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Breaking Political News From CNN, HURRY!

by Jim Newell  5:15 pm March 24, 2009

Even though you have already had a “Tuesday Lunch Video” today, circumstances call for a “Tuesday Fun Video” as well, because how can we not post this? It’s CNN’s finest hour. “Flatulence,” she says! [YouTube]

{ 51 comments }

Fox n Fiends March 24, 2009 at 5:23 pm

Holy Crist!

tootsieroll March 24, 2009 at 5:24 pm

Kid suspended for farting? You’re shitting me.

Gopherit March 24, 2009 at 5:24 pm

Ah, yes, “breaking” news indeed.

Mara47 March 24, 2009 at 5:26 pm

Tragic wastes of “teachable moments” in both cases. And we wonder why our children grow up ill-prepared to succeed in the modern workplace.

Gopherit March 24, 2009 at 5:27 pm

Imagine, suspended from high school for having farts so vile that you choke everyone on your bus. Ladies and Gentlemen, a future Republican Candidate for President.

Country Club Jihadi March 24, 2009 at 5:28 pm

He should have lit it on fire.

grevillea March 24, 2009 at 5:28 pm

Socialist freedom-haters attacking the gastro-intestinally-challenged! Quick, K-Lo, to the Batcave!

ManchuCandidate March 24, 2009 at 5:29 pm

Beans beans, the magical fruit,
The more you eat the more you toot.
The more you toot, the more you stink
Then the fuckers kick you off the bus.

you cannot be serious March 24, 2009 at 5:32 pm
Inadequate Blackmail March 24, 2009 at 5:33 pm

This just in: The bus driver was Barney Frank and the farting kid was put there by Code Pink.

The Cold Sea March 24, 2009 at 5:35 pm

I love to fart.

Bearbloke March 24, 2009 at 5:37 pm

“Hmmm, smells like a ‘dirty bomb’ to me… HEY! DON’T LIGHT THAT MATCH!!!

Giant Robot March 24, 2009 at 5:39 pm

I usually blow off the oddball headlines on CNN.com – except right now they have a link to “Giant Lizards Kill Unsuspecting Fisherman” which I can’t resist clicking on.

Yes You Can Own A Piece of History March 24, 2009 at 5:43 pm

[re=272287]Giant Robot[/re]: Yes, but can you get that on a t-shirt?

Mr Blifil March 24, 2009 at 5:46 pm

Fail. MSNBC had giant swarms of sharks off the Australian coast from a helicopter. MSNBC WINS THE AFTERNOON.

Atheist Nun March 24, 2009 at 5:51 pm

The GOP would have just renamed them “Love Bubbles” and busted out an “ethnic” rapping mascot to explain the stench.

shortsshortsshorts March 24, 2009 at 5:52 pm

Well at least he didn’t shoot and eat anyone— yet.

wheelie March 24, 2009 at 5:53 pm

CNN is taking this fart too seriously.

CaliforniaMike March 24, 2009 at 5:54 pm

We should have known this would happen if the Democrats got control of things. Now you can’t even cut teh cheese without getting teh shit kicked out of you.

rocktonsammy March 24, 2009 at 5:56 pm

I’m glad Rosa Parks didn’t toot on the bus.

badmuthagoose March 24, 2009 at 6:07 pm

In that split second when she’s done with the story she looks like she’s thinking “I hate my life and later on I’m going to catch myself on fire.” Doesn’t she?

Toomush Infermashun March 24, 2009 at 6:09 pm

So, in the new PC Lawbook, what’s the vig on nosepicking?….

Mr Blifil March 24, 2009 at 6:11 pm

Tasering is not good enough for these malaperts.

Custerwolf March 24, 2009 at 6:21 pm

[re=272303]wheelie[/re]: Win.

Canuckledragger March 24, 2009 at 6:21 pm

I think I smell Richard [In]Coh[er]en[t]‘s next lede: “Things I Do Not Care For Whilst Travelling On A Bus.”

And judging by the crawl – “UK: Nuclear, Chemical Terror Threat Growing” – the Brits may have such a 15 year old of their own.

Poor kid. Things like this can follow you through life. Like a bad smell, or something.

lawrenceofthedesert March 24, 2009 at 6:21 pm

This is just the whiff of the iceberg; tomorrow it’s hard time for sniffing bike seats.

hobospacejungle March 24, 2009 at 6:29 pm

I want to know what on earth this child is eating to make such stinkies. I used to fart a lot in German class right after lunch in high school. Had to do it nice & slow to avoid noise but I couldn’t have been the only one to smell ‘em.

