Friday Silliness Thread

Free Republic ^ | May 29 , 2026 | Nateman

[Nateman]

It's Friday! Once again, silliness returns!

[Nateman]

Don't worry. Be happy!

[ShadowAce]

[Nateman]

It was an impressive explosion. Boom! to the Moon Alice!

[Nateman]

Maybe it was DEI math responsible for that explosion?

[ken in texas]

[bert]

The Squaw of the Hippotamus
Long ago in a plains tribe, three young men came of age and were to be married. They were sent out into the world with a bow and arrow and a knife to kill an animal the fur of which was to be used to make their marriage bed

Brave Eagle returned with a wonderful cougar hide that was tanned into a beautiful fur

Charging Bull returned with the hide of a young bear that was tanned into a beautiful fur.

Falling Rocks was not very successful. He returned with the skins of two rabbits and a squirrel. These were not large enough to make a marriage bed. His wise grandmother suggested he take them to the trading post and get a striped blanket.

Alas, the trader would not part with a blanket for such a minor return but offered a dusty hippopotamus hide that though rough was in fact large enough.

A year passed

The squaw of Brave Eagle presented him with a son

The squaw of Charging Bull presented him a beautiful daughter

The squaw of Falling Rocks presented him with twins, a boy and a girl

Theorem:
The Squaw of the hippopotamus is equal to the sum of the squaws of the other two hides

[CopperTop]

🤣🤣

[BradyLS]

The student is salvageable. Having mastered curvise, grammar, punctuation, and displaying a sense of humor in the face of adversity.

[BradyLS]

I’m a failure, however, for awarding unearned credit for punctuation.

[Nateman]

At least it sounds smart!

[BradyLS]

😄

[Tanniker Smith]

Even as a kid, I knew this was wrong. He has a brain after all, just not a good one for math rules!

[Nateman]

Yep. This one needs a heart real bad!

[plain talk]

[plain talk]

[Nateman]

[ken in texas]

[Delta 21]

[Nateman]

[Delta 21]