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Just heard on the radio that a man in Texas chose to ignore the warnings to not swim in a bayou due to alligators . After saying EFF the gators , he jumped in and you guessed it , the gators had a fresh meal :shocked:
Dusty
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I used to see big ones in the Everglades. Sometimes one would go under the kayak, with the knobbed scoots on the back going bump-bump-bump. That will hold one's attention well. Used to see people getting close to them with little kids. Would yell and get them to back away. Gators are really fast on land and can grab a kid easily. I've seen them get raccoons. Tourists are amazing sometimes. I try not to be one of the stupid tourists, but sometimes I wonder!
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Ha! I have always wanted to poke one with a long stick but my wife won't let me. She says I am her meal ticket, not some ol' alligator's...
Bill Lovelady IS
Eskimo Spy
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Just heard on the radio that a man in Texas chose to ignore the warnings to not swim in a bayou due to alligators . After saying EFF the gators , he jumped in and you guessed it , the gators had a fresh meal :shocked:
Dusty
The 20 something guy and his girlfriend decided to ignore the sign and went for an evening swim. She came out solo. Another Darwin statistic. Yes, gators can move REAL fast, in water or on land. :bow:
Saw a video of a stray cat who took on 3 gators @ a gator farm in Florida and convinces them all to go back in the water. :huh: Badass cat!
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You gotta be careful when you hang out in places where you're not at the top of the food chain.
That kind of stupidity can get you elected to public office in Texas.
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You gotta be careful when you hang out in places where you're not at the top of the food chain.
That kind of stupidity can get you elected to public office in Texas.
Well played and quite true!!
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video anyone?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsDUQpUfRzg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsDUQpUfRzg)
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video anyone?
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsDUQpUfRzg)
Funny , kinda sick , but still funny :laugh: I feel some sympathy for his family , but like riding drunk , or going skydiving W/O a parachute , some things are simply not going to end well .
Dusty
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No alligators in Oz. It would of been a saltwater crocodile, or several. It surprises me not a jot. People can be extraordinarily stupid but swimming in a billabong known to be the habitat of salties is right 'Up There'.
Any waterway in the 'Top End' that has salties in it will be forrested with warning signs informing locals and tourists alike, (In popular tourist areas they will be in many languages.) of the presence and danger of crocs. I'm sorry, into the water? Out of the gene pool! It's as simple as that. Your chances of surviving a salty attack are probably roughly equivalent to your chance of surviving throwing yourself off the top of the Chrysler building in New York and using a handkerchief as a parachute!
Pete
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Watching a TV nature show that has footage of crocs or gators attacking animals bigger and stronger than people,
and what they do to them should be educational enough to make people fearful of them.
To ignore this and tempt fate is nothing more than stupidity. When people do this and the animal acts in a manner
entirely normal to its' nature, the animal is not to blame for the results.
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No alligators in Oz. It would of been a saltwater crocodile, or several. It surprises me not a jot. People can be extraordinarily stupid but swimming in a billabong known to be the habitat of salties is right 'Up There'.
Any waterway in the 'Top End' that has salties in it will be forrested with warning signs informing locals and tourists alike, (In popular tourist areas they will be in many languages.) of the presence and danger of crocs. I'm sorry, into the water? Out of the gene pool! It's as simple as that. Your chances of surviving a salty attack are probably roughly equivalent to your chance of surviving throwing yourself off the top of the Chrysler building in New York and using a handkerchief as a parachute!
Pete
Alligator-Crocodile............pretty much the same result.
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Same result but different animals. Sorry, pedantry maybe but......
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Many people are just stupid.
Watching tourists at places like Yellowstone is a great example. Or seeing someone try and pet a bear.
The sad part is some of them will get away with their antics, which encourages others to do the same. The tourist 'attractions' like swimming with sharks or climbing Mt Everest are perfect examples. Hey, if Joe can do it, so can I, and, I don't need no stinking guide.
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Same result but different animals. Sorry, pedantry maybe but......
One of them has a larger brain , and Crocs seem to have some limited ability to learn . Whew , our gators can get pretty big , but salties can reach 20 ft and over 2000 lbs . Add that to a bad temper and a voracious appetite , damn OZ has some nasties :bow:
Dusty
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One of them has a larger brain , and Crocs seem to have some limited ability to learn . Whew , our gators can get pretty big , but salties can reach 20 ft and over 2000 lbs . Add that to a bad temper and a voracious appetite , damn OZ has some nasties :bow:
Dusty
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They are sort-of endothermic too which makes them even more dangerous.
