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Mon Jul-26-10 09:29 AM
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| 58. The woodchuck is a strawman created by Tom Tomorrow cartoon |
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The cartoonist lives in a fantasy world and he put all his frustrations for those that live in the real world into a cartoon woodchuck.
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| -What's the deal with the woodchuck? |
senseandsensibility |
Jul-25-10 09:24 PM |
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Cue repost of cartoon. n/t |
Scurrilous |
Jul-25-10 09:26 PM |
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Here ya go |
MannyGoldstein |
Jul-25-10 09:26 PM |
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Thank you, makes sense now |
DJ13 |
Jul-25-10 09:39 PM |
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From this... |
senseandsensibility |
Jul-25-10 09:43 PM |
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Same here... could someone please explain? |
femmocrat |
Jul-25-10 09:26 PM |
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Well, for one thing, the "sensibility" part of your screen-name -- |
smalll |
Jul-25-10 09:29 PM |
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No. |
senseandsensibility |
Jul-25-10 09:31 PM |
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read my earlier post |
IndianaGreen |
Jul-25-10 09:39 PM |
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Funny stuff. |
senseandsensibility |
Jul-25-10 09:45 PM |
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ha ha ha now that one is IRONICALLY funny |
SunsetDreams |
Jul-25-10 09:53 PM |
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YARGLE BARGLE BLARRRRGH!!! |
Chulanowa |
Jul-26-10 12:47 AM |
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There is also a penguin in Tom Tomorrow's cartoons |
IndianaGreen |
Jul-25-10 09:30 PM |
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Liberal. |
senseandsensibility |
Jul-25-10 09:40 PM |
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Worst part? That's probably Petreus's best quote ever |
Recursion |
Jul-26-10 08:04 PM |
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Did someone say "woodchuck"? |
no_hypocrisy |
Jul-25-10 09:32 PM |
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A lot of wood, for a woodchuck to chuck, in trees. |
SunsetDreams |
Jul-25-10 09:34 PM |
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i'm alergic to some trees, makes me upchuck. |
Whisp |
Jul-25-10 09:39 PM |
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might be the fungus |
SunsetDreams |
Jul-25-10 09:49 PM |
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I found proof Whisp!!! |
SunsetDreams |
Jul-25-10 11:09 PM |
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... |
Whisp |
Jul-25-10 11:11 PM |
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Dang wonder what he |
SunsetDreams |
Jul-25-10 11:19 PM |
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hahahaha! |
CitizenLeft |
Jul-28-10 12:36 AM |
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I think it's like gang colors. |
JohnnyLib2 |
Jul-25-10 09:38 PM |
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LOL |
senseandsensibility |
Jul-25-10 09:42 PM |
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..... |
SunsetDreams |
Jul-25-10 09:44 PM |
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They're pragmatic. |
VMI Dem |
Jul-25-10 09:38 PM |
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And allergic to purebred prized ponies. |
jefferson_dem |
Jul-25-10 09:55 PM |
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He's very sensible. n/t |
QC |
Jul-25-10 09:43 PM |
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Just for you, senseandsensibility, to cheer you up from the drubbing your nick is getting: |
boppers |
Jul-25-10 09:50 PM |
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This is a drubbing? |
senseandsensibility |
Jul-25-10 09:58 PM |
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A palpable sign of the undercurrent of discord on DU... |
Scurrilous |
Jul-25-10 10:01 PM |
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Wow. And you're an old timer |
senseandsensibility |
Jul-25-10 10:04 PM |
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I'm equally confused |
Lifelong Protester |
Jul-25-10 10:29 PM |
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such an avatar signifies that the poster |
CTLawGuy |
Jul-26-10 06:25 AM |
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thanks for the information |
Lifelong Protester |
Jul-26-10 09:06 AM |
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Can you please go a bit more over-the-top that that? |
Commie Pinko Dirtbag |
Jul-26-10 12:39 PM |
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well since you woodchuckers |
CTLawGuy |
Jul-26-10 05:32 PM |
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If you don't live in a land of baby unicorns and magic wands, |
liquid diamond |
