Darren sends this in: “I don’t know what the paper is. I think this is a “fake hole” gag, but I don’t understand the paper reference or what the seals are hoping for.”
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The fake hole is a black piece of paper. The seals are about to yank it away, as the bear tries to leap into the hole. The seals will then run for their lives.
But why yank the paper away? It works just as well without the string and the seal saying “As soon as his nose hits the black paper then dive like hell!” doesn’t it?
The bear is not going to dive into the hole. It is patiently waiting for a seal to surface through it, whereupon it plans to kill and eat the seal. But imagine the bear’s surprise when the hole is pulled away! I wouldn’t personally consider the practical joke to be good enough to risk my life, but I guess if you are a seal, you probably feel a lot of animosity toward polar bears and rarely get any opportunity to play tricks on them.
I think Usual John’s comment seals the deal on this one.
You know how to catch a polar bear? You did a hole in the ice and then put peas around the edge of the hole. When the bear comes to take pea, you kick him in the ice hole. (This is a joke best told and not read)
For some reason, I couldn’t see it as a piece of black paper. I think if it had been “..yank the hole away…”, I wouldn’t have been confused.
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The fake hole is a black piece of paper. The seals are about to yank it away, as the bear tries to leap into the hole. The seals will then run for their lives.
But why yank the paper away? It works just as well without the string and the seal saying “As soon as his nose hits the black paper then dive like hell!” doesn’t it?
The bear is not going to dive into the hole. It is patiently waiting for a seal to surface through it, whereupon it plans to kill and eat the seal. But imagine the bear’s surprise when the hole is pulled away! I wouldn’t personally consider the practical joke to be good enough to risk my life, but I guess if you are a seal, you probably feel a lot of animosity toward polar bears and rarely get any opportunity to play tricks on them.
I think Usual John’s comment seals the deal on this one.
You know how to catch a polar bear? You did a hole in the ice and then put peas around the edge of the hole. When the bear comes to take pea, you kick him in the ice hole. (This is a joke best told and not read)
For some reason, I couldn’t see it as a piece of black paper. I think if it had been “..yank the hole away…”, I wouldn’t have been confused.