Comments on: How to eat an elephant http://boingboing.net/2013/01/24/how-to-eat-an-elephant.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 23:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Dlo Burns http://boingboing.net/2013/01/24/how-to-eat-an-elephant.html#comment-1638641 Dlo Burns Sat, 26 Jan 2013 20:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208147#comment-1638641 I have the weirdest boner right now.  I have the weirdest boner right now. 

]]> By: Petzl http://boingboing.net/2013/01/24/how-to-eat-an-elephant.html#comment-1638276 Petzl Sat, 26 Jan 2013 03:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208147#comment-1638276 Just when I didn't think it could get worse. It got worse. Just when I didn’t think it could get worse.

It got worse.

]]> By: alissa mower clough http://boingboing.net/2013/01/24/how-to-eat-an-elephant.html#comment-1638231 alissa mower clough Sat, 26 Jan 2013 01:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208147#comment-1638231 Hey, they've got a reputation to uphold. On the other hand, they're wonderful mothers. http://bestiary.ca/beastimage/img4534.jpg Hey, they’ve got a reputation to uphold.
On the other hand, they’re wonderful mothers.
http://bestiary.ca/beastimage/img4534.jpg

]]> By: Michael Summers http://boingboing.net/2013/01/24/how-to-eat-an-elephant.html#comment-1638190 Michael Summers Sat, 26 Jan 2013 01:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208147#comment-1638190 How to eat an elephant? One spoonful at a time, obviosly. How to eat an elephant? One spoonful at a time, obviosly.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/01/24/how-to-eat-an-elephant.html#comment-1638039 Antinous / Moderator Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208147#comment-1638039 "How Goatse Eats a Hyena" “How Goatse Eats a Hyena”

]]> By: GawainLavers http://boingboing.net/2013/01/24/how-to-eat-an-elephant.html#comment-1637560 GawainLavers Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208147#comment-1637560 Next on Boing Boing Video: "How Hyenas Eat a Unicorn" Next on Boing Boing Video: “How Hyenas Eat a Unicorn”

]]> By: bingobangoboy http://boingboing.net/2013/01/24/how-to-eat-an-elephant.html#comment-1637438 bingobangoboy Fri, 25 Jan 2013 11:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208147#comment-1637438 That technique's good for a lot more than just eating elephants! By the way, does anyone know if there's any truth to the recent stories of hyenas wandering into cities & entering people's bedrooms at night? That technique’s good for a lot more than just eating elephants!
By the way, does anyone know if there’s any truth to the recent stories of hyenas wandering into cities & entering people’s bedrooms at night?

]]> By: Stephen Anderson http://boingboing.net/2013/01/24/how-to-eat-an-elephant.html#comment-1637431 Stephen Anderson Fri, 25 Jan 2013 11:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208147#comment-1637431 Christ, what an asshole! Christ, what an asshole!

]]> By: oasisob1 http://boingboing.net/2013/01/24/how-to-eat-an-elephant.html#comment-1637421 oasisob1 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 10:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208147#comment-1637421 I see what you did there. I see what you did there.

]]> By: Marko Raos http://boingboing.net/2013/01/24/how-to-eat-an-elephant.html#comment-1637392 Marko Raos Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208147#comment-1637392 nevermind... nevermind…

]]> By: Marko Raos http://boingboing.net/2013/01/24/how-to-eat-an-elephant.html#comment-1637381 Marko Raos Fri, 25 Jan 2013 08:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208147#comment-1637381 I actually got the assignment to translate and subtitle this doc for a cable channel... The software I work with has no "video off" option so I physically taped a piece of paper across the overlay area on my monitor, leaving only the lower third part visible (where the subtitles go.) Even so, I barely managed to complete the job... I actually got the assignment to translate and subtitle this doc for a cable channel… The software I work with has no “video off” option so I physically taped a piece of paper across the overlay area on my monitor, leaving only the lower third part visible (where the subtitles go.) Even so, I barely managed to complete the job…

]]> By: Sxe http://boingboing.net/2013/01/24/how-to-eat-an-elephant.html#comment-1637321 Sxe Fri, 25 Jan 2013 06:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208147#comment-1637321 What happened to unicorn chasers? What happened to unicorn chasers?

]]> By: kmoser http://boingboing.net/2013/01/24/how-to-eat-an-elephant.html#comment-1637293 kmoser Fri, 25 Jan 2013 05:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208147#comment-1637293 2 Hyenas 1 Elephant 2 Hyenas 1 Elephant

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2013/01/24/how-to-eat-an-elephant.html#comment-1637262 Preston Sturges Fri, 25 Jan 2013 04:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208147#comment-1637262  Ironically, anuses don't into hotdogs.  They use that in the dog treat meat sausages.  Ironically, anuses don’t into hotdogs.  They use that in the dog treat meat sausages.

]]> By: GawainLavers http://boingboing.net/2013/01/24/how-to-eat-an-elephant.html#comment-1637257 GawainLavers Fri, 25 Jan 2013 04:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208147#comment-1637257 Needs to go in David Attenborough's list of responses to people who harangue him for not properly crediting god for the wonders of nature. Needs to go in David Attenborough’s list of responses to people who harangue him for not properly crediting god for the wonders of nature.

]]> By: GawainLavers http://boingboing.net/2013/01/24/how-to-eat-an-elephant.html#comment-1637255 GawainLavers Fri, 25 Jan 2013 04:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208147#comment-1637255 Hyena's have an acute sense of smell; just no taste.... Hyena’s have an acute sense of smell; just no taste….

