
CONSIDERATION
Proof that even though a heartless human being started this mess, there’s still hope for mankind.
(David Tree and Sam)
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Awwwwwwwwww, cutsy widdle koala!
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I’m sorry, I don’t know what came over me, I’ll go back to being snarky right away.
*puts on devil horns*
I hear barbecued Koala is quite tasty if seasoned properly!
*takes off horns, bows head in shame*
Oh, sure, as koala may LOOK cute, but they would kill you and your entire family if given the opportunity. Seriously though, the wiki article on koalas claims that koalas who are disturbed can be very violent, their teeth and claws can inflict serious injury on a human, and special handling equipment is required.
…And, apparently, they smell terrible…
Koalas look cuddly, but they’re actually irritable, solitary beasts who do not want belly rubs. What kind of mocking god created creatures with poofy ears and big black noses that don’t want belly rubs?
//stolen. 10 internet points to the first to name that source!
its The Book of Ratings
*raises hand tentatively*
Did this one get a B or a C-? Can’t recall …
Koalas got a B.
The same kind of god who buries dinosaur bones just to ‘fool’ you into thinking he doesn’t exist, so he can send you to hell for believing your own eyes rather than…
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it’s all about deception apparently.
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Opossums: North America gets one lousy marsupial, and let’s just say it’s not going to win any beauty contests. Or even not-ugly contests. C–
Because, after all, carbon dating is the tool of SATAN!!! That and the wheel.
Is it the same God who created earth? If so, then he was born on our earth, hence he is an Alien!
It was the Book of Hunter-”….remember-fear, like pain, is just His way of hurting us.”
I live in Australia, stroked one in a wildlife conservation place, SOOO cute.
and sleeps 20 hours a day, has 4 thumbs (2 on each hands) isn’t a bear (marsupial) your standard evil animal. they only get evil if your kicking them or scaring them, or waking them up
and who among us can claimed to be better natured under the same circumstance?
And are riddled with chlamydia…
don’t shag one then…
Seriously dude… they do STINK!!!
They probably think the same of us…
I’m sorry, but I’m getting the whole “That rabbit’s dynamite” vision in my head thinking about a Koala attack…
BAHAHA! OMG, I have to watch that movie now….
“You manky Scots git!” (Favorite line)
I warned you. I warned you! But did you listen? Ohhh noo you- nooo….It’s just a harmless li’l bunny isn’t it?
ya sure ya don’t mean cows, Troy?
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Troy: Come on Jimmy, let’s take a peek at the killing floor.
Jimmy: Ohhh!
Troy: Don’t let the name throw you Jimmy. It’s not really a floor, it’s more of a steel grating that allows material to sluice through so it can be collected and exported.
Troy: Getting hungry Jimmy?
Jimmy: Uhh, Mr. McClure? I have a crazy friend who says its wrong to eat meat. Is he crazy?
Troy: Nooo, just ignorant. You see your crazy friend never heard of “The Food Chain”.
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later
Troy: Don’t kid yourself Jimmy. If a cow ever got the chance, he’d eat you and everyone you care about!
Boy do I ever miss him. His voice and timing were phenomenol.
Yeah, brilliant lines, brilliantly delivered.
A moment of silence for Phil…
*eyes inward*
Absolutely. Brilliant man, taken too soon.
I’ve seen big burly construction workers being chased off by a pissed off territorial male koala. Don’t underestimate those claws!
If you see it again, try to video it, ok?
hell yes.. don’t let the whole “I’m cute and fluffy thing fool ya.. bull koalas are mean, agressive and damn scary! Plus they make the most gorram awful noise. Drop bears is not too much of an exageration lol!
Drop bears: the only defence if sleeping out under the stars is to smear Vegemite on your face.
I thought they liked vegemite, i was under the impression that the only way to avoid a dropbear was to avoid trees and wear a hardhat all the time
gorram
Don’t forget the drop bears
For those who don’t know drop bears are a particularly large carnivorous type of koala that predominantly prey on human beings in the Outback. They are called drop bears because they stalk humans waiting until you’ve settled under a tree for the night then they quite literally drop on you
the reason there isn’t much documentation on them btw is that noone survives long enough to report back to civilisation, they can’t be kept in captivity either because they see zoos as a gourmet buffet and are very, very adept at breaking out of cages
i really must ask: have you passed kindergarden yet?
Speaking of trolls, I made my last attempt at a Coulter demotivator. Link to my stuff as usual.
Now that one, I like. Very good.
Thankies.
EXcellent!
*Snort!* I like that a LOT.
a. Love it!
b. Love it!
c. Love it!
Really? You must? Why must you?
Because she hasn’t yet and she’s wondering if Seth can give her some pointers about the final exam.
Oh yes, here is a mild tangent. You may recall that bracing bit of Caretrolling from the airplane crash lol that was taken down. It was page 26 when I went back to check on it but perhaps is on 27 now…
Anyway, I think you would find the number of socks for one email rather enlightening… At least as a diversion. And when you are done counting them, if you go, just remember I know that psychotic.
Ah, you mean they have the avatars on the back lols too? I was pretty much sure of that fact anyway. That’s was a bloody day, I felt like Eds and I were holding down the fort on that one.
Oh yes, the avatars are a system wide thing. So you can go back to old lolz and see who is really full of it. Nomins, sadly somebody who got close to me before going completely nuts, was at least eight people, maybe ten complete with talking to herself and congratulating herself over posts against me. She was even a couple of people that I didn’t think made any sense for her to sock but she did anyway. Oh and she complained about her name being hijacked. Crazyness to be sure. I remember you getting jumped a couple times so I figured I would let you know.
Yeah, I just got back from looking at it. We didn’t have avatars at the time, so it’s weird to see how crazy it really was. Never will I take the trolls so seriously again.
Good thinking, still blows me away to realize it all.
Did you figure out it was me hijacking her,
trying to get her to STFU?
Yes, I did see that a couple times. However, I did think you were her a couple times because she does have medication she takes. She also gets very apologetic when she catches herself so it was strangely familiar for me… @_@
With the avatars, I did notice that it was you.
That is odd. She so clearly looked like
someone periodically off her meds, though.
I’m sorry to you or anyone else who was
annoyed that I did a bit of hijacking –
I was trying to stop the mess, silly me.
I really wasn’t trying to rile it up further.
