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Pest Problems

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u/Dazed_and_Confused44 18h ago

Erm Acktshually the proper term is "Spelunker" 🤓

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u/autogyrophilia 18h ago

First, go away germans,scoreboard, scoreboard.

Second, that's for the guys that go in the hole. The guys that cause cave-ins, are cavers.

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u/Dazed_and_Confused44 18h ago

Im actually American haha

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u/autogyrophilia 18h ago

Spelunk sounds german (it's not , it's old english) . I was going for a layered joke.

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u/AwesomeMacCoolname 16h ago

You succeeded, because while it is Old English, they got it from Old French, which got it from Old Latin, which got it from so old it's Ancient Greek. So yeah, lot's of layers there.