B.C. by Mastroianni and Hart for April 18, 2010

So as not to hear that the apteryx is a wingless bird with hairy feathers???

So as not to hear that the apteryx is a wingless bird with his beak out of joint.

I’d rather not hear.

So as not for the apteryx to get the idea to look at its reflection in the lake and see how ugly it is.

Yes, it took me a few minutes to get the joke! :)

Almost forgot……….

Good Morning, Dogsniff, Lonwolf & LuvH8!!!

Thanks, Legaleagle, I didn’t get it either.

I have seen everything, a sensitive snake!

this is a weird one, but i think i get it.

Flag time!

It’s still not funny to me, oh well.

As far as we know, this apteryx might be the Brad Pitt of apteryxeses. Maybe he’d look in the water and say “Egad, I’m even more handsome than I thought…!”

To a male warthog, nothing is more beautiful than a female warthog…

As Sgt. Schulz says (Hogans Heroes)” I Heeere nothing….

I seeee nothing”

Good thing there are comments. Don’t think I would have got it either!

Good Afternoon, LuvH8, Grog & Dogsniff

You’re right GoodQuestion.

Boldyuma–And I knooooow nuthing!

Thanks, everyone, for explaining this one…

Finally saw the spam (didn’t click, though).

What did they have to worry about? Isn’t an apteryx a fightless bird?

Yes, sometimes the problem is a slow hearer or reader, but if a joke has to be explained because a number of people don’t get it, it usually means it is not a very good joke.

Or else it’s a very subtle one: on the level of satire. Jonathan Swift’s jokes, especially “A Modest Proposal”, weren’t very funny either, but people are still talking about them.

Considering the apteryx’s approach is the impetus for the snake to cut off the turtle in mid-explanation of how to see what you (whether you’re a turtle, snake or apteryx) look like, I don’t see why anyone would have any trouble understanding what the “act of mercy” was. Nothing subtle or obscure about it.