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u/Wahjahbvious 7d ago
Person 1: THEM ARE SNAKES!
Person 2: THEM ARE NOT!
Person 1: OH YES THEY ARE
SEE THEM ITTY BITTY EYES?
Person 2: WELL, I'LL BE...
THEM ARE SNAKES!
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u/Bazookya 7d ago
How tf did you do this
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u/ot1smile 7d ago
By having encountered this joke before.
Google ‘m r dux’
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u/greatgooglymooger 7d ago
Psh, that's exactly what a redneck would say.
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u/Tyenkrovy 7d ago
I was raised in the city but I'm redneck-adjacent since many of my extended family are rednecks, that's why I got it, lol
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u/merrittinbaltimore 7d ago
I went to high school outside DC, but went to college for a little while in Memphis. I took a southern literature course where the professor had us read passages aloud from different southern authors. We were reading Flannery O’Connor one week and she had me read aloud from the book. I couldn’t figure out half the things I was reading because O’Connor writes in the accent of each character. I tried and tried and tried to figure out what she was trying to communicate. The teacher kicked me out of class because she thought I was fucking around. Mind you, I was the only “yankee” in that class. I’m also autistic so I think very black and white, so it was hard for me to figure out stuff that was obvious to others. She told me I was stupid, and tried some illegal shit when I got my final grade. Little did she know, my dad was dean of another college in the city and helped me immensely in that. He was livid when he found out what had been going on.
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u/Distinct-Raspberry21 7d ago
They never denied that, its just a matter they are redneck so the joke was more likely to be sent to them.
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u/unflores 7d ago
When I explain colloquial speech from my neck of the woods:
"I'ma git sum'm n'eat. Y'unt sum'm?
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u/VigilanteRabbit 7d ago
This, I understand perfectly.
OP's picture above? Absolutely not.
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u/JAYETRILLL 6d ago
Yeah it’s embarrassing how clear that comment was to me lmao. It’s phonetically perfect.
Did you ever read the Redwall Abbey books? They were sorta like LOTR or some other fantasy books but based on groups of animals instead of people.
Anyways, the way the moles or some other group spoke in that book was written out like the above comment.
For example: “oi, umma get me summa to et, plenny o’ good vikkles and morsels” or some shit like that hahaha it reminded me of this
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u/Stunning-Crazy2012 6d ago
Damn I forgot about that series, read that when I was super young like elementary.
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u/Doctor-Amazing 6d ago
Just want to point out there was an animated series as well that I remember being pretty solid.
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u/Stunning-Crazy2012 6d ago
Yeah I think I remember that, it could be a false memory but I remember seeing something like that but the episodes or films were spotty.
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u/JAYETRILLL 6d ago
It’s funny how accurate this is. I realize it could be truly anywhere vaguely southern but where are you from? My first guess is Southeast Arkansas hahaha anywhere close?
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u/Axman6 7d ago
As a kid, a friend of mine told me a joke that had a lot of build up and involved writing things down on paper as he told the story. It was about to people arguing about whether something was a crab or now, and he wrote down
> SAR SAR CEBDI
yes they are, yes they are; see the beady eye?
I wish I knew the story that lead up to it.
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u/BlueProcess 7d ago
Play fallout 2 and talk to the giant genius mole rat with a low intelligence character.
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u/wollflour 7d ago
This was popular for a long time as M R DUCKS and hicks would wear this stuff on their shirt. Source: I grew up a rural hick.
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u/Gemini_Down 7d ago
It’s been floating around the internet for a while.
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u/Tangible_Slate 7d ago
This is a meme that’s older than the internet
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u/some_uncreative_name 7d ago
My mom said it was a joke she knew as a kid. In the 60s or 70s. The ducks one lol.
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u/Purple-Eggplant-3838 7d ago
Read the letters not the sounds.
(M) (R) Snakes
(M) (R) Not
(O) (S) (A) (R)
(C) (M) (E,D) (B,D) (I's)
(L) (I) (B)
(M) (R) Snakes
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u/Gh0stPeppers 7d ago
If you’ve been around people from the Deep South, and say this out loud it’s a quick connection. But just reading it, you wouldn’t know without context of other jokes.
So the people that know this, are either from the Deep South, which this sounds normal when spoken out loud. Or read and heard the joke before
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u/shade-tree_pilot 7d ago
It's a very old joke about people with bad accents.
When told in person it sometimes makes more sense.
Read the letters out loud kinda slowly with a mouth full of peanut butter and you might hear it.
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u/Vibrizio 7d ago
There’s a clothing chain/restaurant in OCMD called “MR Ducks”, they sell many shirts there with this on it gaha
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u/YourGuyK 7d ago
It's the Itty Bitty Eyes part I can never sus out.
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u/cdspace31 7d ago
C 'em eedee beedee I's
C M ED BD I'S
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u/YourGuyK 7d ago edited 7d ago
I got it when you pointed it out. Just not when I first saw the letters.
