The DUzy Awards for Friday, June 22, 2012

[center][h1]WELCOME to the DUZY AWARDS![/h1][/center]

Welcome to the funniest of DU! This week features an awesome photoshop thread, so be sure to check it out!


How it works:

You see a funny post and you want to put it in contention. Great! Send a private-message to “The DUzy Awards” and include a link to the original post and the # of the reply you want to nominate, and then copy-and-paste the OP and the nominated post into the message. That’s in case of a self-deletion or an edit or something.

If a member’s name is in [font color=#800080]purple text[/font], then that member has won a DUzy for the week.

If text is in [font color=#FF0000]red italicized text[/font] that’s a comment from me.

All past DU3 DUzies are in this account’s Journal for your enjoyment. If you want the older ones, go find JeffR’s Journal on DU2… if you can!!! Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha!


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by kpete
[big] Due To U.S. Obesity, Global Population Is 17 Million Tons Overweight[/big]
Due To U.S. Obesity, Global Population Is 17 Million Tons Overweight
By Tara Culp-Ressler on Jun 18, 2012 at 12:15 pm

Although the United States represents just 5 percent of the global population, it contributes to one-third of the world’s total weight, researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine concluded in a study released today.

The study calculated the weight of the global population at 316 million tons, and estimated that about 17 million tons of that figure is due to the growing numbers of people who are overweight. Increasing levels of fatness around the world threaten future food security, the researchers argues, since current levels of obesity could have the same impact on global resources as an additional half billion people.

Researchers calculated the average global body weight at 137 pounds; however, there are huge differences across regions. The average is 178 pounds in North America and 127 pounds in Asia, for example. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the United States has the highest biomass of any other nation:



http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/06/18/501286/17-million-tons-overweight/

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF] Son of Gob
[big] 11. How the heck did Eygpt get so fat? [/big]
I don't get that.
[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] L0oniX [/font]
[big] 15. Something to do with their food "pyramids"??? [/big]

GD, 18 Jun 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002823352


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by n2doc
[big] "Get this thing off of me!"[/big]
Octopus hitches ride on dolphin's genitals



By Stephanie Pappas
(livescience.com)
(LiveScience) An octopus got the joyride of its life last week when it somehow became stuck on the belly of a bottlenose dolphin in the Ionian Sea. More specifically, the tentacled sea creature had a seat on the dolphin's genital slit.
Researchers with the Ionian Dolphin Project, part of the Tethys Research Institute, were observing a foursome of dolphins near the island of Kalamos off the west coast of Greece. Suddenly, one of the dolphins leapt out of the water with something strange dangling from its stomach. It wasn't until the researchers examined their photos of the leap that they realized the unidentified object was an octopus.

The tentacled hitchhiker was attached to the dolphin's genital slit. Photographer Joan Gonzalvo isn't sure what the octopus was up to, though he told New Scientist that perhaps the dolphin tried to eat the octopus and the animal lodged itself along the dolphin's genital slit to escape.

The dolphin may have been leaping from the water to detach its uninvited guest, Gonzalvo, the project manager of the Ionian Dolphin Project, wrote on the organization's blog. After shaking the octopus loose, the dolphin continued to swim with no signs of discomfort, he added.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57455945/octopus-hitches-ride-on-dolphins-genitals/

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] Ian David [/font]
[big] 2. God made Flipper and Eve, not Oscar and Flipper! n/t [/big]


[font color=#FF0000]Ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch![/font]

Science, 19 Jun 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12287546


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by backwoodsbob
[big] wtf has happened to the DU I Loved?!?[/big]
we are entering the end run of a presidential campaign and what is the front page of GD covered with?..Porn threads.

WTF?

DAMNIT lets get some focus people.The asshat rMoney is gonna make this a race and we have 50 fucking threads about porn?

DAMNIT!

WTF has happened to this place?