Jul-26-10 10:09 PM |
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I'm pretty sure it's a good deal less serious than all that. |
spoony |
Jul-25-10 10:47 PM |
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I don't know, but one duer told us all how he ran across a pragmatic woodchuck |
boston bean |
Jul-25-10 10:11 PM |
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That woodchuck doesn't stand a chance against such a formidable intellect! n/y |
QC |
Jul-25-10 10:38 PM |
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skritch. |
spoony |
Jul-25-10 10:48 PM |
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How much wood could a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood? |
Peacetrain |
Jul-25-10 10:41 PM |
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A sensible amount, I'd guess |
customerserviceguy |
Jul-25-10 10:59 PM |
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Wha??? |
SunsetDreams |
Jul-25-10 11:40 PM |
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Sorry |
customerserviceguy |
Jul-26-10 07:24 AM |
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ha ha, no problem |
SunsetDreams |
Jul-26-10 08:03 AM |
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Why are you telling the poster to lighten up? LOL |
Cali_Democrat |
Jul-25-10 11:50 PM |
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Jul-25-10 10:45 PM |
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I don't think the woodchuck is a democrat in this cartoon |
SunsetDreams |
Jul-25-10 10:52 PM |
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Oh, he does sound like a Republican, I agree |
spoony |
Jul-25-10 10:55 PM |
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I don't agree, again it is subject to interpretation |
SunsetDreams |
Jul-25-10 10:58 PM |
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It says what he is. There is no interpretation. |
spoony |
Jul-26-10 01:07 PM |
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What are you trying to say? That sensible liberals are actually Republicans? |
Spheric |
Jul-26-10 02:16 PM |
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are woodchucks the same as groundhogs |
davidinalameda |
Jul-25-10 11:00 PM |
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no I heard they are more like possums or rats |
SunsetDreams |
Jul-25-10 11:05 PM |
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I don't get the pragmatic DUer with the bloody woodchuck avatar. |
girl gone mad |
Jul-25-10 11:33 PM |
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maybe you should PM those individual DUer's |
SunsetDreams |
Jul-25-10 11:38 PM |
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It's a large rodent related to squirrels |
Chulanowa |
Jul-26-10 12:41 AM |
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you think he is eating it? |
SunsetDreams |
Jul-26-10 12:45 AM |
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! |
Turborama |
Jul-26-10 01:18 AM |
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Apparently woodchucks breed like rabbits. One day they were everywhere. |
Hekate |
Jul-26-10 03:03 AM |
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Just keep reading and decide for yourself. |
donco6 |
Jul-26-10 07:34 AM |
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I am a cat person myself..... |
Jennicut |
Jul-26-10 07:49 AM |
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nor mine |
AtomicKitten |
Jul-26-10 01:08 PM |
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That is one big kitty! |
Jennicut |
Jul-26-10 02:19 PM |
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The woodchuck is a strawman created by Tom Tomorrow cartoon |
NJmaverick |
Jul-26-10 09:29 AM |
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Then why do you get such a red ass about it? |
spoony |
Jul-26-10 11:34 AM |
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Seems like you are the one posting in anger |
NJmaverick |
Jul-26-10 12:46 PM |
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Intellectual dishonesty |
spoony |
Jul-26-10 01:01 PM |
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Your non-stop discussion about a cartoon isn't a sign of obsession? |
NJmaverick |
Jul-26-10 01:11 PM |
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It's hostility, not anger. And I'm a fan of the cartoon, that's the difference. |
spoony |
Jul-26-10 01:26 PM |
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So you just love it when people mischaracterize you and your positions and put words in your mouth? |
stevenleser |
Jul-27-10 12:03 PM |
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I just have to say I love the image in your sig. |
Spheric |
Jul-26-10 12:26 PM |
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Hopefully chuckie will take that bonk as a wake up call |
NJmaverick |
Jul-26-10 12:49 PM |
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We are talking about your sig pic, right? |
Spheric |
Jul-26-10 12:55 PM |
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Nope, that fine work wasn't done by a cartoonist |
