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Post by groo on Oct 24, 2023 3:33:57 GMT -5
You get pretty blase about them after a while. I live with eastern browns in the grass and carpet pythons in the ceiling. No real problem.
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Post by groo on Oct 24, 2023 3:58:29 GMT -5
Generally the Lord's critters are not interested in eating you (though I do draw the line at crocodiles, very large felines and some bears) and if you do nothing to strike fear or antagonise,they will ignore you.
I am ambivalent re hippos and rhinos.
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Post by ozziegiraffe on Oct 24, 2023 4:08:20 GMT -5
I’ve never seen a snake anywhere near Brisbane airport.
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Post by Phar Lap on Oct 24, 2023 4:20:19 GMT -5
I saw a snake crossing the road outside my former residence. The local council were not at all interested. It was a fairly decent size snake. it’s colour was very dark.
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Post by Liiisa on Oct 24, 2023 5:19:07 GMT -5
I love snakes, though admittedly 95% of the ones around here wouldn't do anyone harm even if they stepped on them.
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Post by sprite on Oct 24, 2023 7:16:45 GMT -5
and if you do nothing to strike fear or antagonise,they will ignore you. We're East Coast Canadians, and severely lacking any understanding of what would spook or antagonise a snake, so we assume breathing sets them off.
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Post by wombatrois on Oct 24, 2023 7:49:30 GMT -5
Step on them or corner them is about it. Make a noise and they slither off. Not like those aggressive African mambos
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Post by sprite on Oct 24, 2023 9:09:15 GMT -5
"every setback is a setup for a comeback"
This is the sort of thing I could forgive as a post it note on one's own desk. But not in a LinkedIn profile.
Especially not from someone who bills themselves as a communication specialist and then after their connection request is accepted, replies, "Hi"
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Post by lillielangtry on Oct 25, 2023 6:38:31 GMT -5
Everyone in my workplace just received an email warning us that in some of the office kitchens, dishwasher tabs were not being stored in a tin marked as containing hazardous items.
Yes, I can believe that some of my colleagues are dim enough to eat dishwasher tabs!
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Post by sprite on Oct 26, 2023 6:53:34 GMT -5
I understand being dim enough (or distracted enough) to think one was food, but surely by the time it touched the lips... who thinks that scent/flavour is edible??
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Post by sprite on Oct 26, 2023 7:18:55 GMT -5
September 4, I applied for a job. No interviews or start date listed. Today, I get an form email that I was unsuccessful.
No, really?
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Post by tucano on Oct 26, 2023 10:45:18 GMT -5
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Post by sprite on Oct 26, 2023 16:18:08 GMT -5
and... it's gone. haha.
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Post by Queen on Oct 27, 2023 3:36:10 GMT -5
Sounds like something one of my colleagues would write. I'd copy paste an example here for your entertainment but it'd be traceable.
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Post by Queen on Oct 27, 2023 3:38:36 GMT -5
making me laugh this morning - a literal joke.
A young kid wearing all the modern gear is sitting on a park bench smoking a cigarette.
An old guy with a tweedy jacket comes up to him and explains that he shouldn't be smoking, it's bad for his lungs, it's terrible for his heart, it practically guarantees an early death.
The young kid exhales a plume of smoke and says "my grandfather is ninety-five years old"
OG "and does he smoke?"
YK "no, he minds his own fucking business"
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Post by Liiisa on Oct 27, 2023 15:52:08 GMT -5
"xox I stopped at evil jeff on the way home and got fish for tomorrow"
Which is the message I accidentally sent to a colleague on Teams instead of to pero on Google Chat... don't ask me how I managed that. Good thing he has a sense of humor
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Post by kneazle on Oct 28, 2023 0:00:53 GMT -5
Sort of laughing. My Dad's in trouble with Mum.
He just realised that the presentation he has to do to one of the groups he belongs to is the first week of November not December.
