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OH FOR FUCK'S SAKE, AUSTRALIA

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  • HK5HK5 Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Blaket wrote: »
    Butler wrote: »
    It's not a clown college by any stretch. Murdoch's a good uni, it's just not the best the state has to offer.

    Murdoch has the best biological research labs out of all the unis, they are all very specialised. That and their political degree is considered the best in the state.

    That bodes well for their vet program.

    Now I just need to get over my fear of
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    oh yeah and
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    Then I'll be all set.

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  • Tweaked_Bat_Tweaked_Bat_ Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Dude you won't even see those spiders if you live in a city. Well, you might, but generally speaking.

    And the sharks, well, there's less shark attacks than there are car accidents. You're more likely to be killed by a shitty Perth driver than a shark.

    edit: If you just swim at a populated beach with other people and are relatively close to the shore, the chances of a shark attacking you are so rare it's practically negligible. But there are some beaches that are known to be "shark beaches". You just don't swim there. I have no idea what the beaches are like in WA though.

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  • Tweaked_Bat_Tweaked_Bat_ Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Air wrote: »
    yea its pretty cool
    if you liked the royal tenenbaums and whatever other movies by the director the movie should appeal
    the first half of the movie is pretty funny and entertaining
    but then towards the end it abruptly changes tone and its not so much fun anymore
    still okay
    but everything before that was just these guys fucking around on a train with no real point and it was fun to watch

    Just because the movie stops being as "fun" in the second half doesn't make it any worse. In fact, I'd say it makes it better, because instead of just sitting there for the whole 2 hours watching some dudes fuck around and thinking "so where is this going?", the film actually gets a little bit of meaning. I fucking love the ending of this film too.

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  • HK5HK5 Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Driving in this recent snowstorm in Seattle has prepared me for shitty drivers world wide.

    Vet school is going to involve work in some fairly rural areas. I wonder if it's legal to purchase a flamethrower specifically for the purpose of destroying spiders. Those funnel spiders are seriously horrifying, they wander, are aggressive and produce neurotoxic venom. Sign me up for participation in their genocide.

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Like he said, funnelwebbs don't exist in Western Australia.

    The only thing you will need to worry about in Rural Australia in terms of spiders are red backs.

    And while deadly they tend to only kill little old ladies and kids because they don't deliver that much venom.

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  • Tweaked_Bat_Tweaked_Bat_ Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Yeah I believe Funnel Webs are an East Coast wonder.

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  • HK5HK5 Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Black widows?

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  • Tweaked_Bat_Tweaked_Bat_ Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Those are specific to the US aren't they?

    I guess the look similar to Red Backs, but they aren't the same.

    Edit: Well according to Wikipedia they are both part of the same genus, the Latrodectus, which are the "widow" spiders.

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  • Tweaked_Bat_Tweaked_Bat_ Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Redback spiders are also found in small colonies in areas of New Zealand. These spiders were imported on Australian hardwood poles used for electric power and telephone. They are found around Central Otago in the South Island and New Plymouth in the North Island.[10]

    Hahahahahah take that New Zealand!

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  • GlorfindelGlorfindel Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Redback spiders are also found in small colonies in areas of New Zealand. These spiders were imported on Australian hardwood poles used for electric power and telephone. They are found around Central Otago in the South Island and New Plymouth in the North Island.[10]

    Hahahahahah take that New Zealand!

    Well, to be fair, they've brought over worse pests than that.

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  • Shifty_CalhounShifty_Calhoun Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Glorfindel wrote: »
    Redback spiders are also found in small colonies in areas of New Zealand. These spiders were imported on Australian hardwood poles used for electric power and telephone. They are found around Central Otago in the South Island and New Plymouth in the North Island.[10]

    Hahahahahah take that New Zealand!

    Well, to be fair, they've brought over worse pests than that.

    Maoris?

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  • J3pJ3p Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Red backs ain't so bad; from what I've heard they're not very aggressive (read: lazy) and will only attack if you really corner it or piss it off in a similar kind of way. See a hole in the wall? Don't put your hand in there! See an old boot? Don't put your hand in there! Your lover's marriage hole exposed? Don't put your hand in there!

