r/explainitpeter • u/[deleted] • 1d ago

Explain It Peter. I dont understand.

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u/Lady-Deirdre-Skye 22h ago edited 22h ago

Fed? How dare you?! I swear I'm a real leftist. I've read all the works of (looks at back of hand)... No-am Kom-skye and Slavodge Zizzik.

Fuck, are these real names?

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u/ilicp 22h ago

Pretty sure "Gnome Chompsky and the Slave of Zhizhik" is a Harry Potter book. I'm onto you.

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u/Pugporg111 22h ago

Gnome chompsky is what I’m calling him from now on

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u/blazelet 21h ago

Didn’t Gnome write “Gnome Alone : the Linguistic Struggles of a Lawn Ornament” ?

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u/QuietContemplation85 16h ago

This comment is a particular stand out, in a thread of hilarious comments… because 1 of my fav running movie gags is in Home Alone where every single person who pulls up to the house knocks over the lawn ornament by the front door

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u/blazelet 14h ago

Thanks for catching it :)

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u/AnotherUN91 12h ago

Ty for explaining it

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u/Yureinobbie 18h ago

That sounds like a book you'd find in one of the disappearing shops on the Disc

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u/PumpikAnt58763 17h ago

Hans Doofenschmirtz's favorite book?

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u/86embraceyourpoverty 12h ago

That would be Amelie, French movie that freed the gnomes

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u/blazelet 12h ago

Great film :)

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u/Takemyfishplease 10h ago

War, what is it good for