# God bless Giraffe

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-giraffe/480593>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 9, 2009, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-giraffe/480593 "2009-01-09T22:07:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-giraffe/480593/1 "2009-01-09T22:07:13Z")

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And that’s all I’m gonna say about that.

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**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-giraffe/480593/2 "2009-01-09T22:10:14Z")

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He really sticks his neck out, doesn’t he?

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-giraffe/480593/3 "2009-01-09T22:15:57Z")

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Let’s just say he knows when to close a thread.

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**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-giraffe/480593/4 "2009-01-09T22:17:56Z")

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Oh, that one.

Good call.

Regards,  
Shodan

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**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-giraffe/480593/5 "2009-01-09T22:22:40Z")

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But can you trust him?

After all,

_The monkeys stand for honesty,  
Giraffes are insincere,  
And the elephants are kindly but  
They’re dumb.  
Orangutans are skeptical  
Of changes in their cages,  
And the zookeeper is very fond of rum._

Thus sang the prophets Paul & Art.

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**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-giraffe/480593/6 "2009-01-09T22:31:47Z")

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He may be worthy of blessing, but he looks a [complete tool](http://www.sterntaucher.net/Bilder/giraffe_klein.jpg) when he’s having a drink.

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**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-giraffe/480593/7 "2009-01-09T22:34:02Z")

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> [@Liberal](#):
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> Let’s just say he knows when to close a thread.

Huh; I think he was paid off by the evil big corporations to prevent their underhanded methods from being exposed too widely.

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2009, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-giraffe/480593/8 "2009-01-10T00:26:18Z")

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I hope he charged them interest. It’s the principal of the thing.

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**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2009, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-giraffe/480593/9 "2009-01-10T00:39:51Z")

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I don’t know. His record is spotty and some people call him yellow. OTOH, he rises above the other mods most of the time.

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**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:** [January 10, 2009, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-giraffe/480593/10 "2009-01-10T00:51:52Z")

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> [@jjimm](#):
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> He may be worthy of blessing, but he looks a [complete tool](http://www.sterntaucher.net/Bilder/giraffe_klein.jpg) when he’s having a drink.

[Wrong angle.](http://www.v-liz.com/namibia/hobatimg/girdrhob.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2009, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-giraffe/480593/11 "2009-01-10T01:31:41Z")

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> [@Oakminster](#):
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> And the elephants are kindly but  
> They’re dumb.

Whoa, whoa!! Hold up there, buddy!

The zoo keepers just don’t understand us. We’re too sophisticated for them. We’re completely misunderstood. That’s all there is to it.

ETA: Oh yeah, and Giraffe is OK. He was alright in Madagascar.