Gertrude the Brahman

Mitch4 sends this in: “OY because it’s a pun, CIDU because the specifics are obscure. “Impeccable” works as an OY because someone wearing a suit of armor can’t be pecked. But who is “Gertrude the Brahman” and does she wear armor and why the expression “knight suit”?”

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  1. Unknown's avatar

    Those things really freak me out, too. I’ve watched a few YouTube videos of giant brahma chickens walking around, and between their size and their feathery legs, something about them just makes my skin crawl.

  2. Unknown's avatar

    Brahman is [also] a kind of cattle. Or an important concept in Hinduism.

    But probably the “chicken” sense best connects with mention of “henhouse” and the im-PECK-able pun. If we overlook the spelling issue.

  3. Unknown's avatar

    Impeccable — of course you have heard this old joke:

    “Bad news from the doctor: my wife is unable to conceive. She will never be able to bear children. She is unbearable.”

    “No, that’s not the right word. The word you want is inconceivable.”

    “You’re both wrong. The word for her is impregnable.”

  4. Unknown's avatar

    We discussed this in the comments for that that strip. It goes to the notion of “pecking order” in a henhouse. Becoming “unpeckable” might seem to make one the top chicken. although from what I recall it’s not that simple in chicken societal dynamics.

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