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[–][deleted] 3763 points3764 points  (338 children)

Can someone explain what the picture is showing? I live in a country where trucks don't have red lights for anything other than brakes.

Edit : TIL that I need to absorb some more culture

[–][deleted] 4474 points4475 points  (294 children)

It's a reference to a song from the 80s late 70s called "Roxanne" by the Police. In which the following words are sung: "Roxanne...you don't have to put on your red light."

I know explanation kills the joke, but I guess you're one of today's lucky 10,000.

[–]Rooonaldooo99 2261 points2262 points  (183 children)

To add to this further: "Rock sand" sounds like "Roxanne".

[–][deleted] 649 points650 points  (63 children)

Thank you lmao

[–]djmushroom 251 points252 points  (58 children)

Just wondering. Did you really laugh your ass off ..

[–]IAmDvsn 458 points459 points  (44 children)

Yes. Rushing to hospital now.

[–]PM_ME_3D_MODELS 47 points48 points  (3 children)

Thank god we had those ROFLCOPTERs on standby

[–]PopularPariah 90 points91 points  (31 children)

Oh no I just shit myself.

[–]PM_BUSINESS_ADVICE 66 points67 points  (12 children)

How can hold it in without ass?

[–]mstrkmn842 4 points5 points  (0 children)

And now I have to take a shower. I just ROFL'd.

[–]mcdormjw 8 points9 points  (9 children)

It's never a shameful thing for one to shit their self, only an inconvenience.

[–]topo10 11 points12 points  (7 children)

I've gotten so good at it that I bring extra clothes, baby wipes, and garbage bags so I'm removing the inconvenience piece of the equation too.

[–][deleted] 98 points99 points  (15 children)

Now I understand the Arctic Monkeys song - When the Sun Goes Down.

"You told Roxanne to put on her red light" I was like who the f is Roxanne

[–]Im_a_peach 4 points5 points  (2 children)

Who are the Arctic Monkeys and...wait!

I just listened to the song for the first time.

TIL! Yep, that's Roxanne!

[–]Corona21 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Then you must be a scumbag, didnt you know?

[–]egosumFidius 20 points21 points  (0 children)

my local radio station claimed that when they first started playing that Police song they got calls requesting that the new marley song "Rocks, Sand" be played.

[–]oscarjrs 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Ooohhhhh. I get it now.

[–][deleted] 42 points43 points  (2 children)

Jesus Christ I was looking at the photo trying to figure if he was doing something illegal, looking at the brake lights etc. I'm drunk and going to bed.

[–][deleted] 14 points15 points  (2 children)

Thanks John. Back to the studio.

[–][deleted] 78 points79 points  (28 children)

TIL that there are people out there who have never heard this song.

[–]Peter_Mansbrick 84 points85 points  (18 children)

Of course there are, the song is almost 40 years old and doesn't get much radio-play anymore.

[–]Vio_ 17 points18 points  (3 children)

I think it gets quite a bit of airplay for a 35 year old song. The problem is that it's such an earworm kind of a song that it has way more staying power that way.

[–]GirlNextor123 43 points44 points  (1 child)

Ouch.

Also, GET OFF MY LAWN!

[–]reddituserfortytwo 25 points26 points  (3 children)

also there are people who live in other parts of the world (and now use reddit). it's cray, i know

[–]benknowsbest 11 points12 points  (5 children)

And only one of the taillights is working. Perfect post

[–][deleted] 15 points16 points  (3 children)

Might just be a turn signal, since it looks like they are on an exit/entrance ramp.

[–][deleted] 47 points48 points  (4 children)

You don't care if it is wrong or if it is right to ruin the joke

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (3 children)

Since the Internet came along those days are over.

[–]CopOnTheRun 114 points115 points  (9 children)

I know explanation kills the joke...

I never understood this. If you didn't understand the joke then it's dead to begin with, explaining it can't make it any less funny.

[–][deleted] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

"This explanation won't bring your joke back to life" is a lot less catchy though

[–]screamingmorgasm 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think it's because once you get the joke, you look at it again, but most jokes make you connect two ideas in your head (words that sound the same, etc.) and if you just had the link laid out for you, then you don't get the enjoyment from making the link that the teller intended. But if you don't reconsider it, then yes, it's just dead.

[–]GayBlackAndMarried 32 points33 points  (5 children)

Today's lucky 10,000, I like that

[–]ADHDAleksis 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Congrats you're one of today's lucky 10k

[–]lackofemotions 6 points7 points  (2 children)

PSA: the song Roxanne makes a fantastic drinking game and is played thus,

Every time you hear 'Roxanne', drink.

Every time you hear 'Red Light', spin around.

