Elephant ‘Tocks? or…Really Large Body with Trunk?

by Meg on September 24, 2008

Look, there’s an elephant in the room, I think we need to talk about it.

No one is willing to point it out but me.

It’s a really big elephant.

Tronk

Johanna S., you should really just face these things head on.

{ 78 comments }

1 Kit 09.24.08 at 5:21 pm

Makes my skin chafe just lookin’ at it. Someone get that ele’ some industrial strength lotion!

2 jessie 09.24.08 at 5:25 pm

Those are some amazing wrinkles! You could lose things in there!

3 caelus 09.24.08 at 5:25 pm

someone needs skin care

4 BeckyMonster 09.24.08 at 5:32 pm

I’m sure it’s smelly, but I kind of want to rub the ‘tocks!

5 Koesper 09.24.08 at 5:34 pm

99 out of 100 elephants agree that new palmolive skin lotion doesnt help a bit!

6 Bek 09.24.08 at 5:45 pm

Ugliest thing I’ve ever seen here. Are you kidding me? Elephant butt is the epitome of nasty.

7 laureling 09.24.08 at 5:49 pm

That is an amazingly wrinkly butt! What an incredibly rich shot, nice camera work.

8 Theo 09.24.08 at 5:50 pm

My goodness, the aessthetic potential here is asstronomical. Such texture! Such contrasst! I want a print for my wall, or maybe to sit on my desk with me; it could really complete the room’s bung shui.

9 cheesybird 09.24.08 at 5:52 pm

Jessie, if you look closely you can see Jimmy Hoffa waving from one of the wrinkles near the tail.

Bek, I guess beauty/cute really is in the eye of the beholder. I actually think this is a beautiful picture!

10 Fegli 09.24.08 at 5:55 pm

Brings to mind the Simpsons:

“And you smell like an elephant’s butt?!” ~ Mr. Burns

11 Martha in Washington 09.24.08 at 5:56 pm

Botox! Stat!

12 warrior rabbit 09.24.08 at 5:56 pm

Theo, groan.

To each his own, Bek. Personally, I think it’s a beautiful shot. It’s so abstract. I think it looks almost like fabric.

13 carmen 09.24.08 at 5:59 pm

This is great camera work.

14 Theo 09.24.08 at 6:02 pm

…and yet, it’s still elephant butt.

15 kmira 09.24.08 at 6:05 pm

Did soemone hijack this site? The last 2 pictures make me feel like I’m on some knock-off of C.O. Sheesh…

16 TrumanRabbit 09.24.08 at 6:05 pm

You really have to read labels very carefully. It only said “Reduces the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.” The “appearance!” Imagine the wrinklage without using the As Seen On TV tushe creme!

17 Kayli 09.24.08 at 6:07 pm

Not so cute.

18 divinebluesky 09.24.08 at 6:07 pm

the external wrinkles mimic those of the cortex and represent expanded memory capacity

19 (the original) Mel 09.24.08 at 6:09 pm

The last thing a circus performer sees…

20 Theo 09.24.08 at 6:11 pm

…the trapeze bar, rapidly receding from focus?

21 Brandi7920 09.24.08 at 6:16 pm

…want to touch teh hiney…

hehehehehehe

22 Erebella 09.24.08 at 6:17 pm

I have no idea how to respond to that. BUMmer.

23 Theo 09.24.08 at 6:21 pm

DivineBlueSky — I *really* laughed at that.
No wonder elephants never forget.

24 Jezebel 09.24.08 at 6:24 pm

Giggle…bung shui!

25 Balamuthia 09.24.08 at 6:29 pm

Looks like one of those microscope images of dust mites.

*shudder*

26 Von Zeppelin 09.24.08 at 6:31 pm

And this is the Republican Party’s GOOD side!

27 Mel2 09.24.08 at 6:36 pm

@ Von Zep — YOU ROCK! That’s the funniest thing I’ve heard in a long time.

