Funniest Thing...

...I have ever witnessed.

The elephant was hungry;

he walked up to his friend.

He took his trunk and put it

into his pal’s back end.

 

When he pulled it out again

he ate what he had found;

the newly cleaned-out elephant

uttered not a sound!

 

Now that’s the truest comrade

an elephant can find,

each helping out the other

in his own distinctive bind.

Author's Note

July, 2006 - Oakland Park Zoo. My family and I had never laughed so hard in our lives... we dubbed the two elephants Phil and Doug... ;p

Reviews

[Clockwork]

I wish they still had elephants at the Philly Zoo. I was so bummed out when I went there last summer and they were gone. And that scene back in 06 must have truly been hilarious. If I had seen it, I probably would have been on the ground laughing.

This has a really nice and light tone here. The rhyme is well done and adds a nice dose of whimsy here. I like it :-)

[Rita L. Sev]

Thank you! I haven't been to the Philly Zoo in a few years, when we took the middle school classes there. The lions were actually awake... And yes, my brother was on the ground, red-faced, laughing. :)

[s y e]

Ewwwwwwwww!!!! This is hilarious and gross all at once! Only you, my dear, only you! Hahaha.

~ noodle.

[Rita L. Sev]

Not me - those elephants! They are the gross ones! (while I, of course, am the hilarious one...) ;) Thanks for reading this one, Noodle!

[s y e]

Yes you are hilarious, too! Haha!

[Angel]

EEEEEEWWWWW, gross!!!!!!
LOL, trust you to come up with something like that!! Hilarious..
and of course, I saved yours for last, so this is the image I'll be taking to bed with me tonight.
*rolls eyes*

[Rita L. Sev]

Ha! Thanks for reading - Pleasant dreams, Angel! :)

[Maria Ni Mhurchu]

Very funny Rita :) I really enjoyed it. Never heard of it happening...!! But the photo is great too..!! Well done !!

[Rita L. Sev]

Ha! Thank you, Maria! I promise, not all of my poems are quite so graphic! But many are just as silly... :)

[Maria Ni Mhurchu]

Laughter is the best medicine for the soul :)

[Rocans]

I believe in reciprocity...the other should have obliged and returned the favour! lol This amused me, thanks for sharing.

[Rita L. Sev]

Thanks, Rocans - glad to give a smile! The elephant on the "receiving end" just stood there - didn't even seem to notice. Maybe they were taking turns... :)

[Baby Ricochet]

Good Gravy!! The elephant thought so.

[Rita L. Sev]

:P Apparently... Thanks for reading!

[Frieda P]

I'm just glad I didn't have dinner yet, most of the time your poetry is much more appetizing! Haha, my kids caught something similar but with gorillas...animals, what a hoot this is!

[Rita L. Sev]

Gorillas do this too? What is up with the animal kingdom? Maybe they know something we don't... and don't want to... No food poems tonight - not after sharing this one! :)

[Frieda P]

Ha no it wasn't that exactly, they were pleasuring each other, and my kids went ape shyte hahaha, thanks for not writing anything to do with food after this! ;-)

[QuietlyCrash]

That is absolutely hilarious Rita! It was so silly and the rhyming fit nicely. Great job and thank you for sharing :)

[Rita L. Sev]

Thank you, Riley! This was a story I just had to share! :)

[Will]

Nature is a marvelous, dumbfounding, and unique thing. This is one of the stranger things in nature, but hey, whatever works right? This one made me laugh, and the way you portrayed this was very humorous. Awesome rhyme and flow, funny piece. Nicely done, Rita.

[Rita L. Sev]

Thank you, Will! Dumbfounding - yes, that is a perfect word for this event. :)

[Will]

I've seen it myself, you know. It was at the Philadelphia Zoo, and my little sister asked "Poppop [my grandfather], what are they doing?" My grandfather was laughing too hard to respond, and I couldn't stop laughing either. It was funny, and that was what i thought of when I read this poem.

[Rita L. Sev]

Ha! That's great! It must be pretty common - we took pictures, but I got this image from Google. I had to go all the way to California to see this - when I go to our Zoo here in Philly, the elephants just stand around... :)

[Will]

Haha. The Philly Zoo is definitely my favorite. Always something good to see

[jacob erin-cilberto]

okay, i am at a loss for words...that trunk just felt a bit too comfortable in my...oh, wait

i was just reading wasn't i?

if i had been there, i would have been laughing pretty heard too.

thanks for sharing...what those two shared.

that intimate moment that cleanses a need.

[Rita L. Sev]

LOL! Thank you for this hilarious review! I can tell you, my brother could hardly breathe from laughing... shame that we didn't get video! :)