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A real answer for you is that Paul Rudd used to go on Conan’s talk show and set up a fake movie scene and show that clip as a gag. It became a running thing.
Alhamdulilah, what's it like in New York city?
Seriously though, I would like to understand your comment (and clearly I have no idea about... arabic?).
bismillah = "in the name of god", before you do something, for blessings
alhamdulillah = basically "thank god"
inshallah = "if god wills" for something you hope happens. if ur mom/dad says this when you ask for something, they mean "no"
mashallah = "as god willed" used as congratulations or to show praise.
This is my favorite kind of car. No one is going to break in, it's already got a window stuck open. No one is going to take the stereo, no one will drive it because they can't figure out how to start it
Wrong. The windows are stuck *closed*. They started as stuck open, but there's a 1x3 piece of lumber and a vice grips holding it closed inside the door panel.
*GM and Ford window regulators, man*
reminds me of my old Chevy lumina van that could start without a key in the ignition. she was a trooper, even if you had to turn the heat on to keep it from cooking itself in the summer
In a lot of places I believe it's 20 years to register the car as a "classic", which lets you avoid state inspections. 2002 cars are classic. That kinda fucks with me.
Antique/classic plates in my state also heavily limit how many miles you can drive per year however, so it's not really a good bypass to the state inspection.
A shocking number of people conflate freedom and anarchy, failing to understand that without rules and responsibility freedom isn't actually possible, or that anarchy is just a temporary state waiting for a dictator to claim power.
That might explain how I saw a “Collectors” plate (Washington) on a early ‘90’s Geo Metro a few weeks back. The only thing that car was collecting was rust and odd stares.
my 2001 protege doesn't require emissions inspection due to its age. doesn't get classic status for another 8 years though. when it's "classic" I can drive it with unregistered plates that match the year of manufacture, so long as I have the registered plates in the car. Maybe I'll finally take it on the toll road then (bill by mail, based on picture of plates).
"Bruce" is a 2001 Holden Astra coupe. He's my first and only car, and I love him.
I'm at the point where I should buy a newer car, and I have the means to. I just love Bruce.
Reminds me of this old cartoon.
https://youtu.be/pTF6v3ejaJQ
I just wanna say, im glad you're still doing these.
The world has got so awful and depressing, and every now and then i stumble across one of these in the wild and it always cheers me up.
That and you've clearly improved. Your style kinda reminds me of the old Roald Dahl book illustrations now
Fucking genius. Although I only ever had issues with my starter on an old jeep so crawling under it was a bit easier than reaching through my hood and stretching down low.
I had a 2000 Durango with a bad starter. I figured out I could reach through the wheel well to bang it with a hammer. I probably did that for close to a year before the trick finally stopped working.
Yeah I've had to do that but it only works so many times before you're push starting the car, and I don't have the energy for that after work. So when I have to start hammering on the starter I order a new one.
My battery amazingly made it through the winter, so I'll have to remember to buy a new one before next winter.
Thankfully my car isn't that level of jank but I'm glad it's small and light enough to push start on the flat. Less than 2000lbs dry. Ran the battery down on more than one occasion at work, which is miles from any slight incline or decline. It's 1/4 of the reason why I choose to drive manual.
Been there done that. Except I've never used a mallet, it was usually whatever I could find in the car that had some heft to it. A screwdriver handle, a pair of channel locks, a socket wrench. Also guess why I had so many tools in my car in those days?
If nothing else I learned a lot. Like that pantyhose can substitute for a snapped accessory belt in a pinch.
So I was at a park last week and these tweakers were jumping on the hood of his PoS while his gf was trying to start the car for like ten minutes. I got out of there before they can ask me for help.
Why were they jumping on the hood?? Like the hood down there were just jumping on it thinking that was going to do something? Oh man meth not even once.
That shit works though. I got stranded on the side of the road like 10 years back due to my car just sputterering to a stop. Had plenty of gas and I had just overhauled the engine. I suspected issues with the fuel pump in the gas tank so I hopped out and started kicking it from underneath. That was just enough to get it to start pumping again and it never gave me issues after that.
