Maybe the joke is that if you pretend to be able to read it by not acting confused by the weird gibberish, then anyone can tell that you can’t read
How it would actually go down:
Would have been better if the letters were properly spaced
It’s a haiku relating to the famous court case between Mr S Nakes and Mr N Ot, as represented by his lawyer Oscar Zamebdis (common misspelling) who liberated Mr Nakes from participating in a reading test due to his sunburn.
The watermark of circles in the background reference how much he won in the settlement
(The)m (a)r(e) snakes!
(The)m (a)r(e) not!
O(h), (ye)s (Th)a[sic](y) (a)r(e)
(See)(The)m (itty)b(itty)(eye)s
(Wel)l, I b(e)
(The)m (a)r(e) snakes!Apparently growing up rural America is vastly different to rural Australia, this is absoulte gobeldygook to me.
I guess that just means I’m fluent in bogan and untested with redneck
In Cornish
MR 🕷️ MR
RM
S MR CDBDIS
I also learned a version that was “LMNO Snakes” (Hell, ‘em ain’ no snakes)
Whale oil beef hooked! MR ducks!
Yeah, ducks here too. And yeah, about 40 years ago.
I still say it out of habit when I see ducks… M R Ducks
I love how your comment has more likes than the post does. XD I grew up in farmland Utah, I speak redneck, and you did a darn good job. 😁
i think I’m more confused now
Another translation:
Em ar snakes!
Em ar not!Oh es ay ar.
See em eedy beedy eyes?EL, I be…
Em ar snakes.Mister Snakes!
Fucking lib!
Feels like it would’ve been easier to guess if it’d been clear that it was a conversation. No one expects a sign to be talking to itself.
It’s a realistic monologue for a stream of consciousness
Yeah, exactly. I also don’t know how common it is in other languages for slang/shorthand to match letter/word sounds. This is probably in the same bucket as languages having different animal sounds.
The quiet rage building inside me as I try and fail to disbelieve you
The hero we all needed
