# Man in bear suit - Far Side?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-in-bear-suit-far-side/727819>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 14, 2015, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-in-bear-suit-far-side/727819 "2015-08-14T09:13:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-in-bear-suit-far-side/727819/21 "2015-08-18T21:21:07Z")

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> [@j666](#):
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> More [this one.](https://silverbirchpress.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/far_side1.jpg)

> [@2 Kings 2:23](#):
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> Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-in-bear-suit-far-side/727819/22 "2015-08-18T21:42:17Z")

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Originally Posted by 2 Kings 2:23  
Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.

One of my favorite parts of the Bible. Kids tease Elijah for being bald and two bears come out of the woods and according to the King James version, “Tore and ate two and forty.”  
Bummer.

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**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-in-bear-suit-far-side/727819/23 "2015-08-18T23:29:28Z")

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> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> [snip] “Tore and ate two and forty.”[/snip]

Wait? So even the bible is saying the answer to life, the universe and everything is forty-two?

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-in-bear-suit-far-side/727819/24 "2015-08-18T23:41:25Z")

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> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> Originally Posted by 2 Kings 2:23  
> Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.
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> One of my favorite parts of the Bible. Kids tease Elijah for being bald and two bears come out of the woods and according to the King James version, “Tore and ate two and forty.”  
> Bummer.

For saying ‘Go up’? Harsh. I’d understand if they’d said, ‘Hey, Cue Ball! I’ll shine your head for a shekel!’ But ‘Go up’?

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**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:** [August 18, 2015, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-in-bear-suit-far-side/727819/25 "2015-08-18T23:45:34Z")

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It’s just Stephen Colbert relaxing with his usual vacation routine before starting his Late Show job.

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**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:** [August 19, 2015, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-in-bear-suit-far-side/727819/26 "2015-08-19T01:15:34Z")

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> [@TriPolar](#):
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> If you get a bunch of people to toss a basketball around while you rob the bank in a gorilla suit then no one will see you at all.

I’m glad I’d put my drink down before I read that. Keyboards get sticky when coke is sprayed all over them.

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