Coprolites aren't my favorite fossil but they're a solid number two.

@midacre this is a great one!

@midacre *groan*

@midacre You've plunged me into the depths of laughter with this one

@midacre ………. you win.

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I think this is a nerd, dad, paleontology hat trick

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I got it
But I reject it.

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Etm etm etm...

https://mastodon.social/@VeroniqueB99/115939509981692384

@midacre Long ago, in the 90s, I worked for a research lab. we had macs and windows machines. The macs were all named after plants, and the windows machines were named after minerals. The main mac was "Garden", and the main PC was "Quarry". One of the younger researchers, by the luck of the draw (totally my choice, and it was fun) got the Coprolite machine. about 8 months later he figured it out and left me a voice mail to the tune of, "I have no idea how you people, being the jokers you are, get any work done. Coprolite? Really?"

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Oh very pood.

@midacre I've never heard of coprolites, but I think I can de-deuce what they are.

(sorry)

@midacre God DAMN that's good.

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@midacre that joke’s shit.

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I thought this was a copilot joke at first...

Very good!

@midacre You're in

@midacre That surpasses my previous favourite dad joke. Ready?

*ahem*

What's the difference between a chickpea and a lentil?

Well, I've never had a lentil on my face.

@dgar

@midacre that made me laugh

@midacre copropilot was here before but now I think about it again. Also got the joke.

@midacre I have a coprolite, it looks just like you'd expect. My boss in the 1980s studied geology but WW2 meant US citizens of Japanese heritage couldn't get jobs even after serving in the US Military during the war. So he started a nursery and 40 yrs later was running a nursery supply company. I worked there and he was always talking geology. The coprolite is a fun thing to own!