party_pants said:

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

Tau.Neutrino said:

Took me a mo

Rule 303 said:

China’s been doing that since Day 1.

dv said:

Excelent.

dv said:

far out. I don’t believe it…but far out.

dv said:

That has got to be a pisstake.

I shrieked with laughter and scared mr buffy. It went beyond a cackle…

sarahs mum said:

dv said:

far out. I don’t believe it…but far out.

It’s satire.

sarahs mum said:

dv said:

far out. I don’t believe it…but far out.

I mean I checked his other posts… this isn’t satire

dv said:

sarahs mum said:

dv said:

far out. I don’t believe it…but far out.

I mean I checked his other posts… this isn’t satire

It has to be…surely.

sibeen said:

dv said:

sarahs mum said:

far out. I don’t believe it…but far out.

I mean I checked his other posts… this isn’t satire

It has to be…surely.

I regret to inform you that this fellow is the real deal

dv said:

sibeen said:

dv said:

I mean I checked his other posts… this isn’t satire

It has to be…surely.

I regret to inform you that this fellow is the real deal

When say I don’t elieve it I am meaning that I do not believe a four year old said that in that way.

dv said:

Maybe he thought he “recounts” his story i.e. to relate in detail…

dv said:

:)

sarahs mum said:

dv said:

sibeen said:

It has to be…surely.

I regret to inform you that this fellow is the real deal

When say I don’t elieve it I am meaning that I do not believe a four year old said that in that way.

It was either satire, or a lie. Seeing as though satire has been ruled out…

dv said:

That’s gotta be fake, Shirley.

party_pants said:

dv said:

That’s gotta be fake, Shirley.

It’s still there on his Twitter page

dv said:

sibeen said:

dv said:

I mean I checked his other posts… this isn’t satire

It has to be…surely.

I regret to inform you that this fellow is the real deal

And people say Americans don’t do satire, and here we have proof positive that the world’s greatest exponent of satire is actually American.

sibeen said:

dv said:

sibeen said:

It has to be…surely.

I regret to inform you that this fellow is the real deal

And people say Americans don’t do satire, and here we have proof positive that the world’s greatest exponent of satire is actually American.

Simpsons, Southpark, Family Guy, American Dad… all the longest running satirical shows are American, and animated. (Then the late-night talk-shows took the batton)

sibeen said:

dv said:

sibeen said:

It has to be…surely.

I regret to inform you that this fellow is the real deal

And people say Americans don’t do satire, and here we have proof positive that the world’s greatest exponent of satire is actually American.

That reminds me of one of my fave bits of humour ->

SAN FRANSISCO MAN BECOMES FIRST AMERICAN TO GRASP SIGNIFICANCE OF IRONY

SAN FRANSISCO – Herdofsheep spoke to Jay Fullmer, 38, who became the first American to get to grips with the concept of irony yesterday.

“It was weird,” Fullmer said, “I was in London and, like, talking to this guy and it was raining and shit and he said, like, great weather, or something like that.”

Said Fullmer: “And I thought – wait a minute, it’s like, no way is it great weather.”

Fullmer soon realised that the other man’s ‘mistake’ was deliberate.

“This guy was pretty cool about it,” Fullmer said.

Fullmer, who is 39 next month and married with two children, aged 8 and 3, planned to use irony himself in future.

“I’m like saying it all the time.” he said. “Weekend last I was like grilling steaks and I like burned them to shit and I said ‘great weather’.”

The irony is that satire and sarcasm used to be regarded as particularly “American” kinds of humour, misunderstood by others who were likely to take offence.

we apologise

Spiny Norman said:

sibeen said:

dv said:

I regret to inform you that this fellow is the real deal

And people say Americans don’t do satire, and here we have proof positive that the world’s greatest exponent of satire is actually American.

That reminds me of one of my fave bits of humour ->

SAN FRANSISCO MAN BECOMES FIRST AMERICAN TO GRASP SIGNIFICANCE OF IRONY

SAN FRANSISCO – Herdofsheep spoke to Jay Fullmer, 38, who became the first American to get to grips with the concept of irony yesterday.

“It was weird,” Fullmer said, “I was in London and, like, talking to this guy and it was raining and shit and he said, like, great weather, or something like that.”

Said Fullmer: “And I thought – wait a minute, it’s like, no way is it great weather.”

Fullmer soon realised that the other man’s ‘mistake’ was deliberate.

“This guy was pretty cool about it,” Fullmer said.

Fullmer, who is 39 next month and married with two children, aged 8 and 3, planned to use irony himself in future.

“I’m like saying it all the time.” he said. “Weekend last I was like grilling steaks and I like burned them to shit and I said ‘great weather’.”

ROFL

dv said:

50 percent are stupid, for sure.

The others that didn’t vote, takes it to around 80 percent.

Tau.Neutrino said:

dv said:

50 percent are stupid, for sure.

The others that didn’t vote, takes it to around 80 percent.

It makes more sense when the non voters are merged into the mix.

It is very clear that critical thinking is not taught in America.

Tau.Neutrino said:

It is very clear that critical thinking is not taught in America.

we did some research on critical thinking once upon a time

after 6 months of being taught critical thinking it seemed like the students had improved all of about 1/30, like from 16/30 to 17/30

so does teaching it help, maybe we just don’t teach the right way

dv said:

sarahs mum said:

dv said:

far out. I don’t believe it…but far out.

I mean I checked his other posts… this isn’t satire

AH! Then it’s SADtire.

Ogmog said:

dv said:

sarahs mum said:

far out. I don’t believe it…but far out.

I mean I checked his other posts… this isn’t satire

AH! Then it’s SADtire.

Jebediah’s pet parrot probably said exactly the same thing, and understood what it meant as just as well as did the 4-year-old.

captain_spalding said:

Ogmog said:

dv said:

I mean I checked his other posts… this isn’t satire

AH! Then it’s SADtire.

Jebediah’s pet parrot probably said exactly the same thing, and understood what it meant as just as well as did the 4-year-old.

Skeptic Pete said he’d been banned from Pete Evan’s facebook page, so I just had to go see what is on there. Oh my goodness, what a collection of interesting thinking is on display there. The word SADtire is so appropriate for it.

Ogmog said:

dv said:

sarahs mum said:

far out. I don’t believe it…but far out.

I mean I checked his other posts… this isn’t satire

AH! Then it’s SADtire.

4 yo & those comments. I call bs.

Tamb said:

Ogmog said:

dv said:

I mean I checked his other posts… this isn’t satire

AH! Then it’s SADtire.

4 yo & those comments. I call bs.

The kid has learnt to say what the audience wants to hear. Doesn’t matter if it doesn’t make sense.

Tamb said:

Ogmog said:

dv said:

I mean I checked his other posts… this isn’t satire

AH! Then it’s SADtire.

4 yo & those comments. I call bs.

I suspect he was paraphrasing. The kid probably said “Biden is a poo-poo head”.

captain_spalding said:

Tamb said:

Ogmog said:

AH! Then it’s SADtire.

4 yo & those comments. I call bs.

The kid has learnt to say what the audience wants to hear. Doesn’t matter if it doesn’t make sense.

Young kids can be pretty bright.

I’m sure you could teach a 4 year old to say those words, if you so chose.

Morning Pilgrims, dart throwers are saying some rain today although I haven’t observed any unusual ant activity.

Dark Orange said:

Tamb said:

Ogmog said:

AH! Then it’s SADtire.

4 yo & those comments. I call bs.

I suspect he was paraphrasing. The kid probably said “Biden is a poo-poo head”.

Also a possibility.

Or even “Trump is a poo-poo head”.

Peak Warming Man said:

Morning Pilgrims, dart throwers are saying some rain today although I haven’t observed any unusual ant activity.

Couple of passing sprinkles of rain here.

captain_spalding said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Morning Pilgrims, dart throwers are saying some rain today although I haven’t observed any unusual ant activity.

Couple of passing sprinkles of rain here.

I have yet to interact with my ants, so I can’t say.

The Rev Dodgson said:

captain_spalding said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Morning Pilgrims, dart throwers are saying some rain today although I haven’t observed any unusual ant activity.

Couple of passing sprinkles of rain here.

I have yet to interact with my ants, so I can’t say.

Come and visit. The ants will interact with you……….. painfully.

ChrispenEvan said:

Ha!

another anti-lockdown protest in melb today, big turn-out this time by the looks.