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] deutsey [/font]
[big] 35. Headline, Nov. 7, 2012: "Romney Wins in a Landslide! Experts say DU Porn Discussions a Main Factor" [/big]


GD, 20 Jun 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002831674


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]Original post by [font color=#800080] Spitfire of ATJ [/font]
[big] Post your "Neil Munro Interupts Famous Speeches" Pics[/big]
First. The blank you'll need for insertion:




I'll get the ball rolling:





[font color=#FF0000]Everybody that made one gets a DUzy! I’ll post some of the ones I like, but they’re all great! [/font]



[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] Frank Cannon
[big] 24. Or maybe this one... [/big][/font]

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] LunaSea [/font]
[big] 14. The Champion [/big]

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] ghurley [/font]
[big] 48. May 1, 2003 [/big]

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] TalkingDog [/font]
[big] 78. fast quick and cheap [/big]

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] TalkingDog [/font]
[big] 82. Real and cartoon is... tough. [/big]

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] Whisp [/font]
[big] 274. neither could he [/big]

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] ThoughtCriminal [/font]
[big] 97. Feeding the Multitude [/big]

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] johnnie [/font]
[big] 121. Ok... [/big]
It wasn't technically a "Famous speech" but the ban is legend here at DU.



[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] Spitfire of ATJ [/font]
[big] 458. Neil Munro's nightmare [/big]


GD, 16 Jun 2012

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002815391


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]Original post by [font color=#800080] NYC_SKP [/font]
[big] *****WHY DO I EVERY DAY SEE A GIGANTIC DICK ON THE DU HOME PAGE?*****[/big]
Seems like EVERY DAY it's the same one!!

Am I INSANE???22@22??22!!!



Please forgive me, I have 3 broken ribs and am not finding relief for that....



NONETHELESS!!11!!11ELEVENS!



I LOVE THIS PLACE!









GD, 20 Jun 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002834990


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by proud2BlibKansan
[big] Students bully school bus monitor, post video on YouTube[/big]

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LAS VEGAS (FOX5) -
A group of students in western New York are being investigated after tormenting a school bus monitor for more than 10 minutes and posting video of the incident on YouTube.

In a clip titled "Making the Bus Monitor Cry," the students -- male and female -- takes turns hurling profanities and insults at the woman, identified as Karen Klein.

At one point, Klein removes her sunglasses and begins to cry. A student mocks her, saying, "She probably misses her box of Twinkies."

The students attend Athena Middle School in the town of Greece, a suburb of Rochester, New York.

Klein remains calm during the incident, as students continue to mock her, calling her fat and suggesting she commit suicide.

more . . . http://www.kctv5.com/story/18838290/students-bully-school-bus-monitor-post-video-on-youtube

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] rocktivity [/font]
[big] 1. What is our children learning? [/big]
There is a crisis in our educational system indeed...if our kids are so dumb they record the crimes they commit AND publish them online!

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] Hotler [/font]
[big] 178. They're learning to be republicans. n/t [/big]

GD, 20 Jun 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002834461


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]Original post by [font color=#800080] MindMover [/font]
[big] Ryan Being Vetted for VP[/big]
Source: National Review

I’m reliably informed that Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, the Budget Committee chairman, has submitted paperwork to the Romney campaign. Sources confirm that he is being vetted for the vice-presidential nomination.

Read more: http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/303798/ryan-being-vetted-vp-robert-costa#

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] DFW [/font]
[big] 6. Yeah, but don't get too excited [/big]
So was Quickdraw McGraw, Huckleberry Hound, Harpo Marx and the Thee Stooges. Oh yeah, and I think Marco Rubio.

LBN, 22 Jun 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014149952


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by Ruby the Liberal
[big]Du, Please.[/big]
Who has the results on this, a most excellent Samuel L Jackson setup/rebound post?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1240113504#post9

Sorry REP. Thought that was a riot, sis.

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] Dr. Strange [/font]
[big] 20. This reminds me of a passage: Jackson 25:17 [/big]
The path of the righteous DUer is beset on all sides by the inequities of the Lounge and the tyranny of GD. Blessed is he who, in the name of TOS and good will, shepherds the posters through the valley of the trolls. For he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost threads. And I will PPR down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and threadjack my brothers. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay my banhammer upon you, dumbass.

M-D, 20 Jun 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1240113603







Thanks to: L0oniX, eridani, Little Star, rocktivity, MindMover, and Ruby the Liberal!


It was a short week… WTF? C’mon, slackers, we’ve got ROMNEY running for high office, and we can’t find more than a half-dozen things a week funny about THAT???

-Krispos42