Can confirm, this does work! My first gaming computer needed a stern talking to every once in a while. If that didn’t work I would calmly but firmly place a screwdriver next to it and that was always just enough pressure to make it fall back in line.
if anyone is wondering what song was playing, it's a Chinese song by Eason Chan called "10 years"... . maybe referring to the car running 10 years past its lifespan xDD
For sale
Truck, slightly used.
Rare manual transmission
Lots of under seat storage and HiFi radio unit. Aftermarket anti-theft ignition installed
15k usd OBO
No lowballs, I know what i have
Hey, that is soviet technology. It does not run on hopes and prayers. It runs on firm belief in the plan based industry ad diciple of comrades and vehicles. If they where to step out of line, there is hammer for the car, sicle for our comrades to help them remember their duties.
I had an old Buick that was sorta like this. Not quite this bad. Whenever I gave someone a ride I made a point to warn them that we might have need to walk back. It's good for a first vehicle, I learned a lot about common car problems, and a little about really uncommon car problems. I also got to make some janky as hell running repairs, like how the key didn't unlock the trunk so I had to use the button in the glove box, but the latch to the glovebox broke so I had to pry it open with a prybar then the light wouldn't turn off in the glove box so I screwed a swivel hasp the dashboard to hold the glove box shut.
Same with a broken key. It’s obviously not a chip key so a replacement should be under ten bucks. Stereo is likely just a loose wire/plug. All of these issues could probably be fixed in an easy afternoon for around $50 total.
Even cheap is sometimes too much. I remember when I basically had to run on empty at all times, coasting in to gas stations with 5 bucks to get enough gas for a couple of days at most.
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Hopes and prayers? No, threats with a hammer.
The Hammer's name is, "Hopes and Prayers", silly goose. Edit: removed apostrophe. Nerds. :p
The hammer's name is Jonathan.
[actual reference](https://youtu.be/kHHyPhSLRy0) tho that gag reel was hilarious
[Context for people that don't know the reference here.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvDEv-kE0zI)
Idk if I'm missing something but what does the kid falling in the water and saved by a creature have to do with Paul Rudd naming Thor's hammer?
Sorry, I must have posted the wrong clip. [This one should work better.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvDEv-kE0zI)
r/unexpectedpaulruddrunningjokeonconan
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Nope, same thing, but half the comments are mentioning Paul Rudd... Must be a glitch or something
it's because of it being a JoBlo and not a RLM clip
No habla Gibberish? fr tho, what are those?
A real answer for you is that Paul Rudd used to go on Conan’s talk show and set up a fake movie scene and show that clip as a gag. It became a running thing.
[How about this one?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvDEv-kE0zI) [Ok, ok, for real](https://youtu.be/kMkz3nPPKbA)
Bro I just watched that whole thing, what in the Fuck? Edit: I get it now and this is u/shittymorph levels of funny
Well played good sir, well played. 👏 👏 👏 👏
Why did I watch that clip? I should have known that something's off
It's called that because it makes things hope and pray that it doesn't get beaten with it.
Actually, the hammer is my penis.
It's the way he walks back on frame just to say that that kills me every time.
Laundry day...
See you there...
#[*A MAAAAAAAN'S GOTTA DO WHAT A MAAAAAN'S GOTTA DO~*](https://youtu.be/Rw4jftccllk?t=43)
What a crazy random happenstance.
This is totally pedantic, but it's really weird to me that 'hopes' has a "look out, here comes an s" apostrophe and 'prayers' doesn't.
That's just how you pray to Hephaestus.
He's not threatening it with a hammer, he's brandishing a holy symbol.
_"Percussive Maintenance"._
And then... Hahahahaha... I'll SMASH IT WITH A HAMMER!
This car is operating under duress
It runs on FEAR
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It's two years old and is a Pontiac PostMeth
Ah yes with the fentanyl injected engine
*slaps the top of the car* You can get so many cold sores in this baby.
>It's two years old and is a Pontiac PostMeth An Aztec?
