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Discussion in 'Zoo Cafe' started by ThylacineAlive, 30 Oct 2012.

  1. pachyderm pro

    pachyderm pro Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Gasp! Next you'll tell me that Swampy is a gecko, or that TZDugong is a Dugong, or that Chlidonias is an otter/beaver/muskrat/civet (Or whatever that thing in his profile picture is)!
     
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  2. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    Oh I know what Brum is - doesn't mean I have to like it.

    I don't get why that is funny? I guess that either you're too young to know what lollipop ladies are, or they never had them in Canada which I would find surprising.
     
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    I've never heard of a Lollipop Lady before(I think they mean crossing guard and we have those, they're called a crossing guard). That term is definitely not in Canada (or not near the area I live in).
     
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    I’m from the US and I have also never heard that term before. It means crossing guard? (That’s just what I saw on Google). We do have those, we just call them crossing guards.
     
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    It's not an age thing because lollipop lady is a term I would use. It must be geographic.
     
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    Perhaps some lollipop ladies melt in hot countries.
     
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    What is a lollipop lady? Someone who sell lollipop?
     
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    It’s a crossing guard.
     
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    TZDugong has got this one licked. A crossing guard holds up a lollipop-shaped sign to let children cross a busy road. lollipop lady - Google Search.
     
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    I've just realized that the world's moles want to start a protest about lack of room for tunnels. They say it's unmoleivable that people coexist with moles. They also say that they will keep annoying people by pranking them with airhorns.
     
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    Perhaps Heather Larson should have joined 'Loose Women' when she was on the verge of breaking up.
     
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    captivity is a necessary evil.
     
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    have any collections tried to keep/breed the 'Beast from the East' in captivity?
     
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    So last month I've come across a guy on YouTube who thinks that volcanoes, geysers, tornadoes, and a whole heap of exotic animals (like Komodo dragons, gorillas, orangutans, narwhals, platypuses, great white sharks, anacondas, marlins and koalas) are hoaxes pushed by the satanic elite to prove evolution and discredit the Bible. Troll or not, he is taken seriously by many people in the comments who agree with him. And he also has a series of videos in which he argues that many if not most or all public figures are satanic transgenders (including Shakespeare, who knew they had gender reassignment in the 1500s?), which is part of a wider conspiracy community. Not surprisingly, he also believes the Earth is flat, and that the Vietnam and Civil Wars never happened.

    He argues that gorillas, orangutans and Komodo dragons in zoos are people in suits, that koalas are animatronics, that zebras are painted horses/mules, and that platypuses are beavers with prosthetics. Don't quote me on this, but I think he might have videos on some (but not all) giraffes in zoos being giants in suits, and sharks in aquariums being holograms.

    I'll have to put a warning that his channel contains transphobic and homophobic videos, but he goes by the name of Hans Wormhat. His channel, not surprisingly, is often deleted for hate speech.
     
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    Before you knew it I was expecting him to say that humans were goats in suits!
     
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    And the Tractor has reverted back into a mongoose, huh.
     
  20. Dassie rat

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    Probably a meerkat