Elecopter review

Elecopter by Michael Slack

So what would happen if a helicopter and an elephant had a baby?  Elecopter of course.  And what does an Elecopter do?  Helps those in need.  From giving a haircut to a lion with her propeller to saving everyone from a fire. I have to admit I don't really understand the concept of an elephant helicopter but it is silly and fun.  And now I kind of want to read his Monkey Truck book even though the name is not as clever.  I think kids and Shipping Monkeys would like this odd little book.

Elephant in the Wild

So if you know any pachyderm that needs employment or if you are yourself a pachyderm in need of employment I have found the answer to your problem.  But it looks like you will have to work with some pretty strange characters. 

Elephun Wednesday

Ummm... I have nothing to say about this week's Elephun Wednesday picture.  Enjoy!  If you can.  It's pretty weird.

Elephun Wednesdays (a whole bunch of them)

This elephant loves noodles.  But, seriously, who doesn't?

This dancing elephant was a wonderful, exciting sight to us when we were kids.  We thought he was having as good a time as us.  We know better now.







Okay, little guy.  Let's do some hockey.  I think it's going to be a while before he's ready to play with the big boys.

This was the very sad day we had to say goodbye to our dear friend Henry.  We miss him.  But he has apparently forgotten us because we have not heard form him since.




Packing up and moving out.  And hopefully on.  But we shall see.  What do you think he has in that case?








GOOOOOOAAAAALLLLL!!  Soccer is awesome.  At least that's what I'm told.  I don't watch it myself.  I'm from the US.  Nobody here watches that stuff.




Those are his ears, right?  I'm not sure.  But I'm pretty sure he won't fall down, no matter how much he wobbles.






Doesn't he (or she, I'm unsure) look delicious?  I love the jaunty hat.  Although I could do without the seat that looks like a kids training potty.







Alright.  I'm going to confess that I was running out of time and I wanted to go home.  I could not find what I was looking for but there was this.  So...

I know.  It's not Easter.  Not even close.  Not even here in Shipping.  But someone went to South Carolina and the picture was funny and that's was all we needed.









My sentiments exactly.  Mostly.  Not mescal. I'm not putting that in my mouth.  Unless of course it's free.  Then we'll talk.







Another deliciously looking elephant.  Although I don't know it I would be able to eat him.  He looks like a sweet sleeping baby elephant.  It would just feel wrong.

May Elephun Wednesdays

We've all been there.  You are out and about and there are no bathrooms in sight.  I mean, what are you going to do?  You just need to cop a squat somewhere.  Just, please, try to do it where no one will step in it.  Because no one needs that. 

Horse racing is the sport of kings.  So what would elephant racing be?  Since it is obviously far superior the sport of emperors, or sultans maybe? 







Ah, who doesn't enjoy a few cold ones after work?  And the person who drew this seems to have indulged in more than a few. 








Ok.  It has a trunk so I'm calling it an elephant.  Why he has wings on the sides of his very pointy head is anyone's guess.  But who am I to judge.  I'm just going to let him enjoy eating his banana.  Or singing to it.  I'm not really sure which.







This elephant has had a little mishap.  As, apparently, did the person who drew this elephant.  And I am left to wonder once again why all this stuff is on the internet.  But then I'm looking at it so...

April Elephun Wednesdays

I have so many questions about the person who drew this.  Like, was he ever so high that he imagined himself as an elephant, sitting on a toilet, hallucinating a snake?  I bet the answer is yes.










Vegas, baby!!  Who wouldn't take a free drink from this pretty lady?  Not me, I can tell you that.  But then my standards are not very high when talking about free drinks.  Just remember everyone, never bet more than you can afford to lose.  The house always wins.

Woo hoo! Bruins are winning!  And isn't that awesome.  I'm pretty sure this guy will never make the team.  But it is good to have dreams.  The important thing is to have fun.










Would you care for some sherry? Or maybe some cognac?  Or whatever it is that sophisticated people drink.  I wouldn't know.  But I bet this guy does. 

Elephun Wednesday

I'm glad that the Magic Kingdom is taking safety seriously and not just letting every freak with huge ears fly around.  I mean, that would just be chaos. 

Happy Valentine's Day!  We will not think about the origins of this dubious holiday.  Instead we will look at this adorable elephant and think thoughts of love.

I have no idea why this exists.  Although I have to admit that I am glad it does.  I also have to admit that the bill, which looks like big lips to me, freaks me out a little bit. 

A Parade of Elephants Review

A Parade of Elephants by Kevin Henkes


The title pretty much says it all. Five very colorful elephants parade around.


