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    I just discovered something horrible about Rudolph...

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    • awesomeaustinv
      awesomeaustinv last edited by

      Rudolph14.jpg Remember the misfit toys from that old Rudolph movie? Remember how one of them was a bird that couldn't fly, but instead swam? Well, apparently the company that made the movie didn't. In the final scene of the movie where the elf is handing the toys umbrellas so they can parachute down to their new homes, the elf looks at this bird, notices his wings, and then TOSSES HIM OUT OF THE SLEIGH WITH NO UMBRELLA PARACHUTE. Yep. The same bird that just told us he can't fly. in-rudolph-the-misfit-bird-dies.jpg So yeah, Santa's elf just threw that guy to his death. That poor misfit bird...

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      • DipodomysDeserti
        DipodomysDeserti @awesomeaustinv last edited by

        @awesomeaustinv He's an alcoholic?

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        • pos_camaro
          pos_camaro last edited by

          Santa is a real prick in that show so it doesn't surprise me that one of his minions is a sadistic killer.

          2017 X5
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          • trivet
            trivet @awesomeaustinv last edited by

            @awesomeaustinv
            Yup, my family and I love watching and ripping on Rudolph each year. It's become somewhat of a tradition.

            The best part about this scene is the elf thinks about giving him an umbrella "parachute", but doesn't. Pure evil.

            Current stable: 2015 WRX Limited, 1987 Fiero GT,
            Past cars: 1990 Eagle Talon TSi, 1990 Plymouth Laser RS Turbo, 1982 Pontiac J2000 (my first) and many others I don't want to talk about.......

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            • awesomeaustinv
              awesomeaustinv @pos_camaro last edited by

              @pos_camaro Deviation from the norm will be punished unless it's exploitable!

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              • trivet
                trivet @awesomeaustinv last edited by

                @awesomeaustinv said in I just discovered something horrible about Rudolph...:

                @pos_camaro Deviation from the norm will be punished unless it's exploitable!

                That is the moral of the story here.

                Current stable: 2015 WRX Limited, 1987 Fiero GT,
                Past cars: 1990 Eagle Talon TSi, 1990 Plymouth Laser RS Turbo, 1982 Pontiac J2000 (my first) and many others I don't want to talk about.......

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                • awesomeaustinv
                  awesomeaustinv @DipodomysDeserti last edited by awesomeaustinv

                  @dipodomysdeserti @trivet

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                  • ttyymmnn
                    ttyymmnn @awesomeaustinv last edited by

                    @awesomeaustinv

                    #Planelopnik all the things

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                    • nth256
                      nth256 @awesomeaustinv last edited by

                      @awesomeaustinv I am all three people in this gif.

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                      • Chariotoflove
                        Chariotoflove @awesomeaustinv last edited by

                        @awesomeaustinv
                        Are we gonna talk about Hermie the sadistic dentist? You know, the one who ripped out all the bumble’s teeth with essentially no anesthesia. And no one in Santa’s crew had a problem with it.

                        Curator, Kia enthusiast, dad joke specialist

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                        • ttyymmnn
                          ttyymmnn @Chariotoflove last edited by

                          @chariotoflove said in I just discovered something horrible about Rudolph...:

                          @awesomeaustinv
                          Are we gonna talk about Hermie the sadistic dentist? You know, the one who ripped out all the bumble’s teeth with essentially no anesthesia. And no one in Santa’s crew had a problem with it.

                          That's just how Hermie and Rudolph rolled.

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                          • RamblinRover
                            RamblinRover @Chariotoflove last edited by

                            @chariotoflove This is no joke, I had Hermie and the line "Just fixing these dolls' teeth" stuck in my head the other day. Repeating, over and over. I think it was because I was fixing/making something and I was the right kind of tired where sometimes things that aren't even funny are hilarious.

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                            • Chariotoflove
                              Chariotoflove @ttyymmnn last edited by

                              @ttyymmnn

                              I know what I’m showing the fam tonight.

