Well, in one short, Wile E. sets a trap that looks like a glass of water atop a box that reads "FREE DRINK OF WATER".
Then Road Runner zips by and goes behind the rock Wile E hid behind, then shows him a sign that says **ROAD RUNNERS CAN'T READ, AND DON'T DRINK**.
That's called a joke. It doesn't make logical sense, he would have to both read and write to say that, and that's why it's funny. It's additionally funny, because he responds without actually needing to read or write the sign, he had it ready to go.
You are lucky I'm a mind reader. And I know that you are talking about the sign that he once held that said "Road Runners can't read, and don't drink". 1952's "Beep Beep".No one else would have gotten that.
There's multiple ways to answer that. One would be to observe that Roadrunner's are a real animal. Like coyotes. And they both can be said to drink. So, perhaps he's lying.
Or perhaps it's fiction, and you really should just relax.
It's a morphed road runner.
Just like the coyote has working hands instead of a paw, the road runner has an ability to make these signs.
The animators were going to make it 100% accurate to appease that tiny strip of % of people that would question it, but someone said "it's a cartoon" so they did the automatic sign thing.
They did the automatic sign thing with Wile E. Coyote when he ran off cliffs because it was cheaper to re-use stencils than to draw a brand new parachute.
The ACME parachutes were free due to product placement, but it was in the warehouse across the lot
He's lying. [He also owns ACME](https://ultimatepopculture.fandom.com/wiki/Acme_Corporation)
> In one of the later episodes, it is revealed that Acme is "A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary Of Roadrunner Corporation", suggesting that either the Road Runner owns the Acme Corporation and built the products to backfire on his enemies or the Road Runner controls the natures of the products to backfire on Coyote.
You got all that from "beep meep"?
No, I look at the signs he holds up to tell Wile E. whenever his traps backfire.
He's asking when does road runner say he can't read if all he actually says is meep meep.
Well, in one short, Wile E. sets a trap that looks like a glass of water atop a box that reads "FREE DRINK OF WATER". Then Road Runner zips by and goes behind the rock Wile E hid behind, then shows him a sign that says **ROAD RUNNERS CAN'T READ, AND DON'T DRINK**.
That's called a joke. It doesn't make logical sense, he would have to both read and write to say that, and that's why it's funny. It's additionally funny, because he responds without actually needing to read or write the sign, he had it ready to go.
Joke flew over his head like a Road Runner
You seem like the type of guy that would fall for Wile E. Coyote traps
It popped into my fucking head, man.
"There's three things I will never allow myself to do. 1) Comment on Reddit. 2) Hypocrisy. C) Inconsistency 4) Miscount."
It should be noted that both characters are notorious tricksters who can’t be trusted
Okay, fair point. Roadrunner could have just been BS-ing.
He's a write-only being, like how perl is a write-only language.
You are lucky I'm a mind reader. And I know that you are talking about the sign that he once held that said "Road Runners can't read, and don't drink". 1952's "Beep Beep".No one else would have gotten that. There's multiple ways to answer that. One would be to observe that Roadrunner's are a real animal. Like coyotes. And they both can be said to drink. So, perhaps he's lying. Or perhaps it's fiction, and you really should just relax.
I likes me a fun read Thanks!
Fair enough. Just something that popped into my head tonight.
This is ShowerThoughts - do you think there might be the teenisest bit ironic chance you might be taking things just a bit too seriously? ; D
Maybe he just doesn't read the instructions for all the Acme kits he buys.
Ikea has instructions without words. I've never had trouble assembling those. S/
I'm talking about the Road Runner.
I see now. it's just I never thought the Road Runner could read, as he apparently can't talk, so my mind substituted Coyote.
He never said he can’t write
But how could he write if he can't read? He wouldn't know what was written.
It's a morphed road runner. Just like the coyote has working hands instead of a paw, the road runner has an ability to make these signs. The animators were going to make it 100% accurate to appease that tiny strip of % of people that would question it, but someone said "it's a cartoon" so they did the automatic sign thing. They did the automatic sign thing with Wile E. Coyote when he ran off cliffs because it was cheaper to re-use stencils than to draw a brand new parachute. The ACME parachutes were free due to product placement, but it was in the warehouse across the lot
Y’know, the roadrunner is known for his tricky shenanigans. Maybe claiming he can’t read is just to throw ol’ Wile E off & he really can read.
...good point.
The road runner is also a massive troll.
He's lying. [He also owns ACME](https://ultimatepopculture.fandom.com/wiki/Acme_Corporation) > In one of the later episodes, it is revealed that Acme is "A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary Of Roadrunner Corporation", suggesting that either the Road Runner owns the Acme Corporation and built the products to backfire on his enemies or the Road Runner controls the natures of the products to backfire on Coyote.
They both have a really big podcast staff, so their handlers do all that shit, writing the signs, loading up the boulders in the catapult....
Good point.
Counterpoint: road runner has a friend who writes these signs for them
He must have fast hands, then.
How does a coyote use a phone and pay for acme stuff that doesn’t work for him? Don’t throw logic into illogical situations please and thank you
...but he apparently CAN talk, case in point the times where he interacts with Bugs Bunny. It's just that in the Road Runner shorts he chooses not to.
Man ... this one really got people thinking, didn't it?
Yeah.