Image on the Internet Blatantly Rips Off U2

[PhilsFan]

This clearly is a joke ripped off from an obscure song people would never trace back to U2.

"A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle." - Bono, 1991

That line right there is Bono's own original work. He put his blood, sweat, and tears into that line. He probably spent weeks aching over what to put at that particular junction. And then he creatively came up with it all on his own.

He probably never imagined his creativity would end up as a JPEG image popping up on someone's Google search in 2010. First of all, Google didn't exist. Second, he believes in good people. And this artist, he's not a good people. He's a bad people.

Come forth, oh guilty artist. Show the masses your shame. It's the least you can do to fix this unimaginable crime.

 

[topplehatU2]

"Like a fish needs a bicycle" is a fairly common idiom, with or without U2.

 

[corianderstem]

My college roommate got a tatoo of a fish on a bicycle.

This was probably 1992 or 1993, so I'll report her to Bono immediately.

 

[bono_212]

"Like a fish needs a bicycle" is a fairly common idiom, with or without U2.

Thank you.

 

[bono_man2002]

 

[No spoken words]

with or without U2.

Another fucking thief right here people!

 

[coolian2]

Another fucking thief right here people!

hey fuck you and your people for wanting that freedom and ripping off rattle and hum.

 

[The Sad Punk]

"Like a fish needs a bicycle" is a fairly common idiom, with or without U2.

That's a lie!

Blood, sweat and tears, folks.

 

[LemonMelon]

Acrobats everywhere have hell to pay.

 

[bono_212]

That's a lie!

Blood, sweat and tears, folks.

 

[u2popmofo]

I'm 99.7490112% positive that's a Womanfish on the bike.

I just "out-obscure-referenced-U2" on all of you. None of you are real fans like me, deal with it.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

Paul McGuinne$$'s suitcase is ready for a heavy filling.

 

[cobl04]

good try pfan. but that paragraph was far too elaborate.

 

[65980]

There's been a lot of talk about this thread. This thread is not a serious thread. This thread is... satire, bloody satire.

 

[nathan1977]

"Irina Dunn, a distinguished Australian educator, journalist and politician, coined the phrase back in 1970 when she was a student at the University of Sydney. She paraphrased the philosopher who said, 'Man needs God like fish needs a bicycle.'" ~ Gloria Steinem, letter to Time magazine, 2000

Bono stole the line from a woman. Just like all men have been doing to women for thousands of years. Why doez he liez?

 

[phommel]

Every artist is a cannibal, every poet is a thief

 

[65980]

Is this thread buggin' you? It does mean to bug ya...

 

[bono_man2002]

 

[The Sad Punk]

I'm 99.7490112% positive that's a Womanfish on the bike.

I just "out-obscure-referenced-U2" on all of you. None of you are real fans like me, deal with it.

I met a fucking MERMAID in America and all I got was a fucking picture of a TROUT RIDING A BICYCLE.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

i would venture to guess that that no good chris martin is behind this.

 

[Galeongirl]

i would venture to guess that that no good chris martin is behind this.

Ofcourse he is. Whenever U2 gets ripped off, it's always that fella.

 

[mad1]

I hope the poor fish that had to pose on a bicycle to be sketched, is okay.

 

[mikal]

this thread makes me want to run and hide.

too soon?

 

[mad1]

its one of those threads that makes you feel like you've just woken up in the middle of sleepwalking naked through the public.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

Paul McGuinne$$'s suitcase is ready for a heavy filling.

people still call him that? wow.

 

[bono_212]

people still call him that? wow.

Always, Khan:

 

[u2popmofo]

He'll always be P-McG to me.

 

[No spoken words]

I call him the same thing I've been calling him for 39 years:

Dad.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

Always, Khan:

it's just, the paul mcguinness bashing just gets old after a while. he's a manager, his job is to make money for the band. he wouldn't be an effective manager if he didn't do this. calling him mcguinne$$ to be is just so...lame.

 

[bono_212]

it's just, the paul mcguinness bashing just gets old after a while. he's a manager, his job is to make money for the band. he wouldn't be an effective manager if he didn't do this. calling him mcguinne$$ to be is just so...lame.

He's a manager whose name is actually known to us, that bothers me, he takes too tight of a grip on the band, and yes, it makes him look like a greedy bastard, so I have no problem with the name.