TLPTP Wildlife Edition
1 May 2018 11:25:09 UTC
Topic 214757
OK punters, get yer scribes out ! :-)
We're gunna have a name that DownUnda non-human-being thread. It will comprise of pictures posted by me, followed by questions I will ask.
The usual ( quite arbitrary ) rules apply.
Marks will probably be given for correctness, but definitely for originality and/or humor. Highest score wins after all pictures have been presented with sufficient time to answer. So thinking caps on ya mudguts ! First up :
Q1 : What is the common name of this beast ?
Q2 : What is it looking intently at ( on my back porch ) ?
Q3 : What type of radiation is being emitted from its eyes ?
Q4 : To what or whom is it dangerous to ?
Q5 : What name does he go by to his best friends ?
Q6 : What is his/her ( extra points if you know the gender ) favorite meal ?
Q7 : What would Einstein have said if he met one ?
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
Q2, do I see food?
Q2, do I see food?
This is the lesser tree
This is the lesser tree sneggit (Q1) looking for at an interesting barbie(Q2) emitting deadly Cherenkov radiation(Q3). It is feared by all politicians(Q4) and is called Fred(Q5&6). Einstein always wondered how he got to be faster than light.(Q7)
Richard
Much as one has enjoyed
Much as one has enjoyed Kavanagh's post, the Pneumatic-drill-tailed Porch-ripper is not to be laughed at, Sir.
;-)
Re:- your video, Mr Hewson. It was a brief return to Gib before reliable connections permitted an unboken view of it. EPIC! :-) Felicitations to all, wherever they may be.
It's a nocturnal animal that
It's a nocturnal animal that has it's eye on some fruit on or near your porch that it thinks it will like.
a common brush tail possum.
a common brush tail possum???? they like fruit and herbs. last 4~5 inches of tail "keep me holding on" ?????. hum that for the remainder of your day.
I am just winning!!
I am just winning!!
It's one of robl's squirrels
It's one of robl's squirrels in disguise. Having fallen off robl's death trap for the 100th time, it decided to migrate down under and check out the pickings at Gromit's place.
Even though it couldn't quite get the knack of birdseed fortress, it's a pretty smart squirrel - just ask robl :-). After a quick google check, the obvious disguise to get through customs and immigration here was to become a dinki-di Aussie possum. The initial plan was for a brushtail possum but the tail was still too much of a give-away. So a cunning plan for a ringtail possum disguise was born. It worked a treat. Just look at how fat it has become from Gromit's luxury dog food dinners on the back porch.
Unfortunately, Gromit has at last woken up as to why his luxury dog food dinners bill has gone through the roof whilst he still feels hungry, so he set up a camera trap. Squirrel, realising that the game is up, is about to turn up the heat on Gromit himself.
I think robl should expect to find a re-energised squirrel assaulting fortress birdseed again very shortly. Now that it has figured out the benefits of having a working ringtail, it should be dinner time all the time at robl's place :-).
Q1: robl's nemesis, which became Gromit's nemesis (with the exchange of a plane ticket ...)
Q2: The spot where the luxury dinners used to be.
Q3: Microwaves (it's only revenge that's best served cold ...)
Q4: Originally Gromit's dinners but now Gromit himself.
Q5: Squirrelous Horribilous Roblae (No downunda friends yet ...)
Q6: Obvious trick question. You told us 'he' in Q5 so it must be a 'she'. 'She' is now kinda partial to what Gromit is sore about.
Q7: Another obvious trick question. The answer is 'nothing'. The trick was you said 'If' instead of 'When'. It's a bit hard for the subject to say anything when your favourite squirrel is taking that epic pic.
(With apologies to both robl and his squirrel. Gromit can go fend for himself :-).)
Cheers,
Gary.
I'll score you all a bit
I'll score you all a bit later. Apropos of not much, this is why I love autumn :
Our town has entire streets lined with such splendour! :-)
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
Mike Hewson wrote:I'll score
Is that an Elm tree?
I believe it to be one of the
I believe it to be one of the Liquidambar species. There are elms down by the river banks, they seem to go mostly a bright yellow. Another tree, I don't know what type, goes a deep/dark red like the color of port wine. No wonder autumn is a favorite time for paint artists. Many of the classic works have trees during autumn.
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal