Sometimes, when the mood strikes, I go spelunking in the toilet. First, I make sure nobody is in the room with me. Then I take a tennis ball and drop it down the hole, watching it splat in the underground water cistern below. Now comes the exciting part. I have to rescue the ball.

I climb down into the cistern and paw at the recultant yellow-green orb. It gets away, another paw, and deeper into the abyss I go. When the moment is right, I grab for it with my mouth, barely getting the whole thing in - and I don't let go. I climb out of the cave and leap to the ground below.

When I go and show the others my grand accomplishment, and successful rescue operation, they never seem to pleased. Yelling, and throwing the dripping rescuee to the ground, I run to fetch it. Deep down I know they are proud, even if they get upset about toilet water flooding the apartment.

I don't think spelunking means what you think it means.

Or something.

God damnit, Rick.

Did I "explain the joke".

Sorry.

Hey, thats CHUDs job!

me too

theplatypus- ive heard a lot of spelunking jokes but none requiring you to barely get it in your mouth and not let go.

Socrates: "Why do people think philosophy is bullshit? Let me put it this way - imagine you're in a cave, all chained up so you can't turn your body at all, and all you get to look at is this one wall. Some assholes behind you are making shadow puppets using the light from a fire and making echo noises and that's all you or anyone else chained up has seen or heard all your life. Sounds terrible, right? Except it's all you've ever known, shadows and echoes, and that's your whole world - there's no way you could know that, really, you're watching a slightly-improved M. Night Shyamalan film.




"In fact, you get pretty good at understanding how the patterns in the show work, and everyone else chained up is like, 'Holy shit bro, how did you know that that tree was going to fall on that guy?' and you're like, 'It's because I fucking pay attention and I'm smart as shit.' You're the smartest of the chained, and they all revere you."


Glaucon: "But Socrates, a tree didn't really hit a guy. It's all shadows."


Socrates: "No shit, Glaucon, but you don't know that. You think the shadows are real things. Everyone does. Now shut up and let me finish.


"So eventually, someone comes and unchains you and drags you out of the cave. At first you'd say, 'Seriously, what the fuck is going on?!' Well, actually, at first you'd say, 'HOLY SHIT MY EYES' and you'd want to go back to the safe, familiar shadows. But even once your eyes worked you wouldn't believe them, because everything you ever thought was real is gone. You'd look at a tree, and say 'That's not a tree. I know trees. And you, sir, are no tree. THAT DOWN THERE is a tree.' But you're wrong. Down there is a shadow of a tree.


"Slowly, as your eyes got better, you'd see more and more shit. Eventually, you'd see the sun, and realize that it's the source of all light. You can't see shit without the sun. And eventually, you'd figure it out. Something would click in your brain: 'oh, shit, that IS a tree. Fuck me. So... nothing in the cave was real? I feel like such an asshole.' But it's not your fault, so don't be so hard on yourself.


"Finally you'd want to go down and tell everyone about everything you've discovered. Except, and here's the hilarious part, they think you've gone fucking crazy. You'd say, 'Guys, real trees are green!' and they'd say, 'What the fuck is green? THAT is a tree over there.' And you'd squint and look at the wall, but you know you're fucked because now you're used to having sunlight, and now you can't see shit. So they'd laugh at you, and agree that wherever it was that you went, no one should go there because it turns people into dickheads.


"Philosophy, same thing. The soul ascends and apprehends the forms, the nature of everything, and eventually the very Idea of Good that gives light to everything else. And then the philosopher has to go back to the cave and try to explain it to people who don't even know what Green is, to say nothing of the Good. But the philosopher didn't make up the Good, it was always there, and the only way to really make sense of it is to uncover it for yourself. You can't force knowledge into a dumbass any more than you can force sight into a blind man.


"So if you want to learn, be prepared for a difficult journey, and be prepared to make some mistakes. That's okay, it's all part of the process. True knowledge must be obtained the hard way, and some people just don't want to see the light."

when quint cranks the perfect duke and it hits the toilet it makes that "spelunk" sound

i would like to formally request that my username be changed to Duke E Spelunk

I really do like you, spelunking. I want to help you in your quest to find the Quote button.

lol thanks bud.

audio next time, please.

Alrighty.

I can't wait to listen to this when I get home.

It's pretty good.