21 Comments

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  Comment by REB — August 31, 2010 @ 6:22 am

  That wascal! Why didn’t he say something?

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  Comment by Bill Lueg — August 31, 2010 @ 7:12 am

  Weally Simple Sindication?

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  Comment by Tater2000 — August 31, 2010 @ 9:07 am

  Yeah… That speech recognition software still has some bugs to work out.

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  Comment by Squinancywort — August 31, 2010 @ 9:12 am

  I’m disappointed with you deciding to put on this site a cartoon making a joke refering to someone having an impediment, even though yes, it’s a fictious character and this is probably part of a much larger internet ‘joke’ or ‘conversation’, that I haven’t a clue what it is really all about. Though I won’t be the only one.
  I believe some-one with an impediment or several, is just as precious in God’s sight, as someone without one. That people with impediments also have a lot of rubbish to put up with that those without don’t always appreciate. How would a speech impediment effect what some-one paints anyway? I just don’t get this at all.
  By the way, as many reading this will probably know, some think the apostle Paul may have had a visual impairment. There’s traditional ideas, not with as substantial backing, I know, that John Mark may have had a physical impairment giving him stubby fingers.
  (Also 2 of the people of our church have speech impediments).

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  Comment by Rick Presley — August 31, 2010 @ 9:24 am

  Squinancywort, I really do agree with you and feel that you are just as precious in God’s sight as someone without a humor impediment.

  We love you too.

  Bless your heart.

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  Comment by Bereanwarrior — August 31, 2010 @ 4:08 pm

  Squinancywort – I am offended at your assumption that Angus felt anyone is less precious to God. Your insensitivity shows a lack of true political correctness, and I respectfully ask you to carefully consider what you post in the future to make sure you do not offend ANYONE ever again.

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  Comment by Bereanwarrior — August 31, 2010 @ 4:12 pm

  And don’t you even make fun of my grammer impediment.

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  Comment by Angus — August 31, 2010 @ 4:35 pm

  Squinancywort: I checked with our copywriter Elmer Fudd before posting this and he said it was quite appwopwiate.

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  Comment by Carol — August 31, 2010 @ 6:22 pm

  Lighten up squinancywort….good grief, it’s not an attack on people with disabilities. You obviously haven’t been a reader on this site for very long or else you wouldn’t be so touchy feely.

  And that handle of yours is offensive to some of us…

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  Comment by Carol — August 31, 2010 @ 6:24 pm

  Note, the Kansas City Adv Co had made the error in not following up with speelchek! And it’s sitting in front of a building with “Comedy” on the top by the roof, so much for PC…

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  Comment by Don — August 31, 2010 @ 7:32 pm

  I know a lady who got caught up in the IFB movement and had a humor-ectomy. For years she had the personality of a desert prune. After leaving the IFB she had to have a humor transplant… it was touch and go for several weeks afterward, then she smiled at a knock-knock joke and with therapy she is now doing “blonde jokes” and I heard she grinned at her first “There was a Rabbi, a Bishop and a Baptist minister…” joke.
  There is hope for those who have broken and scarred humors. Here at Bozzlee’s humor replacement for men and women we specialize in recovering the smiles for those who have premature humor loss.

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  Comment by Cory D. Jones — September 1, 2010 @ 2:18 am

  Carol, what exactly is speelcheck?

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  Comment by dominic — September 1, 2010 @ 2:50 am

  I’m weally, weally sowwy for any mistakes my speech impediment may have caused, not to say the embawwasment to Sacred Sandwich.

  However, as I am English, you should have talked to me on the phone before ordewing adverts fwom me.

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  Comment by Sterling VanDerwerker — September 1, 2010 @ 7:33 am

  Perhaps he had an axe to grind, that being a landscaper, “Weed Sacred Sandwich!”

  Watch out boys, perhaps a pruning is approaching!

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  Comment by LuLu — September 1, 2010 @ 8:07 am

  Oh,for the days when “getting” a joke was the responsibility of the hearer,(reader), being overly sensitive was NOT a “virtue”, and finding offense where none was intended was reason for the “finder” to apologize. “Weally,weally” sad…

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  Comment by Tater2000 — September 1, 2010 @ 9:15 am

  Hey. What’s a buck toothed cow say? “Moof.” *Buh-dump-boom*

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  Comment by Carol — September 1, 2010 @ 8:30 pm

  speelchek….meaning that the spellcheck on his computer was broken….

  Humor impaired is a serious condition that needs to be taken care of immediately.

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  Comment by Les — September 2, 2010 @ 4:23 pm

  Angus, This may seem inconceivable but is it possible the Impressive Clergyman of Florin is responsible for this ‘mistake’? After all Reformed websites are probably doing better than those Impressive Clergyman websites.

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  Comment by Don — September 2, 2010 @ 5:25 pm

  Coddington Borax may have infiltrated the the sign company’s work force and intentionally sabotaged the Billboard ad. He may be branching out from mules to Billboards….

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  Comment by Jane-o — September 2, 2010 @ 11:52 pm

  Uh, I’m outta here!!!!

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  Comment by Angus — September 3, 2010 @ 4:18 pm

  Just a postscript before I close the comments:

  When my daughter was a small child, she had a slight problem with her speech. She replaced her R’s with W’s and her S’s with T’s. We never were overly concerned about it, nor did we ever make fun of her for talking like Elmer Fudd. But the fact is, back then she would have said, “Wead the Tacwed Tandwich.”

  When she started elementary school, she began seeing a speech therapist and eventually learned to speak correctly. Fast forward several years later and now my daughter is about to complete her college degree in speech language pathology this semester. For what it’s worth, she sees nothing wrong with the WSS post, and thinks people need to lighten up.

  That being said, let me make it clear that I had no intention of “making fun” of people with speech impediments or joking about their disability. The humor is not even directed at such a person, fictional or otherwise.

  The “joke” is about switching an R with a W. And what makes it a “dumb joke” is the idea that someone would actually TRANSCRIBE the mispronunciation on the billboard. Hey, the idea of someone doing that made me laugh, but that’s not saying much.

  Bottom line: You don’t have to laugh with me on this one, but I hope that my explanation and background information helps people cut me a little slack.

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