    Even if you do get the bite put on you, it ain't so bad if you're a healthy adult - though they'll probably hurt quite a bit and you'll want to check with maybe an emergency service if you need antivenom.

    The real threat in Australia is the Wombat.
    They can be awkwardly tamed in a captive situation, and even coaxed into being patted and held, possibly becoming quite friendly. Many parks, zoos and other tourist set-ups across Australia have wombats on public display, and they are quite popular. However, their lack of fear means that they may display acts of aggression if provoked, or if they are simply in a bad mood. Its sheer weight makes a charging wombat capable of knocking an average-sized man over, and their sharp teeth and powerful jaws can result in severe wounds. The naturalist Harry Frauca once received a bite 2 cm (0.79 in) deep into the flesh of his leg—through a rubber boot, trousers and thick woollen socks (Underhill, 1993).

    Unlike most other Austrailian marsupials the Wombat has a relatively large brain. This, combined with strong instincts upon maturity allows a captive hand-raised wombat to be successfully released into the wild, unlike most other wild animals which either must be raised in specially simulated "wild" conditions (e.g., using "puppet parents") or kept as exhibits for their lifetimes.

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  • Shifty_CalhounShifty_Calhoun Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Redbacks have been known to hide under toilet seats.

    Check before you sit visitors!

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  • L|amaL|ama Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Glorfindel wrote: »
    Redback spiders are also found in small colonies in areas of New Zealand. These spiders were imported on Australian hardwood poles used for electric power and telephone. They are found around Central Otago in the South Island and New Plymouth in the North Island.[10]

    Hahahahahah take that New Zealand!

    Well, to be fair, they've brought over worse pests than that.

    Maoris?

    Oh cool, racism.


    Food wrote: »
    Semi-Related to Australia:

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    Is this a real picture?! If so, fuck you New Zealand for making these things extinct! I want to ride one!

    I don't think they were quite that big, and wiki says they were extinct by around 1500. Oh hey look, that picture is on the wiki page and says it's a reconstruction.

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    better for scale

    these dudes were way more awesome, though

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    looking at that skeleton front on like that

    it looks like it had no torso

    just legs, hips, neck, head

    #pipe on
  • L|amaL|ama Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Fuckers weighed up to a quarter of a tonne (moas, not haast eagles)

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  • ValVal Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Redback spiders are also found in small colonies in areas of New Zealand. These spiders were imported on Australian hardwood poles used for electric power and telephone. They are found around Central Otago in the South Island and New Plymouth in the North Island.[10]

    Hahahahahah take that New Zealand!

    You gave us possums too which are far worse but also alot of fun to shoot.

    Val on
  • AirAir Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Air wrote: »
    yea its pretty cool
    if you liked the royal tenenbaums and whatever other movies by the director the movie should appeal
    the first half of the movie is pretty funny and entertaining
    but then towards the end it abruptly changes tone and its not so much fun anymore
    still okay
    but everything before that was just these guys fucking around on a train with no real point and it was fun to watch

    Just because the movie stops being as "fun" in the second half doesn't make it any worse. In fact, I'd say it makes it better, because instead of just sitting there for the whole 2 hours watching some dudes fuck around and thinking "so where is this going?", the film actually gets a little bit of meaning. I fucking love the ending of this film too.

    i just didnt like how abrupt it was
    it was still good but there was a sudden change of mood with no lead in

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  • VivixenneVivixenne Remember your training, and we'll get through this just fine. Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    that thing is pretty badass

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  • L|amaL|ama Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Vàl wrote: »
    Redback spiders are also found in small colonies in areas of New Zealand. These spiders were imported on Australian hardwood poles used for electric power and telephone. They are found around Central Otago in the South Island and New Plymouth in the North Island.[10]

    Hahahahahah take that New Zealand!

    You gave us possums too which are far worse but also alot of fun to shoot.

    My sister's work is pretty helping people find ways to kill possums, which is pretty awesome.

    L|ama on
  • ValVal Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    L|ama wrote: »
    Vàl wrote: »
    Redback spiders are also found in small colonies in areas of New Zealand. These spiders were imported on Australian hardwood poles used for electric power and telephone. They are found around Central Otago in the South Island and New Plymouth in the North Island.[10]

    Hahahahahah take that New Zealand!

