"Hey, boar, who is the mightiest creature in the savanna?", asks the lion.
"You, sir, of course", said the fearful boar.
"Correct", said the lion, and moved on.
He then comes across an antelope.
"Hey, antelope, who is the mightiest creature in the savanna?", asks the lion.
"Y-y-ou, s-s-ir", said the trembling antelope.
"Damn right", said the lion, and moved on.
He then comes across an elephant.
"Hey, elephant, who is the mightiest creature in the savanna?", asks the lion.
The elephant, without saying a word, grabs the lion with his trunk, spins him around, and tosses him into a nearby muddy watering hole.
The lion slowly crawls out, mud dripping, and mutters under his breath, "the temper some animals have… he could have just said, 'I don't know!'"
Joke Poo: The Galactic Bureaucrat
A highly efficient, but terminally bored, Galactic Bureaucrat was auditing planets in Sector 7G. He lands on a small, unremarkable planet.
“Hey, slug-like creature, who’s forms are filed with the most meticulous accuracy in the quadrant?” the bureaucrat asks.
“Why, you, of course, Oh Great Auditor!” gurgled the nervous slug.
“Naturally,” said the bureaucrat, stamping a form, and moved on.
He then encounters a small, furry mammal.
“Hey, mammal-thing, who’s forms are filed with the most meticulous accuracy in the quadrant?” the bureaucrat asks.
“It is you, Great Paper Pusher, definitely!” squeaked the terrified mammal.
“Indeed,” said the bureaucrat, initialing another form, and moved on.
He then comes across a sentient, bio-luminescent fungus.
“Hey, fungus-blob, who’s forms are filed with the most meticulous accuracy in the quadrant?” the bureaucrat asks.
The fungus, without a word, extends a tendril, wraps it around the bureaucrat’s scanner, overwrites his entire database with a single, perfectly organized spreadsheet of local spore dispersal patterns, and then retracts.
The bureaucrat stares blankly at his scrambled screen, then mutters under his breath, “The passive-aggressiveness of some civilizations… they could have just said ‘Under review!’ “
Alright, let’s analyze this joke!
Core Elements:
- The Lion’s Arrogance: The lion assumes his dominance and expects to be told he’s the mightiest.
- Fear-Based Compliance: The boar and antelope flatter the lion out of fear.
- The Elephant’s Power & Silence: The elephant demonstrates its power rather than verbally acknowledging the lion.
- The Punchline: Lion’s Perspective Shift (Kind Of): The lion’s concern is not about his physical harm or the elephant’s relative power, but about the perceived rudeness of the action, a humorous incongruity to his prior arrogance.
Interesting Tidbits & Facts:
- Lion Social Structure: Lions are actually unusual among cats for living in social groups called prides. This adds a layer to the joke; the lion’s arrogance could be interpreted as pride-wide entitlement.
- Elephant Memory: Elephants are known for their exceptional memories. The elephant’s silent action is funnier if you imagine it’s remembering all the times lions have annoyed its herd.
- Boar Tusks: A boar’s tusks can grow to be incredibly sharp, up to 12 inches long, and used for defence. But the boar in the joke clearly recognizes a risk-benefit calculation and opts to flatter instead of fighting.
- Antelope Agility: Antelopes are renowned for their speed and agility; their fight response is typically to run. The Antelope’s fear and trembling is therefore instinctual.
New Humorous Material:
1. Witty Observation:
“The lion, convinced of his ‘mightiest’ status, is a perfect example of how a good PR campaign can outweigh actual capabilities. Sure, he can roar, but the elephant’s got the trunk and the memory to back it up. It’s like comparing a politician’s soundbites to an accountant’s audit.”
2. Amusing “Did You Know?”:
“Did you know that in the savanna hierarchy of annoyance, lions rank just below mosquitos and right above the ‘tourist’ with the selfie stick? Elephants have a long memory for that sort of thing.”
3. Alternate Punchline/Scenario:
The lion slowly crawls out, covered in mud. He shakes himself, sending muck flying everywhere, and mutters, “Fine, don’t tell me. I’ll just Google ‘mightiest animal in the savanna.’ Bet it’s going to be super accurate now.”
4. New Joke (playing off the original):
A zebra approaches the muddy lion, who’s still licking his wounds.
“Hey, lion,” the zebra asks cautiously, “everything alright?”
The lion, wiping mud from his eye, grumbles, “Yeah, yeah, just a little… misunderstanding with the local Google equivalent.”
“Oh,” says the zebra. “Did you ask it who was the mightiest creature in the savanna?”
The lion sighs. “No, that went badly enough. I just wanted to know what the best mud mask was. Apparently, the answer involves a trunk and a lot of very forceful application.”