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And the mentally challenged elephants take up politics

And the crooked and closeted ones went into American politics

better...intelligent....smarter..

pachyderm....pachydiploma.....PHD

20 seconds...

I've got two of them writing code for peanuts.

fappomatic: I've got two of them writing code for peanuts.

*golf clap*

Jokes aside, they've been domesticated for thousands of years, but they're still more endangered than African elephants? That's odd; anybody have any ideas why this is?

And the loud mouthed ones are former hosts of the view and write crappy blogs.

The lazy ones got knocked up went on welfare

And the American elephants go on the loose elections and speak out against global warmth

rmoody

Overhunted for use as work elephants. They're not domesticated like horses, cattle and dogs, they've just lived with/exploited by humans for 1000 years. That's too short a time period to alter the gene pool enough so that they're really domesticated, and breed rapidly in captivity. Plus Africa has one thing that India lacks -- open space for nature preserves.

/assuming there's enough genetic variability to work with anyway
//pretty cool a big monster like that will let us push it around, anyway

I think the Thai government should just give them an insignificant portion of their native lands back and compensate for the dramatic drop in their population by letting them operate casinos.

What level of education do the ones named "Steve" have to get to work at the call centers...


/please to you for helping how

Oh snap. PETA is gonna be cranky on this one.

/looks like the fur wearers are about to get a holiday

LOL WUT

This is pretty sad.

Nelly?

First they came for the taxi drivers, and I said nothing. Then they came for the circus performers, and again I said nothing...

The real queastion is how do you pronounce Reuters?

Rooters?
Roiters?

I was listening to NPR yesterday when BBC's World News was on and they pronounced it like Roiters. I had always pronounced is as Rooters so my mind asploded. I chalked it up to being because the correspondents were Brits and then cried myself to sleep.

uh ... oops ... Thailand, not India. Heh...confused the elephant name with the country. Then confused the elephant name.

/Gonna sleep now

Angry elephants become umbrella stands.

Nothing like walking out of the bars at 2am drunk and then seeing a massive elephant walking down the street. It still messes with you no matter how many times you see it...

SuperDuper28, I've always heard it said "Roy-ters." And the Reuters FAQ seems to concur.

/But hey, they're a media organization - they might be wrong!

dbirchall: SuperDuper28, I've always heard it said "Roy-ters." And the Reuters FAQ seems to concur.

/But hey, they're a media organization - they might be wrong!

Especially after they provided the definition. Whackjobs

fred and steve's steakhouse: "This elephant came out of nowhere......

That sounds like the foundation of an amazing tall tale. Feel free to write your memoirs, as I'll buy a copy.

SuperDuper28: The real queastion is how do you pronounce Reuters?

Rooters?
Roiters?

I was listening to NPR yesterday when BBC's World News was on and they pronounced it like Roiters. I had always pronounced is as Rooters so my mind asploded. I chalked it up to being because the correspondents were Brits and then cried myself to sleep.

The reason it's pronounced that way is because it's named after a German businessman. The German combination of the letters "eu" is (roughly) pronounced "oy" in English.

/the more you know!

currently working in demolition derby....

laughs at the little Farkers who have only read Reuters in print and pronounce it "Rooters"

/off my lawn

QuickLikePuma: And the mentally challenged elephants take up politics

Maybe it's because it's 2 AM, but I lol'd.

Have a trophy!

rmoody: Jokes aside, they've been domesticated for thousands of years, but they're still more endangered than African elephants? That's odd; anybody have any ideas why this is?

They aren't bred in captivity. Work elephants are captured in the wild then trained.

kilgorn: better...intelligent....smarter..

Daintier... smarter... better-dressed...

Elephant gamelan orchestra. I can't tell the difference between this and human gamelan orchestras.

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?threadID=685298

the_colors The German combination of the letters "eu" is (roughly) pronounced "oy" in English.

Sweet. Henceforth, when speaking to Germans about their regional negotiating bloc at the UN, I shall be sure to refer to the "Oy presidency." :)