Newscasters... Australian for Pantywaists

[LeeVanCleef]

Come on... it's just a fish! I mean, crikey, just slap that shrimp onto the barbie!

http://globalnews.ca/news/2197245/w...t-left-speechless-by-great-white-shark-video/

 

[Isaac Sauvage]

WP says they can get up to 26ft long and and 7,000lbs. what i didn't know until just now is that they have roughly the same lifespan as humans(!)


i've also seen some recent articles that suggest that shark attacks on humans are up in certain areas because of man-made activities, such as overfishing or destruction of their habitat.

did steve say he was a surfer...?

 

[StevOz]

Well I used to surf, though it's actually been a few years since I've braved the breaks. Now a days it's usually only a few times a year in the heat of summer for a body bash, that being body surfing the beach break at Yallingup.

Still a fairly fearsome wave to ride without a board and I have had dolphins surfing along side me once, that was something, freaked me out a bit at first, they are a lot bigger then you imagine.

http://www.wannasurf.com/spot/Austr...WA/Margaret_River_North/yallingup_shorebreak/

 

[LeeVanCleef]

Yeah, screw sharks... dolphins are now killing people! You escaped with your life, Steve! (and thank goodness you weren't surfing next to a bicycle... those things have it in for you!) This is a pretty fascinating and terrifying article. I am going to offer up one spoiler: the person in the article called Marcus Livengood is made up. The author admits it at story's end, but that doesn't keep his cute little trick from almost negating everything else in a rather eye-opening article. http://www.gq.com/story/john-jeremiah-sullivan-violence-lambs-future-human-race?printable=true

 

[Isaac Sauvage]

Yeah, screw sharks... dolphins are now killing people! You escaped with your life, Steve! (and thank goodness you weren't surfing next to a bicycle... those things have it in for you!) This is a pretty fascinating and terrifying article. I am going to offer up one spoiler: the person in the article called Marcus Livengood is made up. The author admits it at story's end, but that doesn't keep his cute little trick from almost negating everything else in a rather eye-opening article. http://www.gq.com/story/john-jeremiah-sullivan-violence-lambs-future-human-race?printable=true

BILL...!!

it seems like something has riled you up... so then WTF is it, pls... ?

(i mean we agreed that i would BE YOU who enjoyed this whole naturism... star trek episode, right)

 

[sleepy]

Some of the shark footage for "Jaws" was filmed in Australia, and that's the reason why.
Can I please have some repellent with my BullFrog?

A couple of barrels worth. And an air tank with a shotgun.

 

[StevOz]

mmm..lamb! :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE-al0xSFJo

Oh which reminds me those sheep can be very dangerous if you visit New Zealand, cracker of a film...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0779982/?ref_=fn_al_tt_3

 

[LeeVanCleef]

What's riled me up? Oh, how about dolphins killing humans! I saw that Simpsons Treehouse of Horror entry where the dolphins took over. It wasn't a pretty sight! Now I'm trying to figure out if your analogy makes me "evil" Kirk in Mirror, Mirror or "horny (or "hornier")" Kirk when he came out of the transporter all wrong.
Damn, Steve... if you guys are making gyros out of those lambs, then I'll see you this weekend! I'll need to crash at your place. Oh, and I'm dog-sitting for Johnny Depp. Is that going to be a deal? Of course, there is apparently the possibility that Johnny Depp's dogs will attack and kill me.

 

[Isaac Sauvage]

hehehe... that was a solid treehouse episode.

those used to be THE THING... for that OTHER THING!

 

[Coil_Smoke]

The vidi at top of page was pulled by user... What was the the news guy on about ?

 

[LeeVanCleef]

Here we go! Hopefully, these guys will be kinder than Youtube.

http://globalnews.ca/news/2197245/w...t-left-speechless-by-great-white-shark-video/

 

[LeeVanCleef]

I'm going to practice writing in Australian. Let me know how I do, Steve. "Oi im nivah going beck in the wohdah."

"Vegemite."

 

[StevOz]

Well I'll try American then...Doooodu!

 

[Isaac Sauvage]

I'm going to practice writing in Australian. Let me know how I do, Steve. "Oi im nivah going beck in the wohdah."

