Hipporotica

Is this funny?

  • Yes, it's funny.

    Votes: 16 53.3%
  • No, your antidepressant is reaching toxic levels.

    Votes: 6 20.0%
  • It's funny, but not for the reasons you think it is.

    Votes: 4 13.3%
  • It's not as funny as my post to this thread.

    Votes: 4 13.3%

  • Total voters
    30
Loved it, ella. Laughing still, will send it to loved ones.

Perdita
 
Yes, it's funny. No, I have no idea why. I actually didn't think it was that funny at first, but about 30 seconds after it was done I started giggling & can't stop so I guess I must admit it's funny.

Does it help that I don't want to think it's funny?

- Mindy
 
Minsue, that's exactly the kind of insight I'm looking for here.

I think there's an illness at work.

I don't normally laugh at dancing hippos, especially not ones in g-strings or whatever that thing is he's wearing.
 
OK, let's go further in the anal(ysis). It was the butt shots that did me in. The music definitely makes a difference.

I am not ashamed.

Perdita
 
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Perdita
 
perdita said:
I am not ashamed. I am not ashamed. I am not ashamed. I am not ashamed. I am not ashamed. I am not ashamed. I am not ashamed. I am not ashamed. I am not ashamed. I am not ashamed. I am not ashamed. I am not ashamed. I am not ashamed. I am not ashamed. I am not ashamed. I am not ashamed. I am not ashamed. I am not ashamed. I am not ashamed. I am not ashamed.


Perdita

That made me laugh to the point of tears, Perdita! Much better than the damned hippo!

- Mindy
 
minsue said:
That made me laugh to the point of tears, Perdita! Much better than the damned hippo!
I'm feverish today, Min (home sick and still drinking Beaujolais), so maybe I'm a touch paranoid, but are you making fun of my arse? It's not really hippo-size. Awk! I'm so depressed now.

Perdita :(

ella: You set me up! :mad:
 
perdita said:
I'm feverish today, Min (home sick and still drinking Beaujolais), so maybe I'm a touch paranoid, but are you making fun of my arse? It's not really hippo-size. Awk! I'm so depressed now.

Perdita :(

ella: You set me up! :mad:

Laughing too hard to explain the horrible misunderstanding. Will try later.

- Mindy
 
perdita said:
I am not ashamed. I am not ashamed. I am not ashamed. I am not ashamed. I am not ashamed. I am not ashamed. I am not ashamed. I am not ashamed. I am not ashamed. I am not ashamed. I am not ashamed. I am not ashamed. I am not ashamed. I am not ashamed. I am not ashamed. I am not ashamed. I am not ashamed. I am not ashamed. I am not ashamed. I am not ashamed.


Perdita

Didja have to write that on the chalkboard? and do a dozen Hail Mary's for penance?)

:D

Actually, my five year old son is in hysterics right now because of the hippo's "butt" (he was attracted by the music and stayed to watch the whole dance).

I'm glad he didn't quite catch the spanking action or the hippo leer.

Too cute, shereads. Thanks for sharing!
 
It's a sumo wrestler's gear, not a thong.

DS

PS: I thought it was hilarious too, but then who wouldn't.
 
Dirty Slut said:
It's a sumo wrestler's gear, not a thong.
Oh, that really makes a difference, DS. (That was sarcasm btw.) Crap, I'm throwing out all my thongs, wouldn't want anyone to think I've taken up Sumo wrestling.

more depressed, Perdita :( ;)
 
shereads said:
I saw this at the office today and couldn't stop laughing. Even people who thought it was funny didn't know why I thought it was that funny.

I think it's a female thing, 'cause I didn't think it was all that funny.

What little humor I did see in it was the comparison to Ricky Martin(?) doing the same dance routine when the song was at the top of the charts and the Hippo's apparent belief that doing the same moves will result in the same amount of popularity.
 
Yeah, it was fun. So fun I couldn't even laugh, I just gasped.

But the sad thing here...

I'm so perverted, I actually thought the whole thing was sssssssssssssssexy!






I wonder if Hubby's at work right now..?
 
Thanks, MG. Not a bad piece of work for an old woman.

I gave you a five, and you earned it by golly for the descripion of the tail's action. But the real reason was that I admired your description of the hippo's ass as "assy."