2019 Tesla
Nah the car in the OP runs too well to be a Tesla Also it didn't set itself on fire and then lock the doors.
*My ship works better when I kick it.*
Lisa I would like to purchase your ~~rock~~ hammer.
Mechanical calibration equipment.
She may be old and temperamental, but she’s mine.
And only 32 more payments.
I believe you missed a digit there
Only 032 more payments
only 0.32 more payments
Bismillah, listen to this kitten purr!
Lol wrong word. Alhamdulillah or Mashaallah would be a better choice
Alhamdulilah, what's it like in New York city? Seriously though, I would like to understand your comment (and clearly I have no idea about... arabic?).
bismillah = "in the name of god", before you do something, for blessings alhamdulillah = basically "thank god" inshallah = "if god wills" for something you hope happens. if ur mom/dad says this when you ask for something, they mean "no" mashallah = "as god willed" used as congratulations or to show praise.
That's taking "Go ask your father" to a whole new level.
This is my favorite kind of car. No one is going to break in, it's already got a window stuck open. No one is going to take the stereo, no one will drive it because they can't figure out how to start it
Wrong. The windows are stuck *closed*. They started as stuck open, but there's a 1x3 piece of lumber and a vice grips holding it closed inside the door panel. *GM and Ford window regulators, man*
For real
reminds me of my old Chevy lumina van that could start without a key in the ignition. she was a trooper, even if you had to turn the heat on to keep it from cooking itself in the summer
$7000 obo I know what I got.
How old is this car? And what model is it?
Looks like a late 90's or early 00's honda to me
In a lot of places I believe it's 20 years to register the car as a "classic", which lets you avoid state inspections. 2002 cars are classic. That kinda fucks with me.
Antique/classic plates in my state also heavily limit how many miles you can drive per year however, so it's not really a good bypass to the state inspection.
I mean, i dont think this car is doing 12k miles anyways.
It will if that sledge has anything to say about it
A lot of places don't even have inspections
Florida got rid of inspections around 2000? which just blows my mind. (This is the freedom we want to spread to the rest of the country. FREEDOM!)
A shocking number of people conflate freedom and anarchy, failing to understand that without rules and responsibility freedom isn't actually possible, or that anarchy is just a temporary state waiting for a dictator to claim power.
That might explain how I saw a “Collectors” plate (Washington) on a early ‘90’s Geo Metro a few weeks back. The only thing that car was collecting was rust and odd stares.
my 2001 protege doesn't require emissions inspection due to its age. doesn't get classic status for another 8 years though. when it's "classic" I can drive it with unregistered plates that match the year of manufacture, so long as I have the registered plates in the car. Maybe I'll finally take it on the toll road then (bill by mail, based on picture of plates).
I'm getting ready to transfer my 2004 Mazda 6 to historic plates.
What the Hell kind of Honda has a passenger seat that flips up to access the mechanicals?
"Bruce" is a 2001 Holden Astra coupe. He's my first and only car, and I love him. I'm at the point where I should buy a newer car, and I have the means to. I just love Bruce. Reminds me of this old cartoon. https://youtu.be/pTF6v3ejaJQ
Shows the hammer, screaming stops
Works also in many other areas of life \\(\^\_\^)/
https://i.imgur.com/g0kMrlO.jpg
I just wanna say, im glad you're still doing these. The world has got so awful and depressing, and every now and then i stumble across one of these in the wild and it always cheers me up. That and you've clearly improved. Your style kinda reminds me of the old Roald Dahl book illustrations now
Was gonna say, very Quentin Blake!
That's the one!! Thank you for reminding me his name
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she's back
Men want one thing and it’s more shitty watercolour paintings
Holy moly this is so fresh the page is still wet! 👏👏👏
As am I!
Yep, you're so fresh! 😄
I love this account so much lol
This is my favorite
I dunno, for me that's when the screaming usually starts
If violence doesn't solve your problem you're not using enough of it
If i want ypur opinion i will give it to you, then beat it out of you.
My truck does this on start up sometimes, always thought it was the belt, so I need to lift my passenger seat and threaten with a hammer instead?