And I agree with those who appreciate the elephantocks. I think it’s an awesome photo.

28 Balamuthia 09.24.08 at 6:36 pm

LOL @ Von Zepplin

29 AuntieMame 09.24.08 at 6:38 pm

Not LOL at Von Zep…

30 sher 09.24.08 at 6:39 pm

guess what?

31 sher 09.24.08 at 6:39 pm

Elephant Butt!

32 Theo 09.24.08 at 6:54 pm

Guess where?

33 Theo 09.24.08 at 6:54 pm

RIGHT THERE!

34 Kats 09.24.08 at 6:59 pm

I’ll bet the texture of the skin feels amazing!

35 wagthedogma 09.24.08 at 7:08 pm

I’m just hoping he didn’t have chili for lunch…

36 Theo 09.24.08 at 7:14 pm

Elephants eat chili?

37 Jezebel 09.24.08 at 7:21 pm

Only if they’re chill.

38 berthaservant 09.24.08 at 7:26 pm

I was gonna make a pun about the elephant’s butt, but I don’t wanna go there.

39 Jim N. 09.24.08 at 7:27 pm

Seriously cool photo. I guess it’s avant-cute.

40 jmuhj 09.24.08 at 7:34 pm

Well, his other end is prettier, but(t)…at least it’s not a dog picture. *Sighs with relief*

41 Theresa 09.24.08 at 8:06 pm

Just lookin’ for some tush? I think we found it.

[I been BAD! I been GOOD! Dallas TEXAS! HollyWOOOOOOOD! I ain't askin' for much... - Ed.]

42 Trabb's Boy 09.24.08 at 8:23 pm

Wow, for the first time since I hit 40, my own butt’s not looking so bad!

43 chanpon 09.24.08 at 8:33 pm

Madge, anything to help dish-pan butt?

Woo-boy, that’s wrinkly.

44 AuntieMame 09.24.08 at 8:35 pm

This is your brain.

This is your brain with an elephant’s tail stuck on it.

45 JR 09.24.08 at 8:44 pm

@Bek: at least it’s a clean elephant butt. Could be worse…

46 Cool Gecko 09.24.08 at 8:45 pm

He should rub some chapstick on his butt or something, because it looks dry and painful. Lol!

[Sweet heaven, that'd be a lotta Chapstick. Could you imagine?... - Ed.]

47 NottaNutherNuffer 09.24.08 at 9:00 pm

Erm, did anyone besides me catch the episode of World’s Amazing Videos where a male chinese zookeeper was kneeling inside the elephant compound, a female zookeeper was spraying said elephant with a hose – when the elephant backed up and sat down on the male zookeeper’s head which sank up to his shoulders inside the elephant? Must’ve been quite a shock to both of them.

48 Mary (the first) 09.24.08 at 9:51 pm

I love the photo! Although I do not want to stuff the subject into my mouf, like I occasionally do here.
And how come I have to keep reentering my info all of a sudden? (sob)

49 Aoife 09.24.08 at 10:34 pm

*faints after seeing what her butt will look like in a few short years*

50 CJ 09.24.08 at 10:37 pm

iiiick. I don’t think this is cute.. it’s kinda.. no, it’s ew.

51 Theo 09.24.08 at 10:37 pm

Aoife — I had no idea you were an elephant. AND you can type!

52 Renee 09.24.08 at 10:40 pm

Great follow-up to the baby eats puppy scandal… who they calling an elephant’s ass???? LOL

53 Theresa 09.24.08 at 10:56 pm

Q: What did the elephant say to the naked man?
A: “How do you breathe through that tiny thing?”

54 Snarks 09.24.08 at 11:12 pm

To Theresa: Oh no you didn’t!!! har har har

Love the ele’tocks!

