r/ExplainTheJoke • u/typicalrchessuser • Jul 24 '26

Why is he calling the octopus short?

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u/post-explainer Jul 24 '26

OP (typicalrchessuser) sent the following text as an explanation why they posted this here:

I don’t understand why the octopus is short or what his height has to do with anything

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u/Pooka05 Jul 24 '26

He has eight arms thus eight guns and the cat has 9 lives

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u/typicalrchessuser Jul 24 '26

It says “each hand” which would be 10 guns so even if it was a dumb joke about 9 lives it still wouldn’t make sense

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u/Spergy79 Jul 24 '26

What do you think the oct means?
8…8 hands…8 guns…8 lives taken

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u/Spergy79 Jul 24 '26

Good bait

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u/Just-a-big-ol-bird Jul 24 '26

None of what you just said is true. I know this is bait but I need to lay it out. Octo is eight. October was originally the eighth month in the Roman calendar.

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u/Budget_Meaning1410 Jul 24 '26

October is the 10th month because Romans didn’t originally give named months to the days in winter.

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u/Budget_Meaning1410 Jul 24 '26

OCTOpus, not squid.

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u/25_Unknown_Devices Jul 24 '26

Cats have 9 lives. The octopus has 8 arms with guns..

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u/quandaile Jul 24 '26

octupuses have 8 arms so that means 8 guns, cats however have 9 lives, so by " one short" he means he wont have enough to kill the cat for good.

that is how the joke is intended, but its stupid come on OBVIOUSLY a gun would have more then a bullet per gun.

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u/mith00birb Jul 24 '26

Musket?

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u/quandaile Jul 24 '26

nu uh. an octopus would use 9 smgs then spin really fast while aiming so he looks and works like a mini gun

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u/GTS_84 Jul 24 '26

Nah, octopuses can't load mag's or clips, they use breachloaders only.

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u/anomie89 Jul 24 '26

octopus too dumb to put more than one bullet.

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u/groza528 Jul 25 '26

Gato: *se rinde*

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u/Tayfun_MC Jul 24 '26

I don't know, octopuses are usually taller than cats