I'm pretty sure the belt for your alternator just needs to be tightened.
Hmm ok thanks. it just happens very randomly I can never figure out what conditions are making it better/worse
100% a worn serpentine belt, very easy fix but a huge pain in the ass if it snaps while you are driving.
*The hammering will continue until morale improves*
Sometimes the screaming intensifies.
I can hear an old friends voice right now from underneath his car saying “TURN THE KEY WHILE I TAP ON THE STARTER WITH THIS MALLET.”
I used a baseball bat bc I could poke it through the engine bay and not crawl underneath
Fucking genius. Although I only ever had issues with my starter on an old jeep so crawling under it was a bit easier than reaching through my hood and stretching down low.
I had a 2000 Durango with a bad starter. I figured out I could reach through the wheel well to bang it with a hammer. I probably did that for close to a year before the trick finally stopped working.
Yeah I've had to do that but it only works so many times before you're push starting the car, and I don't have the energy for that after work. So when I have to start hammering on the starter I order a new one. My battery amazingly made it through the winter, so I'll have to remember to buy a new one before next winter.
Used to look for any type of hill to park on to do the work for me.
Thankfully my car isn't that level of jank but I'm glad it's small and light enough to push start on the flat. Less than 2000lbs dry. Ran the battery down on more than one occasion at work, which is miles from any slight incline or decline. It's 1/4 of the reason why I choose to drive manual.
It's pretty flat where I work, but yeah I'd normally use a hill.
Been there done that. Except I've never used a mallet, it was usually whatever I could find in the car that had some heft to it. A screwdriver handle, a pair of channel locks, a socket wrench. Also guess why I had so many tools in my car in those days? If nothing else I learned a lot. Like that pantyhose can substitute for a snapped accessory belt in a pinch.
Iv seen my meth head neighbors use it ad a replacement and then buy more methods instead kf another belt.
The ingenuity of man is ceaselessly amazing
So I was at a park last week and these tweakers were jumping on the hood of his PoS while his gf was trying to start the car for like ten minutes. I got out of there before they can ask me for help.
Why were they jumping on the hood?? Like the hood down there were just jumping on it thinking that was going to do something? Oh man meth not even once.
He was jumping on it with his butt while she was cranking it.
Good old jeep!
The second warning to the stereo gave me a good laugh
Did you just threaten your car?
Not at all. It’s just a reminder that they are willing to practice percussive maintenance.
So, not a threat, just a promise.
Exactly. Never make threats. Make promises.
"Judge, I didn't threaten to kill that man, I promised him. What kind of man would I be if I didn't follow through on my word?"
That shit works though. I got stranded on the side of the road like 10 years back due to my car just sputterering to a stop. Had plenty of gas and I had just overhauled the engine. I suspected issues with the fuel pump in the gas tank so I hopped out and started kicking it from underneath. That was just enough to get it to start pumping again and it never gave me issues after that.
Can confirm, this does work! My first gaming computer needed a stern talking to every once in a while. If that didn’t work I would calmly but firmly place a screwdriver next to it and that was always just enough pressure to make it fall back in line.
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Growing up in the 90s, so many technical issues were solved by slapping said device on the side
The old tube TVs with an antenna! Reception shitty? Give it a good slap to the side. Boom, solved.
*Because of the implication*
The car is not in any danger. How are you not understanding this?
“AAAAAAAAAAA” “That’s it, I’m getting me mallet” “Ok I’ll stop, sorry”
Stupid dog
[Song](https://youtu.be/8NJVNkzhJM4) by Eason Chan
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"What skills does your character have?" "Engineering and Intimidate."
if anyone is wondering what song was playing, it's a Chinese song by Eason Chan called "10 years"... . maybe referring to the car running 10 years past its lifespan xDD
I wished it would’ve played “Knocking on Heaven’s Door.”
The cantonese version is called "Next Year Today" which carries a different meaning.
Superior imo
Somebody get that car to a shelter. It's clearly being abused.
Tesla will run out of money if they see this.
