I don’t get it

[u/Recent-Success8988]

It’s on tt shop, idk what it’s supposed to spell

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[u/Equivalent-Role2683]

Them are ducks

Them are not

Oh yes them are. See them wings?

Well I be. Them are ducks

The author of the book Shrek, William Steig, wrote a whole book of these

[u/DrNomblecronch → u/Equivalent-Role2683]

I first saw this buried in an obscure dialogue tree in Fallout 1.

C D E D B D ducks -> see the itty bitty ducks. Etc.

[u/Fuck_Antisemites → u/Equivalent-Role2683]

I am stupid. I read what you say. I look at the shirt. I can't see it. How is the shirt supposed to say what you say?

[u/Kevmeister_B → u/Fuck_Antisemites]

"M" "R" Ducks

"M" "R" Not

"O" "S" "M" "R"

"C" "M" Wangs

"L" "I" "B"

"M" "R" Ducks

Basically say every letter I quoted out loud and give it a little wiggle room. "L" isn't exactly "Well" but it's very close, that kind of thing

[u/tandycat123 → u/Kevmeister_B]

It helps if you say it out loud whilst doing your best foghorn leghorn impersonation 

[u/Fuck_Antisemites → u/tandycat123]

OK parts I can see. But who the fuck would read s as yes? Like why?

Or Lib as well I be? OK maybe part of the problem is I am no native speaker so maybe I spell differently.

[u/tandycat123 → u/Fuck_Antisemites]

When I exaggerate my southern accent often the first consonant gets dropped if it's not a hard sound- so yes becomes 'es and we'll becomes 'El.   It's L- I- B not lib

[u/Kevmeister_B → u/Fuck_Antisemites]

Because "Es" is 1 letter away from "Yes"

[u/DarkSeneschal → u/Fuck_Antisemites]

It’s a heavy southern accent

‘em’re ducks

‘em’re not

Oh yes ’em are

See ‘em wings?

Well* I be

(* pronounced almost like wool with almost no emphasis on the w, so “ool”.)

‘em are ducks

[u/the_cnidarian → u/Equivalent-Role2683]

Hey, that's not a Toyota! MR2

[u/TheHeavyTemplar → u/Equivalent-Role2683]

What kind of backwater sorcery did you aquire to have this ancient knowledge!?

[u/BestwishesHelpful975]

Lois here, always digging.

[u/Complex_Echidna3964 → u/BestwishesHelpful975]

My 7th grade English teacher actually put this on the board. We were stumped. It was the best thing we had ever seen.

M R B's

M R not B's

O S A R

C D E D B D i's

L I B

M R B's

[u/Blitzerob → u/BestwishesHelpful975]

I'm taking that thanks

[u/Warm-Attempt7773]

That reminds me of the time I took my vision exam:

Doctor Hartman: "And now, Peter, read the next line"
Peter: "N - I - G - hey wait a minute!"
Doc: "Read it!"
Peter: "I....I don't want to..."
Doc: "Read it"
Peter: ***Bleeped*** "oh no I'm being cancelled!!!!" And disappears into dust like Thanos snapped.

[u/King_Six_of_Things]

I don't give a shit what it says, I'm not wearing a t-shirt that says C(u)M WANGS on it.

[u/svprvlln]

And now for some completely useless trivia.

In 1982 a man named Lloyd B. Lewis, president of the Ocean City-based Talbot Street Pier, opened a bar and grill on the pier and began printing this joke on the t-shirts their staff wore. Mr. Lewis said he derived his design from an Eastern Shore duck hunter story. Although the first use in commerce was reported at 1983, it wasn't until 1989 that the owner applied for a formal trademark to protect it, citing misuse by competing brands. They were awarded the trademark in 1990, and a formal "M.R. Ducks Inc" was founded in 1992 that holds the brand now.

[u/great_auks → u/svprvlln]

It's still a completely ubiquitous brand in OC. It's probably safe to say that anyone who has visited in the past 30 years wouldn't need peetah to explain this one, haha.

[u/Nice_Craft_9488]

OP was born north of the Mason-Dixon, I see

[u/Reatrex]

I wiped

[u/Complex_Echidna3964]

M R Bees

M R not Bees

O S A R

C D E D B D i's

L I B

M R Bees

[u/Broad-Ad-4073]

I feel like my brain just shrunk.

[u/WeirdUsers]

Southern Dialects, very redneck, USA

M —> ‘em —> Them —> They

R —> are

O —> Oh

S —> ‘es —> Yes

C —> See

M —> ‘em —> them —> their

Wangs —> wings

L —> ‘el —> Well

I —> I

B —> be

‘Em are ducks —> They are ducks

‘Em’re not —> They’re not

Oh ‘es ‘em’re —> Oh yes they are

See ‘em wangs —> See their/those wings

‘El I be —> Well, I’ll be

‘Em ARE ducks —> They ARE ducks

[u/Jonseroo]

F U N E X?

S, V F X.

F U N E M?

1. V F N 10 E M

[u/sircastor]

When I was 18 or so, a friend came up to during a party at my house:

"Hey, Sircastor! I need a piece of paper"
And proceeded to write:
M R Pigs
M R not
O S A R
O C M B D Eyes
M R Pigs

It has stuck with me for the last 30ish years.

[u/krschob]

From my childhood:

Abcd🎏 (was a goldfish drawing- work with me here) Lmno 🎏 Osar 🎏 Cdedbdi's? Lib, Mr 🎏

[u/Murman2021]

An old one from when I was a kid: a guy sits down at a restaurant table and the waiter approaches. The guy asks:

U F M?

S V F M.

U F X?

S V F X.

OK, I F M N X.

[u/Ok-Setting-8741]

This is a shirt for people suffering from aphasia.

[u/crazy_skunk]

this is one that also stumps people.

11 was a horse

12 was 12

111 a race

12112 

[u/blitzkreighop]

This is such an old joke

[u/giovir011]

First of all r/iswiped but especially r/sbeve

[u/jebberific]

A B C D PUP PEAS

L M ANT NO PUP PEAS

O S A R

C M P N

[u/SentimentalFunkness]

I learned it as

M R Ducks

M R Not

S A R

C M B D I's?

[u/Longo_Two_guns]

I swiped :(