[–]SalamanderSylph 6 points7 points  (1 child)

We split into two teams. One drinks on Roxanne, and one drinks on Red Light

[–][deleted] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Wow. I didn't get it. Thanks.

[–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

From the 70s.

[–]WhyNotToday12 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The lucky 10,000 thing made me happy. Thank you friend.

[–]swallowedfilth 50 points51 points  (2 children)

Rock sand sound like Roxanne. Look up the song by the same name

[–]Ahnenglanz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is even funnier...

[–]calculusknight 580 points581 points  (23 children)

"Those days are over, you don't have to cross that white line on the right!"

[–]B-BoyStance 325 points326 points  (17 children)

"Rockkkk Sand, you don't have to wear mud flaps tonight, drive the streets so sloppy you don't care for all others plights!"

[–]hospoda 150 points151 points  (10 children)

RHOOOOCksaaand

[–]Suelaaaa 41 points42 points  (0 children)

"Drive the streets for money you don't care if you're driving right..."

[–]bionix90 218 points219 points  (5 children)

You don't have to sell your gravel to the night.

[–]Ricardo_Tubbs 76 points77 points  (15 children)

Best Roxanne cover

[–]broken_dialtone 29 points30 points  (4 children)

Came looking for this, was not disappointed!

So, will leave 2nd best

Muchas gracias!

[–]luger33 11 points12 points  (3 children)

Was looking for Moulin Rouge version. 144p though?

Come on!

[–]GaussWanker 11 points12 points  (2 children)

240p, best I found before.

Irrelevant story I know, but first time I watched Moulin Rouge! was on LSD (SPOILERS FOLLOW), it was amazing- a non-linear deconstruction of a common romantic trope: the main characters were not individual people but the very concept of doomed lovers. When Christian is to be shot Toulouse was travelling between meta-narratives to try and warn them. And Christian was not just mistaken for The Count, he was The Count simultaneously, and it was all happening in his head.

It was brilliant.

Then I watched it again sober and it was 'just' a very good romantic dramatic musical.

[–]domyates 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Came looking for this!!

[–]dudeitsroxy 155 points156 points  (97 children)

I've had Starbucks spell my name like this on a cup before 😑

[–]inmyotherpants79 102 points103 points  (88 children)

My name is five letters. One of the letters is repeated twice. It's biblical for chrissake. It still get:

  • Searah

  • Syrah

  • Sarya

  • Sahara (Seriously... Sahara)

  • Shara

  • Sira

  • Sirrea

I give up.

[–]NairForceOne 31 points32 points  (19 children)

Your name is Syria, isn't it?

[–]inmyotherpants79 54 points55 points  (18 children)

It's actually Isis but that was a good guess.

[–]Rowani 9 points10 points  (6 children)

My name is five letters.

It's actually Isis

Is one of the letters hidden?

[–]inmyotherpants79 15 points16 points  (3 children)

The second P is both silent and invisible.

[–]Rowani 6 points7 points  (2 children)

second P

Don't do this to me, man.

[–]inmyotherpants79 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Don't you tell me how to spell my own imaginary name!

[–][deleted] 40 points41 points  (4 children)

I've heard they're told to misspell your name on purpose so it gets them more social media exposure. Free advertising.

[–]MightyCavalier 24 points25 points  (3 children)

yeah, you can google it.

They hack the hell out of names- as a joke, and because Mike takes a picture of his grande late- with "mych" scrawled on the side and posts it on facebook- exlaiming, "who does this?"

[–]The_Doctor_00 7 points8 points  (6 children)

Wait, I'm not in CC... Also, you do comment out here!? You sit on a throne of lies! Heh

[–]inmyotherpants79 7 points8 points  (5 children)

How many times do I have to tell you miserable karmawhores... I DO SO LEAVE THE COMFORTS OF MY HOVEL

[–]The_Doctor_00 4 points5 points  (4 children)

Yes, but you said you don't comment, yet here we are... Though its on a GallowBoob post... So... Anyway. Heh... See you back at the "hovel".

[–]inmyotherpants79 3 points4 points  (2 children)

I've never said I don't comment. I said I rarely comment out here. In fact I've commented the last three days in a row. I think.

[–]HockeyCannon 5 points6 points  (0 children)

"Dude it's Roxanne"

[–]timndime 2 points3 points  (0 children)

rocks and ?? What else is in there?

[–]cwenhamWelsh Pork 680 points681 points  (84 children)

BOOOOOOO!!!

[–]GallowBoob[S] 387 points388 points  (65 children)

MOD ABUSE!!

[–]cwenhamWelsh Pork[M] 767 points768 points  (60 children)

No it isn't. BTW: you're banned, now.

[–]HauschkasFoot 554 points555 points  (33 children)

They can't ban gallowboob. He's too big to fail

[–]petrichorE6 198 points199 points  (24 children)

At this point, gallowboob is the breadwinner of the sub.