"Vegemite."

that reminds me... i have a small jar of vegemite that's been sitting in the fridge for years. i think i've eaten about an eighth of it so far.

the issue is not the taste but the fact that vegemite in the mouth seems around 95% salt and 5% flavor. that's not a good ratio, but perhaps a brief wandering explanation on the matter might set things aright?

i mean right now the pat of butter required to balance this mofo out would be about the size of a shipping container. that ain't a good ratio, either.

 

[LeeVanCleef]

By the power vested in me by watching several Beverly Hillbillies episodes, I grant you honorary US citizen status, Steve! You'll fit right in.
Being inside a shipping container full of butter would be an experience that I would expect to stimulate all the senses. I'm pretty sure a bathtub will suffice for my needs. Off to the store! Which, in Wisconsin, is already half dairy-aisle.

 

[StevOz]

Yes a fairly unreasonable amount of salt is in vegemite. I know this to be true because once I found a very old jar in the back of the pantry and when I dug a knife into it found a sizeable perfectly formed cubed salt crystal.

Although I generally prefer promite myself which is more a vegetable extract, rather then a yeast extract.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promite

Oh and this!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yA98MujNeM

Additionally you do not put vegemite in the fridge or store it as such, this stuff cannot go off and will survive intact and taste exactly the same even after a thermonuclear explosion. :)

 

[Isaac Sauvage]

yeah well... you don't have to refrigerate a bag of salt for the same reason.

btw do kids *actually* eat vegemite...? it seems like pretty much the opposite of what a young palate wants.

promite does sound better. but in the states it's undoubtedly easier to get stuff like fermented bean paste or other things of somewhat similar taste. personally i prefer nutritional yeast flakes... which have a cheesy flavor, are high in B-vitamins, and don't need any salt, preservatives or additives.

 

[StevOz]

Dunno about kids these days or their mums if it comes to that, though in my day you got what you were given and if you didn't like it better to swallow it down and leave a clean plate that was another lesson in harden the fuck up, what doesn't kill you can only make you stronger.

Though really it was never that harsh and any child bought up via any certain regime or diet will and does hold onto most of that into adulthood.

 

[sleepy]

Oh, you went there, huh? Vegemite. And Brewer's Yeast.

Brewer's Yeast is the dead yeast scale that settles to the bottom of the Budweiser tanks after they ferment the brews. They have to remove it from the tanks to maintain whatever quality they entertain. So they scoop this stuff up and dump it into 6-8 Oz. jars and then sell it at the health food stores for $15-$20.

I've eaten it myself.

 

[StevOz]

Ah yeast, that which makes bread, ale and wine possible, exists in the air in abundance, no need for Jesus Christ there at all, think about it...

 

[LeeVanCleef]

harden the fuck up, what doesn't kill you can only make you stronger.

I think you just came up with Vegemite's newest ad slogan! I love that commercial. The Australian Armed Forces sure have pretty uniforms. Me, I'm a Nutella man. I'm not even sure if Nutella can be compared to Vegemite. I'm not even sure what Nutella's made out of and I certainly don't want to ruin it by finding out. I'll just assume that the ingredients are angel farts and unicorn jizz because it's just that delicious!

 

[Isaac Sauvage]

if we ever do meet bill, it would have to be under the terms of 'i shove a tablespoon of vegemite down your gullet, while you do the same upon nutella right down my own damn throat.'

if there's a substance more disgusting in life than vegemite, nutella be thine name...... well, or also marshmallow whip and that fermented fish-head paste that you see in asian groceries.

lord a mighty... and RIGHT when i was fixin to sit down to my vittles, we have this queasy exchange. :/

 

[StevOz]

Just to get things back on topic, vegemite could be the solution as it most likely has a SPF50+ rating and would double up as a shark repellent. :D

 

[Isaac Sauvage]

oh piss off, steve...

 

[Coil_Smoke]

That Which Survives

Additionally you do not put vegemite in the fridge or store it as such, this stuff cannot go off and will survive intact and taste exactly the same even after a thermonuclear explosion. :)

Maybe Better !