Fuck Australia

[Qonas]

I'm surprised hippos are that low on the list. I figured they'd be at least top 5. And I'm not surprised to see bees on there. Those bastards are the only things I fear more than spiders; as a kid, one of those SoBs nearly blinded me. I had a stinger impaled through my eyelid.

 

[@Li3n]

There's a reason why it started off as a penal colony...

 

[Vagabond]

Yeah all these things are pretty horrible.

But Dropbears are by far the worst.

 

[Chippy]

Just have Matilda waltz on it.

 

[bigcountry23]

Relivant Picture

 

[PatrThom]

What the fuck?? IT HAS FANGS?? But it also appears to be dancing? Maybe it's like a pre-kill dance.. I would light this on fire right now if I could. =\

ohai guys

Yep. That's a funnel web, all right. One of THE most toxic spiders out there. Funny thing is, the venom is only deadly to primates (like humans), but most other animals can walk off the bite without too much trouble. Their fangs are about an inch long and they can bite you through a leather boot. They show up a lot in the 'most dangerous xxx' lists on the Internets, but feel free to verify any of my statements on your own. I'm not too worried they might come up here in the midwest USA, it gets too cold in the Winter to support land-dwelling arthopods of any real size.

--Patrick

 

[klew]

Sydney has funnel webs, but Melbourne supposedly doesn't, unless some angry Sydneysiders are planting them around Victoria.

 

[Green_Lantern]

Oh great, just what I needed to see before sleeping. Thanks a lot guys

 

[Shadazz]

So today, I walked into work. I was the first one in because I wanted to get a head start on my work. Walk up to the Editing Room door (it literally says "EDITING ROOM") and guess what's on it? Fucking guess.

These bastards. They're fucking following me. It's going to be a fucking horror film with me running through the woods with millions of spiders chasing me. Fuck. So I set into Rambo-spider-killing mode and hit it with my 200 dollar development book, and it was gone from the door. Looked on the back of my book? It was still fucking moving. Proceeded to stamp on book. I now have a very ugly looking book. But I won, fuckers. I won. Bitchin'.

 

[Allen who is Quiet]

I guess it turns out a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

 

[checkeredhat]

Now, I may be wrong on this Chaz, but going back to your comment on North American snakes and gators:

I'm pretty sure Australia also has 6 of the world's 10 most venomous snakes. And Salt Water Crocodiles are much, MUCH bigger than fresh water alligators.

Really, its no wonder the British used it as a prison. How anyone survived on that island back then I have no idea.
****EDIT:

There's a reason why it started off as a penal colony...

Didn't see you wrote that. EDIT******

Oh, no wait. Just looked it up. SEVEN of the world's 10 most venomous snakes live there. And yet more people die per year from bee stings from European honeybees (around 10/year). Huh.

Anyway, I'm glad I live in Southern Canada where my biggest concerns are coyotes, owls, and occassionall lynx, wolves and brown bears. I don't have to worry about all your crazy venomous stuff.

 

[Denbrought]

So, ladies and lads. Fuck Australia.

The Australian Sex Party (ASP) said Wednesday that the Australian Classification Board (ACB) is now banning depictions of small-breasted women in adult publications and films. It comes just a week after it was found that material with depictions of females ejaculating during orgasm are now Refused Classification and Australian Customs directed to confiscate it.

http://www.somebodythinkofthechildren.com/australia-bans-small-breasts/
http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/01/28/australia-bans-small-breasts-as-child-pornography/ [nsfw]

 

[klew]

Here's another reason to hate them (or at least one of their politicians): http://www.theaustralian.com.au/new...-rated-cover-up/story-e6frg6nf-1225819431495?

partial quote

Adults aged over 18 seeking to buy or borrow a copy of Mad Max, the acclaimed desert war drama Three Kings, starring George Clooney, the Brad Pitt classic Fight Club or the 2009 Blu Ray release of Sasha Baron Cohen's fashion parody Bruno will now find them in plain packaging displaying nothing more than the film's title.

The rule will apply to titles for sale or rent unless those titles are quarantined from all other audiovisual materials, in an area signposted with a warning.

Under changes to the state's classification act, which came into effect on Sunday, businesses will face fines of up to $5000 for displaying a \\\"poster, pamphlet or other printed material\\\" for films classified R18+.

The new law applies to general outlets containing films with classifications lower than R18+, and not adult-only premises.

Imagine this:

 

[checkeredhat]

Here's another reason to hate them (or at least one of their politicians): http://www.theaustralian.com.au/new...-rated-cover-up/story-e6frg6nf-1225819431495?

partial quote

Adults aged over 18 seeking to buy or borrow a copy of Mad Max, the acclaimed desert war drama Three Kings, starring George Clooney, the Brad Pitt classic Fight Club or the 2009 Blu Ray release of Sasha Baron Cohen's fashion parody Bruno will now find them in plain packaging displaying nothing more than the film's title.

