1. Comment #390108 by -ID62- on June 22, 2009 at 11:45 am

Vvvvroooom....BUMP...Vvvvroooom....BUMP!..Vvvvroooom....BUMP!
Like skipping a stone, I wonder how many hills he can climb before falling through the cracks.

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2. Comment #390111 by admin on June 22, 2009 at 11:48 am

Atheist bus campaign in Saudi Arabia?

Josh

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3. Comment #390113 by NNYskeptic on June 22, 2009 at 11:51 am

The exhaust from this really smells!

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4. Comment #390116 by wouldbesakota on June 22, 2009 at 11:54 am

On a more serious note, I think it points out children being indoctrinated and how ridiculous it is- I mean as a kid, who understands things about "god" or why they should pray five times, etc.

Anyway, funny picture.

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5. Comment #390117 by JacksonDane on June 22, 2009 at 11:56 am

Everyone in this picture is "playing pretend", the child is the only one who knows it though

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6. Comment #390120 by ustumble on June 22, 2009 at 11:56 am

This child was publicly beheaded for his apostasy during the soccer match that followed.

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7. Comment #390121 by root2squared on June 22, 2009 at 11:57 am

OMG!!!

He did not submit to Allah.

Is he still alive?

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8. Comment #390124 by Dhamma on June 22, 2009 at 12:02 pm

Herding sheep, is he?

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9. Comment #390125 by Gary.Hicks on June 22, 2009 at 12:02 pm

"Hey Dad, I can see our Mullah from here!"

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10. Comment #390127 by Animavore on June 22, 2009 at 12:05 pm

Young boy tricked into ironing pillows with novelty iron.

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11. Comment #390131 by Pilot22A on June 22, 2009 at 12:08 pm

Sweet and cuddly, no doubt about it.

Still doesn't overcome the reality that there are just too many of us on this planet, and more being born each day.

Where does it all end?

Massive famine?

Pandemics?

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12. Comment #390135 by BJPentecost on June 22, 2009 at 12:12 pm

The wheels on the bus go ALLĀHU AKBAR!!!!

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13. Comment #390141 by bendigeidfran on June 22, 2009 at 12:21 pm

Madonna visits Saudi adoption agency

Father o'toole said he'll take me away from all this in a big white bus

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14. Comment #390148 by MrPickwick on June 22, 2009 at 12:49 pm

Reminds me of the Jesuit motto: "Give me the child and I will give you the man"...

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15. Comment #390151 by Quine on June 22, 2009 at 12:58 pm

I want this big, and framed, and on my wall.

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16. Comment #390153 by mordacious1 on June 22, 2009 at 1:21 pm

DUCK!!!

It's a drive-by!

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17. Comment #390155 by mattincinci on June 22, 2009 at 1:35 pm

WIth no hint of irony, here's a book on how to use magic tricks to teach Catholicism to kids

http://www.amazon.com/Catechists-Magic-Kit-Teaching-Catholicism/dp/0824525183/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1245701239&sr=8-1

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18. Comment #390161 by NewEnglandBob on June 22, 2009 at 2:59 pm

Hey Kid!

Get your ass in the air like a good lemming!

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19. Comment #390163 by seantellis on June 22, 2009 at 3:26 pm

Ahh, reminds me of the few times we went to church when I was a kid of 5, clutching the Holy Book under one arm. The 1971 Dinky Toys catalogue, that is. Well, it was that or be bored during all the incomprehensible mumbling.

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20. Comment #390165 by Just Plain Cliff on June 22, 2009 at 3:29 pm

Too much, the Magic Bus!

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21. Comment #390176 by thereisnodog on June 22, 2009 at 4:07 pm

this picture wonderfully captures the madness of religion.

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22. Comment #390178 by clodhopper on June 22, 2009 at 4:09 pm

"TAXI.....TAXI for Mousavi"

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23. Comment #390186 by Hellene on June 22, 2009 at 4:48 pm

How cute... the kid's playing "car bomb".

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24. Comment #390192 by Lucas on June 22, 2009 at 5:19 pm

Bingo and bingo, Pilot22A. That's assuming the other thing doesn't happen.

The look on that boy's face is nothing less than the hope of humanity, folks. Vroom vroom indeed. He's clearly still reachable. Odds are against him keeping up that attitude toward religious authority though.

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25. Comment #390195 by Geoff on June 22, 2009 at 5:31 pm

Saeed bumps!

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26. Comment #390200 by Alternative Carpark on June 22, 2009 at 5:34 pm

What a lovely picture!

The boy is clearly the smartest in the building. If only his family would move to a more enlightened region, then he could stay that way.

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27. Comment #390201 by Steve Zara on June 22, 2009 at 5:37 pm

It is a great picture, but someone has to ask - is it real?

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28. Comment #390218 by -ID62- on June 22, 2009 at 6:41 pm

Steve Zara,
I think you ask a good question. If you go to the original posting at "pictureisunrelated" there is a discussion about this very problem. It seems as though the angles might not be quite right. If so,
then we are all reacting to an image that tells a story that we WANT to hear (see).

I do not have enough expertise to make a judgment, any one else?

