Awkward Hand Turkey Theatre Presents: Alexander Graham Bell, Inventor of the Telephone (1275 hits)
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Submitted by Spencer Thompson (View user info) at 2006-05-05 07:23:21 EDT
My allergies are being a total bitch lately. Having a stuffy nose sucks. Thank God for Claritin, man. I might well die.
As always, http://handturkeytheatre.box43.net
Go whore it to your friends or something.
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Submitted by GaidinCanuck (user info) at 2006-11-22 17:57:27 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I'm going to have to fact check this, but if true that's pretty cool... (Didn't know Bell had a deaf wife and mother.)
Damn funny though.
Submitted by the_lone_stranger (user info) at 2006-05-26 02:04:27 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I like it.
Submitted by c1ndy (user info) at 2006-05-06 08:17:47 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by jgreening (user info) at 2006-05-06 00:31:44 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Yay, defies suck!
Submitted by MrSparkle847 (user info) at 2006-05-05 21:24:32 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Not only is Mabel deaf-mute, she also has the fashion sense of a blind retard.
Submitted by Spooner (user info) at 2006-05-05 21:16:47 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by IronRhino (user info) at 2006-05-05 20:23:03 (#)
Ranking: 2
I like the new font. The jokes were good too.
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Not only have I upgrades from MSPaint ot ImageReady full-time, I kinda stumbled upoen this Humanst font that I think is a bit livelier than Arial. I can't explain it, I just kinda like it.
Submitted by IronRhino (user info) at 2006-05-05 20:23:03 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I like the new font. The jokes were good too.
Submitted by turkishblend (user info) at 2006-05-05 17:57:58 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by ampersand (user info) at 2006-05-05 10:20:50 (#)
Ranking: 2
I wish I were an awkward hand turkey
Submitted by NerfHerder (user info) at 2006-05-05 16:45:50 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
It's the little things that make these amazing.
"A long distance." CLASSIC!
Not to mention every single other thing in the post. Good show, chap!
Submitted by shadow (user info) at 2006-05-05 14:45:28 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
silly
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2006-05-05 14:35:02 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I love these. I also love getting to wear jeans on Fridays because deep down, I'm 10 years old. I also love the fact that my boss is gone for the weekend so I'm leaving early. I just can't decide how early is too early to leave. Maybe I'll put my radio on a sleep timer to go off at 5 and turn on that handy spreadsheet & business objects screen shot screen saver so it looks like I'm still here.
Submitted by Doodles (user info) at 2006-05-05 14:30:54 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
You can do better, but this still was much better than some of the highly rated shit out there. I'm torn, have a 1.
Submitted by JackalFett (user info) at 2006-05-05 14:17:52 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Wakka Wakka Wakka
Submitted by ilikesteak (user info) at 2006-05-05 13:52:28 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
auto +2 for awkward hand turkey theatre
Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2006-05-05 12:14:37 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
huzzah
Submitted by Spooner (user info) at 2006-05-05 12:08:17 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by retrospect (user info) at 2006-05-05 11:59:48 (#)
Ranking: -1
the -1 wasn't because i thought the assistant had a different name. i was simply wondering that but thanks for the info. the -1 was because while some of these were funny, i found this to be quite "meh" and shpagnum already said that.
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It's ok man, don't worry about it. I knew why I got the -1.
Submitted by retrospect (user info) at 2006-05-05 11:59:48 EDT (#)
Ranking: -1
the -1 wasn't because i thought the assistant had a different name. i was simply wondering that but thanks for the info. the -1 was because while some of these were funny, i found this to be quite "meh" and shpagnum already said that.
Submitted by Yes (user info) at 2006-05-05 11:47:25 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
top notch stuff here!
Submitted by r0fl (user info) at 2006-05-05 11:21:47 EDT (#)
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Submitted by darko (user info) at 2006-05-05 11:12:35 (#)
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Submitted by ghola (user info) at 2006-05-05 11:11:38 (#)
Ranking: 2
+2 i'm done with finals!!!!!!!!!!!
W00t!
Submitted by darko (user info) at 2006-05-05 11:12:35 EDT (#)
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Submitted by ghola (user info) at 2006-05-05 11:11:38 (#)
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+2 i'm done with finals!!!!!!!!!!!
W00t!
Submitted by ghola (user info) at 2006-05-05 11:11:38 EDT (#)
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+2 i'm done with finals!!!!!!!!!!!
W00t!
Submitted by Average_Dan (user info) at 2006-05-05 11:06:13 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by Sphagnum (user info) at 2006-05-05 10:12:34 (#)
Ranking: 0
meh
Submitted by Spooner (user info) at 2006-05-05 10:53:58 EDT (#)
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Submitted by retrospect (user info) at 2006-05-05 10:15:50 (#)
Ranking: -1
he had an assistant named watson??
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From Wikiquote:
"Mr. Watson, come here, I want you."
