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Hermann Reiche’s Contribution to the World

by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 126 Comments › )
Filed under History, Humor, Open thread, Technology at September 20th, 2010 - 11:00 pm

Q: How does an elephant hide in a cherry tree?
A: It paints its toenails red. Duh.

Q: How does the elephant get up in the tree to begin with?
A: Go ask Hermann Reiche. Doi.

“In 1891, Hermann Reiche patented a platform “to enable an elephant to climb up a tree.”

I bet he made tens of dollars with this patent, tree branch butts mortised and lag-bolted into a tree stump. Wish I’d thought of it first. What a guy. Just the kind of guy who would fit right in on an Overnight Open Thread.

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