ChrispenEvan said:

another anti-lockdown protest in melb today, big turn-out this time by the looks.

Pulling the wool over their eyes?

ChrispenEvan said:

another anti-lockdown protest in melb today, big turn-out this time by the looks.

Sheeple obviously.

Tamb said:

ChrispenEvan said:

another anti-lockdown protest in melb today, big turn-out this time by the looks.

Sheeple obviously.

Looks Like Sweden

SCIENCE said:

Tamb said:

ChrispenEvan said:

another anti-lockdown protest in melb today, big turn-out this time by the looks.

Sheeple obviously.

Looks Like Sweden

Yes. They’re too short to be Dutch.

ChrispenEvan said:

Would you Trust this Man

72,228,002 people have.

Tau.Neutrino said:

ChrispenEvan said:

Would you Trust this Man

72,228,002 people have.

I’m sure he could look completely trustworthy with a different photo.

dv said:

slaps knee
ROFLMFAO
slaps knee again

Peak Warming Man said:

dv said:

slaps knee
ROFLMFAO
slaps knee again

Be careful with those knees, they must be reaching their recommended slap limit.

Bubblecar said:

Peak Warming Man said:

dv said:

slaps knee
ROFLMFAO
slaps knee again

Be careful with those knees, they must be reaching their recommended slap limit.

What is the slap yield limit for a knee?

Rule 303 said:

Bubblecar said:

Peak Warming Man said:

slaps knee
ROFLMFAO
slaps knee again

Be careful with those knees, they must be reaching their recommended slap limit.

What is the slap yield limit for a knee?

dv said:

:)

dv said:

Is this Baldricks cunning plan ?

Get all the idiots following Trump onto Parler, then Biden can shut Parler down.

these memes are certainly living up to the title… off the extreme and very average

Arts said:

these memes are certainly living up to the title… off the extreme and very average

Yes, lift the game.

Arts said:

these memes are certainly living up to the title… off the extreme and very average

These memes are younger, stronger, faster – And they practice while you sleep.

Tau.Neutrino said:

dv said:

Is this Baldricks cunning plan ?

Get all the idiots following Trump onto Parler, then Biden can shut Parler down.

We can ignore Parler. Give it a certain status below contempt. Anyone who reads or posts there can be dismissed.

party_pants said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

dv said:

Is this Baldricks cunning plan ?

Get all the idiots following Trump onto Parler, then Biden can shut Parler down.

We can ignore Parler. Give it a certain status below contempt. Anyone who reads or posts there can be dismissed.

I’d never heard of it. Is it some sort of Twitter light?

Tamb said:

party_pants said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

Is this Baldricks cunning plan ?

Get all the idiots following Trump onto Parler, then Biden can shut Parler down.

We can ignore Parler. Give it a certain status below contempt. Anyone who reads or posts there can be dismissed.

I’d never heard of it. Is it some sort of Twitter light?

I only heard of it yesterday. I gather it is some obscure social media platform that was struggling to gain traction. Their big difference is that they value freedom of bullshit as some ideological principle and will not fact check or suppress people posting rubbish.

The whole freedom of speech thing has become a sort of a philosophical dead end for me. Anyone should be free to tell the truth, but not free to spread untruths. The problem is – who decides?

party_pants said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

dv said:

Is this Baldricks cunning plan ?

Get all the idiots following Trump onto Parler, then Biden can shut Parler down.

We can ignore Parler. Give it a certain status below contempt. Anyone who reads or posts there can be dismissed.

Some idiots will probably post there under their real names and actually get dismissed.

Rule 303 said:

Arts said:

these memes are certainly living up to the title… off the extreme and very average

These memes are younger, stronger, faster – And they practice while you sleep.

so… not much then

Tamb said:

party_pants said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

Is this Baldricks cunning plan ?

Get all the idiots following Trump onto Parler, then Biden can shut Parler down.

We can ignore Parler. Give it a certain status below contempt. Anyone who reads or posts there can be dismissed.

I’d never heard of it. Is it some sort of Twitter light?

It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man’s fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call “The Twitter Zone”.

Peak Warming Man said:

Tamb said:

party_pants said:

We can ignore Parler. Give it a certain status below contempt. Anyone who reads or posts there can be dismissed.

I’d never heard of it. Is it some sort of Twitter light?

It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man’s fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call “The Twitter Zone”.

Oh, it’s a parler game?

party_pants said:

Tamb said:

party_pants said:

We can ignore Parler. Give it a certain status below contempt. Anyone who reads or posts there can be dismissed.

I’d never heard of it. Is it some sort of Twitter light?

I only heard of it yesterday. I gather it is some obscure social media platform that was struggling to gain traction. Their big difference is that they value freedom of bullshit as some ideological principle and will not fact check or suppress people posting rubbish.

The whole freedom of speech thing has become a sort of a philosophical dead end for me. Anyone should be free to tell the truth, but not free to spread untruths. The problem is – who decides?

exactly.. my truth may not be equal to yours.. even if we both believe in the same truths (such as the robustness of scientific investigation) interpretations of those truths differ. Not that there’s anything wrong with constantly questions your truth.. but science is a double edged sword of baldness and hairbrushes.

Tamb said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Tamb said:

I’d never heard of it. Is it some sort of Twitter light?

It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man’s fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call “The Twitter Zone”.

Oh, it’s a parler game?

Where the rules of reason are suspended, and logic takes a holiday.

captain_spalding said:

Tamb said:

Peak Warming Man said:

It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man’s fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call “The Twitter Zone”.

Oh, it’s a parler game?

Where the rules of reason are suspended, and logic takes a holiday.

There was a movie called Death Takes a Holiday, the people were told by the elite film critics and by the media that it was a good film, they were lying.

Peak Warming Man said:

captain_spalding said:

Tamb said:

Oh, it’s a parler game?

Where the rules of reason are suspended, and logic takes a holiday.

There was a movie called Death Takes a Holiday, the people were told by the elite film critics and by the media that it was a good film, they were lying.

I have seen that film.

And yes, they were were lying. My gosh, how they lied.

Peak Warming Man said:

captain_spalding said:

Tamb said:

Oh, it’s a parler game?

Where the rules of reason are suspended, and logic takes a holiday.

There was a movie called Death Takes a Holiday, the people were told by the elite film critics and by the media that it was a good film, they were lying.

Can’t sing, can’t act, can dance a little.

Tau.Neutrino said:

ChrispenEvan said:

Would you Trust this Man

72,228,002 people have.

Who is he? Donald Trump after his hair fell off?

Tamb said:

party_pants said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

Is this Baldricks cunning plan ?

Get all the idiots following Trump onto Parler, then Biden can shut Parler down.

We can ignore Parler. Give it a certain status below contempt. Anyone who reads or posts there can be dismissed.

I’d never heard of it. Is it some sort of Twitter light?

More Twitter ‘right’…

party_pants said:

Tamb said:

party_pants said:

We can ignore Parler. Give it a certain status below contempt. Anyone who reads or posts there can be dismissed.

I’d never heard of it. Is it some sort of Twitter light?

I only heard of it yesterday. I gather it is some obscure social media platform that was struggling to gain traction. Their big difference is that they value freedom of bullshit as some ideological principle and will not fact check or suppress people posting rubbish.

The whole freedom of speech thing has become a sort of a philosophical dead end for me. Anyone should be free to tell the truth, but not free to spread untruths. The problem is – who decides?

I think people should be charged a fee for lies. A bit like the swear jar.

roughbarked said:

party_pants said:

Tamb said:

I’d never heard of it. Is it some sort of Twitter light?

I only heard of it yesterday. I gather it is some obscure social media platform that was struggling to gain traction. Their big difference is that they value freedom of bullshit as some ideological principle and will not fact check or suppress people posting rubbish.

The whole freedom of speech thing has become a sort of a philosophical dead end for me. Anyone should be free to tell the truth, but not free to spread untruths. The problem is – who decides?

I think people should be charged a fee for lies. A bit like the swear jar.

still doesn’t answer the question – who decides?

party_pants said:

roughbarked said:

party_pants said:

I only heard of it yesterday. I gather it is some obscure social media platform that was struggling to gain traction. Their big difference is that they value freedom of bullshit as some ideological principle and will not fact check or suppress people posting rubbish.

The whole freedom of speech thing has become a sort of a philosophical dead end for me. Anyone should be free to tell the truth, but not free to spread untruths. The problem is – who decides?

