Which would you rather be?
The giraffe or the bird?
That’s not a trick question. I just need to think about animals for a change.
Here’s Eddie Izzard on “evil” giraffes (and dogs and pilot fish):
12 Responses to “Which would you rather be?”
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DancingOpossum says:
The bird. He gets to ride for free while the giraffe does all the work and can fly away if trouble arises. Now that makes the bird sound too Republican; so let’s add he can also sing sweetly to make the giraffe happy and comforted; and he can also help the giraffe find berries and leaves in the trees.
Either way it’s a beautiful shot.
November 20th, 2008 at 10:35 am EST -
Lisa says:
I have always thought it would be awful to be a giraffe. It seems like it must be so awkward to have so much neck, like their necks must get tired.
It would be wonderful to be a bird and be able to fly though.
I just LOVE Eddie Izzard. He is my favorite stand-up comedian, and surprisingly such a GOOD serious actor.
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Lisa says:
My mother in law just sent me this short video. You HAVE to see it. Be patient, it takes a few seconds to get going to the good part.
http://www.righteousmothers.com/video/RMVideo.html
The video is called Old Fat Naked Women for Peace. It will put a smile on your face.
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no pasaran says:
“the danger of not having your own stories”: Words by Nigerian Chinua Achebe on what made him decide to become a writer. I think, the very same can be said about us, women, and our own lack of stories. And also explains in part why, specially young women, are so unaware of the injustice done to us for just being born women. The excerpt comes from:”…began to read about adventures in which I didn’t know that I was supposed to be on the side of those savages who were ecountered by the good white man. I instinctively took side with the white people. They were fine! They were excellent! The others were not…they were stupid and ugly. That was the way I was introduced to the danger of not having your own stories. There is that great proverb, that until the lions have their own historian, the story of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.”
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Not on topic says:
I hate to bother you with this Vi, and I’m perfectly willing to just deal with it, but are you aware that the pictures go into the text to the right, mostly? Just swamp all over the text, right and down.
I think it’s Firefox, so maybe nothing can be done. But on a brighter note, your magic posts are no longer five letters wide.
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Anna Belle says:
LISA! ZOMG! I love that video! Thanks. Maybe I need to quit my job and go to DC to start the modern Silent Sentinels Movement: The NAKED Sentinels!
Thanks again. Made my day.
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Anna Belle says:
Okay, I wanted to answer the question, too. I’m pretty sure that as a child and up to a certain point in my life I would have loved to have been the giraffe, because it is such an elegant, beautiful animal. But now I would want to be the bird, because the bid can fly, and, as DancingO suggested, it can ride for free.
Funny, for a non-trick question, this one took some thinking about.
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Lisa says:
Anna Belle, I don’t think I am brave enough to join you, but I would bring you lunch and a blanket for when you get cold. (:
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votermom says:
I would love to fly free like a bird. I don’t think the diet’s so great though.
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votermom says:
Lisa, what a great video! And what great songs they have — thanks for the link!
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Puget Sound Island Girl says:
Old Fat Naked Women for Peace—what a great video!
Are you in need of some giggles? I know I was!
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DancingOpossum says:
“I don’t think the diet’s so great though.”
Yeah, it’s kind of blecch. And birds are so fragile, they don’t really recover from injuries. If I had to choose I would be a squirrel, or an opossum–two almost indestructible beasts.
That reminds me, I once heard that an old saying among veterinarians was “if you put a cat in a room with a bag full of broken bones, the bones will heal themselves.” The point was that cats have amazing recuperative abilities. I always liked that poetic if convoluted saying, and that testament to the magical abilities of kitties. Still, from my experience it is much more applicable to possums and squirrels.
Speaking of the latter, did you know that when female squirrels die, they leave their homes (which they build themselves) to their daughters? Fur-tailed and tree-swinging feminists, they is!
Well you DID say you wanted to think about animals.