You really should own a TV because Homer Simpson would also have described it as "assy."

Last time I went to the zoo, I heard a dad explaining to his toddler son about the family group of Himalayan black bears (a female and adorable twin cubs) and how they were just like a human family.

"See, that big bear is Mommy. That bear is Little Brother, and the other little bear is Baby Sister."

Unfortunately, that's when Mommy bear noticed that Little Brother and Baby Sister were coming close to the trough of Bear Chow, or porridge. She turned on the twins, her two-inch yellow fangs bared, her lips peeled back in a hideous grimace, the hair standing on end across her giant humped shoulders. Mommy snarled so loud that the todder started crying and I almost did too, and her saliva went flying along with the mouthful of bear chow she'd been hoovering. Little Brother didn't take the hint quite fast enough, so Mommy hauled back with a clawed paw the size of a snow shovel blade, and sent Little Brother flying. He smacked up against a tree trunk so hard you could hear the wood crack. Baby Sister would have been next, but she was faster than her brother, and after a nightmarish few seconds of spit-slinging threats and a brief but terrifying chase across the enclosure, Mommy bear went back to the trough and the chow.

During the chase, the todder screamed, "What's she doing to them? What's she doing?"

Dad said, 'Um...She's putting them in timeout."
 
I was at the L.A. zoo once watching the gorillas. On a ledge overlooking the protective moat were two females just hanging out lazily in the sun. The big male came out of the cave behnd them, wandered about then dashed to one of the femmes and began brutally beating on her with his fists. She held her hands over her bowed head and screached heartrendingly;her girlfriend tried pulling her away but she was useless against the brute male. He walked away and the females huddled, the one comforting the other. He returned and began again. By this time another observer left saying he was going to try and find the zookeeper. After a third beating the females ran into the cave.

Sound familiar?

Perdita
 
OMG!

First time - stared at it, wide-eyed.
Second time - laughed.
Third time - laughed uncontrollably.
Fourth time - same as third.
Fifth time - same as third.
Sixt.... HELP!
 
Not sure if I laughed more at the respones here or the purple hip hippo. I thought it was funny, rather entertaining. Ok I watched it twice! Dam it I couldn't help it!
 
Reminded me of Disney's original FANTASIA. One sequence was a segment of The Nutcracker Suite, a ballet with hippos as the ballerinas and crocodiles as the male dancers. It too was hilarious.
 
I voted "It's not as funny as my post to this thread.", and then I couldn't think of anything funny to say.

How bad do I suck?

/Ice
 
shereads said:
I saw this at the office today and couldn't stop laughing. Even people who thought it was funny didn't know why I thought it was that funny.

Neither do I.

I need feedback.

http://www.stud.ntnu.no/home/alexann/

It's absolutely fucking hilarious!

I first saw this a few months ago, when my mate (a man) sent me a link to it. If I remember correctly, in his email, he said something along the lines of, "Watch this, it's mad, I laughed until I cried!" We have a similar sense of humour. ;) He's right I did, and having seen it again, I'm laughing even harder!

I'm not completely sure why, either. I think it's his jerky movements and the way he looks quickly and directly into camera from time to time.

Thank you so much for posting this link, I'd lost it when my old HD died, and I've been trying to find it again. You've made my day, my week, even. Brilliant!

Lou :kiss:
 
The_old_man said:
Reminded me of Disney's original FANTASIA. One sequence was a segment of The Nutcracker Suite, a ballet with hippos as the ballerinas and crocodiles as the male dancers. It too was hilarious.
Yeah, I thought of that one too.

/Ice - did chuckle
 
Re: Re: Hipporotica

Tatelou said:
I think it's his jerky movements and the way he looks quickly and directly into camera from time to time.

It's the speed of the spin for me, and the eye contact...Also the teensy ears that aren't noticeable until they wiggle. Uh-oh...I'm analyzing dancing hippo humor. Not healthy.
Thank you so much for posting this link, I'd lost it when my old HD died, and I've been trying to find it again. You've made my day, my week, even. Brilliant!

Wow. You just made mine. That was the easiest good deed I've ever accidentally done. I'm glad you liked it. I hope old HD wasn't a person.

I remember the Fantasia hippos too. Wondered if this bit was inspired by their dance...That bit used to make me think Disney did hallucinogens.
 
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