I think people should be charged a fee for lies. A bit like the swear jar.

still doesn’t answer the question – who decides?

A lie is a deliberate intention to decieve and is usually followwed by another to cover the fire. Simply being ignorant of truth doesn’t make a liar of one.

roughbarked said:

party_pants said:

I only heard of it yesterday. I gather it is some obscure social media platform that was struggling to gain traction. Their big difference is that they value freedom of bullshit as some ideological principle and will not fact check or suppress people posting rubbish.

The whole freedom of speech thing has become a sort of a philosophical dead end for me. Anyone should be free to tell the truth, but not free to spread untruths. The problem is – who decides?

I think people should be charged a fee for lies. A bit like the swear jar.

is it still a lie if the person speaking it believes it to be truth? who is the moderator here?

Arts said:

roughbarked said:

party_pants said:

I only heard of it yesterday. I gather it is some obscure social media platform that was struggling to gain traction. Their big difference is that they value freedom of bullshit as some ideological principle and will not fact check or suppress people posting rubbish.

The whole freedom of speech thing has become a sort of a philosophical dead end for me. Anyone should be free to tell the truth, but not free to spread untruths. The problem is – who decides?

I think people should be charged a fee for lies. A bit like the swear jar.

is it still a lie if the person speaking it believes it to be truth? who is the moderator here?

raises hand

party_pants said:

roughbarked said:

party_pants said:

I only heard of it yesterday. I gather it is some obscure social media platform that was struggling to gain traction. Their big difference is that they value freedom of bullshit as some ideological principle and will not fact check or suppress people posting rubbish.

The whole freedom of speech thing has become a sort of a philosophical dead end for me. Anyone should be free to tell the truth, but not free to spread untruths. The problem is – who decides?

I think people should be charged a fee for lies. A bit like the swear jar.

still doesn’t answer the question – who decides?

A beefed up version of the ABC’s fact checking and media watch called the Department of Fact Checking with all outcomes posted online.

Tau.Neutrino said:

party_pants said:

roughbarked said:

I think people should be charged a fee for lies. A bit like the swear jar.

still doesn’t answer the question – who decides?

A beefed up version of the ABC’s fact checking and media watch called the Department of Fact Checking with all outcomes posted online.

Maybe something like that can eventuate out of the royal commission into media bias etc

sibeen said:

Arts said:

roughbarked said:

I think people should be charged a fee for lies. A bit like the swear jar.

is it still a lie if the person speaking it believes it to be truth? who is the moderator here?

raises hand

Ahem.

The Lab said:

sibeen said:

Arts said:

is it still a lie if the person speaking it believes it to be truth? who is the moderator here?

raises hand

Ahem.

FTL!

Arts said:

roughbarked said:

party_pants said:

I only heard of it yesterday. I gather it is some obscure social media platform that was struggling to gain traction. Their big difference is that they value freedom of bullshit as some ideological principle and will not fact check or suppress people posting rubbish.

The whole freedom of speech thing has become a sort of a philosophical dead end for me. Anyone should be free to tell the truth, but not free to spread untruths. The problem is – who decides?

I think people should be charged a fee for lies. A bit like the swear jar.

is it still a lie if the person speaking it believes it to be truth? who is the moderator here?

No Solomons here but he did leave a precedent about baby ownership.

Tau.Neutrino said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

party_pants said:

still doesn’t answer the question – who decides?

A beefed up version of the ABC’s fact checking and media watch called the Department of Fact Checking with all outcomes posted online.

Maybe something like that can eventuate out of the royal commission into media bias etc

Jayzus. Arts is right.

Arts said:

roughbarked said:

party_pants said:

I only heard of it yesterday. I gather it is some obscure social media platform that was struggling to gain traction. Their big difference is that they value freedom of bullshit as some ideological principle and will not fact check or suppress people posting rubbish.

The whole freedom of speech thing has become a sort of a philosophical dead end for me. Anyone should be free to tell the truth, but not free to spread untruths. The problem is – who decides?

I think people should be charged a fee for lies. A bit like the swear jar.

is it still a lie if the person speaking it believes it to be truth? who is the moderator here?

Not a lie. Delusion perhaps.
However, people like Trump spread lies that others may believe.

IG = Instagram, a popular social media platform.

Stephen Miller’s TED Talk

dv said:

Stephen Miller’s TED Talk

LOL.

Divine Angel said:

IG = Instagram, a popular social media platform.

Lol

maybe it’s the delirium but we’re not getting much of the latest

SCIENCE said:

maybe it’s the delirium but we’re not getting much of the latest

But which one of us is delirious?

party_pants said:

roughbarked said:

party_pants said:

I only heard of it yesterday. I gather it is some obscure social media platform that was struggling to gain traction. Their big difference is that they value freedom of bullshit as some ideological principle and will not fact check or suppress people posting rubbish.

The whole freedom of speech thing has become a sort of a philosophical dead end for me. Anyone should be free to tell the truth, but not free to spread untruths. The problem is – who decides?

I think people should be charged a fee for lies. A bit like the swear jar.

still doesn’t answer the question – who decides?

SCIENCE

SCIENCE said:

party_pants said:

roughbarked said:

I think people should be charged a fee for lies. A bit like the swear jar.

still doesn’t answer the question – who decides?

SCIENCE

A lie is a lie wherever it may fly.

The first rule about the Dunning-Kruger club is:
You don’t know you’re in the Dunning-Kruger club.

sarahs mum said:

The first rule about the Dunning-Kruger club is:
You don’t know you’re in the Dunning-Kruger club.

ha!

Arts said:

Nice.

Arts said:

you were complaining earlier about … something?

party_pants said:

Arts said:

you were complaining earlier about … something?

what’s your point?

Arts said:

party_pants said:

Arts said:

you were complaining earlier about … something?

what’s your point?

Something something about the memes posted in this thread being a bit average.

party_pants said:

Arts said:

party_pants said:

you were complaining earlier about … something?

what’s your point?

Something something about the memes posted in this thread being a bit average.

I’m just keeping with the trend

Arts said:

party_pants said:

Arts said:

what’s your point?

Something something about the memes posted in this thread being a bit average.

I’m just keeping with the trend

if you can’t beat ‘em, join’em I guess.

Arts said:

I’ve actually watched praying mantises mate in the wild. It’s a many-hour process, but doesn’t end with the female biting the head off the male — which would be very difficult, because the male mounts the female from behind, similarly to dogs (though with obvious differences.) When they separate the male wanders off in the opposite direction to the female’s head.

I still love that the legend is so ingrained that everyone gets the joke immediately, though.

btm said:

Arts said:

I’ve actually watched praying mantises mate in the wild. It’s a many-hour process, but doesn’t end with the female biting the head off the male — which would be very difficult, because the male mounts the female from behind, similarly to dogs (though with obvious differences.) When they separate the male wanders off in the opposite direction to the female’s head.

I still love that the legend is so ingrained that everyone gets the joke immediately, though.

It is possible that the bloke just got lucky… in both senses?

Rule 303 said:

btm said:

Arts said:

I’ve actually watched praying mantises mate in the wild. It’s a many-hour process, but doesn’t end with the female biting the head off the male — which would be very difficult, because the male mounts the female from behind, similarly to dogs (though with obvious differences.) When they separate the male wanders off in the opposite direction to the female’s head.

I still love that the legend is so ingrained that everyone gets the joke immediately, though.

It is possible that the bloke just got lucky… in both senses?

It’s possible, but a friend of mine has also watched (and in his case filmed) two other mantises mating; that male behaved similarly, and escaped with his head. Of course it’s possible that both instances were exceptions, and/or that the presence of a human modified their behaviour, but the mating pairs (which were different species) exhibited identical behaviours, suggesting that it’s more common than decapitation. I’d need to do more research to confirm one way or another, so I’ll need a fairly large research grant.

btm said:

Rule 303 said:

btm said:

I’ve actually watched praying mantises mate in the wild. It’s a many-hour process, but doesn’t end with the female biting the head off the male — which would be very difficult, because the male mounts the female from behind, similarly to dogs (though with obvious differences.) When they separate the male wanders off in the opposite direction to the female’s head.

I still love that the legend is so ingrained that everyone gets the joke immediately, though.

It is possible that the bloke just got lucky… in both senses?

