# I need a camel **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 30, 2014, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-camel/689609 "2014-05-30T01:27:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2014, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-camel/689609/41 "2014-05-31T15:52:30Z")
> [@araminty](#): > > I work in environmental education. I’ve worked in zoos. Animals aren’t here for your amusement. > > Get a toy camel for your costume. Get a camel costume. Have you ever considered the camel’s feelings? All those nights it sits at home alone while people go off to parties. The OP is trying to rectify this by inviting the camel along to a social gathering. ---
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2014, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-camel/689609/42 "2014-05-31T23:06:33Z")
> [@araminty](#): > > I work in environmental education. I’ve worked in zoos. Animals aren’t here for your amusement. > > Get a toy camel for your costume. Get a camel costume. After the pretend parade, and the raining, we’ll have a renaming ceremony. I will call you Francis, and then suggest you lighten up. By the way, why are the animals at the zoo? Why does the zoo charge admission? ---
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2014, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-camel/689609/43 "2014-05-31T23:09:09Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Have you ever considered the camel’s feelings? All those nights it sits at home alone while people go off to parties. The OP is trying to rectify this by inviting the camel along to a social gathering. There is no question that were I to bring a camel to this party, other than myself, the only other creature present possibly having a good time at that point is the camel. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2014, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-camel/689609/44 "2014-06-01T02:18:54Z")
> [@Isosleepy](#): > > There is no question that were I to bring a camel to this party, other than myself, the only other creature present possibly having a good time at that point is the camel. Unless he couldn’t find a chick to pick up at the party, because then he would be hump-free. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2014, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-camel/689609/45 "2014-06-01T03:13:32Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > [I think I originally heard this joke here so credit to whoever’s joke I’m stealing] > > An old retired guy in Miami decides that he wants a camel. He orders one, it arrives and he’s delighted. He gets on its back and spends the day tromping through the neighborhood waving to everyone and basically acting like this is the greatest thing in the world. > > Next morning, he goes outside and the camel’s gone. He calls the police and the officer starts taking notes. “Can you tell me how tall the camel was?” > “No, I only had it for one day. I never measured it.” > “Can you tell me how much it weighed?” > “No, I only had it the one day. I never weighed it.” > Exasperated, the cop asks “Can you at least say if it was a boy or girl?” > “YES!” the man cries, “It was a BOY!” > The cop says “You sound really confident of this.” > The man says “All day when I was riding it, everyone kept saying ‘Hey, get a load of the schmuck on that camel!’” Yeah , it was me. From Leo Rosten’s _The Joy of Yiddish._ ---
**Author:** ![pudytat72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@pudytat72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pudytat72)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-camel/689609/46 "2014-06-02T22:07:51Z")
Oh, Definitely a dog in a camel costume! Hilarious! Leads to all kinds of jokes. “All the other camels were rented.” “What do you mean, ‘that’s not a camel’, they said it was a camel” , This is a dwarf camel. I washed my camel and he shrank. Thanks,\*\* Kzbre5m\*\*, it’s been a long time since I laughed out loud! ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-camel/689609/47 "2014-06-03T01:02:31Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > I’m sorry to report that on the whole, camels are a dour lot. > [@araminty](#): > > OP, you don’t NEED a camel. You want a camel to be a prop. Kinda exploitative, no? > > Animals aren’t toys. Conclusion: araminty is a camel. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-camel/689609/48 "2014-06-03T15:04:44Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Have you ever considered the camel’s feelings? All those nights it sits at home alone while people go off to parties. The OP is trying to rectify this by inviting the camel along to a social gathering. > [@Green\_Bean](#): > > Conclusion: araminty is a camel. Both of you get a gold star and a “I made **a35362** LOL today” certificate. +1 ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-camel/689609/49 "2014-06-03T16:40:22Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > Yeah , it was me. From Leo Rosten’s _The Joy of Yiddish._ Well, you made my mom laugh when I told her so thanks for sharing. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-camel/689609/50 "2014-06-03T17:53:34Z")
Ah, find a llama or alpaca to rent. They’re friendlier than camels. You just couldn’t ride it. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-camel/689609/51 "2014-06-03T22:17:00Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > I need a camel too. I didn’t realize that I needed one before you posted this thread, but upon further consideration, I must have one! I wanna Llama. I will name him Ramma. ---
**Author:** ![Kzbre5m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kzbre5m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kzbre5m)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-camel/689609/52 "2014-06-03T22:45:18Z")
[QUOTE=a35362] Both of you get a gold star and a “I made a35362 LOL today” certificate. [/QUOTE] Awww. I didn’t get a certificate or a gold star, and I got a full “laughed out loud!” from **pudytat72** , not one of those skimpy abbreviated versions. ☹ No word from the Southwick Zoo, **Isosleepy**? ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-camel/689609/53 "2014-06-03T23:31:40Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > I wanna Llama. > > I will name him Ramma. You ding-dong! ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-camel/689609/54 "2014-06-03T23:44:56Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > I wanna Llama. > > I will name him Ramma. Then you’d have to move to Alabama. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-camel/689609/55 "2014-06-04T01:10:45Z")
Here’s a llama [http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/llama](http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/llama) ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-camel/689609/56 "2014-06-04T03:48:47Z")
Speaking of camels, it was funny that on Mythos in “The Experience of God” Joseph Campbell reported with amusement that Camel cigarettes has a picture of a dromedary that is a racing camel with one hump, and he showed then a picture of a box of Dromedary Dates that had a picture of a Bactrian two hump camel. \* 😛 - And I wonder how he did that because most ads of Dromedary Dates I see on the web have the correct one hump camel. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-camel/689609/57 "2014-06-04T04:21:42Z")
> [@Kzbre5m](#): > > Awww. I didn’t get a certificate or a gold star, and I got a full “laughed out loud!” from **pudytat72** , not one of those skimpy abbreviated versions. ☹ One does not get a gold star for posting a link. One must create new funny to get the star. 😉 Speaking of funny, is araminty coming back? ---
**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:** [June 5, 2014, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-camel/689609/58 "2014-06-05T18:38:12Z")
I’m starting to wonder if Isosleepy died of [MERS](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/mers-mystery/new-report-nails-camels-direct-source-mers-n122686). ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-camel/689609/59 "2014-06-05T19:18:14Z")
So, did you get a camel to amuse and entertain? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-camel/689609.md?page=2)