MrSebSinM to The Far Side · 1 year ago14 December 2023imagemessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up182arrow-down12
arrow-up180arrow-down1image14 December 2023MrSebSinM to The Far Side · 1 year agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squareClay_pidginlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 year agoI don’t follow - is it something to do with concealed weapons/concealed necks?
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 year agoThugs are commonly said to have “no neck” due to their next being as wide as their head. Think Joe Rogan.
minus-squareArtieShaw@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoI think that’s it. Sometimes these Far Sides require a weird knowledge of old movie / pop culture tropes that not everyone got, even at the time if they were under 30.
minus-squareKillerTofu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoI think that’s the best explanation, have you seen giraffes fight? https://piped.video/watch?v=KQLPL1qRhn8
minus-squaredmention7@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoThat’s a deep reference, even for The Far Side!
minus-squareFlihpFlorp@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoSomeone once said to me “Giraffes fight like they’re trying to trick idiots into thinking they fight” Ik it’s fighting but I find almost funny the way they swing their necks and the head just kinda flails
minus-squareClay_pidginlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI have, but I didn’t make the connection. Thank you!
I don’t follow - is it something to do with concealed weapons/concealed necks?
Thugs are commonly said to have “no neck” due to their next being as wide as their head. Think Joe Rogan.
I think that’s it. Sometimes these Far Sides require a weird knowledge of old movie / pop culture tropes that not everyone got, even at the time if they were under 30.
I think that’s the best explanation, have you seen giraffes fight?
https://piped.video/watch?v=KQLPL1qRhn8
That’s a deep reference, even for The Far Side!
Someone once said to me “Giraffes fight like they’re trying to trick idiots into thinking they fight”
Ik it’s fighting but I find almost funny the way they swing their necks and the head just kinda flails
I have, but I didn’t make the connection. Thank you!