[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_joke Wikipedia source link]]
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(Evidently TVTropes hates editing on ipads, because I can\\\'t get external links to my sources to work here. Search Wikipedia on Elephant Jokes if you need sources for what I\\\'m saying.)
-->Batman: What has yellow skin and writes?
-->Robin: A ballpoint banana!
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Robin: A ballpoint banana!
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-->Batman: What sits in a tree, weighs six ounces, and is very dangerous?
-->Robin: A sparrow with a machine gun!
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These were actually well-known riddles back in the 1960s. Absurd riddles were a huge fad, designed to subvert your expectations with completely ludicrous answers. Banana/fruit jokes, bird jokes, and elephant jokes were popular subsets of these. BatDeduction states that such a deduction must use a huge mental leap to reach its conclusion, but these riddles weren\\\'t any kind of leap to US baby-boomers in the 1960s. Robin would\\\'ve heard a ton of these riddles, especially if he was in school at the time.
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Batman: What sits in a tree, weighs six ounces, and is very dangerous?
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The machine-gun one had several versions with different birds:
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Robin: A sparrow with a machine gun!
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-->Q. What\\\'s black, sits in a tree, and is very dangerous?
-->A. A crow with a machine gun! (Brown and red = robin; blue = bluejay; red = cardinal; red, blue, yellow, and green = a sparrow in a tie-dyed t-shirt)
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These were actually well-known riddles back in the 1960s. Absurd riddles were a huge fad, designed to subvert your expectations with completely ludicrous answers. Banana/fruit jokes, bird jokes, and elephant jokes were popular subsets of these. BatDeduction states that such a deduction must use a huge mental leap to reach its conclusion, but these riddles weren\'t any kind of leap to US baby-boomers in the 1960s. Robin would\'ve heard a ton of these riddles, especially if he was in school at the time.
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The ball-point banana had a few different versions:
-->Q. What\\\'s pointy, yellow, and goes click-click?
-->A. A ballpoint banana!
-->Q. What\\\'s yellow, but leaves blue stains everywhere?
-->A. A ballpoint banana!
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The machine-gun one had several versions with different birds:
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The most well-known absurd jokes are the Elephant Jokes:
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Q. What\'s black, sits in a tree, and is very dangerous?
A. A crow with a machine gun! (Brown and red = robin; blue = bluejay; red = cardinal; red, blue, yellow, and green = a sparrow in a tie-dyed t-shirt)
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-->Q. What\\\'s red and white on the outside and grey, red, and white on the inside?
-->A. Campbell\\\'s Cream of Elephant Soup.
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The ball-point banana had a few different versions:
Q. What\'s pointy, yellow, and goes click-click?
A. A ballpoint banana!
Q. What\'s yellow, but leaves blue stains everywhere?
A. A ballpoint banana!
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-->Q. Why did the elephant paint its toenails red?
-->A. So it could hide in a cherry tree.
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The most well-known absurd jokes are the Elephant Jokes:
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-->Q. Why is it dangerous to walk thru the jungle at four o\\\'clock?
-->A. Because that\\\'s when elephants jump out of the trees.
-->Q. Why are pygmies so short?
-->A. Because they walk thru the jungle at four o\\\'clock!
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Q. What\'s red and white on the outside and grey, red, and white on the inside?
A. Campbell\'s Cream of Elephant Soup.
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[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_joke Wikipedia source link]]
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Q. Why did the elephant paint its toenails red?
A. So it could hide in a cherry tree.
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This might be a case of SocietyMarchesOn or TimeMarchesOn, or even AluminumChristmasTrees, but not BatDeduction.
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Q. Why is it dangerous to walk thru the jungle at four o\'clock?
A. Because that\'s when elephants jump out of the trees.
Q. Why are pygmies so short?
A. Because they walk thru the jungle at four o\'clock!
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Wikipedia source link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_joke
This might be a case of SocietyMarchesOn or TimeMarchesOn, or even AluminumChristmasTrees, but not BatDeduction.
Batman: What sits in a tree, weighs six ounces, and is very dangerous?Robin: A sparrow with a machine gun!
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Robin: A ballpoint banana!
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These were actually well-known riddles back in the 1960s. \
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Batman: What sits in a tree, weighs six ounces, and is very dangerous?
Robin: A sparrow with a machine gun!
These were actually well-known riddles back in the 1960s. Absurd riddles were a huge fad, designed to subvert your expectations with completely ludicrous answers. Banana/fruit jokes, bird jokes, and elephant jokes were popular subsets of these. BatDeduction states that such a deduction must use a huge mental leap to reach its conclusion, but these riddles weren\\\'t any kind of leap to US baby-boomers in the 1960s. Robin would\\\'ve heard a ton of these riddles, especially if he was in school at the time.
The machine-gun one had several versions with different birds:
Q. What\\\'s black, sits in a tree, and is very dangerous?
A. A crow with a machine gun! (Brown and red = robin; blue = bluejay; red = cardinal; red, blue, yellow, and green = a sparrow in a tie-dyed t-shirt)
The ball-point banana had a few different versions:
Q. What\\\'s pointy, yellow, and goes click-click?
A. A ballpoint banana!
Q. What\\\'s yellow, but leaves blue stains everywhere?
A. A ballpoint banana!
The most well-known absurd jokes are the Elephant Jokes:
Q. What\\\'s red and white on the outside and grey, red, and white on the inside?
A. Campbell\\\'s Cream of Elephant Soup.
Q. Why did the elephant paint its toenails red?
A. So it could hide in a cherry tree.
Q. Why is it dangerous to walk thru the jungle at four o\\\'clock?
A. Because that\\\'s when elephants jump out of the trees.
Q. Why are pygmies so short?
A. Because they walk thru the jungle at four o\\\'clock!
Wikipedia source link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_joke
This might be a case of SocietyMarchesOn or TimeMarchesOn, or even AluminumChristmasTrees, but not BatDeduction.
Batman: What has yellow skin and writes?
Robin: A ballpoint banana!
Batman: What sits in a tree, weighs six ounces, and is very dangerous?Robin: A sparrow with a machine gun!
These were actually well-known riddles back in the 1960s. \\\"Absurd riddles\\\" were a huge fad, designed to subvert your expectations with completely ludicrous answers; banana/fruit jokes, bird jokes, and elephant jokes were popular subsets of these. BatDeduction states that such a deduction must use a huge mental leap to reach its conclusion, but these riddles aren\\\'t any kind of leap to US baby-boomers in the 1960s. Robin would\\\'ve heard a ton of these things, especially if he was in school at the time.
The machine-gun one had several versions with different birds:
Q. \\\"What\\\'s black, sits in a tree, & is very dangerous?\\\"
A. \\\"A crow with a machine gun!\\\" (Brown and red = robin; blue = bluejay; red = cardinal; red, blue, yellow, and green = a sparrow in a tie-dyed t-shirt)
The ball-point banana had a couple different versions:
Q. What\\\'s pointy, yellow, and goes click-click?
A. A ballpoint banana!
Q. What\\\'s yellow, but leaves blue stains everywhere?
A. A ballpoint banana!
The most well-known absurd jokes are the Elephant Jokes:
Q. What\\\'s red and white on the outside and grey, red, and white on the inside?
A. Campbell\\\'s Cream of Elephant Soup.
Q. Why did the elephant paint its toenails red?
A. So it could hide in a cherry tree.
Q. Why is it dangerous to walk thru the jungle at four o\\\'clock?
A. Because that\\\'s when elephants jump out of the trees.
Q. Why are pygmies so short?
A. Because they walk thru the jungle at four o\\\'clock!
Wikipedia source link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_joke
This might be a case of SocietyMarchesOn or TimeMarchesOn, or even AluminumChristmasTrees, but not BatDeduction.