No, you didn’t rile me up at all. Just very familiar. Thanks for trying to help, it was funny to watch her complain about socking when she was doing SOOOOOOO much of it. She is a psychotic so you didn’t make anything worse.
Well, it took me three tries, so there’s hope for anyone I s’pose.
Her-art-less…..?
Quick! Someone find a female painter!
It’s probably some kind of Aussie slang.
Yeah, I’ll go with that.
Nup, just a spelling mistake :3
ZING! Well spotted!
Perhaps and artless woman started the fire?
ummmm…. what happened in australia that made a person give a cute koala bottled water
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Arson…. Huge fires…. Thirsty koalas….
he could’ve shared a Foster’s with the cute little bear…
You’d have been better to let it burn in the fire. If you’re going to give it beer, give it a real beer.
- ACSIS of Evil, the Stanic formerly know as IowaSucks
But i thought “Foster’s was Austrailian for beer, mate”
Yeah, if it says so on a commercial, it’s got to be true!!
*adjusts tin-foil hat*
The great talking picture-box NEVER lies!!!
Blasphemy. That’s the great and powerful talking picture box.
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- ACSIS of Evil, the Stanic formerly know as IowaSucks
*begins self-flagellation*
“great and powerfull…great and powerful…”
Omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent talking picture box.
Okay, now you’re just sucking up…
Pwn me, o celestial majik box … Ize you humble servant
LMAO!!
Australian for “that crap we pretend to drink so we can piss ourselves laughing at any foreigner stupid enough to drink it.”
only Americans drink fosters, it’s most of their sales
real aussies drink coopers, west end, XXXX and that sorta stuff
It’s Australian for horse piss, mate.
Unless of course it’s high summer, you’re working on the sun-beaten dusty paths of the Renaissance Faire grounds in upstate New York, and the cute busty blonde will give you free beer if you bring your own tankard. Then it’s Australian for breakfast, mate.
Good times, good times.
Well, I’ll let the Aussies speak for themselves. I’ve tried it. It’s very much like watered down ‘Bud’ if you can even imagine that.
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In the mean time, some Aussie humor.
My guess is “Fosters is Australian for beer” everywhere BUT Australia. I don’t care what country you live in, the biggest exporter isn’t usually the most popular local beer (Guiness might be an exception). Just like Budweiser is recognized as an American beer, I would rather go thirsty than drink a Bud.
Beer-wise, America has a lot going against it. We’re known for Bud, Miller, Coors, Schlitz, and PBR. However, once you look past that to the microbrews, like Dogfish Head, Magic Hat, and North Coast, we’ve got some really excellent beer here.
Sam Adams?
I prefer Sam Jackson. “Mmmm, Mmmmm, B*tch!”
Or Sam Kinison…”AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!”
oops…forgot to add (link)
Ahh, I thought you were going to link to a sound file. That could be my new ring tone for certain people.
Sam Smith – Nut Brown Ale and Oatmeal Stout
Beck’s Dark
Negra Modelo
Red Hook
Fat Tire
Hop Ottin’ IPA
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to name a few
Oh, and I forgot Chimay
chimay is belgian genius
Tiger on tap!!
Innsmouth Stout
Arkham Pale Ale
Dunnwich Dark
Don’t forget Shoggoth’s Old Peculiar! Tho that’s more British…
uh are you trying to name american beers?
Do you just assume that people are stupid?
Let me rephrase that since I generally assume that people are stupid – I’m just usually not stupid enough myself to make myself look stupid while I’m assessing their level of stupidity. (got that?)
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Why the hell would you think I’m trying to name American Beers?
Not including the Chimay, I count 3 out of 7. What’s your count?
He’s still trying to figure out what comes after #2.
Ok, I have a confession to make here: Although I like and appreciate a good beer (microbrews, etc), I am also perfectly happy with a nice cold bottle of Miller. It’s entirely different, but I think it’s good in its own way.
*chanelling Homer Simpson*
….mmmmm…beer…..
if you idea of good is “drinkable”
it’s good in that it’s cheap and gets you drunk and won’t make you gag like colt 45 would.
“Good” point 3: I don’t have to worry about beer snobs trying to steal it.
My point exactly.
Since Bud is now owned by a German company, will that make it an imported beer in America now?
And personally, I think Guinness is horrible. In spite of all of the bubbles, multi-direction though they may be, the beer still tastes flat.
Guiness is a good gateway beer. Once you’ve had a good Russian imperial stout though, Guiness might as well be water.
I’ve never had a Russian stout. Can you recommend a couple?
Important to note that the name of the style is Russian Imperial Stout. The style actually originated from England, so I’m told, when in the 1800′s certain brewers were trying to win the Russian czar’s business.
Anyway, history lesson aside, I think the best RIS I’ve ever had the fortune to discover would be North Coast’s “Old Rasputin.” Black as midnight, thick as cream, bitter as an old man’s diatribes. I’ve also had Weyerbacher’s “Old Heathen”, which was a bit less smooth and a bit more powerful.
If you click my name, the link goes to a great site called “Beer Advocate”, where you can find info on all sorts of styles, beers that embody those styles, and reviews on how well they measure up. Drink up… there are sober kids in India!
my favorite bar runs a “world tour” of beers. every year it’s 100 different beers from around the world. i’m helping make up for those sober kids in idia this year…
[LINK] has the list for this year. i’m up to 24 of them already. hoping to hit the 100 by end of april (happy birthday to me).
I’m not a Guinness fan myself, I just mentioned it because I know it has a huge following all over the world.
I prefer Murphy’s stout when I can get it, which sadly isn’t all that often. Sam Adams’ cream stout is pretty good too.
Yeah pretty much. I’m not a drinker, but we call beer “beer” here… Foster’s is just a brand name.
If you click my name you can see a Foster’s advert via
YouTube. The last line is the one to which we were
referring. That line has been used in Foster’s adverts in
the States for years.
Lol that’s such a dodgy ad…
Heard that joke before too… but yeah, so it’s an advertising thing, not actually what we call beer… Don’t know if you were joking… oh whatever.
I can imagine that. It’s called “Bud Ice.”
I’ll take a Dos Equis over that nasty pisswater any day.
Good God no.. we don’t drink Foster’s. That’s only for export.
Are you proud of us? We properly identified an Australian photo as
such, and all it took was a koala bear! (Remember that last Aussie
LOL, with the two guys running?)
Of course!!!
Do NOT call it a bear. It is a marsupial and not a BEAR. NOT. Grrr.