-- First words spoken into the telephone when Bell spilled battery acid and called for Mr. Watson in the other room (10 March 1876)
Submitted by Spooner (user info) at 2006-05-05 10:51:39 EDT (#)
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Elisha Gray is also credited with it. But I went to Wikipedia and found this:
"However, Meucci was recognized by the US House of Representatives, in House Resolution 269, dated 11 June 2002, as stated, "Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the life and achievements of Antonio Meucci should be recognized, and his work in the invention of the telephone should be acknowledged". The Parliament of Canada retaliated by passing a resolution recognizing Canadian immigrant Alexander Graham Bell as the only inventor of the telephone. [1] [2]"
So to count, there are three people total who invented the telephone.
Submitted by icarus1987 (user info) at 2006-05-05 10:40:33 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
They just keep getting better.
Submitted by DCWoody (user info) at 2006-05-05 10:22:46 EDT (#)
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"agreed to hear the case between Meucci and Bell, and the government was moving to annul the patent issued to Bell on the grounds of fraud and misrepresentation. However, Meucci died before the trial commenced, rendering any judgment moot - and the case was discontinued."
I love being right all the time.
Submitted by DCWoody (user info) at 2006-05-05 10:21:10 EDT (#)
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Aha.... http://www.house.gov/fossella/Press/pr020611.htm
Submitted by ampersand (user info) at 2006-05-05 10:20:50 EDT (#)
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I wish I were an awkward hand turkey.
Submitted by DCWoody (user info) at 2006-05-05 10:19:32 EDT (#)
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Well.....many sources, try looking at official lists of inventions I can't remember that post was a long time ago, its just one of the things I know.
Try Wikipedia or something...even though it isn't really reliable. That is actually one of the more commonly known ones actually, it was the second one anybody got right.
Having done spome releasrch I find little evidence Of bell having stolen the idea, though my original source for that is Stephen Fry who carries more than a small amount of beleivability.
Certainly Meccuci invented the phonme first, although I'm aware that the canadian government deny this.
Submitted by retrospect (user info) at 2006-05-05 10:15:50 EDT (#)
Ranking: -1
he had an assistant named watson??
Submitted by Sphagnum (user info) at 2006-05-05 10:12:34 EDT (#)
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meh
Submitted by darko (user info) at 2006-05-05 10:12:15 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by G-prime (user info) at 2006-05-05 10:05:04 EDT (#)
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Alright, but I'm still a bit sceptical about the Graham Bell thing. I've been to the museum about his life and the invention of the telephone in Bedeque Nova Scotia, and it seems unlikely they would overlook such a fact. What is your source on this?
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2006-05-05 09:56:48 EDT (#)
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"The deafies are unfit. I'm not. I invented the goddamn telephone. I should be forced to reproduce."
Black T-shirt, please.
Submitted by Teephphah (user info) at 2006-05-05 09:51:06 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
As much as I am a fan of your use of the Giant Manga Tear (TM), I'm glad you didn't go with it here. DEFINITELY had the opportunity, but I think it would have been too easy.
Thank you for maintaining the purity and the integrity of the Giant Manga Tear (TM).
Submitted by Foolproof (user info) at 2006-05-05 09:31:04 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Hahahaha
Submitted by DCWoody (user info) at 2006-05-05 09:30:10 EDT (#)
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I've put them on your post primey, and a few others who have asked today. I'll proabaly do a post about it though since its attracted so much interest just fromn one link.
Submitted by G-prime (user info) at 2006-05-05 09:08:35 EDT (#)
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Hey woody, why don't you post the answers to your mmm test? It's been over a year now.
Submitted by simple_catalyst (user info) at 2006-05-05 09:08:33 EDT (#)
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*chuckles*
Submitted by DCWoody (user info) at 2006-05-05 08:37:46 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Spooner (user info) at 2006-05-05 08:05:36 (#)
Ranking: 0
Yeah, Elisha Gray, I know. I actually cut him out of the last line of the comic. Was one "Better patent it before he goes all Elisha Gray on me."
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Erm no actually.....
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2006-05-05 08:34:44 EDT (#)
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Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2006-05-05 07:44:17 (#)
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You're cockblocking Helen Keller?
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Yeah, a super +2 for that line...
Submitted by Spooner (user info) at 2006-05-05 08:05:36 EDT (#)
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Yeah, Elisha Gray, I know. I actually cut him out of the last line of the comic. Was one "Better patent it before he goes all Elisha Gray on me."
Submitted by DCWoody (user info) at 2006-05-05 07:53:34 EDT (#)
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I am completely unable to stop myself from informing you that Bell did not invent the telephone.
http://www.ubersite.com/m/50407
this post really pissed some people off when I first posted it.
Submitted by sinna (user info) at 2006-05-05 07:52:04 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I don't know why, but I found the 'A long distance' bit really funny.
I must be having a wierd day.
Submitted by professorfuckface (user info) at 2006-05-05 07:45:32 EDT (#)
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sing dance commander
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2006-05-05 07:44:17 EDT (#)
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You're cockblocking Helen Keller?
Submitted by Nellypaal (user info) at 2006-05-05 07:40:14 EDT (#)
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Heh.
Submitted by The_taste_of_Monkeys (user info) at 2006-05-05 07:39:23 EDT (#)
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a big +2 for:
1.Histerical accuracy
2.Historical accuracy with the 'ahoy'
Submitted by Spooner (user info) at 2006-05-05 07:30:42 EDT (#)
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Oh Goddamnit I misspelled "Inventor" in the title, what the fuck?