Looks like Bibi has pulled a complete Fonzarelli into shark jumping territory. The New Yorker, which runs a weekly cartoon caption contest, has branched out to photos. Inspired by Benjamin Netanyahu’s performance at the the UN yesterday, the magazine has started a caption contest for this photo:
The New Yorker‘s cartoon editor Bob Mankoff writes:
I know that the subject is serious; that is just one reason why the graphic, which he apparently made at Kinkos, is so ridiculous. And if Israeli intelligence thinks that’s what a real bomb looks like, maybe their other projections are off as well. I’m surprised he could get that thing past U.N. security.
Anyway, with the justification that the ridiculous deserves ridicule, I invite you to pile it on, using this photo as the basis for a caption contest.
You can follow the results on the Twitter hashtag #BibiBombCaption. Some of my favorites from the New Yorker comment section are:
– 47%? Pah – I don’t give a damn about 90% of you.
– You mean, let me understand this cause, ya know maybe it’s me, I’m a little fucked up maybe, but I’m funny how, I mean funny like I’m a clown, I amuse you? I make you laugh, I’m here to fuckin’ amuse you? What do you mean funny, funny how? How am I funny?
– This is how many Palestinians we’ve killed already in the 1st stage, Expected deadline for 2nd stage is ….
– The people at FedEx Office said that this looked better than our pie chart in the shape of a radioactivity symbol.
– If this doesn’t scare you, wait until you see my “BLAM!” card.
– If they get hold of a photocopier, there will be 1000s of these by next week.
– meep meep!
There is a very interesting contrast between Bibi’s mentality, as evidenced by the round bomb in the diagram, and the raison d’etre of the UN, which is to be seen in the round symbol on the front of the lectern and it says everything you ever wanted to know about Zionism
For the sake of making Israel look rediculous, with the hope that he will do real and lasting damage to Zionist ideals, long live Natanyahu! Long may he reign!
For folks who don’t know the reference in that second caption it’s from the movie Goodfellas – http://youtu.be/yL9rSwrsMHw. I think Joe Pesci would be a natural to play Netanyahu.
I’m wiping tears of laughter……..
This has to be done visually to have more effect. It’s the visual Achilles heel of his perfectly planned speech, it’s climax.