As anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations increase, and Earth’s
near-surface air and ocean temperatures elevate, and the sea levels swell, and extreme weather events multiply, and the glaciers retreat, and the disease vectors shift, and agricultural yields change—Al Gore’s face expands.
Avitable says
October 12, 2007 at 9:38 amSince he invented the Internet, I’m sure he won’t appreciate you talking about his expanding face. He might turn this whole Internet around!
All Adither says
October 12, 2007 at 9:44 amAge and food. Frightening.
hello insomnia says
October 12, 2007 at 9:50 amHis inconvenient truth is the double chin.
Nilsa S. says
October 12, 2007 at 9:53 amBut he doesn’t want to be Prez … yeah right. Hillary scares the socks of him and he’s too afraid to admit it!
Janice in TX says
October 12, 2007 at 9:59 amHe looks Chinese upside down.
soNOTcool says
October 12, 2007 at 10:09 amQuick! Someone tell Val Kilmer!
Miss Britt says
October 12, 2007 at 10:28 amI’m trying to figure out how this man pays the bills. He DONATED the prize money.
Howard says
October 12, 2007 at 10:55 amAt least chunks of his face aren’t falling off into the Arctic Ocean and drifting south. Well, parts ARE drifting south, but that’s a different thing all together.
Adorable Girlfriend says
October 12, 2007 at 11:16 amThat AL Gore is A-OK.
If only America could have realized what AG knew so long ago…
Mrs. G. says
October 12, 2007 at 11:41 amI love Al Gore. Yes, his face is big, but so is my ass so I’m reluctant to make a snarky comment. However, I will mention that I take a twisted delight in his winning as I recently was told by a woman I work with that An Independent Truth was based on the information of only ONE scientist. I can’t wait to cast a smug glance at her in the teacher’s lounge. Aren’t I shallow?
Momo Fali says
October 12, 2007 at 11:54 amSo THAT’S what happened to my ass!! Here I thought it was all those Milk Duds.
OMSH says
October 12, 2007 at 11:59 amI had something very witty and spectacularly (? is that even a word?)fascinating to say, but then soNOTcool made me laugh and now I can’t remember anything.
Moi says
October 12, 2007 at 12:18 pmPerhaps he is using his face as a storage facility for greenhouse gases so they will not be released into the atmosphere.
Laurie Foolery says
October 12, 2007 at 12:24 pmHas this fact been offered up as proof of the overall theory? It seems incontrovertible to me. And maybe he can get a two-fer for the “Super-Size Me” movie.
Snorpht FingerPoot says
October 12, 2007 at 12:51 pmIt’s from sukkin up all those cow farts to svae the world
Mary Alice says
October 12, 2007 at 1:09 pmThe inconvenient truth is that overeating causes ones posterior and anterior to expand. Mary Alice hates that.
andrea_frets says
October 12, 2007 at 1:13 pmHe’s super groovy and he should stick his tongue out at W. and say “IN YOUR FACE!”
Yes, I am mature.
Mimipz5wjj says
October 12, 2007 at 1:25 pmYikes. Is it just me, or does he look like a Baldwin brother!
Pete Dunn says
October 12, 2007 at 1:25 pmDude sounds like Eeyore with a list.
Laura Owen, Chalfont, PA says
October 12, 2007 at 1:26 pmMe thinks he is bigger than the cutest purse eh-ver! That goes for Alec Baldwin too.
Audubon Ron says
October 12, 2007 at 1:43 pmLittle boy pulling his mother’s skirt in the grocery store standing behind Al Gore, “Mommy, Mommy, look at the head on that one.”
Rattling The Kettle says
October 12, 2007 at 1:44 pmCan I get a Nobel Peace Prize, too? My Prius gets 60 miles per gallon.
surcie says
October 12, 2007 at 2:01 pmI love that man.
surcie says
October 12, 2007 at 2:02 pmI love that man.
surcie says
October 12, 2007 at 2:12 pmI love that man.
Teryn says
October 12, 2007 at 2:13 pmIt is large, isn’t it? What if it keeps growing?
kb says
October 12, 2007 at 2:24 pmseriously. how did this man not win that election 7 years ago? I mean the only prize W could win would be “Best Village Idiot” at a county fair in Texas.
however, the head is large, but better a big head than a big ass.
tuesday says
October 12, 2007 at 2:58 pmPoor Trump! He lost again.
Noelle says
October 12, 2007 at 3:25 pmSo very, very scary. This man does not photograph well, people.
People in the Sun says
October 12, 2007 at 3:27 pmThat’s how he sealed the ozone layer.
Random Thinker says
October 12, 2007 at 4:28 pmIt doesn’t look like he is too healthy with face and eyes puffed up like that-doesn’t he?. I am not going to pass any judgement unless I know his exact health history.