It’s possible, but a friend of mine has also watched (and in his case filmed) two other mantises mating; that male behaved similarly, and escaped with his head. Of course it’s possible that both instances were exceptions, and/or that the presence of a human modified their behaviour, but the mating pairs (which were different species) exhibited identical behaviours, suggesting that it’s more common than decapitation. I’d need to do more research to confirm one way or another, so I’ll need a fairly large research grant.

I remember reading that it is species specific.. and that not all will eat their mate. But also that it’s usually a whole body devouring rather than just the head.. of course, in the world of memes, you just need people to instantly get it.. I don’t think memes are supposed to be studied that hard, like comics are.. although, who knows, one day people might start putting Easter eggs into their memes to delight the meme fiends.

And sometimes those interests intersect—brutally. Praying mantis courtship can be a dangerous affair; females have been well-documented biting off the heads and eating other body parts of the males that they mate with. However, the frequency of such violence may be just a tad overstated.

“First of all, not all praying mantis species cannibalize their mates,” says Brannoch.

“Maybe if the female is starving or if the male irritates her, she might engage in that behavior. But they don’t always do it.”

In fact, of the species that exhibit cannibalism of their mates, studies have shown that the females make a meal out of the males between just 13 and 28 percent of the time.

A study published in 2016 found that when female Chinese mantises consume their mates, they acquire important amino acids that are then incorporated into the eggs they lay. They also appear to lay twice as many eggs after cannibalizing a male than they normally would.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/09/praying-mantis-mating-cannibalism-birds-bite-facts-news/

Witty Rejoinder said:

Nice one!

:)

Rule 303 said:

If it is a cat there’s only one place to hold it.

Rule 303 said:

can I come into the out now?

Rule 303 said:

I can see a stain where one of his supporters vomited.

Rule 303 said:

better than the crematorium or the dildo shop next door I guess.

Rule 303 said:

groan

party_pants said:

Rule 303 said:

better than the crematorium or the dildo shop next door I guess.

Rule 303 said:

Dear oh dear oh dear.

You’re correct, Arts, they are getting worse.

Rule 303 said:

that’s a lot of blood spatter.

Arts said:

Rule 303 said:

that’s a lot of blood spatter.

dildos in the book case?

Rule 303 said:

Does that gold toilet retract into the wall ?

Id like to have one of those.

Not gold though, make mine marble, to be different.

sarahs mum said:

Arts said:

Rule 303 said:

that’s a lot of blood spatter.

dildos in the book case?

.. and on the armchair.

Plus there is a golden toilet mounted near the wall.

I’m afraid I don’t get even half of the references in this picture.

sarahs mum said:

Arts said:

Rule 303 said:

that’s a lot of blood spatter.

dildos in the book case?

The shopping trolley is a nice touch.

sarahs mum said:

Arts said:

Rule 303 said:

that’s a lot of blood spatter.

dildos in the book case?

how else does one display their collection?

party_pants said:

sarahs mum said:

Arts said:

that’s a lot of blood spatter.

dildos in the book case?

.. and on the armchair.

Plus there is a golden toilet mounted near the wall.

I’m afraid I don’t get even half of the references in this picture.

I didn’t even realise it was referential!

What have you spotted so far?

sarahs mum said:

Arts said:

Rule 303 said:

that’s a lot of blood spatter.

dildos in the book case?

Wasn’t there a press conference next to a dildo shop?

Rule 303 said:

party_pants said:

sarahs mum said:

dildos in the book case?

.. and on the armchair.

Plus there is a golden toilet mounted near the wall.

I’m afraid I don’t get even half of the references in this picture.

I didn’t even realise it was referential!

What have you spotted so far?

I just assumed it was, otherwise it gets a bit too confusing, or one has to question the sanity of the artist.

Peak Warming Man said:

sarahs mum said:

Arts said:

that’s a lot of blood spatter.

dildos in the book case?

The shopping trolley is a nice touch.

I thought of banky and ‘hunting.’

Witty Rejoinder said:

Do you have to reverse in?

Witty Rejoinder said:

Make sure your wearing protection.

Rule 303 said:

LOL

Divine Angel said:

Rule 303 said:

LOL

He tried to rig it and then blamed others for not allowing illegal moves.

Remember when Fox News was having conniptions about caravans of migrants bringing in disease?

dv said:

Remember when Fox News was having conniptions about caravans of migrants bringing in disease?

Some of us have longer memory spans than others.
Perhaps Trumpism is an early onset of Alzheimers?

He is rumoured to be under distress.

ChrispenEvan said:

Oh come on, it’s harmless. He is still fully clothed and with his tie on. Real horror would be if he dressed in …..shudder I can’t even say it.

party_pants said:

ChrispenEvan said:

Oh come on, it’s harmless. He is still fully clothed and with his tie on. Real horror would be if he dressed in …..shudder I can’t even say it.

yep, just too, too much to contemplate.

ChrispenEvan said:

Getting ready to be Minister of Silly Walks?

party_pants said:

ChrispenEvan said:

Oh come on, it’s harmless. He is still fully clothed and with his tie on. Real horror would be if he dressed in …..shudder I can’t even say it.

And he is wearing the flag the right way up in this meme.

sarahs mum said:

party_pants said:

ChrispenEvan said:

Oh come on, it’s harmless. He is still fully clothed and with his tie on. Real horror would be if he dressed in …..shudder I can’t even say it.

And he is wearing the flag the right way up in this meme.

Shopped.

sarahs mum said:

party_pants said:

ChrispenEvan said:

Oh come on, it’s harmless. He is still fully clothed and with his tie on. Real horror would be if he dressed in …..shudder I can’t even say it.

And he is wearing the flag the right way up in this meme.

imperialist

ChrispenEvan said:

:)

Good one.

I don’t know why I find this hilarious, I just do. Makes me wonder what stopped them from calling it a ‘Permitted Permit Permit’?

Rule 303 said:

LOL

Peak Warming Man said:

Rule 303 said:

LOL

That is clever.

dv said:

because having unsecure passwords is all part of free speech.

party_pants said:

dv said:

because having unsecure passwords is all part of free speech.

it is, if we can’t post it under anyone’s attribution we want, how is it free

SCIENCE said:

party_pants said:

dv said:

because having unsecure passwords is all part of free speech.

it is, if we can’t post it under anyone’s attribution we want, how is it free

it’s what the nazi would have done.

dv said:

I really, really, really want a ziggurat, ah!

party_pants said:

dv said:

I really, really, really want a ziggurat, ah!

I thought you were a non-zmoker.

Bubblecar said:

party_pants said:

dv said:

I really, really, really want a ziggurat, ah!

I thought you were a non-zmoker.

I zee vot yu did there

roughbarked said:

Bubblecar said:

party_pants said:

I really, really, really want a ziggurat, ah!

I thought you were a non-zmoker.

I zee vot yu did there

Why not just Shaduppum

Rule 303 said:

Oh Donny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling From glen to glen, and down the mountain side The summer’s gone, and all the flowers are dying ‘Tis you, ‘tis you must go and I must bide. But come ye back when summer’s in the meadow Or when the valley’s hushed and white with snow ‘Tis I’ll be here in sunshine not in shadow Oh Donny boy, oh Donny boy, I wish you’d go.

BREAKING NEWS: Study confirms that nose holes connect to lungs.

Rule 303 said:

BREAKING NEWS: Study confirms that nose holes connect to lungs.

I wore a mask to the thing tonight and got lots of compliments.

Divine Angel said:

Rule 303 said:

BREAKING NEWS: Study confirms that nose holes connect to lungs.

I wore a mask to the thing tonight and got lots of compliments.

How did the thing go?

I’m reliably informed this was taken at the Tullamarine International Airport, near Melbourne, this morning.

Rule 303 said:

I’m reliably informed this was taken at the Tullamarine International Airport, near Melbourne, this morning.

‘This town ain’t big enough for both of us…’

Rule 303 said:

I’m reliably informed this was taken at the Tullamarine International Airport, near Melbourne, this morning.

The police car, taken?

A few weeks ago, i was walking up to the back of the hospital, smack in the middle of Toowoomba, at about 10:30 am.

From the right, a kangaroo came bounding along, passed about 4 metres in front of me, and off to the left. Probably took refuge in the railway reserve just south of us.

captain_spalding said:

A few weeks ago, i was walking up to the back of the hospital, smack in the middle of Toowoomba, at about 10:30 am.

