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.
[Image found here. We’ll pray for a speedy recovery, Mme. Pickle.]
Something in the back of my mind says this represents something profound, but I can’t quite put my finger on it. An ornery grass-eating pachyderm finds a reptile in his stash, decides to help the lizard get higher than he’s ever been, just to teach him a lesson. What does it all mean?
I dunno, Babs, but I do know this. It’s time for an Overnight Open Thread.
The Diary of Daedalus
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