Pete
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They are sort-of endothermic too which makes them even more dangerous.
Pete
Oh hell , a reptile capable of generating body heat . How big are the mice in OZ :grin:
Dusty
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Many people are just stupid.
Watching tourists at places like Yellowstone is a great example. Or seeing someone try and pet a bear.
The sad part is some of them will get away with their antics, which encourages others to do the same. The tourist 'attractions' like swimming with sharks or climbing Mt Everest are perfect examples. Hey, if Joe can do it, so can I, and, I don't need no stinking guide.
On one visit to the U.S. and Canada we were at a glacier on the moraine at the end of it. There were numerous signs outlining the dangers of walking on the glacier on any part apart from the clearly flagged 'Safe' trails but due to the constant melt even these couldn't be guaranteed and it was advised that one stayed off.
There were also sign boards covered with newspaper articles about people who had died of hypothermia after falling into crevasses and getting soaked and the dying before they could be rescued, the last such event being an eleven year old boy about six weeks before we were there.
Amazingly there were groups of people, including a bunch of screeching cougars in high heels and short skirts tottering off over the ice straight off the flagged paths!
I have to admit we were all a bit goggle-eyed at the stupidity!
Pete
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I used to think such things were remote from me most of the time. Big animals - well, I don't really mind getting bumped by a shark every once and a while, but I would cut loose something that could tow my boat!! I've seen plenty of the lucky surviving this and that. But it was rare.
Then the "Dragon" became popular, my local area filled with motorcyclists of all kind and skill, and I started to see or see the aftermath of amazingly odd behavior. Some things are pretty common, some just defy any kind of logic. Taking a super raked out chopper into our mountains, for example. That fellow hit the guard rail on the first sharpish turn. Deciding to pass over a blind hill. Family came to pick up the body. Most amazing, as with gaters, crocs, active ice, large toothy fish and the like, is the obvious lack of any consideration of what one is doing. I have been known to stop at Deals Gap simply to watch for a while, then sneak down quietly and carefully. My favorite was the fellow who dropped his too-big bike (not too big for the readers here, but too big for him) in the Deals Gap Motorcycle Resort parking lot, get helped up and settled. Then he shot across 129 into the ditch on the other side. Some folks over there helped him up. He proceeded to roar uphill towards the state line and some actual challenges, rather than simply remaining upright. I was happy to be heading the other direction.
Anyone else see anything particularly interesting in the Darwin award vein? I once talked to a hang glider pilot who assured me he had everything planned. I was the last person he talked to in this life. Kind of makes one cautious.
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I haven't had a swim in long time! Along with many others I saw the "JAWS" movie when it first came out.
Not many people went to the beaches that summer! And I hear that sharks have been especially bad this summer for the surfers.
Now then, if you gave a shark the ability to walk on land, they would probably look like a croc!
(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/Penderic/gator%20truck_zpsblxnrzbk.jpg)
"Hey Lefty! Hey Stumpy! Whatcha caught there?!"
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I thought sharks that walk on land were called lawyers. (Guzzi riding attorneys excepted of course) :grin: Actually I think that is a logical conclusion, sharks that can walk on land are gators/crocs. Way too many similarities. :laugh:
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Death by Disney.
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And don't turn your back on any of those new fancy home robots either. Never can tell.
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:embarassed:
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Too high zoot for ya? Go cheap! Even your homemade robot can be Darwin Qualifier!
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:shocked: (Oh oh! I'm outta here!)
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http://www.youtube.com/embed/HMnMgX7GiOA?rel=0
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Too high zoot for ya? Go cheap! Even your homemade robot can be Darwin Qualifier!
(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/Penderic/roombuzzsaw_zpspunxcfj0.jpg)
:shocked: (Oh oh! I'm outta here!)
Seems as though that dog is smarter than the fella in Texas :evil:
Dusty
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Don't worry to much about the crocs its the damn sharks that are biting we have had 6 Deaths in the last 12 months and 2 of those have been less than 1 hour south from where I live.
