I was having a conversation about characters from various childhood shows.

I always thought that Oscar the grouch didn’t make any sense. Why would you live in a bin?

But it occurred to me that maybe the Grouch evolved to hunt like a trapdoor spider, they hunt mainly racoons but also cats and anything else that happens into their bin.

Initially forest dwelling, with the rise of human civilisation; they have become adapted to living in cities which afford many pre-made “burrows” (bins). The lure of easy food, brings their prey to them.

  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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    28 days ago

    I always thought he was just a drug addict homeless person who gave blowjobs to snuffalufagus, and elmo for $20.

    Your way makes more sense though.

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      28 days ago

      If we’re going for shock value, did you know Big Bird was almost on the Challenger? The picture in my mind is an NTSB workers on a boat fishing yellow feathers out of the Atlantic.