omnis, that's a great story!
I would like to see Australia. From inside a Land Rover.
What is your childhood trauma?
Cordelia ,'Lessons'
Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Zenkitty - Mar 20, 2014 12:52:01 pm PDT #9953 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
billytea - Mar 20, 2014 1:05:34 pm PDT #9954 of 30002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Later I emailed her because I'd seen a nature show that introduced another Australian that can (and will) kill you - the TREES. Seems the red gum trees are called "widowmakers" because they periodically - with no warning - drop large, heavy branches.
This is true. While you were all mocking The Happening, we recognised that its only flaw was assuming the plants were that subtle. (Usually, when we describe this for the benefit of overseas visitors, we find a way to blame it on the drop-bears.) Incidentally, I used to live on a street called Redgum Court. Because I am just that much of a bad-ass.
And, for the next time BT comes by, here's a new discovery: the chicken from hell.
Awesomeness! Sharing space with T. rex, no less. That's something of a new environment for this type of dinosaur. However, I am compelled to note that it was not the most formidable of its family. While Anzu weighed in at a respectable 300 kg, its Mongolian relative Gigantoraptor was a behemoth of 1.4 tonnes. [link] Here's a picture showing it to scale against a human and a VW Beetle, because why not: [link]
![[link]](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_koA8FRK7rrg/TU3NR_bNE-I/AAAAAAAAALc/jarAWrJ44iw/s1600/G+erlianensis.png){kind=link}
Connie Neil - Mar 20, 2014 1:13:59 pm PDT #9955 of 30002
brillig
we find a way to blame it on the drop-bears
Are drop-bears real?
billytea - Mar 20, 2014 1:36:35 pm PDT #9956 of 30002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Are drop-bears real?
Aww, Connie. You've made my day.
Oh, by the way, there was another oviraptorosaurian, rather smaller than either Gigantoraptor or Anzu, that went by the excellent name of Khaan. [link] (Say it with me: KHAAAAN!)
Laga - Mar 20, 2014 1:37:20 pm PDT #9957 of 30002
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I so wanted drop-bears to be real.
billytea - Mar 20, 2014 1:39:55 pm PDT #9958 of 30002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I so wanted drop-bears to be real.
Technically, any koala sitting on a branch launched by the Widowmaker would qualify as a drop-bear. (Except they're NOT BEARS.)
Connie Neil - Mar 20, 2014 1:54:01 pm PDT #9959 of 30002
brillig
Australians, they've having the entire planet on. They're tucked down under the curve of the earth, laughing at us all.
billytea - Mar 20, 2014 2:02:04 pm PDT #9960 of 30002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Australians, they've having the entire planet on. They're tucked down under the curve of the earth, laughing at us all.
Hey, every day we risk death just walking out the front door. We take our humour wherever we can find it.
DCJensen - Mar 20, 2014 5:36:26 pm PDT #9961 of 30002
All is well that ends in pizza.
Jackalope
WindSparrow - Mar 21, 2014 3:11:10 am PDT #9962 of 30002
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
OK, I saw the "30 Day Planking Challenge" on Facebook. And I have decided to try it. Only, as heavy as I am and because I've never done that exercise before, my goal is to do it half the number of seconds stated in the challenge. I did the first one last night.