The soldiers are roman so it can't be a hapsburg chin joke. The jawbone wielder has a prominent jaw himself, which feels like the set up, but if so I'm missing the punchline.
Getting past the bible part, it's funny because after losing a few hundred guys they're still approaching a couple at a time, and the one guy is being distracting while trying to coach his buddy like, "we can still take him"
I agree, I think that the gist of the joke is in meaningless coaching. Like, yeah, avoiding an enemie's weapon is something one would never guess to do
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Hegar@kbin.social · 11 pts · 2y
Ok, I'll be the first: can someone explain this?
The soldiers are roman so it can't be a hapsburg chin joke. The jawbone wielder has a prominent jaw himself, which feels like the set up, but if so I'm missing the punchline.
ShadyGrove@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 2y
It's from the story of Samson in the Bible.
The quote goes something like this:
Hegar@kbin.social · 17 pts · 2y
Eww, the bible.
Thank you!
LesserAbe@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 2y
Getting past the bible part, it's funny because after losing a few hundred guys they're still approaching a couple at a time, and the one guy is being distracting while trying to coach his buddy like, "we can still take him"
sukhmel@programming.dev · 14 pts · 2y
I agree, I think that the gist of the joke is in meaningless coaching. Like, yeah, avoiding an enemie's weapon is something one would never guess to do
zabadoh@ani.social · 5 pts · 2y
Interestingly enough, donkey jawbones are used as musical percussion instruments in some parts of Latin America.
Link to videos of jawbones being played in 2 different ways inside the article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawbone_%28instrument%29
So either Samson literally slew them, or proverbially slew them by rocking out.
kromem@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
The soldiers are supposed to be Philistines, technically.
ouRKaoS@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 2y
It's over; He has the high ground!
treechicken@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Reminded me of this: https://youtu.be/PsWj_RKbkxU?t=275