However I can pass judgement on his public conduct – he is a visionary, no doubt, both on his push to bring in internet for wider adoption and in raising the awareness of Global warming.
Wish we had more people like him.
Kim says
October 12, 2007 at 5:48 pmMy vote went to the guy who invented Super Glue, which is the glue they used to fix my daughters ear (which was sliced open when a snotty kid threw a toy at her head) in the Emergency Room…..THAT brought us a lot of peace!
Theresa Bakker says
October 12, 2007 at 6:51 pmSeriously. I’m eating ice cream for peace over here. Will the Nobel Prize ever notice?
Smashed says
October 12, 2007 at 7:02 pmTurns out that Mr Al was more right than he knew…
Greenhouse gases already beyond ‘worst-case’: scientist (http://agonist.org/20071010/greenhouse_gases_already_beyond_worst_case_scientist)
Sorry to bun yez all out…
Mike says
October 12, 2007 at 8:11 pmThe part that wasn’t announced (because the information is classified) is that the real reason he won the prize is that he has been absorbing and storing all of the carbon dioxide emissions in his head the last 10 years or so and is literally holding this planet together.
Nin says
October 12, 2007 at 8:21 pmLMAO!
but as a climate scientist (some of my actual colleagues were in An Inconvenient Truth), I have a HUGE amount of respect to the focus that he’s bringing to the climate crisis
flutter says
October 12, 2007 at 9:27 pmbetcha global warming would calm right down, if he would step away from the cheeseburger….
Lindsey says
October 12, 2007 at 9:38 pmGod. He’s aged, hasn’t he.
The Domestic Goddess says
October 12, 2007 at 9:53 pmI thought it was a joke when I first heard it. Like, funny, haha? A joke? But they were serious. Oh, the huge-man-tees!
Diesel says
October 13, 2007 at 1:54 amIt looks like his face is going to swell his eyes shut. He may need to cut them open like Rocky did.
Pendullum says
October 13, 2007 at 11:48 amHilarious…
THe man with the ever growing face….
Amazing how Bill’s is shrinking compared to Al’s growth…
kate says
October 13, 2007 at 1:54 pmhe looks like danny de vito as the penguin in batman.
Mrs. Chicken says
October 13, 2007 at 6:10 pmOMG, I almost choked on my peanut-butter cup. Which I threw away, lest my face expand. But then I might win the Nobel! (fishes cup out of garbage …)
Michael Bains says
October 13, 2007 at 6:26 pmHope that ugly mug KEEPS expanding ’til it fills every TV screen come every State of the Nation speech for the next 8 years.
(Nice, as usual, Bossy!)
erin says
October 13, 2007 at 9:47 pmHe’d make an interesting bobble head!
Mom101 says
October 13, 2007 at 11:28 pmI still would sleep with him. Does that make me weird?
qt says
October 14, 2007 at 12:00 amHe is most definitely NOT aging well…what is happening to him – seriously?
maize says
October 14, 2007 at 2:50 amALL BOW TO THE GREAT OZ….
Theresa says
October 14, 2007 at 11:21 amIf that’s the effect Global Warming has on Al Gore’s face, then we’d better do something quick, before it gets to the rest of us!
Get-Off says
October 14, 2007 at 11:41 amBig head, big ideas, what else on Al is bigger than life? I ask you . . .
bossys boss says
October 14, 2007 at 6:54 pmBeing much older than most of you, I get to slap you on the wrists and tell you to “grow up” enough cynical….keep your eye on the real ball..Al’s message and our earth.
Leaf, probably... says
October 14, 2007 at 10:33 pmLittle known fact: every time you fill up your non-bio fuel car, Al Gore’s face expands .00023 mm.
sassy says
October 15, 2007 at 1:39 amI’m SO glad someone has finally pointed this issue out !
Elsewhere says
October 15, 2007 at 5:48 amI heard he suffered from depression after his non-election. It’s probably the side effects from antidepressiva that cause his face to bloat. I know from experience. It’s no picnic.
Scott-O-Rama says
October 15, 2007 at 2:37 pmDonchoo be dissin’ my Al!
GraceD says
October 15, 2007 at 5:59 pmI got your “big”, in numbers:
3,829 American deaths in Iraq since the war began in March 2003.
$460 billion spent on the Iraq war to date
Now we’re talking big. Like one big fuck-up.
Patricia says
October 16, 2007 at 4:43 amNo matter how his face has expanded – Al Gore won The Noble Prize! I believe he has no reason to worry about the face!
David says
October 19, 2007 at 8:23 amDidn’t he invent the wide-screen TV?