From the right, a kangaroo came bounding along, passed about 4 metres in front of me, and off to the left. Probably took refuge in the railway reserve just south of us.

slaps knee

Peak Warming Man said:

captain_spalding said:

A few weeks ago, i was walking up to the back of the hospital, smack in the middle of Toowoomba, at about 10:30 am.

From the right, a kangaroo came bounding along, passed about 4 metres in front of me, and off to the left. Probably took refuge in the railway reserve just south of us.

slaps knee

We have possums living in some of the older buildings, and there’s regular snake sightings (mostly brown snakes). Blue-tongue lizards in thegarden beds.

Just goes to show, you can take the wildlife out of the city…oh, wait, no, you can’t, it seems.

captain_spalding said:

Peak Warming Man said:

captain_spalding said:

A few weeks ago, i was walking up to the back of the hospital, smack in the middle of Toowoomba, at about 10:30 am.

From the right, a kangaroo came bounding along, passed about 4 metres in front of me, and off to the left. Probably took refuge in the railway reserve just south of us.

slaps knee

We have possums living in some of the older buildings, and there’s regular snake sightings (mostly brown snakes). Blue-tongue lizards in thegarden beds.

Just goes to show, you can take the wildlife out of the city…oh, wait, no, you can’t, it seems.

If someone puts snail bait around, the blue tongues start stinking in the corner.

roughbarked said:

captain_spalding said:

Peak Warming Man said:

slaps knee

We have possums living in some of the older buildings, and there’s regular snake sightings (mostly brown snakes). Blue-tongue lizards in thegarden beds.

Just goes to show, you can take the wildlife out of the city…oh, wait, no, you can’t, it seems.

If someone puts snail bait around, the blue tongues start stinking in the corner.

If there’s blue-tongues, you don’t need snail bait.

captain_spalding said:

roughbarked said:

captain_spalding said:

We have possums living in some of the older buildings, and there’s regular snake sightings (mostly brown snakes). Blue-tongue lizards in thegarden beds.

Just goes to show, you can take the wildlife out of the city…oh, wait, no, you can’t, it seems.

If someone puts snail bait around, the blue tongues start stinking in the corner.

If there’s blue-tongues, you don’t need snail bait.

Not entirely true. You’d really need hordes of blue tongues.

roughbarked said:

captain_spalding said:

roughbarked said:

If someone puts snail bait around, the blue tongues start stinking in the corner.

If there’s blue-tongues, you don’t need snail bait.

Not entirely true. You’d really need hordes of blue tongues.

True. But, our gardeners aren’t all that gung-ho. I doubt that they expend much energy on distributing snail bait.

captain_spalding said:

roughbarked said:

captain_spalding said:

We have possums living in some of the older buildings, and there’s regular snake sightings (mostly brown snakes). Blue-tongue lizards in thegarden beds.

Just goes to show, you can take the wildlife out of the city…oh, wait, no, you can’t, it seems.

If someone puts snail bait around, the blue tongues start stinking in the corner.

If there’s blue-tongues, you don’t need snail bait.

Wanna bet? We’ve got bluetongues. They can’t keep up with the snail population explosion. I can fill a milkshake container with snails without trying. (I then introduce the snails to my chooks) Perhaps our bluetongues are just too well fed. Or we need more bluetongues.

captain_spalding said:

roughbarked said:

captain_spalding said:

If there’s blue-tongues, you don’t need snail bait.

Not entirely true. You’d really need hordes of blue tongues.

True. But, our gardeners aren’t all that gung-ho. I doubt that they expend much energy on distributing snail bait.

Just a warning, if you value your blue tongues. Leave the Metaldehyde on the shelf at Bunnings.

buffy said:

captain_spalding said:

roughbarked said:

If someone puts snail bait around, the blue tongues start stinking in the corner.

If there’s blue-tongues, you don’t need snail bait.

Wanna bet? We’ve got bluetongues. They can’t keep up with the snail population explosion. I can fill a milkshake container with snails without trying. (I then introduce the snails to my chooks) Perhaps our bluetongues are just too well fed. Or we need more bluetongues.

Milkshake container? At the worst level of snail infestation here, it was like 600 per square metre. I was paying my kids money to pick them up.

Peak Warming Man said:

Rule 303 said:

I’m reliably informed this was taken at the Tullamarine International Airport, near Melbourne, this morning.

The police car, taken?

Yes.

The photo, ya dill.

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

Wanna bet? We’ve got bluetongues. They can’t keep up with the snail population explosion. I can fill a milkshake container with snails without trying. (I then introduce the snails to my chooks) Perhaps our bluetongues are just too well fed. Or we need more bluetongues.

Milkshake container? At the worst level of snail infestation here, it was like 600 per square metre. I was paying my kids money to pick them up.

You know those people who go along the shoreline, and collect every single oyster and pipi and any other living thing to the point where that stretch is left utterly denuded?

We need to somehow convince them that garden snails are just like oysters (not a long way from the truth, IMHO), and there’s no limit on the take, go for your lives folks!

captain_spalding said:

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

Wanna bet? We’ve got bluetongues. They can’t keep up with the snail population explosion. I can fill a milkshake container with snails without trying. (I then introduce the snails to my chooks) Perhaps our bluetongues are just too well fed. Or we need more bluetongues.

Milkshake container? At the worst level of snail infestation here, it was like 600 per square metre. I was paying my kids money to pick them up.

You know those people who go along the shoreline, and collect every single oyster and pipi and any other living thing to the point where that stretch is left utterly denuded?

We need to somehow convince them that garden snails are just like oysters (not a long way from the truth, IMHO), and there’s no limit on the take, go for your lives folks!

I’d happily give them to anyone who wants to eat them.

captain_spalding said:

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

Wanna bet? We’ve got bluetongues. They can’t keep up with the snail population explosion. I can fill a milkshake container with snails without trying. (I then introduce the snails to my chooks) Perhaps our bluetongues are just too well fed. Or we need more bluetongues.

Milkshake container? At the worst level of snail infestation here, it was like 600 per square metre. I was paying my kids money to pick them up.

You know those people who go along the shoreline, and collect every single oyster and pipi and any other living thing to the point where that stretch is left utterly denuded?

We need to somehow convince them that garden snails are just like oysters (not a long way from the truth, IMHO), and there’s no limit on the take, go for your lives folks!

The Vietnamese, when some first moved here ie Wynnum, used to hammer the foreshore like that, they’d be out every night with helmet torches and nets but once educated they were fine.

captain_spalding said:

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

Wanna bet? We’ve got bluetongues. They can’t keep up with the snail population explosion. I can fill a milkshake container with snails without trying. (I then introduce the snails to my chooks) Perhaps our bluetongues are just too well fed. Or we need more bluetongues.

Milkshake container? At the worst level of snail infestation here, it was like 600 per square metre. I was paying my kids money to pick them up.

You know those people who go along the shoreline, and collect every single oyster and pipi and any other living thing to the point where that stretch is left utterly denuded?

We need to somehow convince them that garden snails are just like oysters (not a long way from the truth, IMHO), and there’s no limit on the take, go for your lives folks!

Many human parasites have a stage in their lifecycle within a garden snail. Eg: tapeworms, liver flukes etc.

Michael V said:

captain_spalding said:

roughbarked said:

Milkshake container? At the worst level of snail infestation here, it was like 600 per square metre. I was paying my kids money to pick them up.

You know those people who go along the shoreline, and collect every single oyster and pipi and any other living thing to the point where that stretch is left utterly denuded?

We need to somehow convince them that garden snails are just like oysters (not a long way from the truth, IMHO), and there’s no limit on the take, go for your lives folks!

Many human parasites have a stage in their lifecycle within a garden snail. Eg: tapeworms, liver flukes etc.

True.

Michael V said:

captain_spalding said:

roughbarked said:

Milkshake container? At the worst level of snail infestation here, it was like 600 per square metre. I was paying my kids money to pick them up.

You know those people who go along the shoreline, and collect every single oyster and pipi and any other living thing to the point where that stretch is left utterly denuded?

We need to somehow convince them that garden snails are just like oysters (not a long way from the truth, IMHO), and there’s no limit on the take, go for your lives folks!

Many human parasites have a stage in their lifecycle within a garden snail. Eg: tapeworms, liver flukes etc.

