Enjoy, dear sumerian friends.
I don’t get it, help a poor history illiterate out
It’s a bit of ancient humor that is baffling to anthropologists because no one knows what the joke means
That’s actually really interesting
Is it not just an ancient version of “a blonde walked into a bar. Thunk! The brunette ducked under the bar.” joke?
I get it.
Interestingly, I’ve been delving into Sumerian mythology as the oldest , and patent mythology of all mythologies. Fanatical evangelical types won’t be pleased
I like the interpretation that the dog is an allegorical representation for a sort of goofus bodyguard.
The point of security detail is that they just chill and stand by, right? All discrete and such, like the ancient version of the Agent 47-lookin’ dude with an earpiece who fades into the background.
But because this schmuck is loyal but a dumbass like an ancient Golden Retriever, he opens things up to try and get a better view, so he can find and subsequently protect his peeps like a Good Boi.
…In a space that historically likely could also function as a brothel.NSFW Dudley Do-Right kinda shenanigans.
IIRC, this is the video that more or less had that interpretation in it:
https://youtu.be/9HJH6C0yp2II, too, was bothered by the joke for years, and this is the first explanation that has adequately satisfied me.
He’s explaining liberalistism
