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When explorers first brought back dead platypuses the royal society refused to believe the it was a real animal and accused them of stitching together parts of other animals.

Damn flat earthers, truthers and other conspiracy believers... On my twitter feed today:

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02-03-2018 , 04:48 AM

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abysmal01

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Gin 'n Tonic

Same for the octopus - same Greek root, so octopodes. Source - QI.

That is of course the same source as me. The average lay about Brit owes a lot to Steven Fry.

02-03-2018 , 08:23 AM

#54

kioshk

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platypuses are quite ugly and aren't all that imo.

02-03-2018 , 12:40 PM

#55

chopstick

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Quote:

Originally Posted by El Diablo

chop,
Hipsters are super into sweet chili sauce!

jfc can't you guys let me have just one thing

02-03-2018 , 12:59 PM

#56

El Diablo

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Chop,

You can have durian.

02-03-2018 , 03:33 PM

#57

LFS

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Quote:

Originally Posted by kioshk

platypuses are quite ugly and aren't all that imo.

02-03-2018 , 03:46 PM

#58

cs3

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Rexx, don't you guys eat platypus down there?
Does it taste more like duck, or rodent?

Or fish?

02-03-2018 , 04:39 PM

#59

Howard Treesong

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom Ames

Close relative of supbro

It's a prayer machine to reach the old Egyptian gods.

02-03-2018 , 04:48 PM

#60

Howard Treesong

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Quote:

Originally Posted by LFS

I'm very glad you asked.

I thought about asking this as soon as I started reading this thread today, but decided that my platypus might be slow and held off until I got through the thread. Glad I did!

02-03-2018 , 05:11 PM

#61

samuri8

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Quote:

Originally Posted by chopstick

jfc can't you guys let me have just one thing

The hipsters have not embraced cigars yet afaik. Speaking of, my friend got a hold
of some properly humidified Cubans the other day, so I got to enjoy a Havana Montecristo. Even though I was ready for disappointment, it lived up to the hype and then some. I tried to get my brother to acquire some while on a cruise this week, but he is hopeless in such matters.

02-03-2018 , 06:11 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by cs3

Rexx, don't you guys eat platypus down there?
Does it taste more like duck, or rodent?

Or fish?

Of course we eat platypus. It's the main ingredient in a chiko roll. You clearly don't have much experience eating different foods because the answer is

Spoiler:

02-03-2018 , 06:15 PM

#63

cs3

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You are correct. I am not very experienced in eating that form of -pus. I prefer the less furry varieties tbh

But hey if it tastes like chicken, I suppose I'll keep on lickin!

02-03-2018 , 07:59 PM

#64

lonely_but_rich

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You lick chickens?

02-03-2018 , 10:09 PM

#65

cs3

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you don't??

02-04-2018 , 06:03 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by LFS

I'm very glad you asked.

I ain't Greek.

If I had the pic of Jules saying "English mo**** do you speak it?" I would post it.

It's octopi, so it should be platypi.

02-04-2018 , 07:37 AM

#67

Rexx14

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So what's the go with The Lounge?

02-04-2018 , 10:12 AM

#68

abysmal01

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Quote:

Originally Posted by pig4bill

I ain't Greek.

If I had the pic of Jules saying "English mo**** do you speak it?" I would post it.

It's octopi, so it should be platypi.

Wrong on both counts I'm afraid.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gin 'n Tonic

Same for the octopus - same Greek root, so octopodes. Source - QI.

02-04-2018 , 10:18 AM

#69

chopstick

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It's absolutely octopi. I have confirmed this by reflecting on which one sounds better.

02-04-2018 , 12:11 PM

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I ****ing hated Blade Runner 2049, all respect to Dom, who praises it highly in the tl;dr thread, so clearly I'm an idiot who can't appreciate art.

Except for one thing: omg. Who is this young woman, she is absolutely amazing. Holy **** I'd throw it all away for her.

Oh, just Miss OOT 2016.

Wp OOT, Wp.

02-04-2018 , 12:39 PM

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El Diablo

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Chip,

Sometimes OOT gets it very right.

02-04-2018 , 01:15 PM

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microbet

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I thought BR2049 was just ok, but +1 on Ana. I usually don't like love scenes, but that cyber-projection love scene could have gone on for a lot longer.

02-04-2018 , 04:26 PM

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samuri8

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BR 2049 was ****ing awesome. The Cheesecake Factory is a hog trough.

02-04-2018 , 05:28 PM

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Larry Legend

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I have a couch that is a few years old and the cushions are on the way out. I've been planning to replace the couch eventually, but an idea struck me to just replace the cushions, possibly with even better ones, as I think the couch frame/ ottoman are fine.

Does anyone have recommendations on cushions?