                              Curator, Kia enthusiast, dad joke specialist

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                              • Chariotoflove
                                Chariotoflove @RamblinRover last edited by

                                @ramblinrover
                                IKR

                                My daughter sung a little jingle at me that I now keep hearing:

                                Kids who are born feet first,
                                briefly wear their mothers as a hat.

                                Curator, Kia enthusiast, dad joke specialist

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                                • TexturedSoyProtein
                                  TexturedSoyProtein Banned last edited by

                                  Rudolph is bleak.

                                  https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/12/rankin-bass-rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer/616932/

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                                  • MisterButtercup
                                    MisterButtercup last edited by

                                    Rudolph was also an advertisement for a stuffed reindeer with a red nose for sale at... Either Macy's or Bloomingdales. They made the toy and paid someone to write the jingle to sell more. I discovered this when I was a music teacher, and realized in no way should I break this news to elementary school students.

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                                    Dreams of shifting sweet and smooth
                                    Peacefully I drive

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                                    • gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
                                      gmporschenut also a fan of hondas @ttyymmnn last edited by

                                      @ttyymmnn

                                      Wild turkeys can fly. Not gracefully, but they can

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                                      • ttyymmnn
                                        ttyymmnn @MisterButtercup last edited by

                                        @misterbuttercup

                                        I don't know, might inspire somebody to go into a career in writing jingles.

                                        What grades did you teach?

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                                        • benn454
                                          benn454 @MisterButtercup last edited by

                                          @misterbuttercup "Guess what, kids! Everything you've ever known and loved has been a cynical plot to emotionally manipulate your parents into spending money by indoctrinating you into the time-honored tradition of consumerism!"

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                                          • MisterButtercup
                                            MisterButtercup @benn454 last edited by

                                            @benn454 lol, exactly! I mean, it IS true, but I didn't need a bunch of parents calling me up because I "ruined their kids' Christmas."

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                                            • MisterButtercup
                                              MisterButtercup @ttyymmnn last edited by

                                              @ttyymmnn yeah, maybe it would've. There was one third. Grader who loved writing his own music, he probably would have loved it...

                                              I taught kindergarten thru 5th grade for two years. The first year was part time, the second was full time. Glad that I have it two years, as the first year I didn't know anything, and the second year gave me a much better idea of what teaching full time would be like. I didn't teach past that, just wasn't for me. I saw the old bitter teaching assistants grumpily hanging around until retirement, and I didn't want to turn out like that, and saw it coming if I stayed.

                                              Meandering Road
                                              Dreams of shifting sweet and smooth
                                              Peacefully I drive

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                                              • ttyymmnn
                                                ttyymmnn @TexturedSoyProtein last edited by

                                                @texturedsoyprotein That was a

                                                @texturedsoyprotein said in I just discovered something horrible about Rudolph...:

                                                Rudolph is bleak.

                                                https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/12/rankin-bass-rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer/616932/

                                                That was a great read. Thanks! I was thinking about subjecting my children to this tonight. BTW, I do a spot-on impression of Charlie in the Box from the Island of Misfit Toys.

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                                                • ttyymmnn
                                                  ttyymmnn @MisterButtercup last edited by

                                                  @misterbuttercup said in I just discovered something horrible about Rudolph...:

                                                  I taught kindergarten thru 5th grade for two years.

                                                  My stepmother taught K-5 general music for 25 years. I guess she loved it; she certainly stuck with it. And I think she was really good at it. I have three degrees in performance, so teaching was never on my agenda, but I do with I had gotten an Mus Ed degree for my bachelor's. Not that I wanted to be a band director, but it would have made me a better teacher at the college level. And ultimately, I'm glad I never got into academia. I'm much happier sitting in the back of the orchestra, though it doesn't pay nearly the same.

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                                                  • facw
                                                    facw @gmporschenut also a fan of hondas last edited by

                                                    @gmporschenut-also-a-fan-of-hondas Yep, my parents' previous place frequently had turkeys around, and while they'd prefer to run away from threats on the ground, they would loft themselves high in the trees if they thought they were really in trouble.

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                                                    • awesomeaustinv
                                                      awesomeaustinv @ttyymmnn last edited by

                                                      @ttyymmnn OH NO.

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