A Sydney man who fell into a coma for 420 days after eating a slug has died. Sam Ballard, 28, was paralysed after contracting rat lungworm from a slug he swallowed as a dare. … Sam became gravely ill in the days after swallowing the slug. Rat lungworm usually affects rodents.Nov 5, 2018

PermeateFree said:

Michael V said:

captain_spalding said:

You know those people who go along the shoreline, and collect every single oyster and pipi and any other living thing to the point where that stretch is left utterly denuded?

We need to somehow convince them that garden snails are just like oysters (not a long way from the truth, IMHO), and there’s no limit on the take, go for your lives folks!

Many human parasites have a stage in their lifecycle within a garden snail. Eg: tapeworms, liver flukes etc.

A Sydney man who fell into a coma for 420 days after eating a slug has died. Sam Ballard, 28, was paralysed after contracting rat lungworm from a slug he swallowed as a dare. … Sam became gravely ill in the days after swallowing the slug. Rat lungworm usually affects rodents.Nov 5, 2018

Slugs are basically the only molluscs you shouldn’t eat

Rule 303 said:

silver lining?

dv said:

PermeateFree said:

Michael V said:

Many human parasites have a stage in their lifecycle within a garden snail. Eg: tapeworms, liver flukes etc.

A Sydney man who fell into a coma for 420 days after eating a slug has died. Sam Ballard, 28, was paralysed after contracting rat lungworm from a slug he swallowed as a dare. … Sam became gravely ill in the days after swallowing the slug. Rat lungworm usually affects rodents.Nov 5, 2018

Slugs are basically the only molluscs you shouldn’t eat

Is that the same man who had severe brain damage

dv said:

PermeateFree said:

Michael V said:

Many human parasites have a stage in their lifecycle within a garden snail. Eg: tapeworms, liver flukes etc.

A Sydney man who fell into a coma for 420 days after eating a slug has died. Sam Ballard, 28, was paralysed after contracting rat lungworm from a slug he swallowed as a dare. … Sam became gravely ill in the days after swallowing the slug. Rat lungworm usually affects rodents.Nov 5, 2018

Slugs are basically the only molluscs you shouldn’t eat

And ordinary garden snails. Edible snails are specially farmed.

Rule 303 said:

Or the SA border guards didn’t let her in…

dv said:

PermeateFree said:

Michael V said:

Many human parasites have a stage in their lifecycle within a garden snail. Eg: tapeworms, liver flukes etc.

A Sydney man who fell into a coma for 420 days after eating a slug has died. Sam Ballard, 28, was paralysed after contracting rat lungworm from a slug he swallowed as a dare. … Sam became gravely ill in the days after swallowing the slug. Rat lungworm usually affects rodents.Nov 5, 2018

Slugs are basically the only molluscs you shouldn’t eat

what about cooked

dv said:

Slugs are basically the only molluscs you shouldn’t eat

NOW you tell me…

captain_spalding said:

dv said:

Slugs are basically the only molluscs you shouldn’t eat

NOW you tell me…

It is no coincidence that they call bullets “slugs”…

furious said:

captain_spalding said:

dv said:

Slugs are basically the only molluscs you shouldn’t eat

NOW you tell me…

It is no coincidence that they call bullets “slugs”…

Because they weigh a pound

dv said:

furious said:

captain_spalding said:

NOW you tell me…

It is no coincidence that they call bullets “slugs”…

Because they weigh a pound

But that would only be 1/32 of a slug.

dv said:

furious said:

captain_spalding said:

NOW you tell me…

It is no coincidence that they call bullets “slugs”…

Because they weigh a pound

A slug is defined as the mass that is accelerated by 1 ft/s 2 when a force of one pound (lbf) is exerted on it. One slug has a mass of 32.1740 lb (14.59390 kg) based on standard gravity, the international foot, and the avoirdupois pound.

Rule 303 said:

I’m reliably informed this was taken at the Tullamarine International Airport, near Melbourne, this morning.

the Earth is heeling.

SCIENCE said:

dv said:

PermeateFree said:

A Sydney man who fell into a coma for 420 days after eating a slug has died. Sam Ballard, 28, was paralysed after contracting rat lungworm from a slug he swallowed as a dare. … Sam became gravely ill in the days after swallowing the slug. Rat lungworm usually affects rodents.Nov 5, 2018

Slugs are basically the only molluscs you shouldn’t eat

what about cooked

All snails and slugs are edible and offer the advantage of being very easy to catch. But all wild snails and slugs can carry dangerous parasites, so they must be cooked thoroughly – especially the giant African snail, recently found in Texas and probably coming to an environs near you.

In general, slugs are edible, but they don’t taste very good. Their mucus coating tends to be very bitter tasting. This cuts down on their being eaten by other animals in the wild. … On the whole, they’re not worth the bother to clean and eat, but when appropriately treated, they can be eaten.

PermeateFree said:

SCIENCE said:

dv said:

Slugs are basically the only molluscs you shouldn’t eat

what about cooked

All snails and slugs are edible and offer the advantage of being very easy to catch. But all wild snails and slugs can carry dangerous parasites, so they must be cooked thoroughly – especially the giant African snail, recently found in Texas and probably coming to an environs near you.

In general, slugs are edible, but they don’t taste very good. Their mucus coating tends to be very bitter tasting. This cuts down on their being eaten by other animals in the wild. … On the whole, they’re not worth the bother to clean and eat, but when appropriately treated, they can be eaten.

Our ducks used to love scoffing slugs. There was a pile of old bricks in a corner of the cherry orchard and the ducks would pester me to turn each one over for them, so they could snaffle up the slugs.

Bubblecar said:

PermeateFree said:

SCIENCE said:

what about cooked

All snails and slugs are edible and offer the advantage of being very easy to catch. But all wild snails and slugs can carry dangerous parasites, so they must be cooked thoroughly – especially the giant African snail, recently found in Texas and probably coming to an environs near you.

In general, slugs are edible, but they don’t taste very good. Their mucus coating tends to be very bitter tasting. This cuts down on their being eaten by other animals in the wild. … On the whole, they’re not worth the bother to clean and eat, but when appropriately treated, they can be eaten.

Our ducks used to love scoffing slugs. There was a pile of old bricks in a corner of the cherry orchard and the ducks would pester me to turn each one over for them, so they could snaffle up the slugs.

Ducks are very good for that especially Karki Cambells, but if you wish to express your culinary skills, here are a few recipes to guide you.

1) Fried Slugs – Scald the slugs in boiling water for two minutes. Dredge them in egg, and then in bread crumbs. Deep fry in oil until golden brown, and serve while hot.

2) Classic Escargot – Let your snails purge themselves in a container of damp lettuce for 24 hours. Bring one cup of water or white wine to a boil in a large saute pan, and pour in 2 cups of snails. As the liquid boils off and the snails begin to cook, add one stick of butter to the pan and several cloves of minced garlic. Saute for 3-4 minutes and serve.

3) Slug Stir-Fry – In a wok or a skillet, fry some of your favorite veggies with a few ounces of oil, add a couple handfuls of blanched slugs, and season with soy sauce to taste. **
4) Pasta with Slugs** – Fry several handfuls of slugs in a buttered skillet and add them to your favorite pasta sauce. Simmer for 10 minutes. Fold in your pasta and serve.

5) Backwoods Boil – Boil the slugs or snails in water for 10 minutes, with whatever seasonings you can find. Wild onion and other strong flavors are a solid choice. Eat as a soup, or simply pick out the mollusks and eat them.

Bubblecar said:

PermeateFree said:

SCIENCE said:

what about cooked

All snails and slugs are edible and offer the advantage of being very easy to catch. But all wild snails and slugs can carry dangerous parasites, so they must be cooked thoroughly – especially the giant African snail, recently found in Texas and probably coming to an environs near you.

In general, slugs are edible, but they don’t taste very good. Their mucus coating tends to be very bitter tasting. This cuts down on their being eaten by other animals in the wild. … On the whole, they’re not worth the bother to clean and eat, but when appropriately treated, they can be eaten.

Our ducks used to love scoffing slugs. There was a pile of old bricks in a corner of the cherry orchard and the ducks would pester me to turn each one over for them, so they could snaffle up the slugs.

There’s an Indian running duck or some such that eats snakes.

Peak Warming Man said:

Bubblecar said:

PermeateFree said:

All snails and slugs are edible and offer the advantage of being very easy to catch. But all wild snails and slugs can carry dangerous parasites, so they must be cooked thoroughly – especially the giant African snail, recently found in Texas and probably coming to an environs near you.

