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    Same with badgers... easily stunned and well aggressive when they come round!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Disco Dan View Post
    I got that email too.
    my partner got this months ago, tis not in NZ
    LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST SO WHEN YOU DIE YOUR FRIENDS DONT HAVE TO LIE AT YOUR FUNERAL

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    We got a weasil at work.dam things is corsing havoc.killing rabits.etc.
    been trying to nobble it..but its to quick for us

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    Sorry- I though lots of folk in NZ wanted rabbits killing?

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    On cue I just squashed a huge white tail on the lounge room ceiling.

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    Quote Originally Posted by yungatart View Post
    We have Daddy Long Legs here too. They are really toxic but their fangs aren't long enough to pierce the skin....
    Quote Originally Posted by tri boy View Post
    I think daddy Long Legs are still venomous, but their fangs can't penetrate human flesh.
    Yeah, that's the myth.

    Fact is that in the southern part of Africa there lives a spider called the violin spider which looks a bit like a daddy long legs and it has a very potent toxin that can be lethal.

    Funny fact about the funnel web spider found among other places in Sydney: Their toxin is more potent to dogs and humans than other animals - which is a bit unfortunate since they are fairly aggressive and live in urban environments, go figure. Only in Australia...
    It is preferential to refrain from the utilisation of grandiose verbiage in the circumstance that your intellectualisation can be expressed using comparatively simplistic lexicological entities. (...such as the word fuck.)

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    What a total crock of shit!!!!!!!!!



    Site safety wouldn't have announced that... (I work in conjunction with them)


    Its a HOAX!!!!!!!.............


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    man!!

    i'v just seen a similar spider last night at my kitchen

    how nasty~~~
    My life is a total disaster...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mikkel View Post
    Yeah, that's the myth.

    Fact is that in the southern part of Africa there lives a spider called the violin spider which looks a bit like a daddy long legs and it has a very potent toxin that can be lethal.

    Funny fact about the funnel web spider found among other places in Sydney: Their toxin is more potent to dogs and humans than other animals - which is a bit unfortunate since they are fairly aggressive and live in urban environments, go figure. Only in Australia...
    So daddy long legs are not poisonous?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mikkel View Post
    Yeah, that's the myth.

    Fact is that in the southern part of Africa there lives a spider called the violin spider which looks a bit like a daddy long legs and it has a very potent toxin that can be lethal.

    Funny fact about the funnel web spider found among other places in Sydney: Their toxin is more potent to dogs and humans than other animals - which is a bit unfortunate since they are fairly aggressive and live in urban environments, go figure. Only in Australia...
    Indeed, snopes to the rescue once again.

    http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/longlegs.asp

    Also mythbusters did something on daddy long legs I believe.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mikkel View Post
    Only in Australia...
    Australia is a very confusing place, taking up a large amount of the bottom half of the planet. It is recognisable from orbit because of many unusual features, including what at first looks like an enormous bite taken out of its southern edge; a wall of sheer cliffs which plunge deep into the girting sea.

    Geologists assure us that this is simply an accident of geomorphology and plate tectonics, but they still call it the "Great Australian Bight" proving that not only are they covering up a more frightening theory, but they can't spell either.

    The first of the confusing things about Australia is the status of the place. Where other land masses and sovereign lands are classified as either continent, island, or country, Australia is considered all three. Typically, it is unique in this.

    The second confusing thing about Australia are the animals. They can be divided into three categories: Poisonous, Odd, and Sheep.

    It is true that of the 10 most poisonous arachnids on the planet, Australia has 9 of them. Actually, it would be more accurate to say that of the 9 most poisonous arachnids, Australia has all of them. However, there are curiously few snakes, possibly because the spiders have killed them all.

    But even the spiders won't go near the sea. Any visitors should be careful to check inside boots (before putting them on) under toilet seats (before sitting down) and generally everywhere else. A stick is very useful for this task.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Dave View Post
    Douglas Adams.
    You have got to love that man! One of the people I am truly sorry I will never get to meet... Read his "Last chance to see" if you get an opportunity. Truly a wonderful book.


    As for Only in Oz:
    Only in Oz can you find a take-away treat consisting of fries, deep fried fish/chicken and ketchup all wrap up in a nice messy bundle - and they call it "An Abortion"...
    It is preferential to refrain from the utilisation of grandiose verbiage in the circumstance that your intellectualisation can be expressed using comparatively simplistic lexicological entities. (...such as the word fuck.)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mikkel View Post
    You have got to love that man! One of the people I am truly sorry I will never get to meet... Read his "Last chance to see" if you get an opportunity. Truly a wonderful book.
    A very "not wonderful" man. From very personal experience. He wasn't eccentric he was an arrogant wacko.

    Humiliation was his byword. NZ was just another place to humiliate when he was here. He makes Finn look humble and servile. If he was still alive. But he's not.
    If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?



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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim2 View Post
    He wasn't eccentric he was an arrogant wacko.

    Genius is often flawed.
    I've even made a few mistkaes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim2 View Post
    A very "not wonderful" man. From very personal experience. He wasn't eccentric he was an arrogant wacko.

    Humiliation was his byword. NZ was just another place to humiliate when he was here. He makes Finn look humble and servile. If he was still alive. But he's not.
    For obvious reasons I wouldn't have a clue... Guess I don't have to feel too bad about not meeting the fella. I've enjoyed reading his writing though.

    Can't help but wonder if it was the fame or if he was just put together that way now...
    It is preferential to refrain from the utilisation of grandiose verbiage in the circumstance that your intellectualisation can be expressed using comparatively simplistic lexicological entities. (...such as the word fuck.)

    Remember your humanity, and forget the rest. - Joseph Rotblat

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