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TonnageVT		2008-08-21 12:11:57 PM

They're Asian, that explains it.

/Asian
//South Asian
///Good at math
////Slashalicious

abb3w		2008-08-21 12:37:46 PM

Insert cheap shot ex-GF joke here....

Yet one more reason I think the present definition of "person" may need work.

mistrmind		2008-08-21 12:42:51 PM

Nobody told me there was going to be math in this thread.

Heamer		2008-08-21 12:43:34 PM

In before idiot "correcting" the maths "typo".

gorgor		2008-08-21 12:44:51 PM

Elephants can do ~~math~~. EVERYBODY PANIC

APPROVES (new window)

Ace Attorney		2008-08-21 12:45:29 PM

unimpressed

MCStymie		2008-08-21 12:45:44 PM

TonnageVT: They're Asian, that explains it.

/Asian
//South Asian
///Good at math
////Slashalicious

This.

Soon, that elephant is going to be teaching at MIT.

/Not Asian
//Still dealing with lingering Yellow Fever from California trip.
///My Math is a'ight.

theinsultabot9000		2008-08-21 12:45:51 PM

i for one welcome our new elephant overlords

Oldiron_79		2008-08-21 12:46:48 PM

FACT: Asian elephants are more closely related to Mammoths than to African elephants, and genetically speaking should be in Mammithus instead of Elephas

bruce4bruce		2008-08-21 12:47:03 PM

theinsultabot9000: i for one welcome our new elephant overlords

IM TO LATE!!!

DeadZone		2008-08-21 12:47:12 PM

Ashya and her companions chose the correct bucket 74% of the time.

Someone get than elephant a government job, asap!

T-Luv		2008-08-21 12:47:37 PM

Yeah, but did they dress themselves this morning?

Ace Attorney		2008-08-21 12:48:03 PM

Oldiron_79: FACT: Asian elephants are more closely related to Mammoths than to African elephants, and genetically speaking should be in Mammithus instead of Elephas

NERD
www.horrordvds.com

cksewell		2008-08-21 12:48:58 PM

An elephant on meth? Yes PANIC!

/oh I read that wrong

Ace Attorney		2008-08-21 12:49:55 PM

cksewell: A~~n elephant~~ lion on meth? Yes PANIC!

YEE-HAW

tekmo		2008-08-21 12:49:57 PM

FTFA: It is not obvious why elephants should need this mathematical faculty in the wild. "It really is tough to figure out why [elephants] would need to count," said Mya Thompson, an ecologist at Cornell University who studies elephants.

I think I could ask the next random 8-year-old I encounter why elephants might need to count and get a reasonable answer. It is totally obvious. They live in clans. They take care of members of the clan.

But a person who STUDIES elephants can't crack that puzzle?

Wow.

nobozo		2008-08-21 12:50:04 PM

"It really is tough to figure out why [elephants] would need to count"

He buddy, I paid for 6 peanuts!

nothingyet		2008-08-21 12:50:27 PM

Elephants are amazing and awesome.
They can pass a place where one of their babies died and years later they will lay down and grieve the loss at the exact spot where the baby was lost. Very human emotion and action, that.

Incredible, gentle, giant animals.

Onkel Buck		2008-08-21 12:52:10 PM

Not when it comes to balancing a budget they can't.

T-Luv		2008-08-21 12:52:20 PM

nothingyet:

Incredible, gentle, giant animals.

bestpicever.com

and how

JonnyBGoode		2008-08-21 12:54:01 PM

Still no cure for the annoying British habit of adding an S to the end of the word math.

Ace Attorney		2008-08-21 12:54:07 PM

T-Luv: nothingyet:

Incredible, gentle, giant animals.

and how

why is there a chain on its trunk? Could it be that the elephant is being used to pull the car back on its wheels?

Sarcastica75		2008-08-21 12:54:19 PM

bookmark?

/hell yes

Rhames		2008-08-21 12:55:20 PM

He found it. Next time, say SOLVE for X. English Teachers vs Math Teachers.

cksewell		2008-08-21 12:55:49 PM

Ace Attorney: T-Luv: nothingyet:

Incredible, gentle, giant animals.

and how

why is there a chain on its trunk? Could it be that the elephant is being used to pull the car back on its wheels?

The chain appears to be around his neck. I agree...it is likely righting the vehicle.

TheGreyPiper		2008-08-21 12:56:08 PM

TonnageVT: They're Asian, that explains it.

/Asian
//South Asian
///Good at math
////Slashalicious

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little_farker		2008-08-21 12:56:25 PM

Ace Attorney: T-Luv: nothingyet:

Incredible, gentle, giant animals.

and how

why is there a chain on its trunk? Could it be that the elephant is being used to pull the car back on its wheels?