And do you know how many times aussies have to say that?
There’s the stuff sold in Australia as “Fosters” that’s one of the cheapest and nastiest beers available, but the stuff that’s exported as “Fosters” is the stuff that’s sold in Australia as “Crown Lager”; a favourite among the suit-clad wankers filling the city pubs on a Friday afternoon. When they’re not going for a European beer to try to show off their refined tastes to the ladies, at least. Anyway, a fair bit of what non-Australians think of as “Fosters” actually does get consumed around Sydney and Melbourne, but most of the consumers don’t know it.
no australians actually drink Fosters. We save that for tourists and exporting to the unsuspecting northern hemisphere
please, please choose ANY news source. Pundit Kitchen can’t do it all for you.
Sorry CuteKittenKity. That was more harsh than I meant it to be.
Bush fires that took out half of rural Victoria, 189 confirmed dead so far. And the fires were deliberately lit, and still burning.
An interesting bit of info is that Koalas usually don’t drink, they get all their moisture from leaves, so this little guy was in a pretty bad way to actually need water.
I thought so too… For a wild animal to be desperate enough to approach a human the fuzzies must have been very very thirsty!
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Oh, and trolls, it’s one thing for people to help people when things blow up, but what this picture is highlighting is that animals are part of our world too. All living things have to help eachother if we want to live together. This guy gave a kola a drink of water, some where a dolphin might be helping a drowning swimmer. Yes animals are very diffrent than humans but life is life and it’s all sacred.
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Just think they recycle that plastic bottle… take a deeeeeep breath and feel better.
actually a little girl!
You’re American, aren’t you?
It shows.
You’re a self-righteous little twit, aren’t you.
It also shows.
lol
You’re French Canadian, aren’t you?
It shows.
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Actually, if you are Aussie, great way of making everyone think people here are self-righteous douchnozzles. Luckily, we’re not, but you would be the exception.
You tell her Eds! Send the huntsman after her! *cowers in fear of the spider*
Oh, not a huntsman.. I’m thinking white tail.. Or even a funnel spider. Yeah, that’s the ticket, a funnel spider!
By the way, where’s my favorite REMF? Haven’t seen him around for a bit.
If you’re talking about Charlie (since I’ll admit my ignorance and say I don’t know what REMF stands for) then he’s rediscovered his Age of Empires game. His ADD brain goes in obsession cycles and he’s in a not obsessed with PK cycle right now, don’t know when it’ll cycle back. I’ll tell him you asked about him!
Well, if you want to see him turn a few different shades of red, toss the REMF at him then run!
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Otherwise, let him know he’s missed!
Some really big fires started in Victoria (Its just above the island for anyone who want to know).
A lot of it was Arson I believe.
And the koala’s food/water/leaf resource got burnt down. A humbling picture in truth, because many lost home and stuff in Oz.
It was pretty horrible, shame for those who laugh at it the koala for it was nearly burnt. (as it is endangered and all).
Hooray for the brave who fought,
Hooray for those who still smile,
And love for all who need it most.
Uhm, island?!?! Australia is an island, just a damn big one.. in fact, it’s called a continent.
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*Another amazing fact from Eddie’s Library of Useless Knowledge*
Tasmania is an island. Victoria is just above that island.
Yeah, but most people don’t even know where Tasmania is, unless they are Aussie or they’ve been there. I’m betting if you ask most people, they will say they have heard of it, but have no clue where it is. Most likely they would guess somewhere around Africa.
TAZ HATE GEOGRAPHY!!!
Most people, I think, would think of this [link].
However some of who have never been there, for some inexplicable reason, still know where it is.
Um, you did mean Tarzana in S. California right? Of course we all know where that is. I was just allowing for your misspelling of the name.
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* kidding, I just wanted to post a link to another pic [link]
I had a secretary once whom I nicknamed TSD (Tasmanian She-
Devil). When I told her what the initials stood for, she told me the
name made no sense, because she wasn’t black…
LOL!!
Hey! I know where it is! Although, to be fair, Charlie IS a Geography teacher.
I knew Tasmania was SOMEwhere around Australia, but was grateful for the clarification. Does that make me yet another ignorant American?
Not at all! Tassie (as we call it) is a state just like in the U.S. People from other countries have heard of say Ohio, but wouldn’t have a clue where it’s located.
WOW UR IQ IS SOOOO HIGH, I CANT BELLIVE IT!! WHAT DID U GET FOR GEOGRAPHY? E? NO! E-!!
btw i live on the “little island” and its better than all ur so called “citys”
200 people died too -so far
crazy-fast fires, never seen anything like it. Worst thing is everyone still thought they had heaps of time because they were moving so fast people didn’t even know fires were close at all until too late.
Poor Victorians. it’s amazing any Koalas or people made it out really.
Several massive bush fires, flattening towns and killed 208 people, countless wildlife with a rising death toll. It has been so tragic.
Hooray for herartless humans!
Herar Herar!
…And ferarless firefighters.
…And all those who nerarly died.
Ah well, hope it clerars up soon…
Herar Herar!
…And ferarless firefighters.
…And all those who nerarly died.
dammit.
*chuckle*
Don’t chuckle at me, derar!
I think they meant Chuhuckle…
Yes, because as long as someone’s looking after something furry humanity is fine.
Never mind the thousands of volunteers helping out the displaced HUMANS.
Care troll cares more than you do.
This is not funny. A koala killed and ate several members of my family after stalking them for weeks and you should all know that so you are heartless miscreants for thinking the koala is cute. (Also a warning to anyone thinking of using eucalyptus scented body wash.) [/caretrolling]
I don’t believe you. Please put the proof on your myspace page post haste good madam!
I haven’t been able to update my myspace page since I started being cyber-stalked by a pack of psychotic wallabies. And thanks for bringing up another painful memory, Jane!
Well maybe if your husband, who is awesome and amazing in all ways except faithfulness, would stop whoring around with those wallabies on the corner they wouldn’t get ideas!
It’s true…his marsupial fetish did eventually lead to a protracted and painful divorce.
Is that when you were raped by his wallaby mistress’ gang of brothers?
*sniffles* Yes. It was terrible…I don’t know which one of them fathered my son, but at least he’s a good boy. Here’s a picture of him with our dog.
[Link]
*awards an internet*
You win.
At least he has your eyes…
I was orphaned and raised by a pack of Koalas…it was all going so well until that little incident at the Nexus house…
Why did I play God? Why? Was it worth it for the chics, fame, and power? Was It!!!
