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You are here: Home / The Greatest ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

The Greatest ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

by John Cole|  September 1, 20146:36 pm| 72 Comments

This post is in: Bring on the Brawndo!, Clown Shoes

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Confederate Flag- check
American Flag vest- check
Flask of whiskey- check
Drunken southern drawl- check
Fire- check

All this needs is a pick-em-up truck, some chewing tobacco, and a shotgun, and this would be the perfect video.

(via Wonkette)

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  1. 1.

    Poopyman

    September 1, 2014 at 6:47 pm

    Darwin wept.

  2. 2.

    PurpleGirl

    September 1, 2014 at 6:48 pm

    He could’ve been a Darwin Award contender.

  3. 3.

    Professor

    September 1, 2014 at 6:48 pm

    Christ on a bike, does this American have a vote? Do you allow this idiot to vote? Unbelievable.

  4. 4.

    NotMax

    September 1, 2014 at 6:49 pm

    No intelligent life forms were harmed (or indeed present) during the making of this video.

  5. 5.

    JPL

    September 1, 2014 at 6:50 pm

    The sad thing is that he published it online. It was not hacked.

  6. 6.

    max

    September 1, 2014 at 6:50 pm

    @PurpleGirl: He could’ve been a Darwin Award contender.

    Too clueless to be dumb enough to manage to immolate himself.

    max
    [‘Sad.’]

    ETA: Come to think of it, maybe he’s just a reenactor! He’s reenacting the Southern side of the Civil War! Yeah! It’s performance art! It’s all a metaphor for slavery and the defense thereof! Yeah!

  7. 7.

    MattF

    September 1, 2014 at 6:50 pm

    Now where is that AK-47 when you need it?

  8. 8.

    MobiusKlein

    September 1, 2014 at 6:52 pm

    So do I go to heaven if my fondest wish was for the flag to catch on fire too, and immolate him with it?

  9. 9.

    Violet

    September 1, 2014 at 6:56 pm

    He’d be a genius in Idiocracy.

  10. 10.

    Kerry Reid

    September 1, 2014 at 6:59 pm

    “Dude, my hair’s fucked up!”

    Um, I think maybe the problem might be below the follicles, sir.

  11. 11.

    Baud

    September 1, 2014 at 7:00 pm

    That it took almost 5 years to defeat the Confederacy is a stain on the Union side.

  12. 12.

    Poopyman

    September 1, 2014 at 7:02 pm

    @Baud: Blame the generals. Lincoln was trying to get their asses moving, to little avail.

  13. 13.

    MattF

    September 1, 2014 at 7:04 pm

    So, the lesson here is “Brylcreem is flammable.”

  14. 14.

    Suffern ACE

    September 1, 2014 at 7:13 pm

    So, while President Obama has spent Labor Day weekend raising money for Democrats, is it any wonder why some lawmakers and political analysts, including Red State’s Erick Erickson are asking: “Can we borrow David Cameron?”

    My memory serves me poorly these days. But the last time the press was all hot and bothered about how David Cameron is a man of unique vision and action, we got involved in Libya. A war which still doesn’t make any sense, that is deeply unpopular, that has spiraled out of control.

  15. 15.

    gbear

    September 1, 2014 at 7:16 pm

    Needs moar M-80s.

  16. 16.

    Dog On Porch

    September 1, 2014 at 7:20 pm

    Someone once said that Jerry Lee Lewis epitomized everything America fears about the white southern male. But Jerry Lee was blessed with a supreme talent that he made the most of, and his music did more to further civil rights advances than all the Billy Graham crusader rabbit rallies combined. Rather, it’s always been Jethro’s like that clown that disturb the sensibilities of non-southerners. And that, if only because it seems you can’t swing a dead cat down there without hitting one and all his kinfolk.

  17. 17.

    The Lodger

    September 1, 2014 at 7:24 pm

    @Dog On Porch: And his girlfriend. Oh, wait…

  18. 18.

    the Conster

    September 1, 2014 at 7:29 pm

    Get a brain, moran.