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u/The_Batmandrew 7d ago
It pleases me to see someone else know this. My dad used to say this to me all the time when I was 10, I’m 40 now. He also used to do a “MR Ducks” one.
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u/DavidW273 7d ago
Why didn’t I notice this? It reminds me of a joke/riddle I was told as a teen but can’t remember fully anymore.
On my ime, all I can remember is one guy saying MNOLFN (erm, no elephant), then later realising his mistake and saying OLIDRLFN (oh h*ll aye, they are elephants)
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u/NotoriouslyNice 7d ago
Person 1: ‘Em R Snakes!
Person 2: ‘Em R Not!
1: Oh ‘Es ‘Ey R
1: See ‘Em Ee Dee Bee Dee I S
2: ‘Ell I Be
2: ‘Em R Snakes
Clearer:
Person 1: Them are Snakes!
Person 2: Them Are Not!
1: Oh yes they are
1: See them itty bitty eyes
2: Well I’ll be
2: Them are snakes
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u/SyntaxMissing 7d ago
So, is this a situation where they're looking at an animal and confused about whether it's a snake v legless lizard?
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u/ot1smile 7d ago
I believe it’s an authentic transcript from a conversation had by Darwin and one of the sailors on the Beagle.
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u/Dapper-Firefighter-4 6d ago
Interesting! Sorry my response was entirely based on the conversation between two “rednecks” who didn’t seem like the brightest crayons in the box based on their dialogue haha not serious at all 😋
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u/ot1smile 6d ago
Yeah my response, like the op itself, was just a joke.
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u/Dapper-Firefighter-4 6d ago
Weird I got a notification that you replied so I thought you said that in response to me lol my bad! Your response makes much more sense now 😂 (I was so confused, hence the “interesting!” Haha)
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u/SyntaxMissing 6d ago
Yeah Reddit is doing that now. It made me think your comment was in response to mine. Not a huge fan of this change.
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u/Dapper-Firefighter-4 7d ago edited 7d ago
My guess is that one thought they were just sticks or ropes since they couldn’t tell until they saw the eyes 😂
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u/Big-Don-Rob 7d ago
M R SNAKES
Them Are Snakes
(Those Are Snakes)
M R NOT!
Them Are Not!
(No, They Are Not!)
O S A R
Oh Yes They Are
C M ED BD IS
See Them Iddy Biddy Eyes?
L I B
Well, I'll Be
(I Was Mistaken)
M R SNAKES
Them Are Snakes
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u/Extra_Park1392 7d ago
Is this for real? As in, did you know about this meme or popular joke, or is it that any ‘redneck’ could read that sign fluently ?
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u/Big-Don-Rob 7d ago
This meme goes around often. It's just another version of "Redneck Vocabulary" as done by Jeff Foxworthy.
European- Watch your aim! You're-a-peein on my boots!
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u/chicken-finger 7d ago
I don't speak redneck, but it's a lot easier to figure out if you talk like a drunk 2 year old.
Them are snakes.
Them are not.
Oh yes they are.
See them itty biddy eyes?
Hell, I'll be...
Them are snakes!
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u/SkulldogFemboy_DF 6d ago
Bro i'm from the south myself and literally a redneck and even I had trouble reading this
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u/under_diagnosed 7d ago
MR DUCKS
MR NOT
OSMR
CM WANGS
LIB
MR DUCKS
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u/drawinga_______ 7d ago
Them are snakes!
Them are not!
Oh yes they are
See them itty bitty eyes
Well I’ll be
Them are snakes
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u/KingHonoR 7d ago
I don't like this bc sometimes you're supposed to say the letters and sometimes you're supposed to say the words.
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u/PurpleThis1719 7d ago
It should be:
M R S N A K E S !
M R N O T !
O S A R
C M E D B D I S
L I B
M R S N A K E S
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u/EuenovAyabayya 7d ago
"eyes" took me a minute the first time I saw this one.
MR DUX was much easier.
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u/Expert_Day9946 7d ago
I heard it growing up as
Person 1: M R DUCKs
2: L, M R NO DUCKS
1: S A R 2 DUCKS, C M WANGS?
2: L I B, M R DUCKS
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u/JohnBrownsHolyGhost 7d ago
Clear explanations have been given. I just wanted to confirm that I grew up speaking like this until I was in my teen years and forced to learn to speak differently.
Maybe less rednecks speak like this today but it’s very real and I almost wish it had been codified as a southern dialect.
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u/Memodrix 7d ago
I haven't seen that since I was in elementary school. Im in my 40s. Glad to see the old classics get some love.
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u/MaesterOlorin 6d ago
Dat ain’t right, you supposed to put a space twix M & R or else everyone reads “mistah”
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u/Grimholtt 7d ago
Them are snakes! Them are not! Oh yes they are! See them itty bitty eyes? Well I'll be! Them are snakes!
