Things that make you go "Hmmmm…" - Page 165

xilman · 2013-09-11, 08:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by ewmayer

True story (not sure if I've told this one hereabouts previously, apologies if it's a repeat): I knew a fellow in Alaska once who used to take his pet porcupine to a local bar, sit it on a barstool and stand it beers.

Not heard that one.

When I was in Oxford a woman used to bring her rat into the pub I frequented at the time. Very charming animal which would run around the bar, eating peanuts and drinking beer from a (freshly cleaned) ash tray.

only_human · 2013-09-11, 15:59

Back in the early '90s, I pet a mountain lion in a parking lot in Truckee, California (not 100% sure about location). It was on a leash and some guy there has a printed licence of some sort and a page of information. I don't remember the details very well. He wasn't in a bar so the story lacks punch but it was unusual all the same.

In 1995, I was photographed holding a crocodile in a zoo in China. It was merely one of the many things visitors could pay a little money to do but I was nervous all the same. I was crouching and prepared to jump aside if necessary (as if that would help much). I would have liked to open a dialog about risks and liabilities but no one nearby was speaking English and I didn't take a Chinese class till later (not that that one class would have helped much anyway).

only_human · 2013-09-14, 20:16

http://greatlanguagegame.com/

cheesehead · 2013-09-17, 02:09

Denali is not shrinking, but National Geographic still uses the colonial name for the most prominent feature of Denali National Park.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...d-denali-usgs/

kladner · 2013-09-17, 03:56

How provincial of Nat Geo!

jasong · 2013-09-19, 05:19

No idea if someone suggested this, but Buddhist monks might sometimes go hmmmmmmmmm when they're meditating. ;)

There was a woman that violently attacked a parakeet(sp?). When the police arrived, she told them the bird wouldn't stop making fun of her spending habits.

Hint:Parakeets are limited in the sounds they make.

BudgieJane · 2013-09-19, 09:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by jasong

There was a woman that violently attacked a parakeet(sp?). When the police arrived, she told them the bird wouldn't stop making fun of her spending habits.

Hint:Parakeets are limited in the sounds they make.

When you say "Parakeet", is that the bird that we in the UK call a Budgie (i.e. a Budgerigar, as shown in my avatar)?

That stupid woman should be banned from keeping animals for life.

aketilander · 2013-09-19, 10:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by jasong

No idea if someone suggested this, but Buddhist monks might sometimes go hmmmmmmmmm when they're meditating. ;)

My guess is that they usually go Om which is the religious word/mantra they chant. (maybe some very old munks go hmmmmmmmmm if they have forgotten what they should actually chant

)

jasong · 2013-09-20, 11:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by BudgieJane

When you say "Parakeet", is that the bird that we in the UK call a Budgie (i.e. a Budgerigar, as shown in my avatar)?

That stupid woman should be banned from keeping animals for life.

You don't have any smileys going on, so I'll explain the joke, just in case you didn't get it. The parakeet was going cheep, cheep, cheep and only existed in the sense that Schrodingers cat existed.

BudgieJane · 2013-09-20, 14:01

D'oh!

chappy · 2013-09-22, 04:26

Almost 200 launches and their destinations detailed in one image.

http://edudemic.com/wp-content/uploa...ation-huge.jpg

Let's get off this rock!

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2013-09-11, 15:59	#1806
only_human "Gang aft agley" Sep 2002 2·1,877 Posts	Back in the early '90s, I pet a mountain lion in a parking lot in Truckee, California (not 100% sure about location). It was on a leash and some guy there has a printed licence of some sort and a page of information. I don't remember the details very well. He wasn't in a bar so the story lacks punch but it was unusual all the same. In 1995, I was photographed holding a crocodile in a zoo in China. It was merely one of the many things visitors could pay a little money to do but I was nervous all the same. I was crouching and prepared to jump aside if necessary (as if that would help much). I would have liked to open a dialog about risks and liabilities but no one nearby was speaking English and I didn't take a Chinese class till later (not that that one class would have helped much anyway).

2013-09-14, 20:16	#1807
only_human "Gang aft agley" Sep 2002 2·1,877 Posts	http://greatlanguagegame.com/

2013-09-17, 02:09	#1808
cheesehead "Richard B. Woods" Aug 2002 Wisconsin USA 7692₁₀ Posts	Denali is not shrinking, but National Geographic still uses the colonial name for the most prominent feature of Denali National Park. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...d-denali-usgs/

2013-09-17, 03:56	#1809
kladner "Kieren" Jul 2011 In My Own Galaxy! 2×3×1,693 Posts	How provincial of Nat Geo!

2013-09-19, 05:19	#1810
jasong "Jason Goatcher" Mar 2005 3·7·167 Posts	No idea if someone suggested this, but Buddhist monks might sometimes go hmmmmmmmmm when they're meditating. ;) There was a woman that violently attacked a parakeet(sp?). When the police arrived, she told them the bird wouldn't stop making fun of her spending habits. Hint:Parakeets are limited in the sounds they make.

2013-09-20, 14:01	#1814
BudgieJane "Jane Sullivan" Jan 2011 Beckenham, UK 2²×5×13 Posts	D'oh!

2013-09-22, 04:26	#1815
chappy "Jeff" Feb 2012 St. Louis, Missouri, USA 13·89 Posts	Almost 200 launches and their destinations detailed in one image. http://edudemic.com/wp-content/uploa...ation-huge.jpg Let's get off this rock!