NJmaverick |
Jul-26-10 12:58 PM |
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And your cartoon? |
Spheric |
Jul-26-10 01:05 PM |
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You clearly have no idea what I am talking about |
NJmaverick |
Jul-26-10 01:09 PM |
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Oh, but I think I do. |
Spheric |
Jul-26-10 01:22 PM |
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The sigline is to show how little the toon bothers them. |
Forkboy |
Jul-26-10 01:17 PM |
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Why do you hate the furry creature in my sig line? |
NJmaverick |
Jul-26-10 01:28 PM |
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I don't. He's cute. |
Forkboy |
Jul-26-10 03:23 PM |
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Ah, I see. Sensible enough. Thanks. /nt |
Spheric |
Jul-26-10 01:59 PM |
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Did I miss the topic where you redefined "strawman"? |
Mithreal |
Jul-26-10 12:36 PM |
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Nope, chuck is the poster child for strawman fallacy |
NJmaverick |
Jul-26-10 12:47 PM |
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Which is what makes the toon so funny. Every argument Chuckles used... |
Spheric |
Jul-26-10 01:03 PM |
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No it wasn't, the reality challenged cartoonist simply reworded the arguments |
NJmaverick |
Jul-26-10 01:12 PM |
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That's a very sensible response. |
Mithreal |
Jul-26-10 01:28 PM |
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Those damn cartoonists. Bastards! |
Spheric |
Jul-26-10 01:36 PM |
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I just think it's pretty stupid that folks who hate what it's "supposed" to represent to choose it |
DevonRex |
Jul-26-10 01:02 PM |
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I think it fits under sarcasm. |
Forkboy |
Jul-26-10 01:18 PM |
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It just gives me a headache. |
DevonRex |
Jul-26-10 01:34 PM |
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Things are on the mellow side, as it should be. |
Forkboy |
Jul-26-10 03:24 PM |
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Except obviously you're not as whalealicious as Mr. Limbaugh is. |
DevonRex |
Jul-26-10 06:35 PM |
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Here's the thing... |
Bobbie Jo |
Jul-26-10 01:26 PM |
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I just have a hankering sometimes for the straight forward. See, I've |
DevonRex |
Jul-26-10 01:37 PM |
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See... |
Bobbie Jo |
Jul-26-10 01:53 PM |
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In a very roundabout, convoluted way, I guess it could make some kind of |
DevonRex |
Jul-26-10 02:07 PM |
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I always thought it was Frodo |
martymar64 |
Jul-26-10 07:05 PM |
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LOL. I'm Frodo-averse. Totally Frodo-averse now that I will forever see him as |
DevonRex |
Jul-26-10 07:13 PM |
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Woodchucks and Hamsters really bother some people. |
Forkboy |
Jul-26-10 01:16 PM |
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Jul-26-10 01:30 PM |
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Take a look at your user name. Senseandsensibility, you're immune. |
Mithreal |
Jul-26-10 01:32 PM |
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Yup. I'm old school. |
senseandsensibility |
Jul-26-10 04:13 PM |
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S'alright. I don't understand a lot of that either. |
Mithreal |
Jul-26-10 06:47 PM |
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I'm glad I'm not the only one feeling that way |
senseandsensibility |
Jul-26-10 08:27 PM |
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It's a symbol of keen intellect, strength, and virility. |
JVS |
Jul-26-10 02:20 PM |
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Read this thread. It is GUARANTEED to answer ALL of your questions. GUARANTEED |
progressoid |
Jul-26-10 08:23 PM |
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Damn I'm glad I read this thread. Chuckles, indeed. n/t |
Beam Me Up |
Jul-26-10 08:26 PM |
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And all this time I thought it was a marmot. |
Snarkoleptic |
Jul-26-10 08:30 PM |
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My neighbors from West VA call it a 'whistle-pig.' I find that amusing. n/t |
msanthrope |
Jul-26-10 09:06 PM |
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lol This thread...too funny. |
JNelson6563 |
Jul-27-10 09:08 PM |
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Thanks for exempting the Op |
senseandsensibility |
Jul-27-10 09:14 PM |
#113 |
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