In general, slugs are edible, but they don’t taste very good. Their mucus coating tends to be very bitter tasting. This cuts down on their being eaten by other animals in the wild. … On the whole, they’re not worth the bother to clean and eat, but when appropriately treated, they can be eaten.

Our ducks used to love scoffing slugs. There was a pile of old bricks in a corner of the cherry orchard and the ducks would pester me to turn each one over for them, so they could snaffle up the slugs.

There’s an Indian running duck or some such that eats snakes.

The duck snuck a drake and the snake druck a duck

baby Trump

sarahs mum said:

Heh

ChrispenEvan said:

Goose…Gander.

ChrispenEvan said:

I’ve never seen a group of brothel patrons picketing an abortion clinic…

ChrispenEvan said:

:)

ChrispenEvan said:

LOLz

ChrispenEvan said:

:) That took me back to the 60’s.

ChrispenEvan said:

LOL

dv said:

isn’t it so…

eye pie.

ChrispenEvan said:

eye pie.

Goddem 2.

Running with the pheasants

ChrispenEvan said:

technically the EU is not a government.

party_pants said:

ChrispenEvan said:

technically the EU is not a government.

and an opossum is not a cat.

Merrick Watts Eliminated From ‘SAS Australia’ After Refusing To Execute Afghan Farmer

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Rule 303 said:

Merrick Watts Eliminated From ‘SAS Australia’ After Refusing To Execute Afghan Farmer

Beetoota Advocate

That’s amusingly dark

sibeen said:

The black sun symbol reminds me of the Imperial symbol from Star Wars

sibeen said:

Oooh, I got a reply from Catch.Com – They are pulling all Pete Evans branded products.

Happy with that.

Cymek said:

sibeen said:

The black sun symbol reminds me of the Imperial symbol from Star Wars

Now his father Len was a top bloke, a good Evans.

Cymek said:

sibeen said:

The black sun symbol reminds me of the Imperial symbol from Star Wars

I get the feeling a lot about the empire was based on nazi stuff…

Peak Warming Man said:

Cymek said:

sibeen said:

The black sun symbol reminds me of the Imperial symbol from Star Wars

Now his father Len was a top bloke, a good Evans.

I met Len Evans a couple of times. He was a very nice man. very approachable, easy to talk with. Gave excellent no-nonsense advice on food and wine.

furious said:

Cymek said:

sibeen said:

The black sun symbol reminds me of the Imperial symbol from Star Wars

I get the feeling a lot about the empire was based on nazi stuff…

True

furious said:

Cymek said:

sibeen said:

The black sun symbol reminds me of the Imperial symbol from Star Wars

I get the feeling a lot about the empire was based on nazi stuff…

If you’re looking for a model for a fictional repressive militaristic dictatorship, National Socialism is bound to be high on your list.

captain_spalding said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Cymek said:

The black sun symbol reminds me of the Imperial symbol from Star Wars

Now his father Len was a top bloke, a good Evans.

I met Len Evans a couple of times. He was a very nice man. very approachable, easy to talk with. Gave excellent no-nonsense advice on food and wine.

He moved to the midlands at one stage and renovated. Did a lot to support the tassie food basket. And then he got angry with the govt and left.

captain_spalding said:

furious said:

Cymek said:

The black sun symbol reminds me of the Imperial symbol from Star Wars

I get the feeling a lot about the empire was based on nazi stuff…

If you’re looking for a model for a fictional repressive militaristic dictatorship, National Socialism is bound to be high on your list.

And they were more sharply dressed than those dour soviets…

furious said:

captain_spalding said:

furious said:

I get the feeling a lot about the empire was based on nazi stuff…

If you’re looking for a model for a fictional repressive militaristic dictatorship, National Socialism is bound to be high on your list.

And they were more sharply dressed than those dour soviets…

The Hugo Boss collection.

captain_spalding said:

furious said:

captain_spalding said:

If you’re looking for a model for a fictional repressive militaristic dictatorship, National Socialism is bound to be high on your list.

And they were more sharply dressed than those dour soviets…

The Hugo Boss collection.

Modern American Nazis tend to look like bums and hobos.

Bubblecar said:

captain_spalding said:

furious said:

And they were more sharply dressed than those dour soviets…

The Hugo Boss collection.

Modern American Nazis tend to look like bums and hobos.

Say what you like about Hitler, his grooming was impeccable

dv said:

Bubblecar said:

captain_spalding said:

The Hugo Boss collection.

Modern American Nazis tend to look like bums and hobos.

Say what you like about Hitler, his grooming was impeccable

Not really. He was notorious for his dirty fingernails, food-stained uniforms etc.

dv said:

Bubblecar said:

captain_spalding said:

The Hugo Boss collection.

Modern American Nazis tend to look like bums and hobos.

Say what you like about Hitler, his grooming was impeccable

Well we’ll give you the grooming, the workers holiday cottages and the peoples car but what else did he ever do for Germany.

Bubblecar said:

dv said:

Bubblecar said:

Modern American Nazis tend to look like bums and hobos.

Say what you like about Hitler, his grooming was impeccable

Not really. He was notorious for his dirty fingernails, food-stained uniforms etc.

…not to mention the frequent “foaming at the mouth”.

Bubblecar said:

dv said:

Bubblecar said:

Modern American Nazis tend to look like bums and hobos.

Say what you like about Hitler, his grooming was impeccable

Not really. He was notorious for his dirty fingernails, food-stained uniforms etc.

Yeah you do wonder the real him versus what was shown, big druggie as well

Bubblecar said:

dv said:

Bubblecar said:

Modern American Nazis tend to look like bums and hobos.

Say what you like about Hitler, his grooming was impeccable

Not really. He was notorious for his dirty fingernails, food-stained uniforms etc.

His grooming was only impeccable in front of the camera.

He farted in cars with other people in it and laughed about it, he aslo farted at the dinner table with dignities etc

He liked farting a lot.

Tau.Neutrino said:

Bubblecar said:

dv said:

Say what you like about Hitler, his grooming was impeccable

Not really. He was notorious for his dirty fingernails, food-stained uniforms etc.

His grooming was only impeccable in front of the camera.

He farted in cars with other people in it and laughed about it, he aslo farted at the dinner table with dignities etc

He liked farting a lot.

Everyone needs a hobby.

Must wash face now.

You know what they say. If you have it… Spread it.

Mr Shadow’s Pure Evil that has caused liquid fear to bleed out of the brain.

This is the moment when he realizes. OMG.

Murdoch.

NNmmm. grrr.

sarahs mum said:

Murdoch.

NNmmm. grrr.

(It is White ribbon day.)

sarahs mum said:

Murdoch.

NNmmm. grrr.

Headline should read

Inside the tortured minds of Tasmania’s people who kill.

Fixed

I’m not even an editor who should be able to see discrimination in an article.

Tau.Neutrino said:

sarahs mum said:

Murdoch.

NNmmm. grrr.

Headline should read

Inside the tortured minds of Tasmania’s people who kill.

Fixed

I’m not even an editor who should be able to see discrimination in an article.

Sue is on the right. She is in the middle of an appeal. She even has a witness who say s she was there when Bob was killed and Sue wasn’t.

sarahs mum said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

sarahs mum said:

Murdoch.

NNmmm. grrr.

Headline should read

Inside the tortured minds of Tasmania’s people who kill.

Fixed

I’m not even an editor who should be able to see discrimination in an article.

Sue is on the right. She is in the middle of an appeal. She even has a witness who say s she was there when Bob was killed and Sue wasn’t.

ok.

I’m just fed up with seeing discriminating newspapers who should focus on the realization that all genders kill.

but its either one or the other most of the time.

Not good enough.

Tau.Neutrino said:

sarahs mum said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

Headline should read

Inside the tortured minds of Tasmania’s people who kill.

Fixed

I’m not even an editor who should be able to see discrimination in an article.

Sue is on the right. She is in the middle of an appeal. She even has a witness who say s she was there when Bob was killed and Sue wasn’t.

ok.

I’m just fed up with seeing discriminating newspapers who should focus on the realization that all genders kill.

but its either one or the other most of the time.

Not good enough.

That’s why I also mentioned it was white ribbon day. On a day about violence imposed on women and children…Murdoch prints this shit.

sarahs mum said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

sarahs mum said:

Sue is on the right. She is in the middle of an appeal. She even has a witness who say s she was there when Bob was killed and Sue wasn’t.

ok.