Oh wait, I don’t have any of those… *deep breath*
WHYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!
It’s good to be the king.
A moose once bit my sister…
*Fires Steve*
*Fires person responsible for firing Steve*
“hello, police? I’d like to report a self-sacking…”
Isn’t self-sacking illegal only in Alabama? Or is it Mississippi? I can never remember.
Legal in Mississippi unless there are toys involved, then no.
Legal in Alabama only if there are animals involved.
And in Tennessee it gets a bit, complicated.
*blinks*
Wait, what?
Well, I can’t really go into all of the details, but it depends on
- which side of the mountain you’re on.
- whether or not you are your own 2nd cousin, and if so only by marriage.
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If I go into more details, I might could be in some trouble, so I think I’ll end it there.
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BTW Diss, I’ve been waiting for your ‘My Bad’ caption to make it to the front page. [link]. It was almost there. It’s a good one.
Oh, thanks, ACSIS! I’m in the flat part of TN, so I can self-sack all I want to. Good to know…
moose bites can be preeeety nasty
huh, and to think I’ve had one of the little buggers in my house! Now that I think about it, I haven’t seen the cat for awhile. I thought it just ran off.
I remember that one “Debbie does Dubbo”
ur not even funny id like to see you servive those fires with nothing but ur skin to protect u. ROTE IN HELL
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wut??
Dani, this is what’s known as a ‘care troll.’ They come out to play anytime a LOL is about recent tragic events. They always claim to care very deeply about said events and find any humor about them offensive. In reality, they don’t give a rat’s ass and just want to assert their superiority over the rest of us.
You forgot that they like to sock themselves three to ten times over so they have back up so they don’t seem alone in their piss yellow rage fest.
You’re such a hypocrite.
Yeah, too bad that bottle will continue to litter their environment.
You disgust me.
I doubt that they’ll leave the bottle there. Fool.
omg you’re so right, instead of giving it bottled water, they should have gotten water from the near-by tap in the middle of the bush, or the local lake.
idiot.
WIN
yer i second that because its not like vic is in a drought and there was just water lying a round every where that the kola could drink
moron, id like to see how many plastic water bottles you would drink if you just servived being in the middle of a bush fire that destoried your home and all you know
I’m sorry, I got so angry, I forgot to say thank you to the firefighters. I trolled I’m so sorry.
It’s always soooo much nicer when they self-identify as trolls…
and apologize for it too! There’s hope for some..
I think it takes all the fun and mystery out of the whole experience.
I know for a fact that koalas routinely fly first class on Qantas. Let the rich bastard pay for his own water! Damn upper-class parasite.
The term is humankind. HUmankind. Learn it. Use it.
Aren’t they, um, both terms? Meaning the same thing? Much like “car” and “automobile”?
You’re interrupting her rage moment. Please keep up with the rest of the tour and don’t touch the exhibits.
Sorry, my headset’s gone wonky and I’m not getting the narration anymore.
You’re forgiven this once. Next time, it’s five across the behind…
*hands wooden cooking spoon to DWN*
Instructions are on the back, dear…
Not necessary, love. I use my hand for a more personal feel. I use the spoon on people who really irk me. Diss just needs some guidance…
“I use my hand for a more personal feel.”..hmmmmm…nope…gonna let it go….
Well if you let go, you have to start all over again cuz you lose part of the sensation…
*hands dissimilitude fresh batteries for the headphones*
*plugs headphones in*
Thank you both!
*fiendishly pipes cd of “The Jonas Brothers” in Diss’s headphones*
*reroutes to another person’s headphones because I have Diss’s back*
“Curses!!! Foiled again…”
Oh, good! I can continue in my current happy state of never having actually heard these “Jonas Brothers”, but only hearing of them. Thanks, DWN!
Of course, hun.
The best museums/galleries were the ones with stuff to play with…
Shush you, we couldn’t clear it with the health board or we would have a whack a troll exhibit.
Oh!
Could we get mummies instead! Morbidly curious children always love them!
Mummies!! Where?!
Chamber Street museum, Edinburgh….
Just follow the line of kids dragging their grannies to that section…
Scottish Mummies!!!
Everything is more amusing in a kilt.
Kilts: a sure way to separate men from boys…
Unzipping the fly…sheep run away at the sound…
Kilts, mmmmmmm *gets lost for a moment* Wait, what were we talking about?
The Scotts pioneered the practice of barnyard love. Geniuses they are, if only in the minds and loins of themselves…
my bday is actually on tartan day… i’m considering giving my HR lady a heart attack. my kilted skirt, ruffled shirt, and velvet vest would be a bit of a departure from the regular office attire…
Only in Aberdeen! We swearz!
… And I’ve never heard of Scottish girls with sheep….
@MG: what sort of kilts are you talking about? They have buckles, not zips…
Jane: must agree…
@AC…pants have zippers, hence the invention of the kilt…you know, the old joke…why do scotsmen wear kilts? ‘Cuz sheep run away when they hear a zipper…
Haven’t heard that one…
@AC: Ironically, that was told to me by a Scotsman my husband and I were playing golf with some years back…
Scottish mummies are the best. They come pre-embalmed, you see.
What?
Alcoholism…
Ahhhh…. Yeah, don’t cremate Scots… The flame goes blue…
Now I am intrigued…
We’re not all drunks. I, personally, am teetotal. (My idea of a good night out is one I can remember the next day. (Oh, and I’m kind of disgusted by 14 year old girls puking in the street.))
But certainly we have a pretty irresponsible drinking culture here…. Pretty sad to be known for it, actually…
I am chemically boring and actually fear for what I might do while out of a controlled state of mind. I have some mean drunks in my family so I don’t want to find out what kind of drunk I might be.
So I sympathize since my mom thinks me aberrant for wanting to play D&D on Saturday evenings as opposed to hitting up a bar…
DWN, my mother has also criticized me for not drinking enough…
…I can only imagine how odd she’d think I was if I didn’t drink at all! I wouldn’t worry about it. Not a thing wrong with being “chemically boring” or with playing D&D (or whatever games a person likes) on a Saturday night!
My mom used to fling the religion vs D&D argument at me and tear up my notebooks. Now she just does the head shaking thing and she seems upset that I hardly ever call… Perhaps I am just too bitter.
…actually fear for what I might do while out of a controlled state of mind.