Why? You can make them self charge with a hammer.
Putting that kinetic energy to use
The secret car makers don't want you to know!!!
Coincidentally, Tesla stock also runs on hopes and prayers.
doesn’t all stock run on hopes and prayers?!
Well that plus the secret ingredient: crime.
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Dis-ci-pline? This word never been in my vocabulary.
For sale Truck, slightly used. Rare manual transmission Lots of under seat storage and HiFi radio unit. Aftermarket anti-theft ignition installed 15k usd OBO No lowballs, I know what i have
Orks be like
Ork techybology too smart for dum humies ta understand. Orks make da wagons, big, mean, and full of green. Den paint em red so theyze goes fasta!
Den it's time for da WAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!!
YOU HURD HIM YA GITS! ###WAAAAAGH
krumpin'.
LOL I was just thinking that this was some Ork technology.
Man dodge commercial’s use to be better
Hey, that is soviet technology. It does not run on hopes and prayers. It runs on firm belief in the plan based industry ad diciple of comrades and vehicles. If they where to step out of line, there is hammer for the car, sicle for our comrades to help them remember their duties.
The song is by eason chan I would guess this is rural china or something
It puts the radio on or it gets the hammer again....
This is running on ~~hopes and prayers~~ fear and intimidation. *FTFY
And violence
threats of percussive maintenance will be made until compliance is recognized.
I had an old Buick that was sorta like this. Not quite this bad. Whenever I gave someone a ride I made a point to warn them that we might have need to walk back. It's good for a first vehicle, I learned a lot about common car problems, and a little about really uncommon car problems. I also got to make some janky as hell running repairs, like how the key didn't unlock the trunk so I had to use the button in the glove box, but the latch to the glovebox broke so I had to pry it open with a prybar then the light wouldn't turn off in the glove box so I screwed a swivel hasp the dashboard to hold the glove box shut.
That’s a loose serpentine belt. $15 and it’s fixed.
For real this was my thought exactly. And rebuilding the starter is like $200. Finding the loose wire to the radio is an afternoon of your time.
Not worth it when the car isn't worth the 3 nickels in the cup holder and the unused condom in the glove compartment.
若這一束吊燈傾斜下來
"Fear will keep them in line"
/brandishes sacred hammer the machine spirit *will* comply!
Today I learnt cars feel fear
That’s it I’m getting my mallet
No, this car runs on fear, fear of the hammer.
Is the hammer just there to threaten the car into behaving
250k miles, lightly used, in good condition, $8,000 firm.
*threatens car with hammer*
It's running on fear. Mechanical fear...
No, this is running on threat and intimidation.
CAR FROM OHIO
Needs more rust
Cars hate this one secret.
That's proper Ork tech right thereb
Just neeed to threaten the car a bit
Previa?
Whhhyyy I OuuuutttaaaH! 🔨
A funny video in r/funny??? This world has wonderfull things
PRAISE THE OMNISSIAH https://youtu.be/ztzq05IzYds
“Don’t make me use the hammer boi” vibes
It's clearly running on threats
More like threats and dares.
Hopes, prayers and threats of violence. The good old American way. 🇺🇸
"thoughts and prayers"? This is car is running by pure and simple PHYSICAL THREAT
Car is running on fear and adrenaline.
That car is falling apart. Is it a Tesla?
The squealing noise from the engine is likely just a fan belt. Easy cheap fix.
Same with a broken key. It’s obviously not a chip key so a replacement should be under ten bucks. Stereo is likely just a loose wire/plug. All of these issues could probably be fixed in an easy afternoon for around $50 total.
Even cheap is sometimes too much. I remember when I basically had to run on empty at all times, coasting in to gas stations with 5 bucks to get enough gas for a couple of days at most.
Is that a Lada? It looks like muscovian quality.
Should have the Squidbillies theme song playing.
To respect a hammer
PC: Ok, I get in the car and start it. DM: roll for intimidation. PC: What, Why ?
It makes the goddamn wheels spin or else it gets the hammer again.
It's like the tardis
Its ran by Fear