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Sorry About the Light Slogging

Dan Savage
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1
"That was one nasty hippo," said Tom, hypocritically.
OldFiddler on March 2, 2012 at 5:29 PM Report this
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If a psychic used this video to predict the future, would that make him/her a fart-tune teller?
OldFiddler on March 2, 2012 at 5:31 PM Report this
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I hate Rush Limbaugh.
LMcGuff on March 2, 2012 at 5:33 PM Report this
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"OK, I think we're done here now!"
laurax on March 2, 2012 at 5:35 PM Report this
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Fart jokes never grow old. Happily, Dan doesn't either.

When San Diego Zoo built their new hippo exhibit ("Hippo Beach"?) twenty years ago or so, touting underwater views of how graceful hippos were when their bulk was fully submerged, they mucked the water up so regularly in the early days that the pump and filter systems had to be rebuilt with something like triple the original capacity.
rob! on March 2, 2012 at 5:36 PM Report this
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I love the way the Mom says "did you see that" like they were at the Air and Space museum going past a Space Shuttle diorama or something.
Supreme Ruler Of The Universe on March 2, 2012 at 5:36 PM Report this
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Umm, that's just what hippos do.
JJinAus on March 2, 2012 at 5:52 PM Report this
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Ha ha ha!

This is the San Diego zoo :-) The hippos are fun to watch, tho I must say I've never caught them at anything like THAT o.O
BEG on March 2, 2012 at 5:55 PM Report this
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I expected the hippo to take a crap, but I'd forgotten how forcefully they eject their feces.
venomlash on March 2, 2012 at 6:02 PM Report this
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I saw one at the SF zoo projectile shitting against a wall, it had what appeared to be a shit eating grin on it's face the whole time. hilarious.
myr on March 2, 2012 at 6:05 PM Report this
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Well now I know how you people make santorum….
on March 2, 2012 at 6:22 PM Report this
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Okay Dan, but what do you really think of us?
Pablo Picasso on March 2, 2012 at 6:38 PM Report this
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I love the tail spinning to make sure it was flung as far as possible. Thanks, Dan!
OutInBumF on March 2, 2012 at 6:51 PM Report this
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I agree with #13
GoodOmens on March 2, 2012 at 7:22 PM Report this
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Glad I'm not the only 12 year old falling down laughing at this.
despicable me on March 2, 2012 at 10:18 PM Report this
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accurate representation of the internet
Zebes on March 2, 2012 at 10:22 PM Report this
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Sounded like a trombone. A tuned one, at that.
blah on March 3, 2012 at 4:55 AM Report this
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The real danger from Hippos is the inevitable northward movement of the escaped drug kingpin hippos from Carlos Escobar's Columbian ranch, which are conquering central america as we speak.
CATSPAW666 on March 3, 2012 at 8:20 AM Report this
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All hippos do that. They love nasty smelly butts apparently.

Pretty sure the noise is fake though.
sirkowski on March 3, 2012 at 10:32 AM Report this
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"All hippos do that. They love nasty smelly butts apparently."

So that's how Savage learned how to make Santorum.
on March 3, 2012 at 11:08 AM Report this
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@17 but cartoons are depictions of real life funny. And things like farts in real life are funny, especially contrasted against what we all pretend to be (civilized people with perfect skin & hair and almost no real bodily functions). God, if none of us could fart, we'd all die. Thank you hippos, for keeping it real!
secretchord on March 3, 2012 at 7:11 PM Report this
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Thank you, Dan! I had a crappy evening, but now I'm smiling.
monkeylover on March 3, 2012 at 11:10 PM Report this
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Oh my God. That was the best noise ever. That was fucking glorious.
Los_del_Mango on March 4, 2012 at 5:29 PM Report this
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I feel so juvenile right now. I can't help watching, and laughing about it, again.

I could be wrong, but it seems like the poor beast is visibly deflated afterwards (talk about gas pains).

Peace.
Married in MA on March 5, 2012 at 7:04 AM Report this
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Was this not a R. Santorum ad? 'See, all gods creatures support me'
RocNY on March 5, 2012 at 10:33 AM Report this
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The poo flinging is a territory marker Hippo's use both in and out of water.

I learned that from some clever interpretive panels in the bathrooms at the National Zoo.
FridayNext on March 6, 2012 at 9:49 AM Report this
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The poo flinging is a territory marker Hippo's use both in and out of water.

I learned that from some clever interpretive panels in the bathrooms at the National Zoo.
FridayNext on March 6, 2012 at 9:50 AM Report this

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