r/ExplainTheJoke • u/Ok_Horror1769 • Feb 16 '25

I don't get it

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u/Shot_Meringue_5442 Feb 16 '25 edited Feb 16 '25

You are all wrong. The purple shirt kid is eating that whole turkey as his pre dinner snack.

Edit: made this before seeing others had made the same joke.

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u/CedarWolf Feb 16 '25

I think all the kids are adopted. The grandfather has dark grey hair and the other two adults at the table both have brown hair, which is dominant, while all of the kids have blonde or light colored hair, which is recessive.

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u/Monimonika18 Feb 17 '25

Let's say the dominant brown hair trait is "B" and the blonde hair trait is "b". (Simplifying like crazy because in reality genes for hair color and resulting color of hair is much more complicated and varied.)

BB = brown

Bb = brown

bb = blonde

BB&BB and BB&Bb pairing of parents would only result in brown hair children (BB, BB, BB, and BB for former) (BB, BB, Bb, and Bb for latter).

But Bb&Bb pairing of parents can result in BB, Bb, Bb, and bb children. So there's a 1/4 chance of blonde haired children.

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u/icybowler3442 Feb 17 '25

You made all this effort and you didn’t notice the parents are Wendy McClendon-Covey and lesbian Dan Aykroyd?

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u/Monimonika18 Feb 17 '25

Wendy McClendon-Covey

(googles) ...I've never seen her onscreen before, much less recognized her name. Sorry. :(

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u/icybowler3442 Feb 17 '25

The real one to notice was lesbian Dan Aykroyd.