You have to worry when Australia stops messing around and says flat out "This shit will kill you."
Yes. Lucky for you, people may be in danger.
Buffy ,'Him'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Connie Neil - Sep 17, 2015 1:07:19 pm PDT #5542 of 30003
brillig
Sheryl - Sep 17, 2015 1:12:24 pm PDT #5543 of 30003
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
We're at the part of the summer where I need a sweater or jacket in the morning, but it's warm enough when I get out of work to wear short sleeves.
Toddson - Sep 17, 2015 1:12:30 pm PDT #5544 of 30003
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
There are two kinds of trees that will kill you - the red gum tree that drops heavy branches with no warning and the ... banya (?) pine that drops 22 kilo pinecones on you.
Connie Neil - Sep 17, 2015 1:31:58 pm PDT #5545 of 30003
brillig
But neither of them are called Death Tree, so no one can be that bothered by them.
-t - Sep 17, 2015 1:44:33 pm PDT #5546 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
You have to worry when Australia stops messing around and says flat out "This shit will kill you."
I thought that was what Australia was saying all the time.
You know what I like better than a three-day weekend? A six-day weekend. And it starts right now.
billytea - Sep 17, 2015 2:14:15 pm PDT #5547 of 30003
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Paging billy t! Australia has a new death adder. Got bored with the old ones?
I thought that was what Australia was saying all the time.
Yes. Yes we are.
There are two kinds of trees that will kill you - the red gum tree that drops heavy branches with no warning
Also called the widowmaker, here. Australia is like unto Season 4 of 24, where the villain induces a meltdown in all of America's 100 nuclear power plants as a decoy to distract attention from his real plan. So too, our venomous fauna is really just there to ensure no one pays attention to the trees. Everyone freaks out about a little snake, while it's just The Happening down here 24/7.
Connie Neil - Sep 17, 2015 2:25:32 pm PDT #5548 of 30003
brillig
You know you're not doing any favors for the Australian Tourism Board's work.
billytea - Sep 17, 2015 2:54:59 pm PDT #5549 of 30003
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
You know you're not doing any favors for the Australian Tourism Board's work.
t prepares ransom note
DeeR AuSTraliAn tOURisM BOarD:
SenD mE oNe mILlyoN dOLlarz or i tELL eVRywuN aBouT tHE TREEZ.
Hugs!
sarameg - Sep 17, 2015 3:09:37 pm PDT #5550 of 30003
But the flocks of flying foxes (fruit bats) are incredibly prehistorically awesome. And rock wallabies! Wombats!Koalas!
Man, I love rock wallabies.
sarameg - Sep 17, 2015 3:29:35 pm PDT #5551 of 30003
I have to duct tape my big toe. A couple nights ago, I noticed slices to the pad, as if I'd stepped on a razor or something. Not deep, not painful. But then, pushing off the wall in the pool, they sorta peeled and took out a chunk deep enough to to hurt (and potentially get worse.) I have NO IDEA how I did this. Broke some glass the other day, but I was careful cleaning it up. Other possibility is sharp tile in the pool?
Couple that with dumb random bruises I can't explain and my continued failure to make necessary phone calls, really sucking at adulting. (Today was so busy, I actually never has a free moment to make a call, but still.)