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I forgot today's date. Thanks a lot. April's Fool. :rolleyes:

paleoperson

When they say "please put on your headlights" before going into the tunnel, they mean DIPPED headlights. Those are still headlights.

It still makes little or no sense though.

Full disclosure: I actually noticed this a while ago but hadn't for a very long time.

Kolido

Not obvious, but just realised, some states in the US have no motorbike helmet laws.

Conall Cernach

The song "Is she really going out with him?" is sung by Joe Jackson and not, as I have always believed, Elvis Costello.

Ol' Donie

fiachr_a wrote: »

If you're bitten by a poisonous pet snake in Ireland you're seriously f--ked as we have no anti-venom.

You get poisoned by ingesting poison. Anti venom would be f*ck all use to you, unless you are bitten by a venomous snake.

Brendan Bendar

Ol' Donie wrote: »

You get poisoned by ingesting poison. Anti venom would be f*ck all use to you, unless you are bitten by a venomous snake.

:eek:

There is a difference between venom and poison.!!

Donie, is this true.

Give us the deal on this.

Never knew that,I have to admit"

Ol' Donie

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

:eek:

There is a difference between venom and poison.!!

Donie, is this true.

Give us the deal on this.

Never knew that,I have to admit"

https://www.thoughtco.com/venomous-vs-poisonous-1968412

Brendan Bendar

Ol' Donie wrote: »

https://www.thoughtco.com/venomous-vs-poisonous-1968412

Thanks Donie, very interesting.

Capt'n Midnight

Just an aside. Platypus venom is nasty. It's not so much that the pain can last months, it's that things like ibuprofen and morphine have no effect.

Brendan Bendar

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Just an aside. Platypus venom is nasty. It's not so much that the pain can last months, it's that things like ibuprofen and morphine have no effect.

Are they the duck billed lads?

Los Lobos

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Are they the duck billed lads?

Thems the boys

Glenster

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Are they the duck billed lads?

aren't all bills -duck bills-

aren't bills just flat beaks?

Brendan Bendar

Glenster wrote: »

aren't all bills -duck bills-

aren't bills just flat beaks?

They are Glenster, they surely are.

I was just asking as , I think we in the Northern Hemisphere usually refer to them as 'Duck-Billed Platybus'

I thought maybe there might be .... well .. other types.

Soz:o

Like these kinda guys

King of Kings

got married a few weeks ago on 1st april.
didn't mind it being april fools day and put up with the slags.

only afterwards we realised our anniversary will be april fools day ...every year.

StupidLikeAFox

Don't Worry, Be Happy is not sung by Bob Marley and never was. Did everybody always know this?

Beyondgone

That selling on Adverts is a joke.

andreoilin

Why an off licence is called an off licence...

StupidLikeAFox

andreoilin wrote: »

Why an off licence is called an off licence...

The beer is sold for consumption off the premises

ohnonotgmail

StupidLikeAFox wrote: »

Don't Worry, Be Happy is not sung by Bob Marley and never was. Did everybody always know this?

You mean the Bobby McFerrin song that was a huge hit in the 80's? Yeah, i think its just you

sryanbruen

That the dab is dead.

PARlance

StupidLikeAFox wrote: »

Don't Worry, Be Happy is not sung by Bob Marley and never was. Did everybody always know this?

Bobby McFerrin sang it, many people think he committed suicide but he's very much alive.

Bob Marley's song - 3 Little Birds - has the line "Don't worry, about a thing....." Probably where the link is being made.

Glenster

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

They are Glenster, they surely are.

I was just asking as , I think we in the Northern Hemisphere usually refer to them as 'Duck-Billed Platybus'

I thought maybe there might be .... well .. other types.

Soz:o

Like these kinda guys

That was me just having a series of epiphanies out loud.

StupidLikeAFox

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

You mean the Bobby McFerrin song that was a huge hit in the 80's? Yeah, i think its just you

I guess I like to live up to my username

sbsquarepants

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Just an aside. Platypus venom is nasty. It's not so much that the pain can last months, it's that things like ibuprofen and morphine have no effect.

Platypusses (platypy???) have venom?

Jaysus, is there anything on that god forsaken continent that doesn't want to kill you - even the funny animals are poisonous.
In fact Kylies fanny is probably poisonous (but fúck it what a way to go, beats death by platypus anyway:D)

everlast75

King of Kings wrote: »

got married a few weeks ago on 1st april.
didn't mind it being april fools day and put up with the slags.

only afterwards we realised our anniversary will be april fools day ...every year.

on the plus side, if you ever forget your anniversary, and your other half has a go at you.. just exclaim "April Fools - of course I remembered..." hop in the car and get something pronto!

Pinch Flat

The girl in the Harp lager advert that ran in the 1980's ("Sally O'Brien and the way she'd look at you") is in fact Yvette Carte-Blanche (her fictional name, played by Vicki Michelle) from 'Allo 'Allo.

Glenster

King of Kings wrote: »

got married a few weeks ago on 1st april.
didn't mind it being april fools day and put up with the slags.

only afterwards we realised our anniversary will be april fools day ...every year.

That's a terrible way to refer to your wife's wedding party.

Parchment

My entire office got a good laugh out of this - i only realised "AKA" stands for Also Known As recently. Its so obvious but i never joined the dots!

Pinch Flat

King of Kings wrote: »

got married a few weeks ago on 1st april.
didn't mind it being april fools day and put up with the slags.

only afterwards we realised our anniversary will be april fools day ...every year.

I'd get great mileage out of that with the missus on our anniversary. "Got you lovely diamonds for our anniversary".

NAH ARPIL FOOLS.

Probably get to only use it once though.

Capt'n Midnight

sbsquarepants wrote: »

Platypusses (platypy???) have venom?

Jaysus, is there anything on that god forsaken continent that doesn't want to kill you - even the funny animals are poisonous.
In fact Kylies fanny is probably poisonous (but fúck it what a way to go, beats death by platypus anyway:D)

Technically ever species of octopus is venomous. But there's only one that's dangerous to humans, and by dangerous read 1,200 times worse than cyanide.

Take a wild guess where it lives ?




What's even wilder is that the original inhabitants probably wiped out the big critters. Komodo dragons weighing a tonne. Long legged land crocs.
Kangaroos have a nice way of grabbing you by the shoulders and disembowelling you with the claws on their hind feet , in the past there were bigger ones.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_megafauna

https://museumvictoria.com.au/melbournemuseum/discoverycentre/dinosaur-walk/meet-the-skeletons/genyornis/

Genyornis was a large flightless bird, considerably taller and heavier than the modern ostrich or emu. It had powerful legs and tiny wings, and probably most closely resembled its living relatives, ducks and geese. But instead of having webbed feet and a duckbill, Genyornis had large hoof-like claws on its toes and a big beak

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalania a monitor lizard the size of a croc

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinkana long legged land crocs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonambi giant snakes.


Humans have been the apex predator on this planet for a long time.