Mick_Endzy

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In case I'm useless with technology now and the above image doesn't show up, the dog's faced reminds me of the AvocadoAnimations Scooby Doo skit on YouTube.

And if anyone reading this wants to get a better understanding of pronouncing Māori words, it's got some similarity with Japanese. Here's a tip:

a = ah
e = eh
i = ee
o = aw (as in hawk, but not USA's 'hock')
u = oo (as in ew but less of the 'e')
wh = f
The r consonant rolls a bit, so it's like a very soft d sound.

And when vowels are close together they tend to kind of mesh into one, like 'ai' into 'eye.'

So the word whanau (family) is pronounced fah-know, and kaimoana (seafood) is k'eye'-maw-ah-nah. And the Māori word itself is maah-aw-ree, but we'd let you off if you said mow-ree (as in mowing the lawn) because you're at least making an attempt.

foocking

Think you mean fahckin' there, ya dumb dog

It'll be in reference to Putin's press releases (?) where he was super-imposed onto a greenscreen background to look like everything was normal in the Kremlin.

In some of the videos/livestreams you could occasionally see for example his hand phase through something that should be in the foreground.

This pic will be a photoshopped joke about that.

(I'm not an expert in Russian affairs or memes)

If anyone's got the time to listen to a podcast about it, there's one that came out recently called 'Let's Start a Coup.'

Admittedly I haven't heard it myself, but one of the hosts is Justin Boland(?) who also hosts Stuff They Don't Want You to Know, and been a guest on Behind the Bastards, so I imagine it'll be quite good, and I'll be listening to it soon.

Edit: I've finished listening to it, and it is indeed very good. Really funny and informative.

Ahem, Buds Light*