He asked mum if I was coming over this weekend. Mum told him I'd had VERY busy week and was having a quiet weekend and if he needed me to help he'd need to ask me. Because I need to help with the power point because my dad has no idea
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Post by tzarine on Oct 28, 2023 23:34:33 GMT -5
some of the things available from our buynothing
"Crafted by a 3 Michelin Star Chef. Our bars are as delicious as they get. Real superfood ingredients deliver the best flavors imaginable." guess they were so delicious the personal couldn't bear it
- usb powered ‘good vibes’ led sign plate with "may you be proud of the work you do, the person you are, the difference you make"
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Post by Liiisa on Oct 29, 2023 14:33:07 GMT -5
My mom asking us if we like Simon and Garfunkel, and both of us answering in unison "No"
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Post by HalcyonDaze on Oct 30, 2023 1:34:14 GMT -5
This was yesterday, but it still makes me giggle. LC was out with friends yesterday. I thought it was going to be one of their far ranging tip games. Instead it started with group work on an assessment, then heading to a friends place and apparently they ended up in a local park having a BBQ. They all went to the supermarket and bought various sausages, burgers, rolls and soft drinks. The funny bit is this was after lunch, so late afternoon ish. LC managed to polish off 5 sausages before heading home for dinner when I texted him around 6pm to see where he was - I just texted the pizza emoji and he rang to see if we were having pizza for dinner, what time and he'd be there. After his 5 sausages! It also makes me smile - of all the things they could be getting up to, they go to the park to hang out and eat food.
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Post by scicaro on Oct 30, 2023 1:37:39 GMT -5
Mini1 had a mental block on the name of hedgehogs this morning, probably due to getting up so early.
So he called them "little spiky dudes" which will be their name from now on.
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Post by Liiisa on Oct 30, 2023 5:02:12 GMT -5
Agreed - little spiky dudes it is
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Post by tzarine on Oct 30, 2023 20:10:53 GMT -5
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Post by kneazle on Oct 30, 2023 21:24:11 GMT -5
It's always sort of funny when employees suddenly lawyer up and send emails that are supposedly from them but were clearly written by a lawyer or advocate.
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Post by Liiisa on Oct 31, 2023 5:05:55 GMT -5
It's 6:00 in the morning and pero and I are talking about how often ducks poop
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Post by riverhorse on Oct 31, 2023 5:49:19 GMT -5
Not today, but on the weekend together with my linguistically challenged (monolingual) UK buddy. He'd been to the supermarket and had bought a big slab of pate in the chiller cabinet. After spreading it on his bread, and eating it, he declared that it tasted really strange and was a strange greyish colour, was it perhaps off?
I looked at the label on it and burst into hysterical fits of laughter - it was labelled "levure" which means "yeast" - he'd not realised he was spreading fresh baking yeast onto his bread. I just hope he didn't get too much of a stomach ache from it.
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Post by sprite on Oct 31, 2023 8:15:53 GMT -5
oops! not using his phone data to look things up?
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Post by sprite on Oct 31, 2023 15:28:00 GMT -5
We both dressed up for the trick or treaters, partner with a full facemask, black cloak and devil's trident.
Two younger teens rang the bell, he swooped out roaring 'welcome!!' the kid in an inflatable dinosaur nearly fell down the stairs.
I went out to ask them what their 'trick' was while partner went back for candy.
Inflatable kid: "What do you call two witches who live with Jesus Christ?" Me: "um... what?" Kid: "ah! ah!"
partner had appeared suddenly over my shoulder and scared the crap out of the kid AGAIN. by this time i was laughing so hard I had to squat down and couldn't see for tears.
I'm still laughing. kid might need therapy.
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Post by tzarine on Oct 31, 2023 16:05:36 GMT -5
2 of the rich neighbors have this halloween decorating contest my skeleton is bigger! i have more ghosts! my pumpkins glow in the dark! i have more spider webs! i have a vampire!
it gets worse & more garish every year
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Post by Liiisa on Oct 31, 2023 17:19:45 GMT -5
BUT WHAT IS THE PUNCHLINE?! I need to know what you call two witches who live with Jesus Christ.
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