "Turdish!" Classic!! lol
hootinholler
(26,449 posts)LiberalAndProud
(12,799 posts)Lugnut
(9,791 posts)It feels more like home here now.
burrowowl
(17,641 posts)Nice to see you again!
Rowdyboy
(22,057 posts)thescreaminghead
(37 posts)See what unemployment does to people?
tavalon
(27,985 posts)But loved task! You rock!
PotatoChip
(3,186 posts)Well done Krispos42!
xiamiam
(4,906 posts)Bucky
(54,013 posts)I should probably take him off "ignore," just out of gratitude.
sofa king
(10,857 posts)'Cause that would be all 1337, and shit.
krispos42
(49,445 posts)*processing* *processing*
Aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! I get it!
lunatica
(53,410 posts)mopinko
(70,103 posts)it sure would be great to have that old graphic back. i loved that thing.
T S Justly
(884 posts)WillyT
(72,631 posts)great white snark
(2,646 posts)These are hilarious, thanks to all involved.
wryter2000
(46,045 posts)There is a Santa Claus! (I just hope there's no sanity clause.)
unionworks
(3,574 posts)funny DUzies
annabanana
(52,791 posts)And about our amusement
varelse
(4,062 posts)thanks for resurrecting this program
kanda
(175 posts)Thank you so much for the DUzy's. Brings much needed laughter to my life. I always enjoyed these before and glad to see them resurrected.
A-Schwarzenegger
(15,596 posts)Goldamn kids!
Kurovski
(34,655 posts)HappyMe
(20,277 posts)Love this!
DeathToTheOil
(1,124 posts)The problem is, THAT'S THE POSTERS NAME!!!!!!!!!!
There needs to be an appeal process here.
Tell me about it! I've been juried TWICE in three days! :/