# I have a giraffe's pelvis. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 14, 2014, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-giraffes-pelvis/681374 "2014-02-14T22:00:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-giraffes-pelvis/681374/1 "2014-02-14T22:00:37Z")
No, not attached to me. And no, not **giraffe** ’s pelvis. A giraffe’s pelvis. The pelvis of a (former) giraffe. Presumably it was no longer required for it’s orginal purpose and so it has come into my posession. I don’t know what to do with it. It’s not really practical as a paperweight or for potting a hanging plant in. I’d considered hitching it up to my alpaca and using it to plow up the vegetable garden this spring, but the alpaca is moody sometimes. Insists he is a llama, which he isn’t. In any event, he has been recalcitrant when it comes to yoking up and earning his keep. So I need some ideas. Assuming the plow function doesn’t pan out. ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-giraffes-pelvis/681374/2 "2014-02-14T22:26:04Z")
You didn’t have some zoo shoot it for you, did you? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-giraffes-pelvis/681374/3 "2014-02-14T22:31:30Z")
> [@The Great Sun Jester](#): > > Presumably it was no longer required for it’s orginal purpose That would really be a problem if it was. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-giraffes-pelvis/681374/4 "2014-02-14T22:43:13Z")
> [@ducati](#): > > You didn’t have some zoo shoot it for you, did you? That was a stealthy giraffe. I doubt you’d even be able to find its pelvis. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-giraffes-pelvis/681374/5 "2014-02-14T23:25:28Z")
If you build an otherwise-all-new giraffe around this pelvis, would it still be the same giraffe? ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-giraffes-pelvis/681374/6 "2014-02-14T23:36:14Z")
On a serious note, is there a school or science museum near your house? Where did you get it? ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-giraffes-pelvis/681374/7 "2014-02-14T23:53:32Z")
It wouldn’t have anything to do with the thread["Danish zoo euthanizes shealthy giraffe. Rage, or meh?"](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=715484), would it? Before I can brainstorm, I need to get a better idea what size a giraffe’s pelvis is. Is it bigger than a bread box? Big enough to turn into a funky chair? OK, I googled. Here’s [sort of an idea](http://www.jannaeinafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/giraffe.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-giraffes-pelvis/681374/8 "2014-02-15T01:59:15Z")
[QUOTE=Yllaria;17106398 Before I can brainstorm, I need to get a better idea what size a giraffe’s pelvis is. Is it bigger than a bread box? Big enough to turn into a funky chair? OK, I googled. Here’s [sort of an idea] ([http://www.jannaeinafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/giraffe.jpg](http://www.jannaeinafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/giraffe.jpg)). [/QUOTE] After looking at that picture, I say **BEST HALLOWEEN COSTUME EVER**! Rig it some way so the weight is carried on the shoulders and the pelvis is the mask part. “Dude! What are you?” “I’m a giraffe’s pelvis.” “Here is your ‘Most Original Costume’ 1st place prize!” ---
**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:** [February 15, 2014, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-giraffes-pelvis/681374/9 "2014-02-15T04:08:01Z")
I’d mount it on a wall and plant a staghorn fern in it. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-giraffes-pelvis/681374/10 "2014-02-15T04:56:32Z")
> [@The Great Sun Jester](#): > > No, not attached to me. > […] Aw, you spoiled my joke! But there was a sentence in a newspaper article that read: \*Winners in the school science fair were Tim Culbertson with the anatomy of a chicken, and Robert Frank with the nervous system of an earthworm. \* 😃 ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-giraffes-pelvis/681374/11 "2014-02-15T13:58:15Z")
I feel obligated to point out there there is an entire (rival?) site where posters, Dopers, and ex-Dopers who would be particularly interested in your pelvis. > **[The Giraffe Boards](https://www.giraffeboards.com)** > > A fun, free message board which isn't actually about giraffes at all. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-giraffes-pelvis/681374/12 "2014-02-15T16:30:14Z")
**I have a giraffe’s pelvis.** Yes, I’ll say it: **Must be a bitch to buy slacks.** 😃 > [@BrassyPhrase](#): > > After looking at that picture, I say **BEST HALLOWEEN COSTUME EVER**! Rig it some way so the weight is carried on the shoulders and the pelvis is the mask part. Big second on that. Wear a ski mask so no part of your face shows, and a floor length cloak (with hood, leaving the points (?) exposed). Stilts would add a nice touch. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-giraffes-pelvis/681374/13 "2014-02-15T16:40:26Z")
If you stumble on to anymore dead giraffes would you mind removing the leg and back sinew. I use it on my bows and arrows. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-giraffes-pelvis/681374/14 "2014-02-16T03:28:31Z")
Can you use it to make giraffe stock? ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-giraffes-pelvis/681374/15 "2014-02-16T05:35:10Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > Can you use it to make giraffe stock? Common or preferred? ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-giraffes-pelvis/681374/16 "2014-02-16T14:01:13Z")
“What bodily quirks/mutations/oddities do you have? I have a giraffe’s pelvis.” Yeah, I know, this just happens sort of randomly according to when people post replies to the various threads. It still looks weird as hell. ---
**Author:** ![Learjeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/94ad74/32.png) [@Learjeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Learjeff)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-giraffes-pelvis/681374/17 "2014-02-16T16:10:14Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > Aw, you spoiled my joke! > > But there was a sentence in a newspaper article that read: > > \*Winners in the school science fair were Tim Culbertson with the anatomy of a chicken, and Robert Frank with the nervous system of an earthworm. \* 😃 I actually laughed. Out loud. Really. I realize that’s what LOL is supposed to mean, but – keep this a secret – I cheat. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-giraffes-pelvis/681374/18 "2014-02-18T19:10:08Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > . . . Big second on that. Wear a ski mask so no part of your face shows, and a floor length cloak (with hood, leaving the points (?) exposed). Stilts would add a nice touch. From the caption, I think she added horns from another animal to make it look more like a head. But even without the horns, that would make a good artsy/Mummenschanz head piece. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-giraffes-pelvis/681374/19 "2014-02-19T00:15:04Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > From the caption, I think she added horns from another animal to make it look more like a head. But even without the horns, that would make a good artsy/Mummenschanz head piece. My good God, did you really say **Mummenschanz**? So YOU are the other person, besides me, that actually watched them? Are they still around? I used to love their stuff. BTW, I was thinking **The Devil’s Rain** when I first saw the pic. Do not watch this awful, awful movie (John Travolta’s film debut, incidentally); forward to the last five minutes for cool FX. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-giraffes-pelvis/681374/20 "2014-02-20T00:54:06Z")
I remember them being on TV talk and variety shows, back in the day. So I’m pretty sure there are a few other people who remember them. They have a website that says they’re still active. There are at least a few things on youtube. (Now I’m wondering if they were the talking hands on **Labyrinth**.) I had to look up **The Devil’s Rain** , to see if it was the movie I was thinking of. I hadn’t noticed John Travolta, but IMDB says Ernest Borgnine was in it, so that matches. I saw it. I agree - not a great movie. Speaking of old TV talk shows, I remember Ernest Borgnine being featured on one in the full ending-of-The Devil’s Rain costume. I think it was the Mike Douglas show. Now I’m wasting a lot of time googling and I haven’t found out about Mummenschanz and Labyrinth, but I’ve discovered that Mummenschanz was on The Muppet Show. So the day hasn’t been wasted. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-giraffes-pelvis/681374.md?page=2)