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Police police police police police police.
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I've known of this supposed sentence and still can't parse whatever the fuck is connecting the two groups of bullying animals who are both from the upstate NY city.
Yeah, Buffalo has a few less known meanings. One is "to bully" or something.
Of course you also have the animal, Buffalo, which is just a bison IIRC, and then you have Buffalo the place.
So Buffalo (bison) from Buffalo (place), Buffalo (bully), Buffalo (bison) from Buffalo (place).
....Someone else commented explaining the groups, I'm summarizing here.
Anyways, one way to refer to a thing from a place is to put the place before the thing, like "new York pigeons". Aka, pigeons from New York.... But phrasing it with the location first omits the "from", so Buffalo from Buffalo, is simply "Buffalo Buffalo" are bullying (aka Buffalo) "Buffalo Buffalo"... Etc.
It took me a while to "get it" too.
Buffalo bison that other Buffalo bison bully also bully Buffalo bison.
There are three groups, the bullies, the bullied bullies, and the bullied.
…buffalo?