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minus-squareNedRyerson@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 days agoI don’t get this one. What’s the joke? There’s a hole in the formation from where he shot the bird and…?
minus-squarem_f@discuss.onlineOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 days agoFrom another comment, it’s probably a reference to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_man_formation
minus-squaregranch_bibblyfibble@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoThe joke is that the birds have very specific positions in the formation, so that even though he earlier shot a bird from that group they didn’t just form a new pervect V.
I don’t get this one. What’s the joke? There’s a hole in the formation from where he shot the bird and…?
From another comment, it’s probably a reference to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_man_formation
The joke is that the birds have very specific positions in the formation, so that even though he earlier shot a bird from that group they didn’t just form a new pervect V.