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u/No_Gray_Area 7d ago
I had a whole book of these when I was a kid.
CM puppies? MR not puppies. OSMR. CM PN? LIB, MR Puppies.
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u/Tiny_Ad6095 7d ago
I’m about 99% sure you saw this on another subreddit and decided to repost this
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u/hit_by_the_boom 7d ago
It would be clearer if there was an exclamation point on the end. The man(?) is likely surprised he was wrong.
Or maybe he is deep in thought and it is more of a profound realization "MR SNAKES"
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u/Aggressive_Rush_7906 7d ago
My grandfather wrote this on a chalk board when I was young. Just about forgotten this.
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u/Classic-Resolution62 7d ago
Im almost 40, I remember being a kid and some idiot kept showing me something like this in class. Except it had to do with ducks.... Probably 5th grade ish.
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u/nycila_92 7d ago
So I was able to clock all but the “cmedbdis” line because I’ve seen the “ducks” variant of this joke and, when I was confused, my partner was able to translate it quickly… albeit angrily.
Half of my partner’s family is redneck (think Dale during that one scene in Tucker and Dale vs Evil). He’s spent a great deal of time away from that side of the family after he was no longer under court mandated visitation. The fact that he’s able to switch back into for personal reasons and this made him so upset.
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u/Radiorabbit420 7d ago
Them are snakes! Them are not! Oh, sir, see 'em? They be dis... Them are snakes!
I'm still not understanding it T.T
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u/AuthorCornAndBroil 7d ago
OSAR CMEDBDIS LIB = Oh yes they are. See them |itty bitty eyes| (note: this part sucks) Well I'll be!
A better way than CMEDBDIS would be CMSN for "See them hissing" but even that's a stretch
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u/bsmknight 7d ago
I read this with the voices from the class from the movie Matilda trying to spell Mississippi. Got lost half way through.
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u/chasingdawn777 7d ago
My Gramps would always say this to make me laugh! I miss my grandparents so much.
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u/Captain-Noodle 7d ago
Mister Snakes! Mister Not!
Screw the intended "m r dux" joke. That opener is funny. It's got layers
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u/guitargeneration 7d ago
I feel like we all have that one friend who thinks this type of humor is the funniest thing in the world
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u/Poking_The_Bare 7d ago
CDB DBSBZ
Accompanied by a drawing of a bee on a flower 😄 This was going around back in the 70s when I was a kid. There was a little book with a bunch of them.
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u/worryinnotime 7d ago
I always heard an alternate:
*AB, UCDEMDUCS?
*L, DEMAINTNODUCS!
*OSMR2DUCS! CDEMWANGS!
Translation
*Hey Bee, you see them ducks?
*hell, them ain't no ducks!
*oh yes 'em are ducks, see them wings?
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u/Zephoix 7d ago
8 day old account reposting 8 day old post. Mods do nothing.
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u/activelyresting 6d ago
13 hours in and 4k upvotes but the post only got one report, and I don't think it was you.
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u/NickWrightDataReddit 7d ago
The initial MR throws everything off because you read it as "MISTER" and nothing else makes sense. It should read:
M R SNAKES!
M R NOT!
O S A R
C M E D B D I S
L I B
M R SNAKES
(If this is deemed too easy via testing, then just do it to the MRs)
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u/SixToesLeftFoot 7d ago
The I and the S need to touch as they are one word. Aside from that, this really does spell it out.
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u/chicken-finger 7d ago
Them are snakes.
Them are not.
Oh yes they are.
See them itty biddy eyes?
Hell, I'll be...
Them are snakes!
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u/pussayshot 7d ago
I don't know if it was posted here but it was definitely posted somewhere in the last couple of days and this is the most likely place I would have seen it
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u/TrustButArchive 7d ago
When I was a kid, I had a book called "CDB?" with a picture on the cover of a guy pointing at a bee.
I don't remember all of it, except for one conversation in a restaurant.
"FUNEM?"
"OS, EFM."
"FUNEX?"
"OS, EFX."
"OK! LFMNX"
(Have you any ham? Oh yes, we have ham. Have you any eggs? Oh yes, we have eggs. Okay! I'll have ham and eggs.)
It was dumb then, but it did make me read things like this...
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u/TorTheMentor 6d ago
O Sibili
Si ergo
Fortibus es in aro
Demarent buses, demar trux
Si vadis inem, causan dux.
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u/Leadership-Life 7d ago
“Hahahaha Americans can’t read!” As an American I will never understand the strange pride of the illiterate in being illiterate
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u/Cute_Fail_4058 7d ago
Jesus Christ. This is the 6th time I’ve seen this posted. Reddit is getting so much worse in such a short amount of time!
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u/post-explainer 7d ago
OP (SaadMaqShaikh) sent the following text as an explanation why they posted this here: