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Tue 9 May, 2006 07:13 am
I'm driving along this morning, listening to the radio in my truck, and they're having a contest on this particular radio station where whoever can answer a designated question correctly will win tickets to an upcoming concert which has been sold out for quite some time.
The first caller in is some dude who is very excited. "I can't believe I'm the first caller", he says. "I just have to win the tickets. I love these guys!"
The host tells him, "Answer this question correctly and the tickets are yours. Are you ready?"
"Please make it easy. I really, really want to see these guys."
"Ok, besides human, there is one other animal on the planet that can communicate by name recognition."
"What does that mean?"
"There is another animal that actually will recognize the name of another animal of that species and call other such animals by name."
I knew the answer right away, as I'm sure most A2Kers do, and we speak of the dolphin, and, more specifically, the bottlenose dolphin. But I can tell by the hesitation in this guy's voice that he is clueless. I'm thinking that he is probably going to come up with a guess like a gorilla or a chimpanzee, something resembling humans. So, I wait.
Long pause.
Finally, the host says, "Ten seconds."
"Badger?"
I almost drove off the road. A friggin badger! Of all the animals on this planet why in the hell would that guy come up with a badger?
If someone pulled out a gun and stuck it to my head and told he would give me five thousand guesses for the same question, and I didn't supply the correct answer he would blow my brains out, my 4,999th guess would be badger, barely edging out the common earthworm.
The fourth caller won the prize with the correct answer. The 2nd caller guessed gorilla, and the 3rd caller guessed parrot.
I just thought I would share that with you.
Thank you for sharing that sad sad story of a man and his intelligence level... :wink:
May I just be the first to say, "Badgers? We won't guess no stinking badgers!"
Thank you very much.
What about whales they use specific calls for individuals.
and kangaroos theres roo TED for one everyone knows him.
That poor fellow...I can't imagine anyone coming up with "Badger" for an answer...lol
Now Gus's well trained Capabaras...lol, maybe
A possum...if your in the deep south...
But a BADGER? LOL........hell no........lol
OK, did anyone else hear this?
Where the hell does Gus live? Huh?
My badgers do that.
Don't yours Gus?
You sure have dumb badgers.
You know, I understand that having dumb badgers is more distressing than piles.
dlowan wrote:You know, I understand that having dumb badgers is more distressing than piles.
Only when Preparation H is available.
Then again, try sitting on a badger.
Er... I thought the Irish spoke some form of English...
There are parts which are principally Irish-spealking - Gaeltacht.
County Donegal and parts of Dingle are - had trouble following directions after getting lost in Dingle, too - didn't understand a word.
Drewdad, Only when ordering a pint of Guinness in a London Pub.
Lord Ellpus wrote:Drewdad, Only when ordering a pint of Guinness in a London Pub.
only time I speak English, too! Some bastard offered me Fosters last time I was there!
Gus, I would have answered "Crows", as it is a well known fact that our Crows call each other by name.
Stats from the RSPB indicate that there are over 1,243,000 Crows in the UK, and they are all called Arrk.
Re: This guy was severely beaten with the "stupid stick
gustavratzenhofer wrote:I'm driving along this morning, listening to the radio in my truck, and they're having a contest on this particular radio station where whoever can answer a designated question correctly will win tickets to an upcoming concert which has been sold out for quite some time. .......
I think I understand the problem here.
The correct word is '
whomever'.
My 2nd grade teacher would have smacked my right hand with a ruler for doing that.
Quote:my 4,999th guess would be badger, barely edging out the common earthworm.
I hate to admit it, but badger would have been my 4,996th guess.
Y'all stop badgering poor Gus, y'hear?
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