Oh absolutely, me too.
Maybe if people drank when they were older (Or at least if they drank in moderation.) it would be better. A girl I know is teetotal because she drank herself into hospital when she was 14….
It’s actually ok at parties when I don’t drink. I don’t get pushed. People put it down to being “churchy” but just kind of say “each to their own”…
religion vs D&D argument
eh?
Yeah, I have family members who think that maybe if I’d go out to the bars I’d meet a nice guy instead of being hopelessly single as I currently am.
I would be too paranoid to drink at a party. Least you aren’t pressured. I just don’t go to much in the way of social gatherings.
Well, it’s easy for me to say you have to let it go; I’m not entirely successful at that myself and from what I remember of your background you probably have more to forgive than I do. BUT I do know that it’s best for your mental/emotional health in the long run.
I also try not to spend excessive amounts of time with her, which is why I was so hellishly cranky around the holidays. She is a master of sly, passive-aggressive criticism, the kind that builds up around you like carbon monoxide.
*shakes head at stupid lack of nesting*
My last post was at dwn…
My mother’s totally “pubs are baaaaad places!!!!”
Gah.
She gave me a “keep your thumb over the bottle” lecture the other day. I know I’m ignorant, but I’m not that ignorant. Sake.
@Jane: why do they think bars are the best place to find a guy?
@Jane: I would be hopeless if I was single too. I am too much of a shut in to meet anybody except online and I wouldn’t be worth the trip. I pretty much burned through all my possible luck when I got Lynn, if something happens there, don’t expect to see me around anywhere. So I sympathize. I have no desire to hit bars or go anywhere to social gatherings… Wow, that was more rambling than I liked.
@AC: *sigh* D&D as a tool of the devil, Jehovah’s Witnesses whine about it. She feels the same way about mythology too. When she was into the religion actively, she got rid of all her unicorn posters because they were “evil.” She still holds a lot of their beliefs but just considers herself damned so she doesn’t really try to push them anymore. It’s complicated in a crazy sort of way.
@Jane: A wise person told me that if you
to meet an alcoholic, hang out at bars.
The best advice I’ve ever gotten is to stop
looking. So far, so good…
@AC: It’s a mom thing, dear; every time one of my daughters goes to a party I have to give the whole “Don’t let anyone bring you something to drink and don’t set your drink down anywhere…” speech. Which they know perfectly well, but we can’t help reminding because we don’t want you guys roofied, ok?
@Diss: I pretty much leave her home feeling like the only thing I have ever done right in her eyes is have my two sons.
@AC: I will never understand why people think bars are a good place to pick up people. I know it worked for a few people but I hate bars to begin with so meh…
@DWN: Yeah, the local nurse who deals with STIs told us at school that she still sees all her former patients… at sportster’s bar… Ew.
in future.
@Diss: suppose so. Will try to avoid
I’m as confused as all of you. The only thing I can figure is that my extended family is perpetually confused by my seeming lack of “normalcy” as far as they are concerned. I don’t do anything the way they think I should, didn’t go away to college (didn’t have the money, so I lived at home), didn’t get my driver’s license till late, live with my parents (who don’t mind me being here and if they want me to move out so bad they’re welcome to pay my rent since I’m currently making NO money and don’t really want to be here either) and a number of other things I’m not doing right. But hey, my alcoholic and druggie cousin is bipolar, so everything she does has an excuse. They are also WAY more concerned about my singlehood than I am. I think some of them secretly think I’m a lesbian.
@DWN: LOL, you are ahead of me, then, as I’ve never done anything worthwhile! She makes a little bit of effort with her grandkids in general but there’s really only one that she actually likes and that one Can Do No Wrong. Now, she’s a good kid, but it cracks me up a little that she always goes on about how great she is and how proud she is of her when she’s really quite comparable to the other 3. But she’s the one person in the family that gets positive comments from my mom; go figure…
In general: I don’t know that bars are generally a great place to meet people, but I do know two couples that have been happily married for years who met in bars, so it’s not impossible. Me and my guy hang out in a bar frequently (actually, we don’t even always drink, maybe once every 3 times?) with our friends, because that’s just where we hang out, play cards, etc., but I didn’t meet him there.
I feel you on that. -.- My mom once burned a jewelry catalogue for having those little pewter statues of wizards and unicorns and such in it.
She also once told me that my dad, uncle, and cousin were going to burn in hell for playing Magic: The Gathering.
However, this was the same woman who once told me that nobody ever saw baby pigeons because they were born patterned a la Army Jungle Camo.
@Jane: If you are secretly a lesbian, I want a video… Just one. I do hate the they have “issues” excuse. I understand that they made some bad choices and bad sh!t is happening but I remember my little sister being offered a new car to quit smoking. Meanwhile, I actually work for a living and didn’t cause any trouble but they want to reward her into straightening up (which hasn’t worked, ever) while I get talked down to for not being what they wanted…
…
*sigh* Nevermind, that tangent is going to make me more bitter than I really need to be right now.
@Diss: Ya, my mom is crazy but hasn’t gotten to that level yet. Then again my boys are a 4 year old and a 10 month old so I probably just need to give it time.
@StreetPreacher: Yea, the part where she thumbed through my DM notebook, told me that it looked like a lot of work before tearing it up in front of me really struck a nerve. I get the condescending Mmmhmm nod whenever my gaming stuff is mentioned by anybody who isn’t me because I stopped talking about it if I can help it.
Sidenote: I used to play MtG but can’t afford to anymore.
@Diss: I hate these long threads, but you’re
right. It’s not bad advice, as a general rule,
but there certainly are exceptions.
*runs in semi-late on the conversation*
Yeah, I know how all of you feel. I come from a religious family, and I happen to collect tarot cards. Let’s just say, I tend to get the frosty glare whenever I bring them up at family gatherings. Some people really believe that they are the God Warriors. [LINK]
@rho: What was, let the resentment at your family go, or watch your drink at a party, or something else?
love… her…
DWN: That is just how my family works! One of my cousins was always in trouble so my grandmother paid to send her to Disneyworld with my aunt so she could “see how a real family is”. This was supposed to straighten her out or something, I guess. I’m not saying I wanted anything from her, or anything, but srsly lady, you can stop harping on the fact that I missed the “college experience” because I was too selfish to put myself in debt to go away to school.