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29. Comment #390219 by Fizzle on June 22, 2009 at 6:44 pm

Steve@ 27: The awesomeness can only go up at this point :D

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30. Comment #390223 by paceetrate on June 22, 2009 at 7:07 pm

I'm usually pretty good at spotting photoshop jobs, considering I do them for a living. :P But I don't see anything particularly wrong with this one. The angle doesn't look off to me, he looks like he's squished between the people around him, on his knees just not bent over... The lighting seems ok, there isn't anything around the boy that would indicate that he's been cut out of another photo... There's a decent amount of jpeg artifacts, but they're found throughout the photo. Either this photo is legit or the photoshopper is really good.

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31. Comment #390237 by zengardener on June 22, 2009 at 8:37 pm

boy: hey dad? Dad? Dad? Dad? DAD!!!
father whispers: Shhh! be Quiet.
boy whispers: Dad?
father: what is it?
boy: uhm...
father: quietly, my son, before you are in trouble.
boy: Guess what.
father sighs: What?
boy: I have four-wheel-drive!

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32. Comment #390242 by Sciros on June 22, 2009 at 9:20 pm

looks like it's probably legit
http://www.videoyblog.com/publicidad/a-shiite-boy/

I could photoshop something like that if I wanted, heck any pro can, so these days you have to just see if you can trace the image back to a legit source.

Also, these people pray like 5x a day, if you look hard enough you can probably find something funny on a daily basis.

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33. Comment #390245 by Bonzai on June 22, 2009 at 9:38 pm

The comments that suggest this is a photoshop job actually say a lot about our perceptions of Muslims. I don't find the picture that extraordinary, it would probably be on a par with someone texting his friend in a church during a sermon or something like that but even more innocent. Hey, muslims are humans too and I am sure that the boy won't get stonned to death as a result.

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34. Comment #390249 by Roy_H on June 22, 2009 at 10:34 pm

He is toying with the idea about becoming an atheist . Give that kid a bacon sandwich!

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35. Comment #390250 by righton on June 22, 2009 at 10:36 pm

Bonzai wrote:

"Hey, muslims are humans too"


What£ Then why do they have hooves£

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36. Comment #390253 by Fuzzy Duck on June 22, 2009 at 11:07 pm

Even if it's edited, it's a marvelous image.

-Kevin

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37. Comment #390254 by Max of Earlobes on June 22, 2009 at 11:10 pm

The most sensible and enlightened person there.

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38. Comment #390256 by passutoba on June 22, 2009 at 11:29 pm

'And then in a moment of lucidity, the child realised that pushing his toy over daddy's back was indeed a more productive and creative activity than prostrating yourself and muttering sweet nothings to nobody'

I'm trying to resist the temptation to make a suggestion involving him getting older and driving a real bus............

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39. Comment #390264 by chameleonpete on June 23, 2009 at 1:02 am

Oh... but for a real atheist bus to turn up.

When I used to attend church, would have longed to do something like that. The ipod was just invented too late for me..

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40. Comment #390283 by Ian on June 23, 2009 at 2:05 am

This photo is probably one that will come back to haunt him. It'll be the one trotted out and shown to his girlfriend:

"And look what little Mohammed did at prayers." ;)

It's a charming picture and his loved-ones will see the charm as well; they did after all let him take the bus to prayers.

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41. Comment #390302 by Inside centre on June 23, 2009 at 2:47 am

A bus cannot ride your back unless it is bent

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42. Comment #390308 by Hellene on June 23, 2009 at 3:12 am

27. Comment #390201 by Steve Zara

"It is a great picture, but someone has to ask - is it real? "

Of course not, they are praying.

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43. Comment #390319 by RichardofYork on June 23, 2009 at 4:01 am

Is that the future Ayatollah "Car" meini?

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44. Comment #390322 by PERSON on June 23, 2009 at 4:04 am

11. Comment #390131 by Pilot22A on June 22, 2009 at 12:08 pm
"Where does it all end ... famine?"

Here are some good thoughts on that.

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45. Comment #390350 by Apathy personified on June 23, 2009 at 6:37 am

I wonder which infidel/apostate wasn't praying so he/she could take this shot?

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46. Comment #390358 by elise97 on June 23, 2009 at 7:05 am

dear allah, please give me a real van so i can get away from this religious shithole

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47. Comment #390362 by LaurieB on June 23, 2009 at 7:21 am

The image of children playing next to their praying family members is not unusual at all. Children are not required to pray and not required to sit quietly nearby. I've seen little kids climb on top of praying adults and leap and spin all around them. When I tried to distract and divert the children, it was explained to me that it's not for the child to alter their behavior, it's the praying adult that needs to establish a strong direct connection to Allah during prayer that cannot be diverted by whatever is going on in the space around them.

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48. Comment #390364 by Philip1978 on June 23, 2009 at 7:24 am

Kid:

"I think my bus just had an oil leek on the back of your trousers?"

Or

"Do you guys HAVE to do this everytime I lose a wheel off the bus?"

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49. Comment #390365 by CaptainMandate on June 23, 2009 at 7:25 am

"Stop playing such childish games and bend over to talk to the man in the sky like an adult!"

or

"childish imagination runs riot in mosque as congregation talk to imaginary friend"

or

"MUSLIM CHILD ACCUSED OF INSULTING ISLAM: 'It's not so much playing with his toy bus during prayers but you wanna see where he's parked his BMX' claims distressed imam"

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50. Comment #390368 by LaurieB on June 23, 2009 at 7:27 am

"Keep on truckin' baby!"

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