Jokes explained here. Because as we keep saying, not everyone laughs at the same things. Or needs to. Also, we find stories in history and nature because we're like that.
Monty Python Joke?
Loriot Bathtub Reference?
Elephant Joke?
Submit your caption below.
12th century, Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, MS 10, f. 127
All we can say for sure is that the 'artist' had probably never seen an elephant in his life.
by DG
It's what we leave behind.
Fat Bear News
Every year in autumn, the non-profit website explore.org sponsors Fat Bear Week, featuring the brown bears of Katmai National Park, Alaska. The bears are stocking up with salmon for the winter. They don't refrigerate: they masticate. The bears get really chunky.
This year's winner, with more than 104,000 votes, is Backpack. Backpack's mama, Holly, used to carry him around a lot when he was a cub, because he had an injured paw. Holly was Fat Bear of the Year in 2019.
The bears don't get a tiara, or anything. One imagines that a full belly before a long winter nap is reward enough. But if people learn more about conservation, then Fat Bear Week has accomplished its purpose.
Why the Editor is Glad
There Are No Brown Bears
Here
I don't think the bird feeder could stand up to them.
This is from summer four years ago.
Meme of
the Week
Explainer
by DG
Our newsfeed is full of confusing memes. Let us
help one another out.
(Disclaimer:
I don't know what model that car is. And I'm too lazy to find out. If you know,
enlighten us in the comment section.)
I
frequently have to consult other Hoovervillians about the meanings of things I
see online. What is that pun about? What does that sign mean? Non-Americans may
have been surprised by sports references in their political news this week.
Meme: Somebody
on Twitter wrote, 'Senator Amy Klobuchar at Jack Smith hearing: Could it then
be the University of Iowa Hawkeyes and not a Buick Skylark?' followed by a .gif
of Marisa Tomei as Lisa in the film My Cousin Vinny.
Explanation: During
recent Senate hearings, there was a dispute about where an official had been at
a given time. A senator claimed he was in Atlanta. He insisted he wasn't. Senator
Klobuchar solved the problem by pointing out that the other senator's office had
confused the names of two different basketball teams.
This
reminded the Twitter poster of the film My Cousin Vinny, where testimony
famously hinges on the lawyer's girlfriend's encyclopedic knowledge of
automobiles.
People
in the US are now saying that all candidates for public office should brush up
on their sports teams.
Do you
have a question/answer about a meme from your country? Help your international
friends out. Remember to be respectful.
TTFN,
Dmitri
Gheorgheni, Editor
The strange elephant depiction reminds me of how medieval artists wrongly depicted crucifixions in Roman times, according to an historian. Crosses weren't like a 'T' shape but an 'X.' Also stigmata (see Padre Pio and other various Roman Catholic saints) could not be displaying the wounds of Christ as in weeping (bleeding) palms because nails were hammered into the wrists and ankles. I think this displays mind over matter rather hoaxing as sceptics would attribute it
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