Chuckle in Your Day

[Gerrycan]

Possibly the most 'Pythonesque' sounding creature since the 'Norwegian Blue Parrot' but today I came across a feature on the Tasmanian Mountain Shrimp!

 

The name conjures up the weirdest imagery in my mind.

 

The 'enigmatic' Tasmanian mountain shrimp allows researchers to look back 200 million years - ABC News

[MikeTheThinker]

Edumification is good for you ...

 

[Arkaig]

 

 

[BTandSid]

Brilliant, albeit not quite as I’d expected 😂

[MikeTheThinker]

3 hours ago, Gerrycan said:

Possibly the most 'Pythonesque' sounding creature since the 'Norwegian Blue Parrot' but today I came across a feature on the Tasmanian Mountain Shrimp!

 

The name conjures up the weirdest imagery in my mind.

 

The 'enigmatic' Tasmanian mountain shrimp allows researchers to look back 200 million years - ABC News

Garlic butter anyone?

 

[MikeTheThinker]

1 hour ago, Arkaig said:

 

 

Ouch! A literal 'pain in the arse' ...

[Graham Butcher]

2 hours ago, Arkaig said:

 

 

That's the problem with all these advanced safety systems, drivers put too much trust in them and forget to do due diligence themselves.

[Stonekeeper]

I ordered some German food on an app, for delivery. The sauerkraut has arrived, but the wurst is yet to come.

[J.R.]

8 hours ago, MikeTheThinker said:

TFTD Tuesday (apologies for the typos):

 

 

I have had all of them pretty much continuously since I stepped off the ride in 2004, as I type this I can hear the Little Owl (Athene Noctua) screeching above my caravan.

 

There are many things that I don't have but I don't miss them in the slightest, I have what is really important and nobody can take it away.

[MikeTheThinker]

All the candidates standing in Lancashire local elections 2024

This is the headline for an article in the Lancashire newswire where it talks up the various aspirants for the forthcoming elections.

 

The article contains the obligatory picture - a larger-than-life sculpture, set high above the landscape, and which makes harmonious noises when the wind blows through its substantially empty structure.

 

Quite appropriate for an article on politicians ...

 

 

Original article if of interest - but watch out for the ads and popups.

[MikeTheThinker]

Looks like the flying car ambition could be this year, but seems Alexa got there last year ...

PG [mature content]

 

Spoiler

 

Edited 23 April by MikeTheThinker

[@Lee]

Wrong link posted 🤦

Edited 23 April by @Lee

[MikeTheThinker]

A little military humour ...

 

A new general was posted to an army base.

After some time in the base he realised how there were two soldiers guarding an empty bench all the time, and so he enquired of his colleagues and juniors what it was all about. A colleague advised him “I don’t know why but it’s been happening since I joined 35 years ago.”

The general, confused as he was, went through the past base commanders till he found the one that was in charge 35 years ago. He was found to have retired and lived in the countryside now, so the general contacted him and requested to meet.

When they met, and after the usual pleasantries were exchanged, the general asked the retired commander "why was that bench guarded so much".

The commander was shocked, replying .......... “So you’re telling me the paint on that bench hasn’t dried yet ?!”

[Warrior193]

On 23/04/2024 at 16:33, Arkaig said:

 

 

Hmmm, needs more development.

[MikeTheThinker]

TFTD Wednesday: It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.- Isaac Asimov

[MikeTheThinker]

Some (possibly questionable) ailurophile bling ...

 

 

Spoiler

 

[MikeTheThinker]

TFTD Thursday: Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore - Ogden Nash

 

[J.R.]

How did we get from Flying Cars to Illuminated Chocolate Starfish?

[BTandSid]

20 hours ago, MikeTheThinker said:

Some (possibly questionable) ailurophile bling ...

 

 

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Does it come with instructions so the cat knows how to remove it for a 💩

[Winston_Woof]

53 minutes ago, J.R. said:

How did we get from Flying Cars to Illuminated Chocolate Starfish?

chocolate starfish?

oooh errr matron!!!

[Stonekeeper]

[Kenny R]

[MikeTheThinker]

TFTD Friday: Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people - W.C. Fields

[Stonekeeper]

[Paws4Thot]

So it turns out that changing your usertag results in changing the usertag that someone else has blocked to whatever your new tag is!