@Jane: Just remember, we have nothing to be bitter about…
Least we have each other, babe. And His Cruelty, when he deigns to arrive… *hugs*
*hugs* That’s true, I hope he has some interesting torture and mayhem stories when get gets back.
I expect it to be as bracing as always, your ladyship. I suspect we both have many presents in store. I just hope he doesn’t bring me yet another set of testicle earrings. The smell was horrid and I don’t have pierced ears…
Well, it WAS the thought that counted…
Makes me shudder to think what His Cruelty might have been thinking…
@Diss: I thought your general comment
about the two married couples you know who
met at bars to be counter to the advice my
friend gave me. Sorry, these skinny threads
get me all confoozled.
@rho: Oh, that! I guess my point was that it can happen but I wouldn’t want to count on it….definitely not where I’d tell my kids or friends to
go to meet someone!
Not to wax Clintonesque, but a lot probably
has to do with what your definition of “bar”
is. A Friday happy hour crowd at a pub is a
far cry from closing time at a roadhouse.
The best advice is probably not to go in
search of someone, imo.
I thought that was Irish mummies….
When it comes to drinking, is there honestly a difference?
As an American of Scots/Irish/Norwegian descent, it’s all the same to me!
Aye… it seems that the Celtic and Germanic peoples (and of course all of their descendants) are tanked perpetually, and are in a much better state for mummification that anyone else who would be embalmed for such…
**proud of the few million gallons of swill consumed on successful pillages!**
Snaps, anyone? Mead?
In old country we call it anti-freeze.
Oh sod off. Man / mankind has been used for many centuries to describe the human population in general. Just because some idiots get butthurt about it doesn’t mean it should be abandoned.
You’re not one of those retards who uses stupid non-words like ‘herstory’ are you?
I do, sometimes, just to make people stop and think. If you had grown up female during the years that ‘he’ was supposed to include women as well, and the ’70 kilogram male’ was the basis for ALL medicine, as I did; you might be a little more understanding of those who go a bit overboard with the PC language thing.
i thought koala bears didn’t drink?
It had a rough week, wouldn’t you drink?
It’s Happy-hour somewhere!!!!
I’m thinking that water is an essential part to animals living. What would make you think koala’s don’t drink?
They don’t drink much, and their name has a (false) folk etymology that leads people to believe that ‘koala’ means ‘animal that doesn’t drink’ in the native language. Koalas get most of the water they need from their food.
Thanks Seth, I never knew that.
Koalas (not Koala Bears – there’s no such thing), usually don’t drink water. They get everything they need from eucalyptus (and sit around being stoned all day from it). However, the fire burned down the eucalyptus trees and dehydrated the poor thing. Basically, yes, they don’t drink water – unless they’re about to die.
What about the reptiles or amphibians or non-cutsie creatures in the bush?
We’re only interested in saving the cute animals…
On the plus side, we now have enough for reptile kabobs! Snakes on the barbie!!!
jane, your snark never fails to amuse me. if only you weren’t in a loveless marriage with max.
Thanks!
Wait, what?
Max is dark. He’s evil. He’s an overlord.
What more could a girl hope for???
Speaking of His Cruelty, I haven’t seen him in over a fortnight. Usually that means I have to find where he has stashed his next unfortunate accident in my room otherwise called a prank but I have my worries.
Well, we’ve got the appropriate “bait” back here now, so His
Cruelty will be wandering this way soon, I expect…
I just hope I don’t have to dodge another version of Look at the Swinging Scythes and Mini-missiles filled with bleach. That prank left me limping…
Yes, but your eye patch from the time before that is
quite fetching…
True and your arm grew back nicely from his Alligator surprise in your wardrobe.
Thank you. It was a lot easier recovery than one
from his piranha gag…
So he prefers to sic animals on you and munitions and weaponry on me… Always nice to know he puts thought into different styles.
It’s the little extra effort that gives it that personal touch, don’t you think?
*swoons* Yeah, I miss my evil overlord.
*noms*
mmmmmm…tastes like Koala….
Yeah…. um, ignore that. Apparently SOMEONE wasn’t paying attention. *glares daggers at Seth*
Oooh! What pretty daggers. For me? You shouldn’t have!
It’s the gift that keeps on giving and continually reminds you that it is better to give than to receive…
*shuffles toe on the ground and blushes* Erm, well, you know, just something I thought you’d like.
Not true, MG! We’re also interested in saving the tasty ones.
Trifecta!
“Hope for mankind”-hmm…note to evolutionists: don’t you think that at the level of intelligence we’ve evolved to we could, as a race (i.e. human) consciously endeavor to progress beyond such hateful and destructive acts? Perhaps Devo has been right.
I hereby propose that the term *WHARGARBLE* also applies to anyone using ‘evolutionist’ and any of it’s many variations (such as evil-utionist).
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N8? concur?
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- ACSIS of Evil, the Stanic formerly know as IowaSucks
Aye
Tempting…
Seconded by this biology teacher!
I (reading from word of the day calender) conquer. Schmoe doesn’t understand intelligence, let alone evolution. “Intelligence” will not keep an entity from performing hateful and destructive acts, if those acts benefit it. “Level of intelligence we’ve evolved to” is also misleading, rather one should speak of the specific type of intelligence we’ve evolved. Our type of intelligence wouldn’t do a bacterium or an ant any good at all, and by sheer bio-mass, both those groups have out competed us by orders of magnitude. A cat may be ‘less intelligent’ than a human when it comes to chess, but not when it comes to stalking mice. Then Schmoe goes and brings up Devo, apparently in reference to their humorous bit about ‘devolution.’ It’s a JOKE son. Evolution does not have a direction, things aren’t getting ‘better’ as they evolve. Things are continually adapting to changing circumstances. At one time, dodos were the height of fitness for their environment. Now they aren’t around. Is it because they were inferior? No. Circumstances changed, and they went from being fit to unfit.
Like I said, when Seth calls you a retard he has so much supporting evidence you should just go out and buy the helmut yourself.
Once again, Seth to the rescue!!!!
*pop necks, eats some humble pie, takes a deep breath*
I know it is painfully overdue and while I have raised hackles at anything on demand, I am going to say that I am sorry. Our friendship is more important than my pride or my self righteous indignation. I don’t expect forgiveness but I do have something resembling honor, so there it is.
I am sorry, I am sorry that I am hard to deal with, I am sorry that I can be more than a little self righteous, and most importantly, I am sorry that I hurt you over something so tiny in scope, and finally I am sorry that it took this long to get the proper size fork to eat crow with my ego as a big side dish.