I think I'm staying out of the ocean from now on. :food:
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One wonders if the sharks have something called human leg soup :shocked: :grin:
Dusty
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One wonders if the sharks have something called human leg soup :shocked: :grin:
Dusty
LOL! You want to buy my surfboard?
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Oops I just look up the stats on deaths and its been 5......
http://www.9news.com.au/national/2015/07/03/08/58/shark-attack-in-queensland
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I'd classify this as a death by natural causes. Bad way to go.
Rich A
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The alligators gave the chef 5 stars :food:
Dusty
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or going skydiving W/O a parachute
Dusty
You only need the parachute if you plan on skydiving more than once.
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. . . screeching cougars in high heels and short skirts . . .
I don't care who you are, that's funny right there, now.
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Quote from Pandemic:
I haven't had a swim in long time! Along with many others I saw the "JAWS" movie when it first came out.
Not many people went to the beaches that summer!
That summer I was living in an apartment that was next door to a theater. The only time any sound would bleed through the wall was at high volume moments and only in the bathroom. A couple of times I was sitting on the pot when that sound they played right before the big shark attacks came through. Made me rise off the seat and take a careful look between the legs. :shocked:
GliderJohn
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Quote from Pandemic:
That summer I was living in an apartment that was next door to a theater. The only time any sound would bleed through the wall was at high volume moments and only in the bathroom. A couple of times I was sitting on the pot when that sound they played right before the big shark attacks came through. Made me rise off the seat and take a careful look between the legs. :shocked:
GliderJohn
So what did you see when you looked down? :popcorn:
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Nothing more, nothing less than expected. No shark anyway.
GliderJohn
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Don't worry to much about the crocs its the damn sharks that are biting we have had 6 Deaths in the last 12 months and 2 of those have been less than 1 hour south from where I live.
I think I'm staying out of the ocean from now on. :food:
Has to do with the ocean temp. Warmer temp. brings in sharks closer to land. Same thing happens on the West coast. It's that simple. But if the talking heads told you that you wouldn't spend hours listening to them. :thewife:
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Hey! Shouldn't they make surf boards with shark repellent or knock out chemicals built right in the outer layers? Surf suits too!
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That board is just a soda cracker to a shark.
:boozing: Last one in is a Hor-Devour!
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Just listening to the AP radio news on the way to get a sixer.
Some dumbschmidt at a 4th of July party thought it would be "cool" to set a mortar round off the top of his head.
Killed instantly :undecided:
Thinning the herd :thumb:
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Yup, bothstorieswere on our news this morning. My mistake on the 'gator story. I thought the Darwin reference was related to the town in Australia's Nortohern Territory rather than the Biologist and natural selection.
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Re. the guy who was killed by the gator; YOU CAN'T FIX STUPID! :grin:
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I don't think that the Aussie salties are necessarily the top of the food chain..
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My mistake on the 'gator story. I thought the Darwin reference was related to the town in Australia's Nortohern Territory rather than the Biologist and natural selection.
Made the exact same mistake myself. Thought the Americans were confusing our crocs and their 'gators. Seems the "language barrier" got in my way :grin:
On a slightly different note, I can't help wondering what that poor Texan was taking, to make him jump :undecided: and will the 'gator need some kind of medical treatment to counteract the poison? :cool:
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Made the exact same mistake myself. Thought the Americans were confusing our crocs and their 'gators. Seems the "language barrier" got in my way :grin:
On a slightly different note, I can't help wondering what that poor Texan was taking, to make him jump :undecided: and will the 'gator need some kind of medical treatment to counteract the poison? :cool:
Danged Aussies , think the world revolves around you :grin:
As for your question Bill , while Texans can be a bit , er , egotistical , I don't believe they are actually toxic for gators :shocked: :grin:
Dusty
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Man Shoots off Firework From Top of His Head, Dies Instantly.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/police-man-shoots-off-firework-top-head-dies-32231780 (http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/police-man-shoots-off-firework-top-head-dies-32231780)
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Man Shoots off Firework From Top of His Head, Dies Instantly.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/police-man-shoots-off-firework-top-head-dies-32231780 (http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/police-man-shoots-off-firework-top-head-dies-32231780)
Uh Jay , already another thread on this topic :grin:
Dusty
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Uh Jay , already another thread on this topic :grin:
Dusty
Yep, read it right after posting this. :Beating_A_Dead_Hors e_by_liviu
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This made me laugh!
http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/australia-too-dangerous-say-internet-blogs/story-e6frfq80-1225982207965?utm_source=outbrain&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=travel
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This made me laugh!
http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/australia-too-dangerous-say-internet-blogs/story-e6frfq80-1225982207965?utm_source=outbrain&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=travel
I'm way more afraid of the 2 legged bipedal denizens of OZ than any other creature :grin:
Dusty
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Jellyfish! Ugh! Made of snot and venom.