    You gave us possums too which are far worse but also alot of fun to shoot.

    My sister's work is pretty helping people find ways to kill possums, which is pretty awesome.

    That sounds like an awesome job.

    Val on
  • ButlerButler 89 episodes or bust Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    I did some animal trapping and tagging for uni a while ago. Possums are the hardest animals to startle.

    Everything else - quendas, woylies, wallabies - (sometimes literally) shits itself when it hears you walking up to the trap and it's a race against time to get them tagged and released before they hurt themselves. Not possums though. You open the trap for them and they don't go anywhere, just hanging on to the inside. I even poked one with a stick and it only halfheartedly bared its teeth and stayed right where it was.

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  • ValVal Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Just ordered pizza cos I'm fat and lazy. 1 pizza $17.90 2 pizzas $20.00, thats kinda retarded.

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  • L|amaL|ama Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Butler wrote: »
    I did some animal trapping and tagging for uni a while ago. Possums are the hardest animals to startle.

    Everything else - quendas, woylies, wallabies - (sometimes literally) shits itself when it hears you walking up to the trap and it's a race against time to get them tagged and released before they hurt themselves. Not possums though. You open the trap for them and they don't go anywhere, just hanging on to the inside. I even poked one with a stick and it only halfheartedly bared its teeth and stayed right where it was.

    Are any of those other things nocturnal (I hope you guys realise how ridiculous 'woylies' sounds as a name for anything) though?


    also val you should have got hells if you didn't

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  • ValVal Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    I got dominos because Triple Cheese base is amazing.

    Val on
  • FishmanFishman Put your goddamned hand in the goddamned Box of Pain. Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Eww, (NZ) Dominos.

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  • ButlerButler 89 episodes or bust Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Vàl wrote: »
    I got dominos because Triple Cheese base is amazing.

    Really? It always looked indescribably revolting to me.

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  • ValVal Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    I prefer Hell but I'm a student so cheap is good.

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Butler wrote: »
    Vàl wrote: »
    I got dominos because Triple Cheese base is amazing.

    Really? It always looked indescribably revolting to me.

    yeah totally gross

    #pipe on
  • ValVal Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Butler wrote: »
    Vàl wrote: »
    I got dominos because Triple Cheese base is amazing.

    Really? It always looked indescribably revolting to me.

    If you get it with the right pizza it's indescribaly amazing.

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  • bsjezzbsjezz Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Vàl wrote: »
    Butler wrote: »
    Vàl wrote: »
    I got dominos because Triple Cheese base is amazing.

    Really? It always looked indescribably revolting to me.

    If you get it with the right pizza it's indescribaly amazing.

    what's the right pizza? 9 meats?

    spew

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  • ValVal Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Mr Wedge Triple cheese is amazing. 7 Meats Triple Cheese is ok.

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  • Dr.FunkensteinDr.Funkenstein Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Dominos is fucking awful

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  • bsjezzbsjezz Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    there's an italian restaurant near me that does one called toxic waste. it's got a bunch of good stuff - artichokes, salami, olives, the usual for a classy supreme style pizza - and then it's drowned in olive oil, anchovies and chilli. man that's a good pizza

    you have to work up a bit of courage to request the 'black list' pizza menu if you want to order it though

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  • AirAir Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    double bacon cheeseburger triple cheese base

    thats pretty tasty while its still hot

    kinda painful on the old arteries though

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  • bsjezzbsjezz Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    man air you should come to crows nest and get your pizza from pino's

    there's also one on the pacific highway called mario brothers that does some good ones

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    the little place near me does my favorite

    ground beef, potato and onion. yum.

    #pipe on
  • bsjezzbsjezz Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    shepherds pie is not a pizza, pipe, even if your local bakery has bricked walls, red and white tablecloths and a dubious looking freezer full of twice-frozen gelato cups

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    nah dude nah

    this thing is a fucking delicious pizza

    with nice rich tomato sauce and Buffalo mozzarella

    #pipe on
  • AirAir Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    more places should make calzones

    fuck i should get a calzone soon
    when no ones around so i dont have to share it

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