In college my fellow swimming teammates had contests to make the gnarliest farts later at swimming practice by stuffing themselves with boiled eggs & such at lunch. An underwater fart unleashed right next to you while holding on to the wall during a short break from swimming can be incredibly nasty, almost puke-inducing. And funny. Depends on who you unleash it on. Some blue-noses get bent out of shape. The same ones who don’t think it’s funny when you fill your swimming cap with pee & dump it on them in the shower.

stew March 24, 2009 at 6:29 pm

Drinking game, Je vous écoute? No, not about kids breaking wind on a bus–the press conference thingy.

Red Zeppelin March 24, 2009 at 6:34 pm

He’s probably one of Rush’s bastard kids.

Custerwolf March 24, 2009 at 6:35 pm

Don’t all school buses have stinky suspension?

Toomush Infermashun March 24, 2009 at 6:45 pm

First you can’t fart on the school bus, then in school, then in work, finally THEY’LL STOP YOU IN BED!!!… (just paraphrasing Shorts…)…

TH42 March 24, 2009 at 6:46 pm

I am 100% in favor of this suspension. Farts stink!

Kev-O-Tron March 24, 2009 at 6:47 pm

Really? No shit?

sarcasticusername March 24, 2009 at 6:49 pm

aww the gassy kid beats out nuclear threats every time. nope, there’s nothing horribly wrong about that at all.

erectiledisfunction March 24, 2009 at 7:10 pm

I love old man farts!

j6n March 24, 2009 at 7:19 pm

Murdoch must be pissed CNN scooped Fox News

StripesAndPlaids March 24, 2009 at 7:23 pm

And this is why I love 24 hour cable news. Because to fill time, they have to make themselves look silly.

Bearbloke March 24, 2009 at 7:45 pm

[re=272335]hobospacejungle[/re]: You lucky bastard! – my HS didn’t get German until the year after I graduated.

I wrestled in HS & part of Uni (the U didn’t have an official team, just an Intramural club),and in both places it was extremely common to fart on a guy’s face whenever you could… ah, dumb jock fun – sometimes I miss it when I’m up in the dead of night trying to decide if/when/how to lay-off one of my remaining employees…

Tommy Says Soooo March 24, 2009 at 8:16 pm

I’d hit the CNN anchor.

iburl March 24, 2009 at 8:24 pm

F*** Florida, they’ll arrest a fat kid for farting, but anti-cuban terrorists, O.J., and Robert Tilton are free to roam at will?!??!?!?!?

Anarm Anoleg March 24, 2009 at 8:43 pm

Why, someone broke wind on my morning bus the other day and no one said anything. Stiff upper lip and all. It’s not funny people.

Itsjustme March 24, 2009 at 8:59 pm

It’s Lakeland people, c’mon!

Gallowglass March 24, 2009 at 9:09 pm

I’m still wondering about the arrest for farting. Suspensions are essentially the discretionary tools of petty school tyrants, but actual police have to arrest someone and explain in writing why they did. Was it a health risk?

Gallowglass March 24, 2009 at 9:15 pm

[re=272627]Itsjustme[/re]: That’s true. I had a roommate from Lakeland and he used to regale me with tales of his hometown’s hillbilly hijinks.

Custerwolf March 24, 2009 at 9:25 pm

[re=272656]Gallowglass[/re]: Arresting someone for farting makes no scents.

DangerousLiberal March 24, 2009 at 9:31 pm

[re=272315]badmuthagoose[/re]: Yeah, but midway thru the clip she looks like she’s just going to crack up, which is funny, also.

Lionel Hutz Esq. March 24, 2009 at 10:58 pm

CNN people are such pikers. You should have seen FOX News coverage, where they brought out Karl Rove to discuss how in the Bush Administration, no one ever farted, and Obama is a fool for not taking this seriously, which is what Bush and Rover would have done. They then brought out Dick Morris to discuss Obama is encouraging a conspiracy of farting so that he can nationalize bean production in the United States. O’Reilly then had one of his producers ambush a person suspected of having “dealt it” and then covered it up by saying “Boy, that’s a no spin zone for ya!”

[re=272274]Gopherit[/re]: I’m pretty sure that is how Rush Limbaugh got his start.

ThePerfesser March 25, 2009 at 3:31 am

And that young man who got kicked off the bus for breaking wind grew up to be…CNN’s Ed Henry.
And now you know…….the rest of the story.

frumious_bandersnatch March 25, 2009 at 10:47 am

[re=272714]Lionel Hutz Esq.[/re]: You have won the internets, Sir.

JDHART March 25, 2009 at 1:44 pm

I think I gave birth to that kid!

Custerwolf March 25, 2009 at 5:18 pm

[re=273021]JDHART[/re]: I gave a wide berth to that kid.

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