  19. 19.

    geg6

    September 1, 2014 at 7:34 pm

    Jeebus. What a moran.

  20. 20.

    FlipYrWhig

    September 1, 2014 at 7:34 pm

    So this seems like it was deliberately stupid/playing to caricature–the initial dialogue is very rehearsed and not natural IMHO–but it got stupider in the doing when the flaming bandanna didn’t go out from the dousing with water. Right?

  21. 21.

    The Dangerman

    September 1, 2014 at 7:42 pm

    Michael Jackson, is that you?

  22. 22.

    Steeplejack

    September 1, 2014 at 7:43 pm

    @Cole:

    All this needs is a pick-em-up truck, some chewing tobacco, and a shotgun, and this would be the perfect video.

    Maybe an explicit “Now watch this!” as the cherry on the sundae.

  23. 23.

    Southern Beale

    September 1, 2014 at 7:44 pm

    Saw something somewhere (found it, it’s Gawker, ‘natch) about a person doing the challenge and nearly drowning because their “bucket” was a firefighting plane.

    Can we just stop doing this stupid ALS shit, please?

  24. 24.

    Uncle Cosmo

    September 1, 2014 at 7:46 pm

    “Dude, my hair’s fucked up!” Jeebus Cripes, nimrod, be glad you didn’t double down on the Brylcreem beforehand or the local hospital would be peeling skin off your wrinkled redneck arse to patch over top your pointy flambeed skull…

  25. 25.

    shelley

    September 1, 2014 at 7:48 pm

    All this needs is a pick-em-up truck, some chewing tobacco, and a shotgun,

    Shotgun? You need a whole gun-rack for the back window. And don’t forget the nudie-girl mud flaps.

  26. 26.

    Poopyman

    September 1, 2014 at 7:51 pm

    @The Dangerman: Too soon, man.

  27. 27.

    Dog On Porch

    September 1, 2014 at 7:54 pm

    @Southern Beale: @FlipYrWhig: Right. It was a liberal plot to undermine America’s perception of white southern males, and/or a plot to reinforce such perception. Got it.

  28. 28.

    shelley

    September 1, 2014 at 7:56 pm

    OMG, I posted that above before watching the video. What the fu….???

    He ends with saying ‘Dude, my hair’s fucked up!” Your hair? The way that fire was going, he’s lucky his face didn’t melt down like those Nazi’s at the end of ‘Raiders Of The Lost Ark.’

  29. 29.

    skerry

    September 1, 2014 at 7:58 pm

    A man in Texas (natch) dumped ice water on his 10 month old grandchild. He’s been reported to Child Protective Services by the child’s father (who is in a nasty divorce with the mother).

  30. 30.

    Southern Beale

    September 1, 2014 at 7:58 pm

    This needed a gun of some kind to be truly classic.

  31. 31.

    cmorenc

    September 1, 2014 at 7:59 pm

    Alas, there’s an inexhaustible supply of redneck goobers even more flamboyantly stupid than the dude that set his hair on fire doing the ice-bucket challenge.

    For example, there’s Diamon Dave – Kung Fu Hillbilly – assisted by his girlfriend, who appears in the clip and adds to the um, ambience.

  32. 32.

    Dog On Porch

    September 1, 2014 at 8:01 pm

    “I believe all Southern liberals come from the same starting point — race. Once you figure out they are lying to you about race, you start to question everything”.

    Molly Ivins (RIP) of Texas

  33. 33.

    dexwood

    September 1, 2014 at 8:01 pm

    Don’t forget the dog and the train.

  34. 34.

    cmorenc

    September 1, 2014 at 8:02 pm

    WADR to the dude who set his hair on fire doing the ice bucket challenge, he’s got some serious competition for extinction-level doofosity. For example, there’s Diamon Dave – Kung Fu Hillbilly. Imagine having Dave in your corner in a bar fight.

  35. 35.

    dexwood

    September 1, 2014 at 8:02 pm

    @Steeplejack:
    Hold my beer comes first.

