Cartoon Saturday

Welcome to the last Cartoon Saturday of 2012, the year nobody is likely to miss ...

A 23-year-old woman whose gang-rape aboard a bus in New Delhi spawned days of mass protests across India, has died; for the second time in a month, a man has been shoved to his death in front of a train on a New York City subway platform ... in a related story, NRA President Wayne LaPierre held a news conference at which he complained that nobody was suggesting outlawing trains, which can be used to kill people; General "Stormin' Norman" Schwarzkopf, who led allied forces to victory over the army of Saddam Hussein in the First Gulf War, has died; former president George H.W. Bush remains hospitalized in intensive care for complications of bronchitis; and federal authorities have arrested a 37-year-old Bronx woman who posed as a relative of one of the children murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary School in order to scam charitable contributions.

And I haven't even mentioned Congress yet ...

Let's get right to the rest of the cartoons. I mean the real cartoons, not the ones we elected.

I thought this one was hysterically funny, but perhaps it loses something if you're not a history buff like me ...

Many years ago, my mother sent me an article she found about the techniques used by newly-minted British lawyers (or solicitors or barristers or whatever they're called, I'm sure Craziequeen can help straighten it out for us) to make their brand-new wigs look older, thereby making them look more experienced. Of course, they could have worse problems than just the apparent age of the wig ... 

Advancing technology has led to new ways of explaining the difficult parts of life to our children ...

From the Department of Marvelous Euphemisms comes this classic ...

Here are a few cartoons from my specialized collection dealing with letters, numbers, and symbols ... which offers more opportunities for humor than you might think ...

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And last but not least for this week, in honor of the alleged winter storm we're supposed to be getting today* ...

And that's your final Cartoon Saturday for 2012 - a year unlikely to be remembered fondly other than in comparison to 2013, in which your feckless Congress is preparing to deliver a mighty shot to our economic feet. Be safe this holiday weekend, and remember the standard admonitions: don't drink and drive, don't believe everything you hear, and - it's Bilbo's First Law, remember - don't let anyone else do your thinking for you. Be sure to vote for Ass Clown of the Year ... time is running out, and there are a lot of deserving ass clowns out there campaigning strongly for your support. Don't let them down. The award will be presented here on New Year's Day.

Have a good day and a safe and happy holiday weekend. More thoughts tomorrow.

Bilbo

* We were supposed to have some light snow starting around midnight last night, but there's not a single flake in evidence. Aside from members of Congress, that is.