20100510

May 10 2010

"I'm gonna take charge of the hippos humming choir. They need more harmony. And definitely more bass."
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Karen's notes: This one's easy. We watched a nature program on Saturday about hippos. Along with learning how it is possible for them to fit the entire top half of a man in their mouths, we also learned all about how they communicate by humming and grunting through their nostrils. Thanks, Discovery channel!

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22 comments:

  1. thanks xo
    this is awesome

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  2. NewMexicanAnnie10 May 2010 at 08:31

    My Dad's in 2 choirs. He's not so bass as some guys get, but he's in the bass section of one of those. I wonder if he'd agree to be in the hippo choir. I also wonder how many soprano hippos he sings with. :O

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  3. Good stuff!

    Merchandise: Do you think if we start bugging them, they'd get some bigger sizes :-D ?

    Good Night (morning) from Canada :-)

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  4. "Along with learning how it is possible for them to fit the entire top half of a man in their mouths"

    Aye, that's nothing - my (human) girlfriend manages that!

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  5. "we also learned all about how they communicate by humming and grunting through their nostrils" I do the same, It must be a male of the species thing.

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  6. jarl - i am shocked and every so slightly intrigued! - adam

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  7. Snugs72 - I'm happy to make XXL or XXXL shirts. Email us and let us know which of the quotes you want! -Karen

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  8. Do people ever go up to Adam asking to give quotes or say something witty??

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  9. Hahahaha Adam still makes me laugh out loud when he's awake with that comment up there

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  10. Jarl!!! LOL

    I love the hippo choir, all that humming makes the water bubbly.

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  11. Prof. ZzzMAN-ylizer10 May 2010 at 17:28

    ...todays subject: a river-hoarse symphony, open Wide!...to jOy-ne in...
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    possibly a hip-hummin' display for musical notes to piglatin about...becoming
    the anchoring framework to laying down that beat, bass-icly...

    we discover that these fellas are channelling vocal notes along with the female soprano hyenas and rhinos at bass, the kids in treuble, and all a bit pitchy at times...according to Randy Jackson, knot-strol! sez El-DeGen at the worlds trusted Basspro sport-goodstore "jammin' tyme"..., blood,sweat and tears, and poolsidein' about in a round-about-red at the excitment stage; it's all in the hunt and fishin' for that grunt-to-work-it-out in a song.stressed to perfection, to communicate out a tune along the Adam wavelength - - -
    calls for some heavy hitters,
    in a karenkindishy way....persay?

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  12. 4ever =O) laughter10 May 2010 at 17:58

    bubble, bubble, boil'en trouble...."T" hee...

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  13. would it be possible to add a check box next to each utterance for people to sort of vote for a t-shirt? many people checking the box would indicate a "winner" for a t-shirt.

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  14. @T: If you think it's the *humming* that makes the water bubbly, well...... 7x=Q

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  15. I was at the zoo when this posted this morning. They didn't have hippos but I directed a rhino choir and took pictures.

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  16. I wonder about a hippo choir. I wonder if they'd wear robes. I wonder if they'd stand on 2 feet to sing. I wonder if they'd inhale the top half of the conductor into their mouth. I wonder why Jarl's girlfriend goes for the top half and not the bottom. I wonder if I can...

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  17. I wonder of that was inappropriate?

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  19. LOL @ 4ever and LA/wts

    @Kelvera, I hear the rhino choir has a great horn section.

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  20. I can't help but think of my daughter's favorite you tube video. It's Pat (a hippo) singing Lion Sleeps Tonight while Stan (a dog) dances.

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  21. As a music/chorus nerd, i really enjoyed this one!

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  22. Keep trying to use the coupon for the t-shirts and getting an error message that says I don't have enough items to use the coupon. Are tank-tops not included in the offer? I tried to find a way to contact the company directly but got caught in a roundrobin of FAQs that didn't answer my question.

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