# "Short-dicks every cannibal on the Congo"--what does this mean/imply?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 16, 2018, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-dicks-every-cannibal-on-the-congo-what-does-this-mean-imply/812524 "2018-04-16T17:40:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2018, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-dicks-every-cannibal-on-the-congo-what-does-this-mean-imply/812524/21 "2018-04-18T13:37:29Z")

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Sheesh–what’s “harelip?”

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2018, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-dicks-every-cannibal-on-the-congo-what-does-this-mean-imply/812524/22 "2018-04-18T16:26:18Z")

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> [@Leo\_Bloom](#):
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> Sheesh–what’s “harelip?”

A cruder term for “cleft lip,” a birth defect that causes a split upper lip like that of a hare.

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**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:** [April 18, 2018, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-dicks-every-cannibal-on-the-congo-what-does-this-mean-imply/812524/23 "2018-04-18T17:00:52Z")

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“Wood eye!”

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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2018, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-dicks-every-cannibal-on-the-congo-what-does-this-mean-imply/812524/24 "2018-04-18T23:41:32Z")

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OK, while we’re at it. An oldie, but I don’t get it:

… but we got one little budge on them Rooskies. At this height why they might harpoon us but they dang sure ain’t gonna spot us on no radar screen!  
I presume everyone knows the source. I get the meaning of course, but have never heard that or seen it before or since. Anyone seen it elsewhere?

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**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2018, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-dicks-every-cannibal-on-the-congo-what-does-this-mean-imply/812524/25 "2018-04-19T01:14:10Z")

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> [@Bear\_Nenno](#):
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> The problem with explaining a joke is that it loses so much in the dissection.

“A joke is like a frog. You can open it to figure out how it works, but by then it’s dead” - Alain Chabat

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