# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2017, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garygnu-welcomes-babygnu/784958/21 "2017-04-23T13:21:57Z")
The second picture is even cuter than the first. Congratulations šŸ™‚ ---
**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, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garygnu-welcomes-babygnu/784958/22 "2017-04-23T13:24:50Z")
Horrendous autocorrect. The actual baby is so cute. Baby gnus are known as calves. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2017, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garygnu-welcomes-babygnu/784958/23 "2017-04-23T18:51:27Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I believe the collective noun for gnus is an ā€œimplausibility.ā€ Like a herd of horses, a pack of dogs or even a murder of crows, itā€™s an implausibility of gnus. According to my Dad, an African documentary. He claimed that every documentary on Africa had gnus sooner or later: it could be about the economy of Morocco or about the feeding habitats of gorillas, it didnā€™t matter. There would be gnus. He spent a lot of sickbed time watching documentaries, you see. Iā€™m glad the little human gnu looks like a little human more than a little gnu šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2017, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garygnu-welcomes-babygnu/784958/24 "2017-04-23T19:10:12Z")
Congratulationsā€¦! See? Gary can Gnu. Can Youā€¦? šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![trapezoidal\_jellyfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6f9a4e/32.png) [@trapezoidal\_jellyfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trapezoidal_jellyfish)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2017, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garygnu-welcomes-babygnu/784958/25 "2017-04-23T21:59:14Z")
Congratulations! What a cutie! Oh, and that babyā€™s not too bad looking, either. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2017, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garygnu-welcomes-babygnu/784958/26 "2017-04-24T01:32:10Z")
Yay!!! ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2017, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garygnu-welcomes-babygnu/784958/27 "2017-04-24T02:37:55Z")
Thatā€™s a fine looking boy! Congratulations. And I thank you for bringing the first sunny day to the state - and thatā€™s no exaggeration. ---
**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 24, 2017, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garygnu-welcomes-babygnu/784958/28 "2017-04-24T15:27:18Z")
Weā€™re settling in at home. Who knew the new gnu would be so ā€œ[welcomed](https://i.imgur.com/UvDzPmF.jpg)ā€ by the hyenas? > [@Buttercup\_Smith](#): > > Cute baby Gnu! Banquet Gnus are calves. [This is what you wear](http://i.imgur.com/WJSKJi0.jpg) to a Gnu Banquet. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2017, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garygnu-welcomes-babygnu/784958/29 "2017-04-24T16:31:03Z")
Okay, since baby-guh-noo sounds so perfect, Iā€™m just gonna have to gall you gary-guh-noo from now on. And, let me say, that is one cute baby. And Iā€™m not the type to do the little white lie stuff. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2017, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garygnu-welcomes-babygnu/784958/30 "2017-04-24T21:20:40Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > And, let me say, that is one cute baby. And Iā€™m not the type to do the little white lie stuff. This. Iā€™ve had reason to see quite a number of newborns of late, and your gnulet is remarkably gorgeous. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2017, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garygnu-welcomes-babygnu/784958/31 "2017-04-24T21:35:44Z")
Congratulations! I guess this is one of those occasions where you donā€™t say ā€œNo gnus is good gnusā€! ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2017, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garygnu-welcomes-babygnu/784958/32 "2017-04-25T13:25:38Z")
Congratulations on your new gnu! ---
**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 26, 2017, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garygnu-welcomes-babygnu/784958/33 "2017-04-26T05:17:04Z")
A new gnu. Who knew? ---
**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:** [May 3, 2017, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garygnu-welcomes-babygnu/784958/34 "2017-05-03T20:13:47Z")
Hereā€™s an [actual photo of us](http://i.imgur.com/aV2gKNY.jpg). And even by himself heā€™s [looking just](http://i.imgur.com/9Pzqnvf.jpg) [adorable still](http://i.imgur.com/IjGmfLD.jpg). ---
**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:** [May 3, 2017, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garygnu-welcomes-babygnu/784958/35 "2017-05-03T20:48:49Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > Weā€™re settling in at home. Who knew the new gnu would be so ā€œ[welcomed](https://i.imgur.com/UvDzPmF.jpg)ā€ by the hyenas? Cutie! May I ask if the hyenas are Akitas? ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garygnu-welcomes-babygnu/784958/36 "2017-05-03T21:01:29Z")
Heh, I thought I had opened The Pit and this was the top thread. Couldnā€™t imagine why **garygnu** was pitting the newborn. In 15 years, maybe, but not yet. Congarats! ---
**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:** [May 3, 2017, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garygnu-welcomes-babygnu/784958/37 "2017-05-03T21:01:42Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Cutie! > > May I ask if the hyenas are Akitas? Shiba Inus, actually. Youā€™re closer than most (ā€œminiature huskies! Hur durā€) ---
**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:** [May 3, 2017, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garygnu-welcomes-babygnu/784958/38 "2017-05-03T21:11:11Z")
My second guess. Itā€™s hard to get the scale next to a baby! šŸ˜ƒ ---
**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:** [May 3, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garygnu-welcomes-babygnu/784958/39 "2017-05-03T21:43:41Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > Heh, I thought I had opened The Pit and this was the top thread. Couldnā€™t imagine why **garygnu** was pitting the newborn. In 15 years, maybe, but not yet. > > Congarats! Thank you! I could see theoretically pitting a baby who couldnā€™t stop crying, but Walter is remarkably calm. Weā€™ve also mostly figured out his language, which cry means what. I canā€™t wait for a smile. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Theodore\_Striker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Theodore\_Striker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Theodore_Striker)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garygnu-welcomes-babygnu/784958/40 "2017-05-04T13:45:34Z")
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