Saturday, August 01, 2009

Oh, you know you were thinking it....

....about the beer summit: XKCD's take.

I laughed out loud for about five minutes about that.

And it makes me sad that a few of my Internet haunts, if I were to post a link to that, I'd be immediately SHUNNED as an "unbeliever" in the Greatness...that I would even dare to laugh at a crude stickman-depiction of him.

(My main thought on the whole issue? While my complexion is different from that of Prof. Gates, and therefore my experience may be different, I do think it is a reminder to all of us academic types that arrogance is certainly unbecoming, and that we should remember that in the Grand Scheme of Things, we are actually several (or more than several) rungs below the cops in terms of People Who Make the Community Work Smoothly.

Oh, and it's really ill-advised to make a "yo' mama" joke to a cop. I'm still shaking my head over that.)

2 comments:

The Fifth String said...

Yeah, a few quarts of tequila would have been good.

I'm very mindful and actually lean toward Radly Balko's view of the police/public interface, but:

we are actually several (or more than several) rungs below the cops in terms of People Who Make the Community Work Smoothly

Yeah, pretty much. Worst and most unappreciated job in the world.

Mr. Bingley said...

Great comic!