(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/Penderic/jello3_zps63zjctdx.jpg)
Fascinating explanation if you are so interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WJCnC5ebf4
Check out how their surface cells are wound up and ready to squirt anything that touches em .....
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Jellyfish! Ugh! Made of snot and venom.
(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/Penderic/jello3_zps63zjctdx.jpg)
Fascinating explanation if you are so interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WJCnC5ebf4
Check out how their surface cells are wound up and ready to squirt anything that touches em .....
Whatinhell is that :huh: Wait , don't tell me , some weird Aussie desert :shocked:
Dusty
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I think I saw that in a sci fi movie.
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Nobody can eat that!
Darn! Now I got a craving! Must resist I must!
(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/Penderic/JelliedEels_zpsewhaibnz.jpg)
:drool:
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That nearly destroyed my faith in humanity.
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Wait , how can jellied eel be fresh :huh: Blech !
Dusty
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Could be worse, they might have jellied oxymorons.
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Could be worse, they might have jellied oxymorons.
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:laugh: That reminds me of the old Smothers Brothers skit about Less Ons and More Ons :evil:
Dusty
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I loved them. Mom always liked you best!
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Danged Aussies , think the world revolves around you :grin:
As for your question Bill , while Texans can be a bit , er , egotistical , I don't believe they are actually toxic for gators :shocked: :grin:
Dusty
This is the second time I've read that line and it still cracks me up :thumb:
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The gator that killed this idiot weighed 400+ pounds. A group of vigilantes killed the gator and now they're in trouble with the authorities. Story here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3151752/Alligator-fatally-shot-head-killing-Texas-man-jumped-marina-week.html
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Over on Vancouver Island, next door to us, they have smaller versions of these guys.
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Here's some sound advice!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11K8RRj8w-M
Jeff
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Here's some sound advice!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11K8RRj8w-M
Jeff
True that! :grin:
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Here's some sound advice!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11K8RRj8w-M
Jeff
By the way you have a great name :thumb:
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Over on Vancouver Island, next door to us, they have smaller versions of these guys.
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Had one of those in my back field about a week ago. Nearly got killed by the dog running me over to get in the house! :boozing:
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Interesting , although by all appearances the gator was doing us a favor . Really hope they catch the perps , the authorities should probably look for bad tats and tasteless T shirts .
Dusty
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is that cat a NA Cougar?
I didn't know they could get that big.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7GyLr7Cz2g
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The Cougars in Southern AZ weren't that big. Saw my share hunting as a kid. Must be from up in the Northern states where prey is bigger
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I think Australia may be too dangerous for delicate souls.
Maybe they should also avoid Spain!
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Unfriendly chap!
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Oh Crap!
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One festival you should avoid! :shocked:
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OK Pennie , where are the pics of the tomato throwing festivals ? :grin:
Dusty
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Dusty, I do have a pic of those tossers somewhere but will have to search for it later...... :clock:
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Meanwhile.
In Spain, cow find you. In USA, you fling cow .....pie!
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I guess it attracts tourists. Beaver town
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One must realize that in the Panhandle of Oklahoma where Beaver is located , the ratio of bovines to homo sapiens is 50 to 1 . They must do something with the most plentiful supply of cow air freshener , so they hold this educational event to teach the local youth about the physics of flight and leverage . My understanding is Oklahoma State University is researching the use of dried cow dung as a replacement for macadam as a road surface .
Or , it could just be a bunch of Okies drinking beer and flinging poop . Actually , that is probably closer to reality . YEE HAW ! :laugh:
Dusty
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Could you imagine the world if Yale was next to a pasture in OK rather than next to a pie factory in CT?
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Floppies!
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Could you imagine the world if Yale was next to a pasture in OK rather than next to a pie factory in CT?
Or if the pie factory was located next to a cow pasture in the Panhandle of Oklahoma :food:
Dusty