Penguin, Tasmania Superthread

[Alisaura]

My 1,000th RYM rating!

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Typo watch!

... is lost is a mess ...

 

[Alisaura]

I got a card from Reggo today. If you read this I'll kick their arses to the curb for you anytime.

I did too!

Thanks Reggo

 

[Alisaura]

Also, I find it ironic that we waddled into this thread on the day our bird left our care.

 

[Slopsy]

*here but not really here as redecorating room*

I haven't got any mail, let alone any cards, this year.

 

[Slopsy]

My room looks so bare without my posters! I don't like it

 

[Axver]

Hello all.

If you've got it don't flaunt it, US Marine tells Aussie women | News.com.au

poor redneck marine

What a sad sack!

Typo watch!

Hah, thanks.

Missing the bird much?

 

[Axver]

Ah hellz, here comes that daily hiccup.

 

[Cin]

(828): You peed for a solid 5 minutes last night and turned around halfway through to give everyone watching a thumbs up

(262): i dont care about people's attitudes as long as they give me head

(303): You probably havent been upstairs if you think that the microwave missing its door is bad

(570): jess passed out on the pong table. it was depressing until we started singing shania twain an hour later and heard her muffled voice singing along

(814): Thats my favorite, when ex girlfriends become XL ex girlfriends

(850): so he tried marking my clit with a sharpie so he could "find it again next time".

(407): official worst smell ever. a used condom that has gone through the dryer.

(443): I'm done. I'm tired and there's a topless pic of me floating around the nation's largest 3G network.

He's a firefighter, who has his own band. I'm pregnant just thinking about him.

(303): i cant believe i hit a parked car with a pink dildo in my mouth... fuckin epic

 

[Slopsy]

I'm gonna watch some TV for a bit. Back in an hour

 

[Axver]

(850): so he tried marking my clit with a sharpie so he could "find it again next time".

That's got to be one of TFLN's biggest WTFs.

 

[Cin]

That's got to be one of TFLN's biggest WTFs.

I didn't realise it was so mysterious, but then there are plenty of things that mystify me about men and you aren't nearly as complicated!



I have the place to myself for an hour or so It feels quite nice actualluy.

 

[Alisaura]

Hello people!

The house is kinda eerily silent without the bird. Also, food and remote controls and telephones and fingers are eerily safe from chomping, and everything is eerily safe from poo.

Mind you, I came within an inch of being shat on today by a wild bird (a little grey noisy miner) *L* ... I think the bird world thinks I owe it something. Or birds just like to shit on me.

 

[Cin]

off to take down the christmas tree before the place feels too full to move again.

 

[Axver]

Mind you, I came within an inch of being shat on today by a wild bird (a little grey noisy miner) *L* ... I think the bird world thinks I owe it something. Or birds just like to shit on me.

You're truly just cursed. Maybe you need to have a bird at your place in order to avoid wild ones taking a crap on you. I mean, you didn't get hit while you had the parrot, did you now!

I love how you described everything as 'eerie' too.

 

[Axver]

off to take down the christmas tree before the place feels too full to move again.

I can't say I'm sad I didn't put my tree up this Christmas.

 

[Alisaura]

You're truly just cursed. Maybe you need to have a bird at your place in order to avoid wild ones taking a crap on you. I mean, you didn't get hit while you had the parrot, did you now!

I love how you described everything as 'eerie' too.

I did think of that! And no, I suffered no crap attacks from above while we had the bird. Even with all that temptation of attending U2 concerts, and the giant evil seagulls in Europe...

It is eerie! Alec hung pictures on the wall today, since there will be no danger of bird ravaging, and we can leave doors open and things out on benches and and and...

Yeah okay, I'm a bit mad.

 

[coolian2]

