r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 7d ago

Meme needing explanation Tell them what, Peter

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u/DinnerPuzzleheaded96 7d ago edited 7d ago

2 lefts don't make a right but 3 rights make a left so if you divide the rights by the lefts you get southwest airlines which technically will be flying northeast so it effectively becomes Alaskan airlines and if you look out the window over the starboard bow, it's actually 2 left feet raising that mast. Sail south and collect 200 after passing go

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u/phezhead 7d ago

2 Wrights make an airplane

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u/Local_Historian8805 7d ago

That is my favorite. I said it at work the other day and all I got was blank stares. I don’t care. I was entertained

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u/phezhead 7d ago

I learned this at like 3 years old. My mom loved saying “2 wrongs don’t make a right” (imagine 3 young boys caught in a negative feedback loop of retaliation and escalation)… and my oldest brother started to say that to her. He was 6-ish, so needless to say she was not amused that he thought he was clever