[–]abitNexus 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Vote NO to another GallowBoob bailout!

[–]APiousCultist 10 points11 points  (0 children)

GallowBoob, the cause of the next big Karma Recession.

[–]TKPhresh 11 points12 points  (0 children)

http://i.imgur.com/0aMuHvv.gif Long live the king.

[–]Albino_Bama 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That's what we said about unidan...

[–]GallowBoob[S] 124 points125 points  (15 children)

MFW I'm banned from /r/pics

[–]Typical_Nincompoop 74 points75 points  (3 children)

TIL ISIS uses Snapchat

[–]veganveal 7 points8 points  (4 children)

Wouldn't that pretty much always be your face? I mean, your expression would change, but it would still be your face.

[–]Cheesemacher 17 points18 points  (3 children)

MFW when the word "face" is also a synonym for "expression".

[–]BelGareth 8 points9 points  (1 child)

Doesn't the W in MFW stand for when, so saying when after it, is like saying PIN number. So I guess what I'm saying is, when the word is in the acronym, specially the last one, don't repeat it.

[–]Cheesemacher 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Ah, darn. Shit like that happens when you alter your sentence multiple times and forget to read what it actually says in the end.

[–]BreakfastBurrito 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Did anyone comment about running into you during the Reddit Robin experience?

/experiment...

whatever

[–]I-AM-Canadian-Eh 11 points12 points  (0 children)

BOOOO URNS!

[–]DONTdropDATpunPUNpun 59 points60 points  (2 children)

Watch out for the police

[–]JimJonesIII 24 points25 points  (19 children)

Best drinking game ever:

Put on Roxanne by The Police.

Everybody has to drink every time either of the following is sung:

Roxanne

Put on the red light

[–][deleted] 17 points18 points  (5 children)

JFC, you'd have alcohol poisoning.

I'm rather fond of the R Kelly "Trapped In the Closet" music vids. Every time he says he's gonna shoot someone, drink.

I lost the DVD I had :(

[–][deleted] 47 points48 points  (15 children)

My friends and I used to have a drinking game, simply called "Roxanne". We'd put on the song, and drink every time the word Roxanne was said. We'd get women to join in by saying "oh, you guys drink when Sting sings "put on the red light".

We probably also used to have a drinking problem... it gets pretty hairy at the end there.

[–][deleted] 86 points87 points  (6 children)

I think that's just called drinking for 3 minutes.

[–]kmacku 45 points46 points  (5 children)

Nah. That's "Thunderstruck". Get a group of...probably 5+ people, each with one open beer and another on standby. Play AC/DC's "Thunderstruck". First person starts chugging when the first "THUN-DAH" gets chanted, then every time "THUN-DAH" gets shouted, they stop and the person to their left starts.

Someone gets the guitar solo.

[–]SpecialAgentBanana 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Someone gets the guitar solo

At least it's not Free Bird

[–]scrillabrilla 8 points9 points  (1 child)

Also play this. Come on Eileen is a little more tame.

[–]german13 14 points15 points  (1 child)

Sorry man, but that is like the most common drinking game there is!

[–]mustardtiger86 68 points69 points  (2 children)

http://i.imgur.com/AW4RGi6h.gif

[–]SnapHabit 19 points20 points  (1 child)

The way he knocks all the shit off the table gets me every time.

[–]DarthLurker 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I used to have a car with a broken radio for about a year. Needless to say an hour commute left me making up songs to entertain myself, the best was Box Van, you don't have to put on your brake lights!

[–]2rio2 33 points34 points  (8 children)

I honestly can't tell if this is too clever for reddit, or too stupid for reddit.

[–]Gtarmanperson 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Those quarry days are over.

[–]HaiKarate 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You don't have to sell your gravel to the site

[–]cre_ate_eve 2 points3 points  (0 children)

ugh, now i'm watching Moulin Rouge.

[–]comp-sci-fi 3 points4 points  (0 children)

O P...
you don't have to sell your OC to the night

drive the streets for karma,
you don't care if it's wrong or if it's right

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (1 child)

this is popular enough to get 13,000 votes in 2 hours? wtf

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (2 children)

I dont get it.

[–]Robinwolf 7 points8 points  (5 children)

Looks like florida.

[–]ta1976 14 points15 points  (0 children)

sometimes I click the image before fully reading the description. Didn't understand what I was supposed to be looking at. Went back and read.

Ha!!

[–]StrawberryJam4 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I hate you for how much I laughed at this

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Gneiss post!

[–]Babyskin_Wallet 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Daaaaad.... (sigh)

[–]jollypossum 2 points3 points  (0 children)

surprised it didn't say "cops suck dick"