… *bangs head over some grammar fail*
Apology accepted. Hugz tiem naow?
*eats last slice of humble pie and gives big squeeze hug time*
Been a different place without you around hun.
*grabs Rho and pulls her in* Group hugz tiem!!! Everyone pile on!
*takes a covert whiff* Mmm, estrogen…
Why, thank you! I’ve been eating a lot of chicken
lately…
*huggles Janie* Call me a sentimental slob, but it feels
like “Old Home Week” here!
This turn of events makes me quite happy, hugs all around!
*gives Seth his hug happily*
Yay! More hugz!
*hugs Seth* Yay!
*Pillages your loot while you group hug* Hehehe, they’re none the wiser….
Oh… Uh…
Pay no heed to the helmed man carrying away hoards of loot… that’s just the repo-man >.>
*jokes on you since I have no monetary wealth*
But, if you had, say, a set of clothing other than what you are currently wearing, then wouldn’t that then be considered something of value, which in turn would be coveted by a marauding horde of uncouth individuals such as muself, and therefore be ripe for plunder? Of course, I could be wrong, and may need to rethink my profession, but last I checked, that was the case…
Hmmm, point taken. I hope you like snarky tshirts…
@Viking: I hope you like stray cats…
*sniffles* I can has hugs too???
Yes, yes you can. *hugs*
*hugs while jumping* YAY!!
*also jumps too while hugging* Yay!
speak ENGLISH
Usted debe recordar quizá que esto es un sitio internacional, y nosotros don’ t todo habla inglés. También, STFU.
Ríase Mi Asno Lejos!!
Before we’re reamed, Froo and I are going for LOLs here.
At least I am…
los aislacionista no tienen gusto de cuando usted se ríe de ellos
Ellos son juguetes, pero hacen un lío.
El troll es, en su propia mente, el rey del mundo.
Yo como los testículos fritos del mono con la salsa del topo
Yo también comen fritas testículos, pero no mono testículos. Yo prefiero los testículos de una virgen cachorro gatito empapado en sangre.
O, empapado en la sangre de los gatitos.
RMAA (LMAO)
you win!! I concede!
I have no clue how to respond to those last two posts. You have been paying attention though!
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BTW, I’m sure you figured out right away that I’m using babel fish bi-directionally so I have to tell when I translated Laugh My Ass Off, I knew it
would come out strange, so just to see, I did a reverse translation:
‘ría mi asno apagado’ = ‘my dull ass laughs’
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ya, that fits.
Heh. I thought so, but didn’t want to burst in on your fun
Your slang translation is definitely interesting!
Oh, and as far as these posts go,
I had a post, but PK eated it. I find that BabelFish isn’t the best translator in this case. Check the link under the name for a better one,
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Also, I can’t wait until we get our butts handed to us for messing up Spanish
Darn it!!! Pk keeps eating my posts!
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Anyway, BabelFish isn’t the best translator. Google seems to work a little better. at least it did for me.
@ACSIS: Mine came back, “Laugh My
Donkey Away.” XD
I should have guessed it was BabelFish. My passive Spanish is pretty good – I can read and understand the language a lot better than I can produce it – and you guys were giving me some kind of headache!
We are a species, not a race. Learn about biology before you try to talk about it.
You must whip it? Whip it good?
I don’t see the relevance.
Nesting fail. This was in response to Schmoe.
It’s a damn shame too, that was an awesome comeback!
Damn, now I have that song running through my head. Thanks Steve.. *sigh*
When a problem comes along…
When something’s going wrong…
What I find interesting is that for a creature that is considered violent towards humans, this one turned to a human for help when it knew it needed help!
I have seen the video that this photo was taken from and I find it wonderful that out of all that living hell of that fire, ONE MAN that full well knew that this animal could have torn him apart had it not been burned, stopped and came to that animal’s aid AND THAT ANIMAL ACCEPTED THAT AID!
If we had more people like this man in the world, WE AS HUMANS MIGHT JUST MAKE IT ON THIS BALL OF MUD WE LIVE ON! THIS IS A MAN AFTER MY OWN HEART!
As to the ones that started that fire. I HOPE THAT THEY ROT IN HELL AND GET A GOOD TASTE OF WHAT THEY DID TO OTHERS!
So much pent-up anger. You must be a demon in bed.
I know it’s tempting, but I’m not sure it’d be worth the risk. You should stay away from that…
Where’s the Dark Overlord at times like this?
Remember the Prime Directive: Don’t put it in crazy.
amen
Well, animals aren’t stupid. The koala knew full well what was going on, and the man wasn’t going to hurt her (I believe the koala is female, yes?).
But the best part is he was outed on Facebook and now has half a country that wants to rearrange his body parts.
Half a planet, more’n likely
Just half?
Hehe, when I heard they got him, my first thought was, “Bastard is SO lucky the cops got him first.”
Oh, he’s DAMN lucky. I would imagine he’s not even safe in jail.
Not if that jail is located anywhere in Australia. He’ll be offed faster than a white pedophile.
Yes, that would be true. I think they have him in some sort of protective custody. As an aside, even the guy’s family and ex are getting death threats now.
That’s not so cool. Unless he was waaaaay abused by family, it isn’t their fall that
he’s a complete waste of human protoplasm!
I think they’re talking about keeping him isolated…
Is that water? Or does the firefighter have the koala tea of mercy?
BTW, Sam is recovering from the third degree burns to her paws in the Mountain Ash Wildlife Shelter. (shelter name irony noted.)
AAAAnd a win!
Koala are nasty territorial critters with claws 25mm long for climbing trees or ripping human skin, which ever is more appropriate at the time. They are rarely seen on the ground let alone drinking water straight from a bottle. If it hadn’t been for the fire the koala would have been running and/or attacking. Very strange behaviour for even Aussie’s to observe..hence the media interest. Also no-one in Australia drinks Fosters…we don’t know why anyone else in the world does either.
We drink VB (Victoria Bitter) and XXXX…sometimes we let our women drink it too.
PS Beer Joke – Why is American Beer like s_ex in a canoe? Because they are both f*cking close to water !
As an American, I think most of the major US brands could just be poured back into the horse. Microbrew for me!
I like VB, but I also go for Crown or Toohey’s. As an aside, do you know why Queenslanders call the beer XXXX? They don’t know how to spell beer.
