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So not a fitting for your bagpipe, to make it sound like an elephant? |
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Almost worth reanimating the "method of concealing chickens in elephants" idea from my former incarnation. |
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[baconbrain], “elephant” refers to the size, not to the tonal quality. Imagine a bagpipe with a 32 foot drone, the far end supported on a wheeled trolley, or carried by a team of kilted ghillies. |
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I was hoping for an unmanned fighting vehicle disguised as an elephant. |
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Dumbo with Hellfire missiles ? |
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Bagpipes traditionally have three drones, a mouthpiece and a chanter.
Elephants traditionally have four legs and a trunk. |
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It would therefore be possible to make a set of bagpipes that look like
a tiny elephant. Or indeed a disguise for an elephant that makes it look
like a huge set of bagpipes. |
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How about bagpipes that look like they have been stepped on by an
elephant? Then set fire to? Then sold to an American tourist? |
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//unmanned fighting vehicle disguised as an elephant. |
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That did exist on here, but I deleted that persona, and it took all the posts with it...I'll have a rummage... |
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Seems like they are keeping tabs on them pretty well already, if they are aware of all these getting poached. |
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What elephants need are hogs with colossal tusks indistinguishable from ivory. This hog farm ivory would flood the market and elephants would be left alone. |
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Thankfully, I think we're overcrediting drones with more attack range than any plane can deliver with precision. Although planes or satellites would probably detect poachers from a great distance, the elephants themselves would have to be armed if we're going to use preemptive strikes. |
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There's nothing in the U.S. constitution about arming elephants,
only bears. |
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Maybe the elephants could wear bear costumes ? |
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I misunderstood this whole idea. These are attack drones? Or better: blimps? |
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I loved those attack blimps in the Red Alert games. Those elephants won't stand a chance! |
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[bungs], why not farm the elephants for their ivory? |
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Didn't somebody post an anti-poaching blimp idea a couple
weeks ago? I haven't been back very long, but this one
seems very familiar. |
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Well, my anno of that first one applies to this redundancy
as well. |
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These elephant drone ideas are taking completely the
wrong approach. |
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Instead, simply hollow out the elephants and fill
them with helium (obviously, tie off the trunk first).
They can then be floated safely out of range of
poachers. |
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Is the helium more valuable than the ivory ? You might just make
things worse ... |
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I think that even the most elementary poacher would
soon learn that shooting down an elephant to harvest
the helium is not a moneymaking proposition. |
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What about netting them ? |
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Not wise. They're usually carrying elephant guns. |
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I think that's a misunderstanding, you are thinking of elephant gums, which is where the ivory comes from. |
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Elephant gums are sugar-free confectionary that don't rot teeth,
resulting in better ivory. You're thinking of elephant gusts, which is
where the smell comes from. Elephants are just huge self-propelled
cellulose fermenters. |
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No, I think it's elephant girns. I've seen an elephant snarl up traffic. |
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