Straight Line of the Day: How can we tell if polar bears are Irish?
Ancestry of Polar Bears Traced to Ireland
Phys.org / July 7, 2011 / Pennsylvania State UniversityAn international team of scientists has discovered that the female ancestor of all living polar bears was a brown bear that lived in the vicinity of present-day Britain and Ireland just prior to the peak of the last ice age — 20,000 to 50,000 years ago.
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Occasionally, the two species interbreed and produce hybrid bears.
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“Whenever they come into contact, there seems to be little barrier to their mating.”
“Ah, the old sod.”
They complain more for the ice missing from their Whisky, than the polar ice pack melting.
How can we tell if polar bears are Irish?
The evidence.
…from the 2020 Walrus pin-up calendar
A polar bear walks into a bar and says, “I’ll have a Whisky and ………………. Coke.”
The bartender says, “OK, but why the big pause.”
The polar bear responds, “I dunno, I was just born with ’em.”
How can we tell if polar bears are Irish?
The evidence part 2.
How can we tell if polar bears are Irish?
It’s in the lilt of their laughter.
…they do the Riverdance on ice.
…when their numbers start Dublin.
OT, but does anybody else try to figure out which Babylon Bee stories are by FrnakJ?
I’m never positive, until yesterday.
Prominent Italian Doctor Suggest Throwing Colored Pills At Coronavirus.
with a picture of Mario.
I’m going with socialized medicine saves Italy.
How about Mixing Corona Virus with Lymes Disease hits the spot.
Yep — either they’ve all got his exact sense of humor on that staff, or a third to a half of the ones I see circulated are his idea.
They are never arrested and charged with crimes in Boston or NYC…
I’m not convinced. They’re angry, yes. But are they drunk?
… their affinity for harp seals.
… they’re always after me lucky charms.
To the bears, both them and you are magically delicious…
How can we tell if polar bears are Irish?
We can tell for sure when they replace the Irish in jokes about drunks: Where does an Irishman go on vacation? He goes to a different bar! Where does a Polar Bear go on vacation? He goes to a different bar!