Drop Bear warning

[Lowan]

Urban Dictionary is a good resource for acronyms.
I believe the term originated here.
It seems to be a very popular acronym on these forums. I'd say it's probably because the forum is full of henpecked and subservient hubbies.

Oh that I should fail to reconize a Rumpole term!

[Flowboy]

Iain,

Any further news on the Drop Bear situation? I had heard on Ham Radio that they had been seen high up the Murray in NSW and were, incredibly, paddling with their extraordinary Burl shaped feet on what appeared to be rafts of fainting goats. The lure of fire ants and the Little White Qantas appears to have driven them to extremes. Apparently, they may hit QLD overnight . Not sure I like the trade. We get the toads, they get the bears.

Regards

Rob

[AlexS]

What do I do with the tourists?


Well, the negotiations about my telling you that begin when I hear a true definition of "SWIMBO".

She who INDEED must be obeyed.

If you whisper it to me I promise I won't tell anyone else.

[Iain]

I have just returned from the AJ2007 at Elmore (google you lazy bastards ) and they have been heard in the dead of night during their migratory march.

[dadpad]

I have just returned from the AJ2007 at Elmore (google you lazy bastards ) and they have been heard in the dead of night during their migratory march.

Scouts honour?

[Iain]

Too right, I was meant to meet with Mrs Echidna but when I saw the thousands (over 12000 scouts plus leaders and visitors) I just gave up.
My apologies to Sheryl I tried, honestly.
One of our troops Mums called me last night and asked me to give her two boys a big hug and a kiss from her, I offered it to them and the look was sheer repulse
And I thought I was pretty
Apart from that the site was massive, 2km x 2km and millions of errant little grots in blue shirts making life a misery for leaders

[ozwinner]

Wheres the piccies?

Al

[dadpad]

new thread for AJ2007 photos and discussion is up to you Ian
My bloke went to Adelaide. Had a whale of a time.

[echnidna]

If Iain hasn't any Sheryl will have.

[SawDustSniffer]

i hope Queensland don't let the drop bear cross into the Northern territory like the cane toad , have enough problems looking where i walk with the crocks around let alone having to check every tree before walking under

i found a reference in the wilk http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop_bear
some say they are fake but i managed to photograph this one after using a D10 to scare it of a Yankee tourist , ended up squashing the tourist but at least i tried

[Iain]

'orso di goccia' is the Latin for this fearsome creature, if it has a Latin name it must be real

[JackoH]

Well, there you go! and I really believed that Drop Bears were a figment of some mad buggers' imagination!
Thank you wikipedia.

[Flowboy]

'orso di goccia' is the Latin for this fearsome creature, if it has a Latin name it must be real

This would be the Victorian Greater Grey Drop Bear, easily identified by the predominantly grey fur, astounding dental structure and large padded flat nose, used to prevent the bear from suffering concussion when it hits the ground rather than its prey. If they're up north, things must be bad.

[MICKYG]

We had a problem with drop bears around for years and found the best cure for these critters was to leave bottles of Bunderberg Rum lying around under the trees and dose up the drinking troughs with this magic elixir. After consuming copious quantities of this "elixir" they would climb back up their tree's, then fall out of their tree's drunk. Not many would survive this and that is how we in this New england area fixed the drop bear problem.

We only did this to prevent the exodus of tourists to other areas

Mike

[Spittin Chips]

Well at least you had the decency to offer them something they will drink (Aust contribution to making the world a happier yet headachier place)...The Victorian Greater Grey Drop Bear has a discerning palate. Studies have shown that their nose is able to detect non CUB beer drinkers from a radius of 300 metres. Places unsuspecting Budwieser/Asahi etc drinking tourists at greatest peril. We used to leave XXXX in bowls of our front lawn when I lived in BrisVegas...scared the bejeezus out of any lost meandering VGGDB, only the toads and the snails would drink the stuff!