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*Sorry all, I know that’s a regional joke..*
“So, what’ll it be, mate?”
“Coffee”
“Right-o. One beer!”
“No, coffee”
“Beer”
“Coff-ee”
“Be-er”
“C-O…”
“B-E…”
More evidence that if The Simpsons haven’t done it, it’s probably not worth talking about.
Speaking of that, now we all know how to play Knifey / Spooney, so you Aussies can’t use that game to trick us out of our lunch money any more.
What about all the wildlife carers Australia wide? They never get publicity like this, and they have done much more work than this one man has done. I’m not saying what he did wasnt amazing, but there are so many more people doing more for our native buddies; raising orphans, nursing the sick and injured, and putting them back where they belong…..you never hear about those people.
i’ll have you know that today we watched Ringo rescue an orphaned wombat.
And the wombat said, “I’m sorry, but you’re my least favorite Beatle.”
*snort*
and thats my point, no one ever hears stories like that
That’s so cute. And they’re even holding hands
The reason she is holding onto his hand is because she didn’t drink all three botles of water. Most of it dripped down her face into his glove. She must have noticed it was cool in her mouth and on her face and was smart enough to realise to put her paws in it. She suffered 3rd degree burns to all 4 of her paws.
awww D: That makes me wanna cry now :’(
I watched the actual video of this. It’s adorable and sad! Sorry to all of those in Australia who had to go through this. My sympathies and best wishes.
Thanks! Luckily I was just far enough away. The weird thing is, because of all the smoke, everything has an orange tint to it.
I’m not finding an orange tint, except near sunrise/sunset. I find it is just making it difficult to see long distances.
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I found it to be smokier during last year’s fires.
I wonder if it’s because I’m down on the peninsula?
*hugs PiMan and Eds* Yay! Our Aussies are okay! Anyone else not checked in?
Awww, thanks Jane!
yeah, that’s how California looks here in the States (I was there in the 03 fires, missed a nice week of school for that too)
Link to viddy? I’d love to watch it
What?! Only one mention of dropbears?
It’s a trap!! (cue Admiral Ackbar dancing)
Behind that tree is a dropbear… waiting… You know they only use koalas as bait to lure unsuspecting tourists to their lairs, right?
They really need to educate the tourists better on these sort of hazards.
On a tangential note, my partner came up with an entertaining idea: Extreme wildlife camping adventures, where you’re guaranteed to come up against Aussie’s wildlife (and not guaranteed to survive the ordeal). The first one would be a redback tour, where you stay in what is essentially a corrugated tin warehouse, with a couple of rocks thrown in for good measure.
Yes, that was for the few Aussies on here.
Try listening to Scared Weird Little Guys’ “Dangerous Animals”. It’s a good song to promote our wildlife.
Said corrugated tin warehouse has *got* to contain a toilet seat. A ring of them perhaps, around the walls, but only some of them infested, like a redback Russian Roulette…
Worst Nightmare Ever!
Get your facts right. Not ALL of the fires were started by people. Some were by lightning and pure weather
unless you are referring to the larger fact that humans are destroying the earth and if we never built houses they never would have burnt down?!
Given that Sam was burnt during backburning operations to contain the Delburn Complex fires (fires believed to be deliberately lit) a week before the catastrophic fires, technically her plight was directly caused by humans. See the link for more info, and please do some fact checking of your own before jumping on your high horse.
You seem to be doing rather well living in your tree with nothing that will harm the environment……oh wait, you obviously have a computer, so you must have an electrical socket to plug it in to, a phone line to get online with, and at least one wall to house those two things. I bet you’re living under a roof, too, in a subdivision that was put in after razing the land and taking it from the cute little woodland creatures.
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Geez, jump down off your pedestal before you suffocate from lack of oxygen.
Froo, you have an amazing gift for putting things into perspective!
Spelling Fail…
Heartless NOT herartless
OMG! Really? I totally missed that and the entire disussion about the misspelling.
LMAO! And a spelling fail on my part while replying to a spelling fail.
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*discussion*
Sanctimony fail.
Your post had neither spelling nor a fail. Discuss.
I assume you are talking abouut this post and not the one he is declaring a spelling fail on? Because the one he said had a spelling fail had a mispelled discussion that was lacking the letter c. However, if you are talking about this more recent post of his, then yes.
Just clearing things up for my own brain.
Actually, I was making a Mike Myers SNL reference.
And now she’s feeling a little verklempt.
Which is my fault because I am a social idiot at times and thus don’t know all these references. X_X
No worries! We got there in the end.
Yay! In the end…
Well, it’s early 90′s SNL, so maybe it’s your youth showing.
Linked you to one on Hulu so you can edumacate yourself.
…although having watched that one, I’d say it’s not the best of them.
Was that Madonna?
Yes, it was…
I wouldn’t even say it’s the best Mike Myers ever, but it’s what came to mind when Eds said “discussion”. Although one of my coworkers, who’s a real douchebag, came to work one day wearing a black turtleneck and all I could think of was Sprockets. He’s younger than me so he didn’t get it when I kept telling people, “and this is how we dance.”
Did you call him Dieter all day, too?
Yes. ;D
*grins evilly*
Oh, good!
I am! Talk amongst yourselves.
This picture actually made my eyes water.
I suggest you stop chopping onions while surfing the internet.
Same here, lol. :3
Herartless?
Yes, heratless. In the US, the heratectomy just after birth is as expected as circumcision once was…
australia should start to dish out the death penalty again. the arsonist deserves it
Last time I checked the person would get only 25 years. And how many have died from this? That sentence is rather pathetic compared to THAT number. I say he serves a year for every person dead. (and goes for anyone else convicted)
25 sequential life sentences
With these fires in Victoria and the floods up here in Queensland its a little for aussies to handle, but if things keep going the way they are going it wont be so bad because we as a country are banding together and helping each other and the animals. Its people like this CFA worker who are True Blue heros for doing the right thing, whoever has lit these fire diserves to pay the price the loss of one person is hard enough let alone 209. All I can say is how could you.
thats adorable
Awww…
I has a tear…
spelling Herartless…fail
Y’know, a koala once bit the ear off a Japanese tourist in a wildlife park here in Australia. Thought you’d appreciate the fact.
This made me cry. It’s fascinating how both sad and amazing this picture is.
UPDATE: The Koala (Sam) has died today (6/Aug/09) she died of complications during surgery to remove cysts.
See the following:
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,,25891744-2,00.html