# Garygnu Welcomes Babygnu **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 22, 2017, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garygnu-welcomes-babygnu/784958 "2017-04-22T00:34:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garygnu-welcomes-babygnu/784958/1 "2017-04-22T00:34:11Z")
Mrs.gnu gave birth to our son this morning at 9:27. A healthy, 7lbs 4oz baby [del]ungulate[/del] boy. And not coincidentally, the sun came out for the first cloudless day in Washington since August. Here’s a [completely accurate, real picture](http://imgur.com/RLRCZNU)\* of us together. \*: “completely accurate, real picture” not intended to be a factual statement. I’ll have a more human-looking picture when I have one available. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garygnu-welcomes-babygnu/784958/2 "2017-04-22T00:48:11Z")
Congratulations on the gnus! ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garygnu-welcomes-babygnu/784958/3 "2017-04-22T00:53:23Z")
Congratulations! Great picture! ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garygnu-welcomes-babygnu/784958/4 "2017-04-22T01:02:32Z")
I always love to hear great gnus! (Ducks and runs while yelling congrats…) ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garygnu-welcomes-babygnu/784958/5 "2017-04-22T01:05:27Z")
So he’s a new gnu? StG ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garygnu-welcomes-babygnu/784958/6 "2017-04-22T01:16:12Z")
I’m not kidding when I’m saying the zoo in our city once had two gnus. Their names were Weather and Sports. When the gnus Weather and Sports produced a calf, it was named Bulletin. I can provide a cite but it’s embarrassing! ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garygnu-welcomes-babygnu/784958/7 "2017-04-22T01:49:17Z")
Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garygnu-welcomes-babygnu/784958/8 "2017-04-22T01:52:38Z")
So, we can call you **PapaGnu**? Congrats ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garygnu-welcomes-babygnu/784958/9 "2017-04-22T01:59:31Z")
Great gnus! And I didn’t know you were so hairy. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garygnu-welcomes-babygnu/784958/10 "2017-04-22T02:04:02Z")
Congrats to all the participants. It is quite reasonable for the new gnu to be too new a gnu to view. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garygnu-welcomes-babygnu/784958/11 "2017-04-22T02:05:57Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > Mrs.gnu gave birth to our son this morning at 9:27. A healthy, 7lbs 4oz baby [del]ungulate[/del] boy. And not coincidentally, the sun came out for the first cloudless day in Washington since August. > > Here’s a [completely accurate, real picture](http://imgur.com/RLRCZNU)\* of us together. > > \*: “completely accurate, real picture” not intended to be a factual statement. I’ll have a more human-looking picture when I have one available. > > 😃 He may have mom’s snout but he’s going to have your horns. Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garygnu-welcomes-babygnu/784958/12 "2017-04-22T02:19:21Z")
Congrats. I gnu you guys could do it! ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garygnu-welcomes-babygnu/784958/13 "2017-04-22T19:06:33Z")
Congratulations! Nice picture. Is that all the gnus that’s fit to print? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garygnu-welcomes-babygnu/784958/14 "2017-04-22T19:08:07Z")
I can only add “Great new gnus news!” ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garygnu-welcomes-babygnu/784958/15 "2017-04-22T19:55:33Z")
A new gnu is good gnus! Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2017, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garygnu-welcomes-babygnu/784958/16 "2017-04-23T03:57:55Z")
Thanks everybody. [Here’s what my new, human offspring actually looks like](http://i.imgur.com/2dnrphe.jpg) at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2017, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garygnu-welcomes-babygnu/784958/17 "2017-04-23T04:12:11Z")
Charming! ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2017, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garygnu-welcomes-babygnu/784958/18 "2017-04-23T07:19:32Z")
Congratulations. Is there a term for a baby gnu? Like a baby dog is a puppy or a baby kangaraoo is a joey. No joke, I believe the collective noun for gnus is an “implausibility.” Like a herd of horses, a pack of dogs or even a murder of crows, it’s an implausibility of gnus. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2017, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garygnu-welcomes-babygnu/784958/19 "2017-04-23T11:35:27Z")
Maybe a scoop of gnus? ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2017, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garygnu-welcomes-babygnu/784958/20 "2017-04-23T12:55:53Z")
Cute baby Gnu! Banquet Gnus are calves. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garygnu-welcomes-babygnu/784958.md?page=2)