Ganb8te 4 - Putting on my giraffe ears

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Actually the videos are worth a look. Pretty entertaining in a LOL kind of way in some places.

e.g. (you have to picture puppets talking to each other)

Jackal: Do you love me?
Giraffe: When you say love, do you mean love as in the feeling - light and fluffy in the chest?
Jackal: Yes, of course!
Giraffe: I just wanted to to be sure I understand what you mean, because we giraffe's think of love as a need not a feeling*. But you mean the feeling.
Jackal: (annoyed) Yes - the feeling!
Giraffe: OK I'm glad I got that straight. Ask me again.
Jackal: (more annoyed) DO YOU LOVE ME?
Giraffe: When?
Jackal: What do you mean when?!
Giraffe: Well, if you mean the feeling then....feelings change....so I have to know when.
Jackal: (even more annoyed) Now! I MEAN DO YOU LOVE ME NOW?!
Giraffe: We'll, no.....

(in the above example the giraffe comes off as sounding annoying...but the point is really that the giraffe is coming from a position of seeking mutual understanding while the jackal is using "violent" methods to communicate and not the result they were hoping for)

* Interesting distinction, don't you think?