I’m just fed up with seeing discriminating newspapers who should focus on the realization that all genders kill.

but its either one or the other most of the time.

Not good enough.

That’s why I also mentioned it was white ribbon day. On a day about violence imposed on women and children…Murdoch prints this shit.

The White Ribbon Campaign is a global movement of men and boys working to end male violence against women and girls. It was formed by a group of pro-feminist men in London

dv said:

Bubblecar said:

captain_spalding said:

The Hugo Boss collection.

Modern American Nazis tend to look like bums and hobos.

Say what you like about Hitler, his grooming was impeccable

It helps to have a plentiful supply of soap.

sarahs mum said:

sarahs mum said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

ok.

I’m just fed up with seeing discriminating newspapers who should focus on the realization that all genders kill.

but its either one or the other most of the time.

Not good enough.

That’s why I also mentioned it was white ribbon day. On a day about violence imposed on women and children…Murdoch prints this shit.

The White Ribbon Campaign is a global movement of men and boys working to end male violence against women and girls. It was formed by a group of pro-feminist men in London

ok

I didn’t know it was white ribbon day.

I’d like to see a class action against the whole Murdoch Press citing “mass bias and discrimination”.

Tau.Neutrino said:

sarahs mum said:

sarahs mum said:

That’s why I also mentioned it was white ribbon day. On a day about violence imposed on women and children…Murdoch prints this shit.

The White Ribbon Campaign is a global movement of men and boys working to end male violence against women and girls. It was formed by a group of pro-feminist men in London

ok

I didn’t know it was white ribbon day.

I’d like to see a class action against the whole Murdoch Press citing “mass bias and discrimination”.

I’d like to see us stop writing him cheques for 30 or 100 mill.

sarahs mum said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

sarahs mum said:

The White Ribbon Campaign is a global movement of men and boys working to end male violence against women and girls. It was formed by a group of pro-feminist men in London

ok

I didn’t know it was white ribbon day.

I’d like to see a class action against the whole Murdoch Press citing “mass bias and discrimination”.

I’d like to see us stop writing him cheques for 30 or 100 mill.

Yes, that should stop.

dv said:

What kind of boot? A Chinese boot? An Army boot? A murdoch boot?

party_pants said:

dv said:

What kind of boot? A Chinese boot? An Army boot? A murdoch boot?

A car boot?

A small watercraft from Canada?

captain_spalding said:

party_pants said:

dv said:

What kind of boot? A Chinese boot? An Army boot? A murdoch boot?

A car boot?

A small watercraft from Canada?

A submersible craft from germany?

Tau.Neutrino said:

sarahs mum said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

Headline should read

Inside the tortured minds of Tasmania’s people who kill.

Fixed

I’m not even an editor who should be able to see discrimination in an article.

Sue is on the right. She is in the middle of an appeal. She even has a witness who say s she was there when Bob was killed and Sue wasn’t.

ok.

I’m just fed up with seeing discriminating newspapers who should focus on the realization that all genders kill.

but its either one or the other most of the time.

Not good enough.

that’s because the point of the article is aimed at women who kill, which is a valid article to write and to make the discrimination against.. considering far fewer women kill than men do, it is an interesting topic to explore.

Having said that, this article seems full of confirmation bias and tunnel vision and should be subject to humiliation

Arts said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

sarahs mum said:

Sue is on the right. She is in the middle of an appeal. She even has a witness who say s she was there when Bob was killed and Sue wasn’t.

ok.

I’m just fed up with seeing discriminating newspapers who should focus on the realization that all genders kill.

but its either one or the other most of the time.

Not good enough.

that’s because the point of the article is aimed at women who kill, which is a valid article to write and to make the discrimination against.. considering far fewer women kill than men do, it is an interesting topic to explore.

Having said that, this article seems full of confirmation bias and tunnel vision and should be subject to humiliation

But why focus on only men or only women when both genders kill ?

Tau.Neutrino said:

Arts said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

ok.

I’m just fed up with seeing discriminating newspapers who should focus on the realization that all genders kill.

but its either one or the other most of the time.

Not good enough.

that’s because the point of the article is aimed at women who kill, which is a valid article to write and to make the discrimination against.. considering far fewer women kill than men do, it is an interesting topic to explore.

Having said that, this article seems full of confirmation bias and tunnel vision and should be subject to humiliation

But why focus on only men or only women when both genders kill ?

as a news article? for impact probably… the studies done on the way the media portray male and female criminality is abundant.. you can google that yourself.. it’s interesting.

in academia the focus on women who kill is interesting because of the rarity of it.. and the differences in methodology and motivations.. sure both sexes kill, but they do it differently and to try to lump them or study them as one same group is not particularly useful for research.

Arts said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

Arts said:

that’s because the point of the article is aimed at women who kill, which is a valid article to write and to make the discrimination against.. considering far fewer women kill than men do, it is an interesting topic to explore.

Having said that, this article seems full of confirmation bias and tunnel vision and should be subject to humiliation

But why focus on only men or only women when both genders kill ?

as a news article? for impact probably… the studies done on the way the media portray male and female criminality is abundant.. you can google that yourself.. it’s interesting.

in academia the focus on women who kill is interesting because of the rarity of it.. and the differences in methodology and motivations.. sure both sexes kill, but they do it differently and to try to lump them or study them as one same group is not particularly useful for research.

ok, fair enough.

Arts said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

Arts said:

that’s because the point of the article is aimed at women who kill, which is a valid article to write and to make the discrimination against.. considering far fewer women kill than men do, it is an interesting topic to explore.

Having said that, this article seems full of confirmation bias and tunnel vision and should be subject to humiliation

But why focus on only men or only women when both genders kill ?

as a news article? for impact probably… the studies done on the way the media portray male and female criminality is abundant.. you can google that yourself.. it’s interesting.

in academia the focus on women who kill is interesting because of the rarity of it.. and the differences in methodology and motivations.. sure both sexes kill, but they do it differently and to try to lump them or study them as one same group is not particularly useful for research.

oh c’m‘on we’re sure there are nonbinaries who kill as well, it might be rare but surely it’s unfair to paint it like only binaries kill

SCIENCE said:

dv said:

Bubblecar said:

Modern American Nazis tend to look like bums and hobos.

Say what you like about Hitler, his grooming was impeccable

It helps to have a plentiful supply of soap.

ROFL. You’re a bad boy.

ChrispenEvan said:

Alright, I’m off to wash in kerosene…

Seriously, that last line 🤣
https://twitter.com/kathylette/status/1329915028598902785?s=12

Divine Angel said:

Seriously, that last line 🤣
https://twitter.com/kathylette/status/1329915028598902785?s=12

“we’re not stupid”.

ChrispenEvan said:

Divine Angel said:

Seriously, that last line 🤣
https://twitter.com/kathylette/status/1329915028598902785?s=12

“we’re not stupid”.

Jenius!

ChrispenEvan said:

Divine Angel said:

Seriously, that last line 🤣
https://twitter.com/kathylette/status/1329915028598902785?s=12

“we’re not stupid”.

and apparently satire.

ChrispenEvan said:

ChrispenEvan said:

Divine Angel said:

Seriously, that last line 🤣
https://twitter.com/kathylette/status/1329915028598902785?s=12

“we’re not stupid”.

and apparently satire.

or realcom.

https://twitter.com/waltermasterson/status/1329432773971636228

ChrispenEvan said:

ChrispenEvan said:

ChrispenEvan said:

“we’re not stupid”.

and apparently satire.

or realcom.

https://twitter.com/waltermasterson/status/1329432773971636228

Oh I knew they weren’t real MAGAs. Real Trumpets don’t know what “bias” means. Comedic jeniuses!

Divine Angel said:

Seriously, that last line 🤣
https://twitter.com/kathylette/status/1329915028598902785?s=12

I couldn’t. I had to skip to the end.

dv said:

:)

ChrispenEvan said:

snigger

dv said:

Makes me think of Patrick Campbell, the Irish journalist (also 3rd Baron Glenavy). During WW2, he was a petty officer in the Irish Marine Service.

All of the orders etc. were done in Irish. Neither Campbell nor his companions spoke any Irish, and they had a hilarious time trying to work out how to say the words from the printed examples they were given.

Rule 303 said:

:)