'Racist' KFC cricket ad causes uproar in US

'Racist' KFC cricket ad causes uproar in US

A KFC advertisement that shows an Australian cricket supporter giving fried chicken to West Indies fans has caused outrage in the US, where it has been interpreted as racist.
In the ad, part of KFC's "Cricket Survival Guide" series, Mick the Australian is surrounded by dancing West Indies fans, and says: "Need a tip when you're stuck in an awkward situation?"
He then hands out a bucket of KFC to the crowd — an action which has been seen as supporting a long-standing US stereotype that African Americans eat fried chicken.
In the US bloggers and journalists have claimed the ad is deliberately racist, with the Baltimore Sun even suggesting the ad might be part of a viral prank.
Popular viral media website Buzzfeed posted the video with the subtitle: "What's a white guy to do when he awkwardly finds himself in a crowd full of black folks? KFC has the answer."
Dr Brendon O'Connor, an associate professor at the University of Sydney, said reaction to the ad reflected the "insularity" of the American people.
"They have a tendency to think that their history is more important than that of other countries," he told ninemsn.
But Dr O'Connor, who is currently writing a book about US stereotypes and insularity, also said it was important to realise that when taken out of context the ads could look racist.
"Fried chicken is seen as a traditional southern food ... a staple of an African American diet," he said.
"We don't have many African American people here and we don't have these stereotypes.
"Americans would find the ads racist mostly because they don't realise the context that the West Indies team was here to play cricket."
Dr Peter Gale, a senior lecturer at the University of South Australia, said the ad could affect Australia's reputation internationally — especially in the wake of the Hey Hey It's Saturday blackface scandal
"Even when we're doing advertising we need to be careful about pre-existing historical stereotypes," Dr Gale said.
"We have got a responsibility to be aware of that, and I think that if the media doesn't wise up we're in a lot of trouble."
A spokeswoman for KFC told ninemsn the company will comment on the issue later today.

there are so many ways this is laughable.

 

[Axver]

'Racist' KFC cricket ad causes uproar in US



there are so many ways this is laughable.

... wow, yeah, put me down as one of the people who would have never thought of that ad as racist, and it seems all the reactions quoted are hilarious. Mountain out of molehill?

(And I've been inundated with KFC ads while watching the cricket, but I hadn't seen that one!)

 

[Axver]

I did think of that! And no, I suffered no crap attacks from above while we had the bird. Even with all that temptation of attending U2 concerts, and the giant evil seagulls in Europe...

It is eerie! Alec hung pictures on the wall today, since there will be no danger of bird ravaging, and we can leave doors open and things out on benches and and and...

Yeah okay, I'm a bit mad.

See, maybe you need to hurry up and buy a budgie or two.

And while you're at it, buy budgies that are happy to stay in their cage.

 

[Alisaura]

'Racist' KFC cricket ad causes uproar in US

there are so many ways this is laughable.

Wow, fail, America!

 

[Alisaura]

See, maybe you need to hurry up and buy a budgie or two.

And while you're at it, buy budgies that are happy to stay in their cage.

Yeah, maybe not... I think this house will be bird-free for a good long while!

 

[coolian2]

the bigger fail is that it's -9 and not snowing.

you can't let it get that cold without some kind of reward. how do people live with this shit every winter?

 

[Alisaura]

the bigger fail is that it's -9 and not snowing.

you can't let it get that cold without some kind of reward. how do people live with this shit every winter?

It could be worse, you're not in Canada!
I can't even cope with the pissy winters we get here.

 

[Axver]

Wow, I really have lost my touch at Stick Cricket. Was just set to make about 185 in a 10 over slog when I lost four wickets in one Emburey over and staggered to 7/151.

 

[coolian2]

It could be worse, you're not in Canada!
I can't even cope with the pissy winters we get here.

once it gets to -9 it's really the same as -30, it's just a matter of dressing appropriately, something i have not done once.

i'll still complain about auckland winters.

 

[Axver]

Yeah, maybe not... I think this house will be bird-free for a good long while!

May I recommend a lizard? It won't peck your stuff to shit and it'll kill insects.

 

[Alisaura]

Brb, dinner time!

 

[Cin]

I can't say I'm sad I didn't put my tree up this Christmas.

but I had to, it was my first Chrissy in this place. Plus the tree only cost $5!! How could I not. Now one corner is tidy, the rest is fairly cluttered and I have no dishes left

 

[Axver]

but I had to, it was my first Chrissy in this place. Plus the tree only cost $5!! How could I not. Now one corner is tidy, the rest is fairly cluttered and I have no dishes left

I got my tree for free off a friend who no longer needed it! But it just seemed like so much pointless effort, and honestly there wasn't really a good spot for it. It kept getting in my way last year.

I ... think I'll have fruit toast for dinner. Hooray for lazy dinners following overly late lunches!

 

[Cin]

MORE fruit toast?

I had a chicken burger for late lunch. The shop had been closed for about two weeks, we had a countdown on the fridge.. 3 sleeps til chicken burgers etc. We told the man, he laffed.