Greenland Caribou Puns

From what I have been able to work out, I think this hypothetical range very likely, at least partly in some places if not the full assemblage.

Unlike Britain in Europe, the Arctic Archipelago was not formed by floods and rising sea levels at the Pleistocene-Holocene transition but were, so to speak, already islands beneath the ice. At this time, with the exceptions of Banks Island and Victoria Island, the islands of the archipelago were at all times separated from mainland North America and each other by ice sheets and ocean channels.

This is visually demonstrated in this video which maps the melting of the North American ice sheets during the LGM and early Holocene. (Sped-up version starts at 05:30) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LydQXydQKrc

This might suggest that as the glaciers retreated in the Holocene, hypothetical megafaunal migrations across the Arctic Archipelago to Greenland would have been cut short by ocean channels with no consistent land passage across. Yet here is the modern range of the muskox (Red = naturally established range, blue = reintroductions.)

https://preview.redd.it/nxjp1wy4o0281.png?width=450&format=png&auto=webp&s=57fb0a81515b9c1dd1fbe66b2f0c8670a2de07ef

Evidence from a paper I read about caribou migration suggested that this range was fully established by the mid-Holocene. Caribou and wolves also live across this range, as well as on Baffin Island. Sea ice is no barrier to caribou which can migrate across it at speed for long distances. Muskoxen cannot travel great distances like caribou, but they can and do cross sea ice. The islands of the Arctic Archipelago are pretty densely clustered, and while some sea channels are much wider than others, one island always seems to come pretty close to another at certain points along their perimeters. That is to say, there are always points in the archipelago where a short and manageable crossing over sea ice is possible.

The Parry Channel is the most significant barrier, but even this does not present an unreasonable barrier, with its narrowest point being 45km (28 miles) wide, which a hardy beast could manage in a day. If Muskoxen managed the Parry Channel then I'm damned sure that bison herds and woolly mammoths would have managed it too. As for predators, they might have made annual trips across the sea ice while stalking the migrating herbivore herds.

If all this is the case, then the hypothetical modern range of th

Do your worst!

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

Disclaimer: this post will be very long, even though it's not completely finished yet. I might update it eventually, but as of right now it seems that the overall basics of the school is done. Questions about the school/lore/anything else is more than welcome, because as I just mentioned, there might be a few details I left out. I hope you enjoy this post nonetheless!

House names and their represented animal + House colours

Qaamaneqillu (house of light) - Northern Clouded Yellow (butterfly) (Pakkaluaq Sungaartoq) - white/yellow

Taarneqillu (house of darkness) - Walrus (Aaveq) - black/purple

Ikualaneqillu (house of fire) - Musk Ox (Umimmak) - red/copper

Imeqillu (house of water) - Narwhal (Qilalugaq Qernertaq) - blue/grey

Anorillu (house of air) - Snow Bunting (Qupaloraarsuk) - orange/pink

Issoqillu (house of earth) - Barren-Ground Caribou (Tuttu) - green/brown

Some words in Kalaallisut

Anganngilaq (muggle/lit. "magic without")

Angamiartorpoq (ship that sails to Magislot)

Qajaqarsaq (kayak ball)

Sapangaq (pearl - name of the Sorting Sphere)

Qaamaneq (light)

Taarneq (darkness)

Ikualaneq (fire)

Imeq (water)

Anori (air)

Issoq (earth)

Illu (house)

Basic school information

The name 'Magislot' is a mix of two Danish words; magi = magic, slot = castle.

Magislot accepts students from Greenland and Denmark, but students from the rest of Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland) may also be accepted if their own schools cannot take in the student/s for whatever reason. The primary languages of Magislot are Danish and Greenlandic, but English can sometimes be spoken in classes if there are a student who speaks neither (ex. A new citizen of Denmark/Greenland who has not yet learned either language).

Magislot accepts students of almost all ages, in chunks of decades; 11 to 20; 21 to 30; 31 to 40; and 41 to 50. This means that anyone between the age of 11 to 50 can be accepted into Magislot at anytime, but won't be able to start school until the next 1st of September (first day of school).

The "4 decade chunks" functions as parallel universes within the school; they all walk the same halls, sleep in the same beds, sit in the same classrooms and eat at the same tables, but none of them can see, hear or feel the others. There are 4 sets of teachers, 4 different Head Masters and 4 different schedules for the 4 decades:

11 to 20 are called Upernaaqtigaara ("spring decade")

21 to 30 are called Aasaqtigaara ("summer decade

Pilot on me!!

They’re on standbi

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

What did 0 say to 8 ?

" Nice Belt "

So What did 3 say to 8 ?

" Hey, you two stop making out "

I won't be doing that today!

You take away their little brooms

This morning, my 4 year old daughter.

Daughter: I'm hungry

Me: nerves building, smile widening

Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.

She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.

Thank you all for listening.

There hasn't been a post all year!

It’s pronounced “Noel.”

After all his first name is No-vac

What, then, is Chinese rap?

Edit:

Notable mentions from the comments:

• Spanish/Swedish/Swiss/Serbian hits

• French/Finnish art

• Country/Canadian rap

• Chinese/Country/Canadian rock

• Turkish/Tunisian/Taiwanese rap

There hasn't been a single post this year!

(Happy 2022 from New Zealand)

Bob

So that I could frequently say, "I am going to walk 5 miles now."

Edit: My most popular post on Reddit! 😀 Thank you for the awards.

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Me grabbing a soda from my (what I thought was) half full 12pk...

Notices there's only 2;

Me: "Awe man... This is a damn bird box!" Her: "What the hell does that mean?!" Me: (Pulls both cans out & shows them to her) "It's only got Toucans."

I'm not ashamed to admit the look on her face was glorious.

I was just sitting there doing nothing.

“BOOM”?!

"That's what they're fighting about."

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