One piece of low hanging comedy fodder you missed here is that Khamenei was preceded as Supreme Leader by Khomeini. The funny part here being that he wasn't even qualified by the rules they set to be supreme leader! (being neither an ayatola nor a marja). They had to literally modify the constitution to let him have the job!
This would be as though, after George Washington served as president, the next guy was a 24 year old who had just emigrated to the US from Jamaica the previous year. (you're the comedian, you write the funny analogy). Why even have a constitutional requirement if the FIRST time it's brought up in practice, it's to overrule it!?
Thanks to this post, I learned that Iran is not in fact ruled by one extremely long-lived dude (a la Fidel Castro) who was somehow in charge in the 70s and also now. Probably should have done the math on that one.
“Fundamentalists have near-total control; it’s like what the US would be if radical Pilgrims had seized the government and forced everyone to wear buckle hats and wage holy war against Methodists.”
Or will be if enough guys like that kicker we’re all making fun of vote for enough guys who think they’re Moses and put porn tracker apps on their, uh, devices.
Life-long jazz-trained drummer here: Larry Mullin, Jr. is known in the drummer community as "The Metronome" because he keeps such perfect time behind the kit, a highly underrated live percussion skill. To summarize: leave Larry alone, funny man.
One piece of low hanging comedy fodder you missed here is that Khamenei was preceded as Supreme Leader by Khomeini. The funny part here being that he wasn't even qualified by the rules they set to be supreme leader! (being neither an ayatola nor a marja). They had to literally modify the constitution to let him have the job!
This would be as though, after George Washington served as president, the next guy was a 24 year old who had just emigrated to the US from Jamaica the previous year. (you're the comedian, you write the funny analogy). Why even have a constitutional requirement if the FIRST time it's brought up in practice, it's to overrule it!?
Succession by Confusingly Similar Sounding Names: “this will really mess up the Great Satan’s news anchors!”
Welp.
Thanks to this post, I learned that Iran is not in fact ruled by one extremely long-lived dude (a la Fidel Castro) who was somehow in charge in the 70s and also now. Probably should have done the math on that one.
Defacing a Trans Am has to be the worst offense in this show.
Gilbert Gottfried: "There's that old saying, tragedy plus time equal comedy. And I always say, like, well, why wait?"
“Fundamentalists have near-total control; it’s like what the US would be if radical Pilgrims had seized the government and forced everyone to wear buckle hats and wage holy war against Methodists.”
Or will be if enough guys like that kicker we’re all making fun of vote for enough guys who think they’re Moses and put porn tracker apps on their, uh, devices.
Life-long jazz-trained drummer here: Larry Mullin, Jr. is known in the drummer community as "The Metronome" because he keeps such perfect time behind the kit, a highly underrated live percussion skill. To summarize: leave Larry alone, funny man.
I was wondering about those ice cream headaches.....
That was hilarious - thanks!
“It’s all just magnets and shit” sums up so much about the world…