RE: Member Photos
January 7, 2012 at 9:20 am
(This post was last modified: January 7, 2012 at 9:24 am by KichigaiNeko.)
If nothing else..Australia will give you a huge dose of reality and how insignificant you (hominids in general) are in the scheme of things.
So things I taught my kids:
EVERYTHING can defend itself...including bacteria
EVERYTHING is out to eat you...unless you eat it first...(Only country on the planet that actually eats it coat of arms..so I understand)
A spider invades the house...KILL ON SIGHT! ...we'll identify it later. (Esp: White Tails, Funnel Webs, Red backs, Huntsmans, Black and Brown House spiders and Daddy Long legs. (We don't live in their houses so I fail to see why they can live in ours and scare the crap out of my kids)
Koalas, Kangaroos, Wombats, Tasmanian Devils and Platypuses' are NOT cute and cuddly; along with Goannas they will rend you apart as soon as look at you and they carry many fungal and bacteria infections that medicine has not encountered yet.
DO NOT GO SWIMMING IN THE OCEAN at Dawn or Dusk!!...And NO Lisa-Jade you can NOT have a White Pointer Shark as a pet!!
Irrigangi are NOTHING like squishi!! They are nastier because you can't see them. Blue Bottles are fine as long as they are stranded on the beach and you squash them with sand first, they do make a delightful popping sound
When walking in the bush make as much stomping noise as possible esp in January and February so the snakes have time to get away from you.
Crocodiles CAN climb stairs so don't think you are safe there ....observe warning signs!!
And Finally...the OUT BACK doesn't have a Macdonalds on every corner..it doesn't HAVE corners and if you don't take enough water with you, you WILL die.
So things I taught my kids:
EVERYTHING can defend itself...including bacteria
EVERYTHING is out to eat you...unless you eat it first...(Only country on the planet that actually eats it coat of arms..so I understand)
A spider invades the house...KILL ON SIGHT! ...we'll identify it later. (Esp: White Tails, Funnel Webs, Red backs, Huntsmans, Black and Brown House spiders and Daddy Long legs. (We don't live in their houses so I fail to see why they can live in ours and scare the crap out of my kids)
Koalas, Kangaroos, Wombats, Tasmanian Devils and Platypuses' are NOT cute and cuddly; along with Goannas they will rend you apart as soon as look at you and they carry many fungal and bacteria infections that medicine has not encountered yet.
DO NOT GO SWIMMING IN THE OCEAN at Dawn or Dusk!!...And NO Lisa-Jade you can NOT have a White Pointer Shark as a pet!!
Irrigangi are NOTHING like squishi!! They are nastier because you can't see them. Blue Bottles are fine as long as they are stranded on the beach and you squash them with sand first, they do make a delightful popping sound
When walking in the bush make as much stomping noise as possible esp in January and February so the snakes have time to get away from you.
Crocodiles CAN climb stairs so don't think you are safe there ....observe warning signs!!
And Finally...the OUT BACK doesn't have a Macdonalds on every corner..it doesn't HAVE corners and if you don't take enough water with you, you WILL die.
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