Eskimos are very good hunters, but they never hunt penguins.

[howinfo]

Eskimos are very good hunters, but they never hunt penguins.

Why not?

[Kurt]

They're a world apart...Penguins live in Antartica and Eskimos live in Artica.

[howinfo]

Thanks,

I was asked that and I did not even realize it was a trick question.

How stupid am I

[Kay King]

How stupid am I

Is that another trick question?

[Kurt]

Originally Posted by howinfo

Thanks,

I was asked that and I did not even realize it was a trick question.

How stupid am I

Tricking yourself with a trick question. That's pretty funny.

BTW, it's the same reason why polar bears don't eat penguins and eat eskimos instead...

[howinfo]

Originally Posted by Kay King

Is that another trick question?

No trick about it, more like in a scale of 1 -10

I didn’t even know that one about the polar bears.

[Kurt]

Originally Posted by howinfo

I didn’t even know that one about the polar bears.

Now if someone will just explain to us why polar bears eat eskimos but don't eat Texans?

[Kay King]

Polar bears will eat Texans - if the Texans are visiting eskimos.

[howinfo]

Originally Posted by Kurt

Now if someone will just explain to us why polar bears eat eskimos but don't eat Texans?

Could it have something to do with people carrying guns in Texas.

Just a lucky guess…

[Paul Myers]

Now if someone will just explain to us why polar bears eat eskimos but don't eat Texans?

They've been told to cut down on fat-headed foods.


Paul

[CurtisN]

The more politically correct term for "Eskimo" is "Inuit", btw

[whateverpedia]

They don't hunt kangaroos or elephants for the same reason.

[Sumit Menon]

Originally Posted by CurtisN

The more politically correct term for "Eskimo" is "Inuit", btw

Very Interesting...

[Thomas]

Originally Posted by CurtisN

The more politically correct term for "Eskimo" is "Inuit", btw

Only in Canada. It's not universally accepted by Eskimos themselves because it refers to only one of the two main Eskimo groups (who, even then, don't always accept the term Inuit). The other group, the Yupik, are mostly in Alaska and Russia. IIRC, the term Eskimo is in general use among Alaskan Eskimos. There are also Eskimos who consider themselves neither (Inuit nor Yupik).

[Ken Strong]

Originally Posted by Paul Myers

They've been told to cut down on fat-headed foods.

Originally Posted by CurtisN

The more politically correct term for "Eskimo" is "Inuit", btw

What's the more politically correct term for "fat-headed Texans"?

[Ken Strong]

Originally Posted by Thomas

Only in Canada. It's not universally accepted by Eskimos themselves because it refers to only one of the two main Eskimo groups (who, even then, don't always accept the term Inuit). The other group, the Yupik, are mostly in Alaska and Russia. IIRC, the term Eskimo is in general use among Alaskan Eskimos. There are also Eskimos who consider themselves neither (Inuit nor Yupik).

Thanks, Vertically-Challenged Person of (Green) Color!

[Paul Myers]

Ken,

What's the more politically correct term for "fat-headed Texans"?

All of the ones that occur to me as correct would violate the "no politics" rule.

One might get around that by suggesting that the phrase itself is redundant. If one wanted a fight with every Texan in the group.


Paul

[Paul Myers]

Thomas,

There are also Eskimos who consider themselves neither (Inuit nor Yupik).

You forgot the Aleut. (At least. There are a number of tribes which might fit, based on different criteria.)

IIRC, these are mostly tribes belonging to the Athabascan language group, and members of these tribes often associate themselves with family units, rather than more generalized labels.


Paul