]]> By: GawainLavers http://boingboing.net/2013/01/24/how-to-eat-an-elephant.html#comment-1637252 GawainLavers Fri, 25 Jan 2013 04:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208147#comment-1637252 Haha!  Good point.  "That's actually a tenth of a millimeter <i>smaller</i> than an inch, you twit!" Haha!  Good point.  ”That’s actually a tenth of a millimeter smaller than an inch, you twit!”

]]> By: Sirkowski http://boingboing.net/2013/01/24/how-to-eat-an-elephant.html#comment-1637239 Sirkowski Fri, 25 Jan 2013 04:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208147#comment-1637239 Hot Dogs don't seem so bad now... Hot Dogs don’t seem so bad now…

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2013/01/24/how-to-eat-an-elephant.html#comment-1637219 Preston Sturges Fri, 25 Jan 2013 03:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208147#comment-1637219  Did you think of it when confronted with the gaping hole in the ass end of the turkey?  Did you think of it when confronted with the gaping hole in the ass end of the turkey?

]]> By: Mike Fischer http://boingboing.net/2013/01/24/how-to-eat-an-elephant.html#comment-1637207 Mike Fischer Fri, 25 Jan 2013 03:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208147#comment-1637207 Pretty sure that this should be titled "How NOT to eat an Elephant" Pretty sure that this should be titled “How NOT to eat an Elephant”

]]> By: a. foog http://boingboing.net/2013/01/24/how-to-eat-an-elephant.html#comment-1637177 a. foog Fri, 25 Jan 2013 03:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208147#comment-1637177 But... but... modify headers add-ons and proxy servers are all perfectly legal. Why resort to "less-than-legal"? (other than to get my curiosity up about what the hell you could possibly be using!) But… but… modify headers add-ons and proxy servers are all perfectly legal. Why resort to “less-than-legal”? (other than to get my curiosity up about what the hell you could possibly be using!)

]]> By: xian http://boingboing.net/2013/01/24/how-to-eat-an-elephant.html#comment-1637134 xian Fri, 25 Jan 2013 02:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208147#comment-1637134 and I thought they smelled bad... on the outside. and I thought they smelled bad… on the outside.

]]> By: Matthew Bondy http://boingboing.net/2013/01/24/how-to-eat-an-elephant.html#comment-1637112 Matthew Bondy Fri, 25 Jan 2013 02:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208147#comment-1637112 I think I saw the prequel. Wasn't Edison a producer? I think I saw the prequel. Wasn’t Edison a producer?

]]> By: Nylund http://boingboing.net/2013/01/24/how-to-eat-an-elephant.html#comment-1637111 Nylund Fri, 25 Jan 2013 02:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208147#comment-1637111 Was anyone else annoyed when the guy said, "The skin is like two and a half centimeters thick.  So that's over an inch thick." Was anyone else annoyed when the guy said, “The skin is like two and a half centimeters thick.  So that’s over an inch thick.”

]]> By: David Kopelman http://boingboing.net/2013/01/24/how-to-eat-an-elephant.html#comment-1637102 David Kopelman Fri, 25 Jan 2013 02:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208147#comment-1637102 Maybe the hyena learned the technique from watching youtube. http://youtu.be/LYhT6FHEpwY Maybe the hyena learned the technique from watching youtube.
http://youtu.be/LYhT6FHEpwY

]]> By: Rob Beschizza http://boingboing.net/2013/01/24/how-to-eat-an-elephant.html#comment-1637093 Rob Beschizza Fri, 25 Jan 2013 01:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208147#comment-1637093 "Active haggissing" “Active haggissing”

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2013/01/24/how-to-eat-an-elephant.html#comment-1637079 Preston Sturges Fri, 25 Jan 2013 01:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208147#comment-1637079  A hyena could rip open anything smaller, but yeah the anus is where vultures start in on an intact carcass.  A hyena could rip open anything smaller, but yeah the anus is where vultures start in on an intact carcass.

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2013/01/24/how-to-eat-an-elephant.html#comment-1637074 Preston Sturges Fri, 25 Jan 2013 01:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208147#comment-1637074 The inspiring true story of a hyena who started at the bottom and worked his way up. The inspiring true story of a hyena who started at the bottom and worked his way up.

]]> By: jhoosier http://boingboing.net/2013/01/24/how-to-eat-an-elephant.html#comment-1637052 jhoosier Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208147#comment-1637052 Just like Wilfred:  http://youtu.be/-omJXd6bpIA Just like Wilfred:  http://youtu.be/-omJXd6bpIA

]]> By: Roofmonkey http://boingboing.net/2013/01/24/how-to-eat-an-elephant.html#comment-1637038 Roofmonkey Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208147#comment-1637038  It's a commonly used entry point.  A couple of years ago my dog had the chance to run around loose in the woods on the edge of a farm and startled a young deer.  Dog chased it down, did a kill-bite on it's neck before we could yank her away.  Dog ran back to the kill a few hours later and we found her eating the deer's anus.  Dog is no longer welcome at that farm.  It’s a commonly used entry point.  A couple of years ago my dog had the chance to run around loose in the woods on the edge of a farm and startled a young deer.  Dog chased it down, did a kill-bite on it’s neck before we could yank her away.  Dog ran back to the kill a few hours later and we found her eating the deer’s anus.  Dog is no longer welcome at that farm.

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