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[–] rhel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 64 points 5 days ago (3 children)

ENTs hate Q-tips?!

That doesn't make sense to me. But, then again, you are very small.

[–] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 20 points 5 days ago (1 children)

People sticking Q-tips in their (E)ars and to a lesser extent, (N)oses and (T)hroats.

[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 34 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You're absolutely correct, but op is making a joke about Ents from LotR. A cheeky little pun, if you will.

[–] MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

As someone whose name escaped the skipping record that your name is, I concur.

[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It's a reference to this character from Catch-22. Unless this is my turn to be wooshed.

[–] MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 7 points 5 days ago

I wasn't making any kind of reference, myself, to be whooshed by. I've used this name around for a little while and just wanted to agree with your statement, then noticed the partial similarity in our names and wanted to comment on that, to, as if someone were trying to say my handle but got stuck on an audio loop: "Major— major— major— major—"