Elephant in the room

The Backwards Man

What's the difference between an elephant and a post box?

Footprints in the butter.

The Backwards Man

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Footprints in the butter.

I'm never sending you to post a letter anyways!

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

The Backwards Man wrote: »

What's the difference between an elephant and a post box?

i tried to stick my letters in an elephant once - biiiiiiig mistake :eek:

jimgoose

One of them is upside-down in the custard bowl, and the other is a large land mammal.

saintsaltynuts

I give in.

The Backwards Man

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

i tried to stick my letters in an elephant once - biiiiiiig mistake :eek:

Yeah, I fed an elephant at the zoo once, you should see where it stuck the banana!

The Backwards Man

saintsaltynuts wrote: »

I give in.

I'm never sending you to post a letter either!

Banjo String

scoobydoobie

Things an overcoat would say.

Donkey Oaty

Because it saw the salad dressing.

Cee-Jay-Cee

Why would anyone put a letterbox in the room? And what room are we talking about here? What colour is the elephant? They're usually grey but indoors ones are generally white.

The Backwards Man

CJC999 wrote: »

Why would anyone put a letterbox in the room? And what room are we talking about here? What colour is the elephant? They're usually grey but indoors ones are generally white.

Already gave the answer twice. Heard it today at a funeral, thought it was class Should have told the pofor one instead.

bonzodog2

Two in the front, two in the back. Oh, wait. Not that !

Banjo String

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Already gave the answer twice.

Whats the answer

131spanner

The Backwards Man wrote: »

What's the difference between an elephant and a post box?

I've never shot an elephant.

Alf Veedersane

I've never put my package into an elephant.

Jake Rugby Walrus666

and another five in the ashtray

Are we talking about an African elephant or an Asian elephant?
Question is not specific enough.

The Backwards Man

Banjo String wrote: »

Whats the answer

Me: What's the difference between an elephant and a postbox?

Fan: I don't know, what?

Me: I'm never sending you to post a letter if you don't know.

Hilarity ensues.

spurious

My granny used to say that - haven't heard it in years.

Banjo String

Face palm.

On another note.

What's the difference in a giraffe and a JCB?

One has hydraulics, the other has high Bollocks.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

What's the difference between a buffalo and a bison?

You can't wash your dishes in a buffalo...

Duckworth_Luas

What's the difference between a duck?

wil

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

What's the difference between a duck?

African or European?

Duckworth_Luas

wil wrote: »

African or European?

Both

Sir Osis of Liver.

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

What's the difference between a duck?

One of his legs is both the same.

wil

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

Both

/measures
About this much

Banjo String wrote: »

Whats the answer

The answers in the question.

Or at least that's what I would have said only it wasn't the right time,
or place,
or person.

And nobody uses elephants in jokes anymore.

/queue homeless elephants (in a cue)

Donkey Oaty

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Me: What's the difference between an elephant and a postbox?

Fan: I don't know, what?

Me: I'm never sending you to post a letter if you don't know.

The fact that you even asked the question suggests that there have been similar issues with this person in the past. I see it as a staff-training issue rather than a potential source of amusement.

On a practical level, your response is reasonable (albeit a tad condescending) if the conversation takes place in Africa or India, because then there's a chance that the person with the letter might see an elephant and mistake it for a post box, but it is unlikely to happen in Ireland unless the instructions to post a letter take place in the zoo on in close proximity to a circus.

But in any case, it would make more sense to explain the difference to the person rather than relieve them of a task that is presumably in their job description.

Arthur Beesley

Was just going to say there's a donkey in my office. Beaten to it.

Wacker The Attacker

The Backwards Man wrote: »

What's the difference between an elephant and a post box?

Your cant stick a letter into an Elephants slot

LoganRice

Nothing

MS.ing

The Backwards Man wrote: »

What's the difference between an elephant and a post box?

there are many, elephants breath, sh!t, walk, piss, breed, have feelings, can knock down trees, be used as a paper weight (though thats overkill but a fact nonetheless), fight, ect

what does post do?
sits on its arse all day waiting for someone to do everything for them

wil

MS.ing wrote: »

there are many, elephants breath, sh!t, walk, piss, breed, have feelings, can knock down trees, be used as a paper weight (though thats overkill but a fact nonetheless), fight, ect

what does post do?
sits on its arse all day waiting for someone to do everything for them

See this man about a job

Donkey Oaty wrote: »

The fact that you even asked the question suggests that there have been similar issues with this person in the past. I see it as a staff-training issue rather than a potential source of amusement.

On a practical level, your response is reasonable (albeit a tad condescending) if the conversation takes place in Africa or India, because then there's a chance that the person with the letter might see an elephant and mistake it for a post box, but it is unlikely to happen in Ireland unless the instructions to post a letter take place in the zoo on in close proximity to a circus.

But in any case, it would make more sense to explain the difference to the person rather than relieve them of a task that is presumably in their job description.

Sir Arthur Daley

I saw an elephant in the Zoo once, he didnt look happy.

Cantremember

Ah bollocks

The Backwards Man

WikiHow wrote: »

I saw an elephant in the Zoo once, he didnt look happy.

Next time you see him, tell him that joke.:)

Banjo String

What's grey and comes in pints?

an elephant, hey who said they aren't used in jokes anymore???

Capt'n Midnight

Because Noddy wouldn't pay the ransom.