Originally published at: Injured eagle actually just fat - Boing Boing
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They aren’t even fat, per se-just too full of food to fly much for a few hours.
I feel this might be my spirit animal
Big boned.
I feel seen!!
Via Gail Sherman…
Also…
Figure you would appreciate this bit of self depreciating humor from Kevin Smith.
Bald eagle not injured, just stuffed
That has problems too I suppose
An eagle so fat it can’t fly. We have achieved peak America.
It’s not fat! It’s just had too much lunch. In a few hours it would have been soaring around just fine.
Fine. Revised version:
An eagle. An eagle that ate so much it can’t fly. We have achieved peak America.
Still works!
Have you ever needed a nap after a big meal? That’s all that’s going on with the poor, maligned bird.
i take issue with this phrasing…
how about, have you ever managed to stay awake after a big meal?
yes. yes, it does.
now i am imagining the “hover-round” crowd at Golden Corral all-you-can-eat buffet.
peak 'murcah, indeed!
Have you ever fallen asleep, face first, in to a large meal?
Maligned? Because people said it was fat? There isn’t anything malignant about fatness