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Giraffes have pretty nifty tongues. Learn more here: https://martiniambassador.substack.com/p/catchin-raindrops-the-giraffe-method

And your Election Day meme chat: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/8072b891-2814-47cb-a302-88378b848192?utm_source=share

Vote, vote, vote and make those baby stouts proud.

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eddi-SABH's avatar

Giraffes make Gene Simmons jealous.

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zuludaddy (seem 'on key?')'s avatar

like giraffes,

chows and shar peis also too have purple tongues,

and give 'purple kisses'

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HoldOnOldChap's avatar

Impressive eyelashes, also too!

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Stanta Knows's avatar

Candy is dandy

but licker is slicker

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RefillingThorsBeer's avatar

Snow.....

These are the flakes that we like.

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Snarfyguy's avatar

Who you sticking your tongue out at?

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Vileaxxe's avatar

When I was pregnant with my oldest daughter it was the 90s and I was still wearing babydoll dresses and doc martens. We went to a zoo that had a tall platform which allowed feeding of the giraffes. My giraffe dutifully accepted her cup of (carrots?) then for dessert stuck the entirety of her tongue down the front of my babydoll dress.

Lemme tell you. You’ve never really been sticky til you’ve been giraffe slobber sticky.

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CzechJournalists's avatar

babydoll dresses and doc martens work.

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belfryo's avatar

was this near Richmond va?

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Lance Thrustwell's avatar

What, you know that giraffe?

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Miss Grundy's avatar

Giraffes are champion lickers!

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The Wanderer's avatar

That's what she said!

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The Wanderer's avatar

Giraffes can't enjoy a morning cup of coffee, because it's always cold by the time it reaches their stomachs.

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Menotsure's avatar

When I stick my tongue out

I do it just for laughs

That doesn't seem to be the case

For rubber-necked giraffes

They do it to seize foodstuffs

And soak up drops of rain

It takes big tongues to just survive,

Out on the arid plain.

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Shocktreatment's avatar

Giraffes need those tongues because they have that arid climate animal spit. It's thick, viscous and sticky... At least they don't direct it at people, like camels...

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Hops: 86/47 or bust's avatar

...or llamas. How do I know that? Oh, I know.

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Cookie Lady's avatar

Getting around acacia thorns requires dexterity, too.

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Cookie Lady's avatar

My kids loved going to Binder Park Zoo and feeding the giraffes when they were smol. The tongue is definitely impressive!

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TootsStansbury 🇺🇦's avatar

I especially like the way that giraffe savors its drink.

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Linda1961 is woke and proud's avatar

Impressive!

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freakishlystrong's avatar

Awww..I love a giraffe, such elegant weirdos!

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Stranger Than Friction's avatar

Watch the PBS documentary Tall Blonds! The More You Know...

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Al Bellenchia's avatar

Eat them up, yum!

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Linda1961 is woke and proud's avatar

You've got it wrong - it's "Yum, yum, eat 'em up!:

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NewLarry's avatar

Upfist for the Little Rascals reference!

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The Wanderer's avatar

Oh wow, there's a set of memories just surfaced.

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Linda1961 is woke and proud's avatar

Thanks for the reminder - I couldn’t remember where I had heard that before!

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Stanta Knows's avatar

I took a fish head out to see a movie

Didn't have to pay to get it in

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Al Bellenchia's avatar

Tell that to Dr. Demento!

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eddi-SABH's avatar

I see where the article's title comes from. Remember to patronize your local taco truck.

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Cheers Y'all's avatar

I wish the links to NYTs in articles and non comments were actually readable by ME and anyone else who does not have a subscription to NYTs.

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Cincinnatus's avatar

"Trump saw a segment on Fox News. Within an hour, he was laser-focused on Christians’ treatment in Nigeria"

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/03/politics/trump-nigeria-military-action-threat

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Cincinnatus's avatar

Presidential toot, today: “Any Jewish person that votes for Zohran Mamdani, a proven and self professed JEW HATER, is a stupid person!!!”

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Glennis Waterman's avatar

I think there’s a reason Trump doesn’t cross his legs, and it has nothing to do with the size of his balls. It’s the size of his gut that prevents him from doing so.

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Glennis Waterman's avatar

So hes just admitting that Republicans have nothing to offer people in DC and Puerto Rico

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Virgin Monk Boy's avatar

Mike Johnson keeps acting like chaos is a threat, when really it’s just the GOP’s love language. Every time he says “we’ll shut it all down,” the angels of irony crack open another beer.

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GH Swell's avatar

I wonder how many people will Come to New York with Mamdani as mayor.

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Ill-Advised's avatar

I'd visit because it would finally be Under New Management!

Now, if only the geriatric Senior Center commonly known as the Democratic Party Leadership got the message... keep the bruisers and retire the cruisers.

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Glennis Waterman's avatar

Probably a lot. Why wouldnt they?

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Edith Prickly's avatar

Charlotte Clymer is far more generous to Kim Davis than me. Davis is a sad, vicious little woman who abused her authority to gatekeep a relationship she routinely failed at, then tried to paint herself as the victim. I'm sure she's never been happy a day in her life and she should keep her misery to herself instead of spreading it around.

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Erika's avatar

For some reason the local tv and radio really pushed early voting this year, and I am glad they did. My county is a blue county in a sea of red, so the Mayor race and the city council races are pretty much a done deal, but the judges running really need some extra support.

A reminder that local elections are very important in day to day things. Most normal people could give a rats ass who's running NYC, or Virginia, but the things done at city hall and in the court rooms affect us all the time! I'm hoping all the protesting this year results in higher turnout for local elections across the land.

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Pere Ubu's avatar

I hope someone's keeping an archive of these batshit insane government pages, so we can explain all this to future generations when it's over

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calliecallie, aka pollyanna's avatar

If Dick Cheney wants to get into Heaven, here's his opportunity. Please, Dick, help us from the other side? Push that orange menace down the stairs of Air Force One. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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Seek's avatar

He could have a list, like the Labors of Hercules. If he completes these 10 tasks he only has to spend half of eternity in hell and the rest in purgatory. Violently pushing the fatass down the stairs of AF1 and incapacitating him could be his first Labor. He could then give Scalito some sort of dreadfully immobilizing and painful affliction that forces them to retire from SCOTUS.

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Karen Scofield's avatar

Tab's and Coffee in the Morning ☕💯👍

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goCatgo's avatar

Pics later would be wunnerful !

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Mister Bubbles's avatar

With all the talk about Gatsby, I decided to watch the Leo version for about 3 bucks on Prime. I'm up to the point where Nick brings Daisy to meet Jay for tea and they seem to be hitting it off. To be honest, this flick ain't really tripping my trigger. Guess I'll finish it later.

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