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OK, I’ll go for the easy one:
“You got change for 20 Yaks?”
“I can give you a 10 Yaks and 2 goats…”
I’ll stop now.
#3 Those look suspiciously like the legendary jackalopes. Mythic beings in the rest of the world, but quite common in Nepal. Along with the Yeti.
#3, I thought they looked more like some deer/kangaroo chimera. Good foreshadowing for the Mogen David/Crusader hybrid.
“Vishnu and improved”. Snerk.
The only thing better than a good pun is a bad pun. Thanks for the one decent smile I’ve had today.
On the main menu, what about Latvia?? Love the monopoly reference
This week there was a story about some bank clerk who exchanged foreign monopoly money for real kronas or something. When you look at some of this stuff, can you blame him?
I assume that manta ray looking thing is the moon as on their flag.
Latvia is en route; just trying to figure out what the money IS. It’s odd stuff.
I must say, of all the yaks on money, these look like the happiest.
And you know something else: Having seen all of the state quarters now, I think more than a few of them would have been improved with a yak or two. At least, yaks couldn’t have hurt.
Hey, didja know that the link on the sidebar (right) to the lucre site — link 4 — actually points to restaurants?
Jackalopes are not legendary. They reside in Wyoming, the least populous state in the Union. There are not a lot of the jackalopes left but by no means are they extinct yet.
There are quite a few left in the area between Wamsutter and Bags. Occasionally you can spot one while driving on I-80 west of Rawlins. Look for their young, called “bunnies” or the politically correct name “prairie kittens”. When you see these there is a chance you will see the adults hiding amongst the sagebrush.
But it is a mystery why all of the young bunnies do not grow into adult jackalopes; sprouting horns and extended rear legs. Is it their diet? Radiation? No one knows for certain.
But once you have seen them or even better, once you have petted one you will know the truth of their existence.
This was very well done. The right mix of irrevence with tie-ins to some legitimate knowledge. Nice touch, sir. If I were to guess, I think the footprints are the Buddha’s but that doesn’t make much sense with all the Hindu imagery. As I think about it, maybe Bhutan is the Buddhist kingdom. You’ve set me looking for more information to satisfy this nagging curiosity. Thanks!
Wramblin’ Wreck, the reason why they don’t grow into adult jackalopes is because they are in Wyoming. Which is Dick Cheney’s state. And he’s the mostest evilestestest person in all the universes combined.