Folks on the Soviet Union vs. Germany thread are teetering on being banned. Seriously. Bring it up a notch, please. To help ease the tensions, I’ll offer this for a caption contest (that’s Bush driving and Putin riding shotgun):
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Hey Vlad, ever see “Thelma and Louise” ?
(Caption)Photo release of a scene from next years “Amazing Race”
Hey, that’s my cue. *ponders: pop popcorn vs. sharpen stick*
“Flap faster! I know we can get this thing to fly!”
“This is Russian version of James Bond’s car. It will shoot fire and create oil slicks.
Which button does that?
Button?”
The clown car arrives at the center ring.
For fans of British lemons I offer:
There are no atheists in Vauxhalls.
Bush: Here you go, Vlad!
Putin: This is a Volga, not a Yugo!
See? When I get it going fast enough, your hand can fly! Isn’t that the best. Now make it go up and down, too!
“OK, my turn — everyone in this car who’d secretly rather be the leader of an autocracy than a democracy, raise your hand!”
“Just act relaxed, and maybe we won’t get pulled over.”
Remember, Bush looked into his eyes and got a sense of the man. Now, their just letting nature take its course.
Where can I get a car like that though? Are they making those today or is that an antique?
It’s a 1956 Volga, carsick.
Vlad and George wave to the crowds gathered to wish them well. They’ll be honeymooning at a 17th century castle in historic Wales. We wish the happy couple the best of luck.
“No, honey, turn right!”
“As they fled from the scene, Alfonse and Gaston used what they thought was a cunning plan to throw off pursuers by sending mixed signals. Gaston signaled ‘right turn,’ while Alfonse signaled ‘stop’.
“This worked very well until they were rear-ended by a speeding Humvee driven by someone talking on a cell phone.
“Their arms have been preserved, and now adorn a memorial in the same position as that final, fatal wave.”
“You speeding, man?”
“No, I’m not speeding, man!”
“You sure you’re not speeding, man?”
“Yeah man, I’m sure”
“Really sure??”
“Yeah, man, I’m sure. I’m not speeding”
“You sure?”
“Yeah man, I’m sure – I’m not speeding!”
“Then why is that cop after us, man?”
“What cop?”
“That cop.”
“Oh, man! Bummer!”
“You sure you weren’t speeding, man?”
“Sure I’m sure, man — I was only going five miles an hour!!!!”
Putin: “Ah, so this is what a mandate is.”
Bush: *giggles charmingly*
Blair (watching on tv) mutters: “Double-timing bitca.”
Btw, I like this pic better
“…and it was then that Herbie knew he’d never get the stains off his seat cushions.”
BTW, I can’t decide whether the “Thelma & Louise” or “James Bond” captions take the cake for me. Both were laugh-out-loud funny.
George signals for the group of schoolgirls to stop. Vlad waves them on. Carnage is avoided only when W stalls trying to get into first.
Was this picture of Mickey and Goofy taken at the 50th Aniversary of Disneyland last week?
George mind pedestrians my dear……..
cleek, you are the caption champion! Your first one is best, but they’re all funny.
mky…
would that be with a fake posh British accent, by any chance?
cleek, you are the caption champion!
i’m best in small doses. 🙂
Chicks and ducks and geese better scurry !
“History is on our side. We will bury you.”
– Nikita Khrushchev November 1956
“Vlad, did we just pass a giant teed-up golf ball or am I having a flashback?”
“Vlad, did we just pass a giant teed-up golf ball or am I having a flashback?”
“Keep a lookout, Vlad. I’m sure the WMDs are just up ahead”
“See, I told you about the giant bats. Hold off the ones on your side.”
“Just like that, Mr. President… another 30 seconds or so… you’ll be able to see all the bones in your hand. God, I love Chernobyl in the spring!”
Look y’all, no holding hands!
I can’t improve on the captions, but why does the license plate say “GAZ” (gas)?
The giant bats comment is gold. Also, as a pet peeve, “We will bury you” is a mistranslation of the Russian. What he said was slightly less inflammatory, though equally wrong. It translates as, “We will be present at your funeral.” He was saying the USSR would out last the USA, but not that the USSR would destroy the USA.
but why does the license plate say “GAZ” (gas)?
GAZ = Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod (Gorky Automotive Factory)
Hey Vlad, after this, can we go on the rolly coaster?
Ok..it’s probably just me…but…looking a Vlady..right hand out the window waving….his shoulders are tilted…..makes it look like his left hand is…sort of…..reaching over a bit.
Then…we have George….right hand on the wheel…left hand waving….and a big grin on the face.
Hmmmmmmm……..
“Pass the vodka Vlady.”
I’m focussed on the significance of where each man wears his watch…is Vlad a leftie?
GOP employs tu quoque defense.
“Vlad, I really don’t think two clowns is enough to win the ‘how many in the little car’ contest.”
They’re charming! They’re reckless! They’re the Auto-Crats! Driving into a country near you, this summer.
That’s a good boy Ruprecht, wave to the nice people.
“This is a Volga?”
“Whew! I thought you said ‘Can you handle my Olga?’ I wasn’t quite sure what that meant but I knew Laura would be p.o.’d no matter what…”
“Uh, Vlad, that isn’t the handbrake.”
In Soviet Russia, car drive you!
Open Thread Exploitation to marvel at the cometlike rise and fall of Powerline. From single-handedly bringing down the Texas Antichrist Dan Rather to the ‘whoops, the memo was real, but we were right anyway’ jig to. . Spitting on Gandhi! You can’t make this stuff up.