MISCELLANY

Is it just me or are echidnas particularly slow?less than a minute ago via Twitter for Android Favorite Retweet ReplyHunter555
Hunter555

God, yes. They're slow in every sense of the word.

RT @BenWiseMelb #Numbat Fact: A Numbat can consume up to 20,000 termites in one day. <--- Gluttonous swine.less than a minute ago via TweetDeck Favorite Retweet ReplyAndrew Hedge
andrew_hedge

Gluttonous swine? Try GENOCIDAL MANIACS. I keep trying to have them boxed up and shipped off to the Hague to stand trial before the International Criminal Court. Sadly, I've found the court's attitude on what actually constitutes a war crime to be exceptionally racist.

gave the despotic budgie a belly rub. #rareless than a minute ago via Twitter for iPhone Favorite Retweet Replyfiona henry
henraah

Don't do that. You're only encouraging her.

I was just thinking, what do people from other less awesome countries think of us. Same stereotype as 10yrs ago? #verminless than a minute ago via Twitter for iPhone Favorite Retweet ReplyJulian Mazur
JKRLMazur

Does it matter? Some of those countries can't even tell the difference between a Wallaby and a Kangaroo. I've got better things to do than worry about the opinion of anyone who would put Jacko in a television series.

FLYING VISIT

A grey fantail has just flown into the living room. I expect he will find his way out. Fantails are more adept at that than honeyeaters.less than a minute ago via Echofon Favorite Retweet ReplyBronwen Scott
Snailseyeview

If there's one thing I can't stand, it's God-bothering Honeyeaters and their rubbish pamphlets.

Give them the slightest opening and those bastards will be in your house, making themselves comfortable, and wanting to know if you've accepted Honeyeater Jesus as your personal saviour. They won't take "no" for an answer, and they can't take a hint.

"Oh you're just about to have tea? Well, I'll just join you, then."

"You're on your way to the dentist? Oh, this'll just take a minute of your time."

"You have a highly contagious rash? Well, the Lord is my armour, I shall not want for topical ointment after we've had a little chat about where your soul is headed in the afterlife."

I'll say this about Fantails: they don't muck about. They zip in, nick the silver, and race back out again before the dust has even settled. A bit more expensive than the average Honeyeater visitation, but I'd take it over an extended discussion on "the nature of God's love" any day of the week!

LESSER-KNOWN HEROES

I guess Katy Perry cut the verse which explains that when ur a firework ur alive for 3 seconds & then you die having probably killed a bird.less than a minute ago via webbilly eichner
billyeichner

It's funny this should come up.

I've got a mate who worked on the lyrics for that song, and in fact they did cut that verse — along with a missing reference to Nathan Hale.




Rather an obscure Yank folk hero, but his most famous quote makes complete sense in context.

"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."