by zbicyclist

Too Funny?

Mitch4 sends this in: “Two and a half hypotheses:
1) The intended cartoon was indeed pulled by the editors, for being in one or another aspect beyond the limits of acceptable — political or personally impolite etc.
[1.5 Exactly as reported, it was pulled for being “too humorous” — nah, very unlikely, but maybe this was literally what was stated to him though intended to convey #1.]
2) Nothing of the sort happened, and this is just a variation on “the cartoonist took a day off from drawing”.”

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  2. Unknown's avatar

    I found the original:

    Wenn ist das Nunstück git und Slotermeyer? Ja! Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput!

    [If you got that, it way past time to schedule a colonoscopy.]

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  3. Unknown's avatar

    I expect it’s just #2, but I like to believe it’s a reference to Anthropic’s announcement last week that they are going to withhold their latest AI model’s release, because it’s too powerful for general use.

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  4. Unknown's avatar

    I asked the internet to translate Max C’s contribution, since my one Jar of high school Deutsch in 1961-1962 was not up to the task. The result:

    When is the nunstück git and Slotermeyer? Yes! Beiherhund das Or the Pinpperwaldt gersput!

    The internet only got all the words I already knew such as when, is, the, and, and or!

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  5. Unknown's avatar

    The answer to Max’s question: “Why did the calf walk around the cow? To get to the udder side!”
    Before there were Pythons, there was Dogpatch.

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    I like its last line: “no unauthorized happiness will be tolerated.” It sounds like a place where I was once employed.

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  10. Unknown's avatar

    Max #2: there used to be a hook in Google Translate (I think) where if you put that joke in you’d get a ‘[system crashed]’ message.

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  17. Unknown's avatar

    Boise Ed – Before I started WORKING I worked for my dad – running the copying machine, etc. I then worked in retail while in college and worked for a different accounting. The other accountant retired, dad took over his clients and so I was back where I started – working for dad! (When I started working for dad some of his clients who remembered me from when I was preteen or teenager would sound upset that I was coming in to do their books and then be shocked when a woman (me) in her 30s walked in.

    And this tax season it has been decided by husband and me will be the last one for me and the practice. (Practice too small to deal with IRS rules and regs now.)

    And dad had a sense of humor with no equal – always had everyone laughing!

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