The illustrations are very cute.  And I like the bold colors.  It makes the book eye-catching and fun to look at.  The fact that the font is also big and bold and there are only a few words on each page make it easier for children to follow along and associate the way a word looks with the way it sounds.  And I have to admit I was surprised to find out that right before elephants go to sleep they blow stars out of their trunks all over the night sky.  I guess it's true, you learn something new every day. 

Elephun Wednesday

Let's celebrate!  These guys must be Patriot fans.  Sorry rest of the planet but the Patriots win again.  And everyone in New England is going to make a lot of noise about it.  And get drunk, and start fights and...

Elephun Wednesday

It's a good thing that our friend here practices good hygiene but I'm a little unclear about what it is he is brushing since he seems to be lacking teeth of any kind.

Elephun Wednesday

I feel like a nice ice cream soda.  Apparently this guy does too.  I'm guessing it isn't his first.

So, this is pretty creepy.  What is more worrying than the thought that something like this might exist is the fact that someone spent a lot of time and effort to create this so people like us could find it on the internet.

Isn't he cute?  Unlike that creepy elf on the shelf that spies on you for Santa and moves around your house at night. 

Hey there, slow down!  I bet he's the type of old geezer that likes to run over people with his scooter because they think they can do anything they want because they are old.  I don't think I like him. 

We seem to like elephant hybrids.  And there are a surprising amount of elephant hybrids to be found.  If you type hawkephant into a search engine things actually come up.  Who knew?

These party animals know how to have a good time.  See what I did there?  Party animals?  They are actually animals.  Get it?  Babbit won't think it's funny because he didn't say it.

Who's hungry?  I always am.  And I like spaghetti.  But I don't know if I would trust this guy to make my dinner.

Elephant in the Wild

This was just too good to be true.  It is New Year's Eve and I go to look something up on Google.  What do you think they used for the New Year's Eve animation?  Take a look...

I mean, really.  Of all the things they could have chosen to use, they picked elephants.  Elephants who are blowing up balloons with their trunks.  This is awesome.  Thank you Google.

Elephun Wednesday

This helpful fellow will make sure you never forget your keys again.  Besides, who doesn't want to carry around a tiny pachyderm in their pocket?

Elephun Wednesday

Ok people, this is it.  With this post I am all caught up with the Elephun Wednesday posts. 

I don't think those wings are big enough.  Not only do I not think he will ever get off the ground, it looks like he is being crushed by his own weight just sitting on the ground.








I don't have any idea what happened here.  Obviously some sort of horrible accident and just like with Humpty Dumpty, all the king's horses and all the king's men could not put him back together.  Well, at least not the way he used to be.

I hope you all had a happy Thanksgiving.  I hope you all had a normal turkey.  Because this turkeyphant is disturbing and I don't think he would taste very good.  Not that normal turkey tastes very good anyway.  But that's just my opinion.






And this guy was actually put up today.  I can not remember the last time that happened.  Here we have an elephant who is afraid of the dark and some nice boy flying in to make him feel better with his bright, pointy banana.

Elephun Wednesday

At your service!  With his elephant arms I bet he could carry a million bags at once.

Well, I can't think of a time when you would need an anchor and an elephant.  They seem like they would be kind of redundant. 









Try your luck with this lottery ticket.  Everyone hopes to win big but most people just get peanuts.

Apparently this guy is having a bad day so he wants everyone else to have a bad day too.  Why else would he choose to pout in the middle of the street. 






No.  This guy is not dressed up for Halloween.  But don't feel bad.  I made the same mistake.  This guy is having an x-ray done.  And I'm no doctor but I think I can spot a few problems.  Maybe they shouldn't have let him bring that...lollipop?, pipe?, shillelagh?, or what ever it is into the x-ray machine with him.

Elephun Wednesday

As you may have noticed I have not posted in a while.  Who am I kidding, no one reads this thing, not even the Shipping Monkeys so it can't possibly matter.  But I have been distracted lately.  I will not apologize.  And the Monkeys won't complain because I have been snapping at people less recently.  But I NEED to make sure there is a record of all of the Elephun Wednesday pictures.  And since I have missed so many of them I will put them up in installments from oldest to newest.

First we have this little guy who is the teacher's pet.  Which means none of the other students like him.  But he will show them later when he sells his internet company for millions of dollars and they are working at Burger King.









My tardiness has made this seem random but it is not.  See, this fellow is hard at work.  Which made sense at the time we put it up because it was in honor of labor day. 

This proves that even Mother Nature loves elephants.  I'm not sure the people in the path of this hurricane could appreciate how cool this was but I certainly did.





Pachyderms spread love wherever they go.  Well, this one does anyway.  Maybe not all of them.  Some of them trample people. 

This is an example of what I was just talking about.  This is not spreading love.  This is more on the trampling side of things.