  36. 36.

    raven

    September 1, 2014 at 8:07 pm

    Miami with green helmets???

  37. 37.

    shelley

    September 1, 2014 at 8:08 pm

    Dying to know what accellerent he put on that head scarf to have it go up so spectacularly. And the dumped water only made it worse.

  38. 38.

    Southern Beale

    September 1, 2014 at 8:08 pm

    @dexwood:

    Hold my beer comes first.

    Brilliant!

  39. 39.

    Villago Delenda Est

    September 1, 2014 at 8:19 pm

    As someone who volunteered as a 2LT for a dunk tank for some charity drive, and half of my platoon eagerly forked over their hard earned money for a chance to send the LT into the cold water, I think ice bucket challenges can be fun and raise fund for worthy causes.

    Even the pie in the face thing (which I also did at a charity auction) can be a good thing.

    However, this guy is, as others before me have pointed out, a moran.

  40. 40.

    OzarkHillbilly

    September 1, 2014 at 8:21 pm

    You forgot “prison”, “trains”, and his Mama, then it would be the perfect video.

  41. 41.

    raven

    September 1, 2014 at 8:22 pm

    @OzarkHillbilly: Talked to my guy today, 90% blockage on the coil, dog hair mostly. That accounts for the 15 minutes.

  42. 42.

    trollhattan

    September 1, 2014 at 8:28 pm

    I give you Bruno Brokken.

    Remember, kids: water not compressible.

  43. 43.

    Dog On Porch

    September 1, 2014 at 8:30 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est: One of my proudest moments as a kid came when my years of playing baseball paid off one night at a carnival in Salem, Oregon. “Hit the button with a baseball, and dunk a coach”. I was maybe 12, but had played BB for seven years (sandlot & little league). The guy no sooner took his seat again than I dunked him again. It was a blast.

  44. 44.

    Scamp Dog

    September 1, 2014 at 8:31 pm

    I hope the upcoming godson proves to be as photogenic as his predecessor. Who we haven’t seen pictures of in some time, come to think of it. Baby pics are a valid alternative to pet pics!

  45. 45.

    raven

    September 1, 2014 at 8:32 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est: Ever see “Carny” with Jodie Foster, Gary Busey and Robbie Roberston?

    Gary Busey – Dunk Tank Clow

    And Elisha Cook Jr.

  46. 46.

    SFAW

    September 1, 2014 at 8:33 pm

    Maybe my ears need rebooting, but idiot’s accent didn’t sound like a “Southern drawl,” unless you’re talking about South Dakota. And there are plenty of Northern assholes who proudly wave the Stars’n’Bars.

    @Professor:

    Christ on a bike, does this American have a vote?

    What kind of question is that? He’s white, ain’t he? If he were darker (and I don’t mean “tanned”), then you could keep him from voting.

  47. 47.

    raven

    September 1, 2014 at 8:33 pm

    @SFAW: Yep, heard that right away.

  48. 48.

    SFAW

    September 1, 2014 at 8:40 pm

    @raven:

    Thanks, thought I might be hallucinatin’ or something. (Well, I am, but not regarding that, I guess.)

  49. 49.

    OzarkHillbilly

    September 1, 2014 at 8:40 pm

    @raven: Figures…

  50. 50.

    FlipYrWhig

    September 1, 2014 at 8:41 pm

    @Dog On Porch: Nothing to do with liberal. He just looks like he wanted to do “pretend dumbass” but had the misfortune of coming out more like “actual dumbass.”

    Reminiscent of the guy who occasioned the clip shown here: Meet The Blowtorch-Carrying Gay Marriage Opponent Who Set That General Mills Lawn On Fire.

  51. 51.

    raven

    September 1, 2014 at 8:42 pm

    @SFAW: When you’ve lived down here for 30 years you get pretty good at tellin what’s what.

  52. 52.

    SFAW

    September 1, 2014 at 8:45 pm

    @raven:

    When you’ve lived down here for 30 years

    The most amazing thing about that is that you’re still rational.

  53. 53.

    am

    September 1, 2014 at 8:48 pm

    redneck’s last words: “Check this sh*t out”

  54. 54.

    raven

    September 1, 2014 at 8:49 pm

    @SFAW: I can go to the bait shop and they never know I’m a Yankee.

    eta There’s plenty of folks here that wouldn’t agree with you characterization!

  55. 55.

    OzarkHillbilly

    September 1, 2014 at 8:50 pm

    @SFAW: Says who? Now I’m wondering about you…

  56. 56.

    Dog On Porch

    September 1, 2014 at 8:51 pm

    @FlipYrWhig: I lean towards the “actual dumb ass” side myself. And, of course, the original Jethro Bodine was none other than the son of the great heavyweight and good guy, Max Baer.

  57. 57.

    Villago Delenda Est

    September 1, 2014 at 8:51 pm

    @raven: That’s good infiltration!

  58. 58.

    raven

    September 1, 2014 at 8:53 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est: Specially when your gettin cawtaba/catalpa worms n’ minners.

  59. 59.

    AnonPhenom

    September 1, 2014 at 9:18 pm

    @Steeplejack:

    Yes. My thoughts exactly.

  60. 60.

    Seth

    September 1, 2014 at 9:31 pm

    “Dude, my hair’s messed up.”

    What about your brain the allowed this to happen in the first place? Your hair is the least of your concerns.

  61. 61.

    maya

    September 1, 2014 at 10:15 pm

    If only William Tecumseh Sherman had access to the same accelerant.

  62. 62.

    AndoChronic

    September 1, 2014 at 11:01 pm

    The best question a redneck could ever ask is. ” ‘Ya all know what would be a great idea?”

  63. 63.

    Joseph Nobles

    September 1, 2014 at 11:22 pm

    “The South is gonna rise a… STOP, DROP, AND ROLL, EARL!”

  64. 64.

    PurpleGirl

    September 1, 2014 at 11:29 pm

    Nothing can excuse the moron.

    And while the ice-bucket challenge has become over-the-top at this point, the initial stage of it has been an exceedingly good fundraiser for the ALS Foundation. From the increased awareness of ALS, the Foundation has raised something like 2000% more this year than any time in the past. Don’t know what they can do to keep interest up in helping them, though. And I hope that other organizations do not try to repeat this campaign. (I still think David Gerrold’s use of a bucket of Tribbles was the most fun I’ve seen.)

  65. 65.

    Mnemosyne

    September 1, 2014 at 11:41 pm

    @PurpleGirl:

    I’m really surprised by how far it’s spread among ordinary people, honestly. There are people at my office who have done it and challenged their friends to do it. I haven’t been challenged yet, but would either write the check or have something else dumped (a bucket of yarn, perhaps?)

  66. 66.

    brantl

    September 2, 2014 at 6:58 am

    A flare gun fired at his head, to light it all off, would have been perfect.

  67. 67.

    HeartlandLiberal

    September 2, 2014 at 7:03 am

    Q. What are a Redneck’s last words??

    A. Hey, Bubba, watch this!!

  68. 68.

    SFAW

    September 2, 2014 at 7:40 am

    @OzarkHillbilly:

    Present company excepted, of course.

  69. 69.

    Chet

    September 2, 2014 at 8:18 am

    Some folk’ll never burn their heads, but then again, some folk’ll…

  70. 70.

    daryljfontaine

    September 2, 2014 at 8:24 am

    The only way that could have been better is if he’d somehow managed to catch the traitors’ flag on fire as well.

    D

  71. 71.

    Paul in KY

    September 2, 2014 at 8:33 am

    @cmorenc: I think that’s a well rehearsed act.

  72. 72.

    gragor

    September 12, 2014 at 2:27 am

    Your video was taken down so here is one with pick-em-up truck, some chewing tobacco, and a shotgun.

    Redneck Ice bucket challenge
    T-Bird does the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge ‘Murica style
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUmX3CGl3sc

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