55 Sahrawi Wife 09.24.08 at 11:38 pm

UMMMM EWWWWWW!!!! Where did the cute go !!! :0(

56 jfield 09.25.08 at 12:45 am

Cute is subjective. I think that everything posted here is cute to the poster/s. It’s their forum to post what they want after all. And while I don’t always agree with their definition of cute (fishies eating toses), I say 3 \0/ for elephant posteriors!

57 Theresa 09.25.08 at 1:07 am

@Theo– if it were possible to look at the record, I think we would find that I’m probably responsible for the most ZZ Top references on this blog, a possibility which arounds me. ;)

58 Theresa 09.25.08 at 1:08 am

Erm AND astounds me, typing in the dark, arrgh.

59 azaleablue 09.25.08 at 1:09 am

Holy Tock-aderm, Bat Man!

60 Lerrinus 09.25.08 at 1:12 am

*THUD*

*falls off chair laughing at Theresas’ joke!*

X-D

61 Antrobin 09.25.08 at 1:28 am

ick it’s a big rear end, after allllll

62 Meesha 09.25.08 at 1:37 am

Awwwww. :D Ellytox. I approve.

63 Antrobin 09.25.08 at 2:21 am

Wrinkle Butt here IS a nice change from all that scary baby/puppy commentroversy.

64 Theresa 09.25.08 at 2:28 am

@Antrobin, you can also go back and look at the sweet floating otters– endorphins come shooting out of the screen and straight into your brain.

65 Antrobin 09.25.08 at 2:38 am

O I did look at those – saw them I forget where but I think they’ve been around for a while. Sooooooooo so cude. :-)

66 Antrobin 09.25.08 at 2:41 am

Theresa (I’m a bit sloooow here, forgif me) why are you typing in the dark?

67 VentureSister 09.25.08 at 4:01 am

Good sweet candied Jesus! I come here to escape the idiocy on the baby photo and I encounter this?! Maybe I just don’t put enough stock in the whole ‘this is the internet so I can say anything I want’ theory, but if you don’t like a picture then STFU!
No one cares what you think! No one cares that you don’t think it’s cute or that you think it doesn’t belong here! Christ. Can’t message boards just be a place of constructive commentary?
I’m sorry for the rant people. I will quietly take my leave now. I’m going to go scrape up some pudding and mumble to myself.

68 Shannon 09.25.08 at 5:30 am

Yup. Now THIS is cute. I have always thought they had cute butts, and I always felt weird over that. That is why I like CO. I find so very often I am NOT alone, lol.

69 Barbarella von Fluffenstein 09.25.08 at 8:48 am

Erm, no offence, it´s a FANTASTIC photo and I love it, but what is it doing on CO???? It´s hardly *cute*… :O

70 Hon Glad 09.25.08 at 8:53 am

A few 10 gallon drums of L’Oreal Age Re-Perfect should sort this out.

“Its not worth it, but buy our expensive gloop anyway.”

71 Momcat 09.25.08 at 1:02 pm

Dunno if it’s cute or not, but I’m laughing out loud! After the little cry over the otter, thanks for a morning LOL! Now maybe I can face myself in the mirror….

72 Babs 09.25.08 at 1:11 pm

WHOA. Mind officially blown.

73 Theo 09.25.08 at 1:19 pm

…by an elephant butt.

Lord help me, I’m visualizing how this might actually come to pass.

74 Georgia 09.25.08 at 3:21 pm

Let’s face it — we all get a little wrinkled in the end….

75 ChitaDenita 09.25.08 at 6:09 pm

LOL
Does this tail make my butt look big?

76 Momcat 09.25.08 at 6:46 pm

Ummm…it’s not the tail

77 Theo 09.25.08 at 11:54 pm

(yes it is)

(or, wait, were you talking to ChitaDenita?)

(OK nevermind)

78 Stace 09.26.08 at 7:09 pm

I rode an elephant once and that skin is HARD. It doesn’t give at all. It’s exactly like feeling a tree trunk.

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