I don't know.... judging by the way the feet are it looks like it's going forward than pulling backward... but I may be looking at it wrong

Cottage Cheesecake		2008-08-21 12:56:31 PM

Elephants need to be able to count in order to tell the rest of the world how big their dicks are. Think about it, have you ever heard an elephant say "Uh, I dunno. Its hella big though."?? Of course you haven't! Elephants would never say such a thing.

/what a stupid article

Ace Attorney		2008-08-21 12:57:16 PM

mjk42		2008-08-21 12:57:17 PM

gorgor: Elephants can do math. EVERYBODY PANIC

APPROVES (new window)

are you slipping? it helps when the "APPROVES" actually does link to something

/not trying to be a jerk
//genuinely concerned

beer4breakfast		2008-08-21 12:57:34 PM

If they develop opposable thumbs then humans are farked.

brap		2008-08-21 12:57:53 PM

cksewell: Ace Attorney: T-Luv: nothingyet:

Incredible, gentle, giant animals.

and how

why is there a chain on its trunk? Could it be that the elephant is being used to pull the car back on its wheels?

The chain appears to be around his neck. I agree...it is likely righting the vehicle.

I think you have a point.

Yippee! Gentle, giant, ~~animals~~, CPAs, mechanics and auto body repair specialists!

Molavian		2008-08-21 12:58:43 PM

Ace Attorney: why is there a chain on its trunk?

Maybe it's some bad-ass elephant from the wrong side of the jungle.

busy chillin'		2008-08-21 12:59:53 PM

I have nothing to add. I hope that doesn't subtract from the value of this thread for you.

DrZiffle		2008-08-21 01:00:03 PM

... and monkeys can read Nietzsche. They just don't understand it.

Ace Attorney		2008-08-21 01:00:07 PM

Molavian: Ace Attorney: why is there a chain on its trunk?

Maybe it's some bad-ass elephant from the wrong side of the jungle.

I'd offer some TF for that, but you beat me to it

netdpb		2008-08-21 01:00:29 PM

Clever Ashya?

axysdenyed		2008-08-21 01:02:30 PM

Elephants may be able to do math but the best mathematicians are camels. Everyone knows that.

/obscure?
//watch out for luggage

T-Luv		2008-08-21 01:04:01 PM

some gemini		2008-08-21 01:08:35 PM

axysdenyed
"obscure" when a Pratchett thread is a mere handful of threads away?

/just finished that one

cksewell		2008-08-21 01:11:19 PM

T-Luv: Ace Attorney: T-Luv: nothingyet:

Incredible, gentle, giant animals.

and how

why is there a chain on its trunk? Could it be that the elephant is being used to pull the car back on its wheels?

Here' some video footage of him "Righting the car"

The elephant was pissed off because the bastards were throwing rocks at it and farking with it. I don't blame that elephant at all.

zephyr_words		2008-08-21 01:11:20 PM

ninjakirby		2008-08-21 01:11:20 PM

tekmo: But a person who STUDIES elephants can't crack that puzzle?

That was the explanation for reasoning why they can differentiate between small discrepancies in numbers in the video. Counting the herd.

T-Luv		2008-08-21 01:14:48 PM

cksewell: T-Luv: Ace Attorney: T-Luv: nothingyet:

Incredible, gentle, giant animals.

and how

why is there a chain on its trunk? Could it be that the elephant is being used to pull the car back on its wheels?

Here' some video footage of him "Righting the car"

The elephant was pissed off because the bastards were throwing rocks at it and farking with it. I don't blame that elephant at all.

If he wasn't so damn big, their rocks might have missed him. I blame the elephant.

moistD		2008-08-21 01:15:32 PM

"An elephant that never forgets.... to ADD!"

autopsybeverage		2008-08-21 01:16:10 PM

little_farker: Ace Attorney: T-Luv: nothingyet:

Incredible, gentle, giant animals.

and how

why is there a chain on its trunk? Could it be that the elephant is being used to pull the car back on its wheels?

I don't know.... judging by the way the feet are it looks like it's going forward than pulling backward... but I may be looking at it wrong

No, you're looking at it right. If the animal was pulling, it would be back on its "heels" as it would be using its mass to do so. The dent near the top of the vehicle is most likely from the top of the elephant's head, where it applied its mass to shove the van over.

5paz		2008-08-21 01:16:52 PM

Q. Why did they elephant accountant always lose his last 2 apples
A. Trunk ate it

mikaloyd		2008-08-21 01:19:17 PM

Oldiron_79: FACT: Asian elephants are more closely related to Mammoths than to African elephants, and genetically speaking should be in Mammithus instead of Elephas

All your mammoths are belong to dead.