Duct Soup
August 31, 2007 at 9:35 am
Recently we noted that Ron Paul — oh, I’m sorry, Ron Paul Ron Ron Paul Ron Paul Ron Paul Ron Paul — said this in a debate exchange over Iraq:
“… those individuals who have predicted these disastrous things to happen if we leave Iraq are the same ones who said, ‘As soon as we go in, it will just be duck soup’ … “
We liked the Marx Brothers tribute then, and by golly we like it now.
Today brings word of more ducks in the news. Actually, ducts.
The Washington Post’s piece on Mike Huckabee contains this:
The crowd loves his jokes. (Sample: “There are several things you’ll never hear an Arkansan say. One of them is, ‘Honey, I don’t think duct tape will fix that.’ Another one is ‘No, we don’t need another dog.’ “
If I could just do a bit of comedy editing here, if you’ve got good punch lines, no need to pose the jokes negatively. I would suggest these happy alternative: “Honey, that’s enough duct tape.” And, “We’ve got all the dogs we need.”
Until then — Duck! Tape!
Rufus T. Firefly said,
August 31, 2007 @ 9:50 am
When asked what the political significance of this film was, Groucho reportedly said, “What significance? We were just four Jews trying to get a laugh.”
Otis P. Driftwood said,
August 31, 2007 @ 9:52 am
Rufus T. Firefly: Dig trenches, with our men being killed off like flies? There isn’t time to dig trenches. We’ll have to buy them ready made. Here, run out and get some trenches. Wait a minute, get them this high
[gestures to his chin]
Rufus T. Firefly: and our soldiers won’t need any pants. Wait a minute, get them this high
[gestures over his head]
Rufus T. Firefly: and we won’t need any soldiers.
Capt. Jeffrey T. Spaulding (Ret.) said,
August 31, 2007 @ 9:56 am
Rufus T. Firefly: Not that I care, but where is your husband?
Mrs. Teasdale: Why, he’s dead.
Rufus T. Firefly: I bet he’s just using that as an excuse.
Mrs. Teasdale: I was with him to the very end.
Rufus T. Firefly: No wonder he passed away.
Mrs. Teasdale: I held him in my arms and kissed him.
Rufus T. Firefly: Oh, I see, then it was murder. Will you marry me? Did he leave you any money? Answer the second question first.
Ontario Emperor said,
August 31, 2007 @ 3:58 pm
Too bad that Mike Huckabee isn’t popular on MySpace and Facebook and Twitter or whatever. I’d love you see you post something with the title “Huckabee Huckabee Huckabee Huckabee Huckabee.”