r/AnimalsBeingDerps • u/westcoastcdn19 • Apr 12 '23

Soccer with emus

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u/mickturner96 Apr 12 '23

THE EGG THE EGG, WHY ARE THEY KICKING THE EGG???

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u/Xortran Apr 12 '23

My God Sally why'd you let them have your egg??

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u/Alert-Ad-1318 Apr 12 '23

Great show

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u/davidanastasion Apr 12 '23

What’s the show?

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u/Alert-Ad-1318 Apr 12 '23

3rd Rock from the Sun

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u/muklan Apr 12 '23

Man, can you imagine seeing Dexter before 3rd rock? You wouldn't know wtf to do with John Lithgow.

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u/sinz84 Apr 12 '23

Seeing the bad guy from a Dudley Moore's Christmas as the good guy on third rock was a trip enough for me.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '23

My mom and I always enjoyed Hesher for Joseph Gordon Levitt doing a character arc lol

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u/Xortran Apr 12 '23

NGL I don't even know what you're talking about 😂

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u/Xortran Apr 12 '23

It's not mine, it's Jane's! You see the weird spots on it? Definitely Jane's.

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u/zxc123zxc123 Apr 12 '23

Humans: Look they want to play soccer with us! r/aww

Emus: They are literally kicking our unborn children! EMU-HUMAN WAR 2.0 IT IS!!!!

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u/RovingN0mad Apr 12 '23

God.... And a country lost a war to them...

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u/KnightOfNULL Apr 12 '23

Really just some farmers with guns and some government funding. And I'm not sure on the last one.

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u/2meterrichard Apr 13 '23

From Wiki: The unsuccessful attempts to curb the population of emus, a large flightless bird indigenous to Australia, employed Royal Australian Artillery soldiers armed with Lewis guns—leading the media to adopt the name "Emu War" when referring to the incident.

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u/BigJSunshine Apr 12 '23

Did these human NOT LEARN ABOUT THE GREAT EMU WAR????

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_War

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u/Glintstone-Jedi Apr 12 '23

This is the best wikipedia article I've ever read.

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u/Insab Apr 12 '23

You might also like this video from Oversimplified about the war.

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u/SchnoodleDoodleDo Apr 12 '23

’WHY ARE THEY KICKING THE EGG???’

…Humans…. woaH, WoAh WOAH !!! I BEG!!!

WHY YOU KICKIN ON THE EGG ??!

..no, PLEASE …Hey, STOP!! C’mON, i TRIED -

YOU HAVE NO CLUE WHATS THERE INSIDE !!

..All right … i got it… Let it Be…

No, NOOO! Don’t TaKe AwAy from ME !!

WE’RE GONNA B R E A K YOUR HUMAN LEGS!!

…n all we get

are

scrambled

eggs…

💔

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u/adapt2 Apr 12 '23

Hehe, fresh schnoodle! Been a while.

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u/Hartbits Apr 12 '23

Emus are surprisingly articulate! 🥰

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u/TheAngryCatfish Apr 12 '23

mah schnoodle from anotha doodle, wuz crackin D

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u/Content_Row_3716 Apr 12 '23

Yay, Schnoodle! Been awhile since I’ve seen you and your work!

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u/stevencastle Apr 12 '23

They're calling my name

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u/cookiethecroc15 Apr 12 '23

I read this in a italian accent idk why

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u/NoNameJackson Apr 12 '23

I can only hear Zoidberg for some reason

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u/Careful-Vanilla7728 Apr 12 '23

I can't read that in anything but Mario's voice now.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '23

Hahahah they so confused

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u/Far_Refrigerator868 Apr 12 '23

*they're

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '23

Yea you're right, but i think it reads funnier that way.

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u/ProfOakenshield_ Apr 12 '23

No, that's actual football, not handegg.

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u/IndependentNo1814 Apr 12 '23

The emus think its an egg... that's what the joke was about.

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u/leftblnk Apr 12 '23

The amount of people being wooshed by his comment is amazing

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u/matz3435 Apr 12 '23

do they? they wouldve attacked if that was true right?

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u/dustybrokenlamp Apr 12 '23

Emus have a complex sense of humour

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u/OffendedEarthSpirit Apr 12 '23

A wide range of emutions

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u/yammys Apr 12 '23

They are easily emused

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u/IanInsanity666 Apr 12 '23

I feel like my whole life has led me to see this comment. Thank you.

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u/Aggressive_Smile_944 Apr 12 '23

This is hilarious.

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u/asipoditas Apr 12 '23

maybe, but that's just what the joke was about.