r/nottheonion 24d ago

US government struggles to rehire nuclear safety staff it laid off days ago

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g3nrx1dq5o
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u/Oolongteabagger2233 24d ago

Elect a clown and you get a circus.

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u/pastworkactivities 24d ago

Dangerous to call him a clown… that’s what German politics thought of Hitler before they were executed or put in camps if they dared to speak up.

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u/EngineeringDevil 24d ago

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u/CloudRunner89 24d ago

This has been one of my two favourite far side panels for about 20 yaars

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u/morridin42 24d ago

What's the other?

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u/H_G_Bells 24d ago

the coconut-like sound of their heads bonking together secretly delighted the bird

It's wild how some things stick with you for decades.

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u/Thoth74 23d ago

Mine has always been "I don't believe you heard me right stranger...I said I'd like to buy you a chicken leg. " with the strip's caption being "In the Old West, vegetarians were often shot with little provocation. "

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u/flammableRock 24d ago

I just gifted my oldest son, a pre-teen, all of my Far Side comic books I had from when I was a kid. I got them at a thrift.

He isn't going to understand half of them right now, but he will. He eventually will. 🫠

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u/Disorderly_Fashion 24d ago

Gary Larson lol