So, I have a joke or you: "Why do elephants like to bowl?"
. . .
I don't f*ing know either. This was a joke on a Laffy Taffy wrapper that I read as a kid, but the answer was cut off. And I know you are like "Oh, have you tried Googling it, Sonnie?" YES, yes I have. I even emailed the company at one point in college to see if I could find the answer. Nothing.
I look at this as kind of like The Ring. You have seven days to spread this or some scary kid is going to climb out of your TV or something.
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entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org · 25 pts · 1y
ChatGPT couldn't find the original punchline but Gemini is claiming it's the following:
"Because they have big balls!"
Anyways even if that's made up, it's way funnier than ChatGPT's made up punchlines, and about par for a Laffy Taffy joke.
Edit: ChatGPT and Claude both independently came up with "Because they're natural at picking up spares!" which is awkwardly phrased by modern standards and oddly specific, so I wonder if that might be the original punchline. A ton of those laffy taffy jokes are just not funny, so it's possible. Either that or two different LLMs have the same exact sense of humor.
SonnieTheseDays@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
I can now die happy. Thank you.
ralakus@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 1y
I did a bit of searching and found a reddit threat that looks like this one but posted 6 months ago.
The only answer that looked somewhat correct was "Because they always have a spare in their trunks." posted by u/A_Nice_Shrubbery777
Reddit thread for those interested: https://old.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/1e1qbg9/a_joke_with_no_answer/
SonnieTheseDays@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 1y
OMG, that was my thread! I do like that answer, though.
Kitathalla@lemy.lol · 13 pts · 1y
Hmm, just spitballing here, but what could you point to on an elephant that's unique (and/or in the public thoughts of elephants)? Memory, size, trunks, large ears, grey skin, tusks, fear of mice, (name of them?) pachyderm?
For memory - Because they're the only animal that can remember how to score a strike?
Trunks - Because their trunks have room to spare?
Size - Because even the lions aren't willing to tell them they crossed the line.
Mice thing - Because they always beat the mice's half ounce balls.
Or maybe it's something to do with bowling? Turkeys, lanes, (heavy/big balls), spares, lines, shoes...
Shoes - Because they can finally borrow shoes that fit?
Turkeys - Even elephants love getting turkeys?
Spares - I dunno
Ghyste@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y
Fairly certain it's as ralakus said: "They always keep a spare in their trunk".