The rule will apply to titles for sale or rent unless those titles are quarantined from all other audiovisual materials, in an area signposted with a warning.

Under changes to the state's classification act, which came into effect on Sunday, businesses will face fines of up to $5000 for displaying a \\\\"poster, pamphlet or other printed material\\\\" for films classified R18+.

The new law applies to general outlets containing films with classifications lower than R18+, and not adult-only premises.

Imagine this:

Am I alone in thinking that that just makes R Rated movies look EVEN MORE BADASS?

 

[Shadazz]

Sorry guys, but no one in Australia actually gives a FUCK about South Australia. Not even themselves.

 

[@Li3n]

Oh, no wait. Just looked it up. SEVEN of the world's 10 most venomous snakes live there. And yet more people die per year from bee stings from European honeybees (around 10/year). Huh.

That's how evolution works... the people that couldn't avoid snakes died off long ago...

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http://www.somebodythinkofthechildren.com/australia-bans-small-breasts/
http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/01/28/australia-bans-small-breasts-as-child-pornography/ [nsfw]

Oh man: http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/07/04/ukraine-bans-non-medicinal-pornography/ [NSFW]

 

[Silver Jelly]

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[LittleSin]

I guess it turns out a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

YEEEEEEEEeeeeaaaaaah!!!!!!!

 

[Draxo]

if you manage to get them the FUCK out of whatever they're inhabiting, this is what they do. They do that, bang their legs on the ground and charge around the room at anything that moves

Nightmares...

 

[Charlie Don't Surf]

I turn into such a little girl when a spider appears: squealing, leaping up and running for the other side of the room, wanting to watch Glee and listen to Lady Gaga, the whole thing.

Why do you associate being terrified and weak-willed with being a girl? Or watching comedic musical TV shows and liking dance/pop music, for that matter?

 

[Chazwozel]

Oh, no wait. Just looked it up. SEVEN of the world's 10 most venomous snakes live there. And yet more people die per year from bee stings from European honeybees (around 10/year). Huh.

That's how evolution works... the people that couldn't avoid snakes died off long ago...

---------- Post added at 07:40 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:31 AM ----------

http://www.somebodythinkofthechildren.com/australia-bans-small-breasts/
http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/01/28/australia-bans-small-breasts-as-child-pornography/ [nsfw]

Oh man: http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/07/04/ukraine-bans-non-medicinal-pornography/ [NSFW][/QUOTE]

That almost made my brain hemorrhage. Thanks.

 

[LordRavage]

Yea! And spiders are after our womens!

 

[Cajungal]

Shit.. SHIT! I've got the heebie jeebies now.

 

[Allen who is Quiet]

Those will pass when I'm handing you the keys to a shiny new australia

 

[@Li3n]

That almost made my brain hemorrhage. Thanks.

Well i try...

 

[bigcountry23]

I guess it turns out (Pauses ot put on sun glasses) a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. YEEAAAAHHHHHHHH

FTFY

Damn... Littlesin Beat me too it.

 

[General Specific]

Yea! And spiders are after our womens!

.

 

[HCGLNS]

Anyway, I'm glad I live in Southern Canada where my biggest concerns are coyotes, owls, and occassionall lynx, wolves and brown bears. I don't have to worry about all your crazy venomous stuff.

Statistically the deadliest animal in Canada is the moose. Even discounting traffic collisions, more people are killed by moose than any other animal. The method of death alone should make you want to live with the spiders in Australia.

 

[Green_Lantern]

Anyway, I'm glad I live in Southern Canada where my biggest concerns are coyotes, owls, and occassionall lynx, wolves and brown bears. I don't have to worry about all your crazy venomous stuff.

Statistically the deadliest animal in Canada is the moose. Even discounting traffic collisions, more people are killed by moose than any other animal. The method of death alone should make you want to live with the spiders in Australia.[/QUOTE]

Nope, still would choose the moose, at least you can eat they meat right?

 

[Cajungal]

At least a moose can't sneak into your home through invisible cracks and things. I've never woken up with a moose in my bed. A moose never ruined a drink by lowering itself into it...

 

[Philosopher B.]

I've never woken up with a moose in my bed.

You haven't lived!

 

[PatrThom]

Technically, you can eat spider meat, too. Just harder to collect enough of it to matter.
Unless you come home and find one tickling your wife with its pedipalps as above, I guess.

--Patrick

 

[CrimsonSoul]

In Texas we have these beauties.

Pretty small and harmless, till you look at what their bite does.

Warning: Fairly graphic ouchy picture.

Spoiler

That picture is ten days after the bite while being treated for the bite the entire time

 

[Cajungal]

Bleh... BLEH! After a hurricane, my cousin's shed was teeming with those sons of bitches. They were everywhere.

 

[Philosopher B.]

Jesus fucking titty balls. Are you telling me that picture is real?

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