India used these elephant-shaped helicopters for ceremonial purposes in the 1970’s

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anon6789@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 20d (2 replies)

Elecopter

daychilde@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 20d (1 reply)

Contrary to popular belief, the word is not ele-copter, but in fact is "eleco" meaning "elephant" and "pter" meaning "WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT ELEPHANT DOING IN THE SKY"

anon6789@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 20d

I thought it was from them hearing the British say " 'at's wa's called a 'elecopter!" so they just made it match the word.

AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 20d

I can't believe this didn't catch on. It's such an obvious idea in retrospect. Hannibal would have loved this.

Emi@ani.social · 13 pts · 20d (2 replies)

Ancient Psychic Tandem War Elephant!

KurtVonnegut@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 20d

Came here to say this.

gedfromgont@piefed.ca · 2 pts · 20d

Not tandem enough!

cmbabul@slrpnk.net · 6 pts · 20d (1 reply)

Is this what Operation Dumbo Drop was about?

ooterness@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 20d

You're thinking of Fly Away Home, where a pilot dresses his aircraft to guide a flock of elephants when they migrate south for the winter.

ChanchoManco@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 20d

According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way that a bee elephant should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its big fat little body off the ground. The bee elephant, of course, flies anyway. Because bees elephants don't care what humans think is impossible.

Damage@feddit.it · 5 pts · 20d (2 replies)

Imagine a real elephant seeing one of those

webp@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 20d (1 reply)

"god?"

Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 20d

Elephangels!

DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 20d

Of course they did.