Posted on 09/22/2009 10:33:51 AM PDT by Charles Henrickson
I have to agree that the estimable William Rivers Pitt IS the all-time Greatest DUmmie and still makes for the most entertaining DUFUs. The second most entertaining DUFUs were the ones involving that magnificent bastard, Karl Rove. And the third most entertaining were those that featured, oh what was his name again? Grove, I believe he said it was. Yes, that's it- Grove, Kurt Grove.
Great stuff!
As it turns out, today is MY 5th anniversary on Free Republic, too.
I just remembered! LOL!
It took me a while to find the DUmmie FUnnies, but it’s been
a hoot ever since. :D
Looking at those Pitt pics it is amazing how much he’s aged in just 5 years. Heavy smoking and drinking will do that.
And in my other incarnation today, I also made fun of a NY Times global warming promoter. And guess what? Rush referenced his story soon after the show started today. And guess where Rush got the heads up for that?
While we've had numerous Pitt threads over those years, the photos have mostly remained the same recycled ones. When I saw the bald photo, then the doctored "moon" photo, I was surprised at the transformation. That begs the question: How old is this guy?
You are doing the work of many!
Thanks for being here, PJ!
I don’t recall who came up with the original group of pictures. Perhaps a search through the DU editions at the beginning of Fitzmas will provide an answer. I added the text. But the original “Freudenschade/Schadenfreude” graphics were mine. I recall having to download the Microsoft gif animator to do them. They’re still on Photobucket, and the originals are on my old PC down in the basement. I didn’t have this laptop back then. I also have a few others I made like “Merry Fitzmas DUmmies”.
That gothic style lettering was perfect for those Germanic words.
I was using Corel Paint Shop Pro back then. They stopped supporting my version (X) so now I use Gimp 2. I don’t know if it has similar fonts or not. I don’t believe that was an original Microsoft font.
Wee Willie will turn 38 this fall, shortly after his wedding.
That old German script is called Fraktur. I've had to read a bunch of it in my theological studies.
Thank you both so much for all the insights, the drama, the cringes, the laughs and of course, the FUn all these years.
Thank all you guys for what you’ve done, this continuing masterwork of parody and satire of that which badly needs ridicule, the primitives on Skins’s island and their flatulent philosophies.
It’s been a great five years, but even though I read the DUmmie FUnnies from the very beginning, being a reticent and shy person, I never asked P-J to put me on the ping list until circa 300. I needed some sort of assurance it was going to go, before I jumped on.
Talk about a grievous lapse in judgement.
Speaking of, what ever happened to William of Orange? The kid was perhaps one of the greatest commenters here the first couple of years, but then he disappeared. His sharp sarcastic wit was beyond comparison, and is missed badly.
My MIL made a few dollars transcribing Fraktur for several folks...including Bob Smith and the Wittenberg project.
5 years? holy cow. I feel so old
Happy Anniversary!
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