28: Elefino
| Elefino |
| Original title: Monday's Drawing - Elefino |
 Title text: Hell if I know |
This was the thirty-second comic originally posted to LiveJournal. The previous one was 29: Hitler, and the next one was 31: Barrel - Part 5.
Explanation
This comic presents a common joke or riddle in the format of "What do you get when you cross x with y?", giving two answers. The title of the comic is a portmanteau, taking the first four letters of 'elephant' and the last four letters of 'rhino', creating "Eliphino". In the comic itself, the answer "Hell if I know" is given. While this answer may seem like a normal phrase, saying this out loud at a fast pace makes a sound similar to "Elephino."
This word play is reminiscent of the final scene in Buster Keaton's 1921 short film The Boat in which the titular boat is named the Damfino, a word play on "Damn if I know". Keaton answers his wife's question "Where are we?" by mouthing the name of the boat in the final scene. The filmmakers relied on audiences to read Keaton's lips, as his answer was not intertitled.
Transcript
- Q: What do you get when you cross an Elephant with a Rhino?
- [Picture of elephant, mathematical addition symbol, picture of rhino, equals sign, large question mark.]
- A: I haven't a goddamn clue.
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I would say that you get something Relephant --Akres141.101.92.41 12:11, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
- That's probably relevant 141.101.104.102 05:34, 15 December 2016 (UTC)
I feel like the comparison to Back to the Future is rather pointless, so I'm going to delete it. OriginalName (talk) 04:58, 4 August 2017 (UTC)
Elefino is the name of a restaurant in the animated series Bojack Horseman. They make the same pun as this comic. I wonder if the writers of the show had read this comic a decade earlier? 172.70.54.96 (talk) 18:22, 15 June 2021β (please sign your comments with ~~~~) Add comment
