Silliness Next great animal? - Page 3

krisk · 04-09-2009, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

I voted llamas forever, just so I can carry on calling it the llounge and everyone in it llounge llamas...

Lounge llamas in their pyjamas?

ravenne · 04-09-2009, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by krisk

Lounge llamas in their pyjamas?

YES!!!!!

A pyjama-llama. That would be great!!!!!!

zelda_pinwheel · 04-09-2009, 07:02 PM

don't you mean a ppyjama-llama ?

ravenne · 04-09-2009, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

don't you mean a ppyjama-llama ?

I´m so sorry!!! Of course, ppyyjjaammaa-llaammaa was what I actually wanted to post. Thanks for correcting me !!!

zelda_pinwheel · 04-09-2009, 07:09 PM

no worries, we all make typos sometimes.

Dylrob · 04-09-2009, 07:27 PM

Ferrets!

Come now, you cannot resist the cuteness!

ShortNCuddlyAm · 04-09-2009, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by ravenne

YES!!!!!

A pyjama-llama. That would be great!!!!!!

Love it!

mjh215 · 04-09-2009, 07:30 PM

I vote for Sugargliders. In the Age that was prior to the Age that followed, sugargliders signed a treaty with the squirrels but unbeknownst to them the squirrels had made a secret pact with the bats to take away the sugargliders natural advantage over the squirrels. Sugargliders, once a peaceful, proud and prosperous population were decimated in the bloody wars which were to follow. Only now, in part thanks to their cuteness, have their numbers begun to recover...

-MJ

ShortNCuddlyAm · 04-09-2009, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Dylrob

Ferrets!

Come now, you cannot resist the cuteness!

CUTE!!! :squee:

But I've already voted...

Nate the great · 04-09-2009, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Dylrob

Ferrets!

...

Come now, you cannot resist the cuteness!

I love ferrets. I don't have any now, but I've adopted a total of 5 rescues.

Wetdogeared · 04-09-2009, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by krisk

Crows! So smart~!

When I was a kid, we had a pet crow that we raised from an egg. His name was Gomer. He flew south every winter and returned for about five years in a row. Every spring my mom would be out in the yard yelling "Gomer","Gomer" into the trees. I'm glad we lived at a dead end street.

WDE. (That crow was smart, my mom knows smart.)

DixieGal · 04-09-2009, 08:50 PM

Dylrob, I've been thinking that was an ugly cat all this time!

WDE, that's cute! My dad had martins that came back every year called Big Boy and Better Half.

Lady Blue · 04-09-2009, 09:51 PM

We had a female skunk named Petunia when I was a kid. She made a great pet once she learned to sleep at night like the rest of the family.

Back to the purpose of this thread . . . I haven't decided yet what critter to vote for. The list seems to keep growing every time I check back. I might wait a while to see if the options continue to grow in number, or . . . my vote can be bought for the right price.

Maybe we should just have a(n) "Animal Obsession Of The Week" thread.

RWood · 04-09-2009, 11:30 PM

Crows are the smartest birds I have met. They are organized and know how to use some basic tools. Now to devise a crow Turing test....

The real question should be what new animal fetish will generate the most couch fees to be paid to the laddy by the door. No matter what the vote is, we are never going to purge ourselves of llamas and squirrels. But now we need another animal to create an animal trinity.

Lemmings are just a one joke animal and ferrets remind me of Frank Burns of the 2077th. To make it work you need something as evil as a squirrel and as lovable as a llama. Or conversly we could pick an animal that brings new qualities that the prior ones lack. Maybe something that tastes good. (That leaves the crows out as no one likes eating crow.)

montsnmags · 04-10-2009, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

Bats! (I'm not sure about dipping them in chocolate though. We should ask Ozzy Osborne if the tastes are compatible)
Bats will be my KGB, my army of spies. Mwwwaaahahahaha!!!

Hmm, we're not talking about Fruit Bats as spies then are we. They'd be about as usefully silent as an angry giraffe in a Fabergé Egg shop.

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Originally Posted by grooks

Wombat or Platypus

Wombats - the dumb, stubborn bulldozer of the marsupial world. Lovely animal, but don't get in their way (they're unfamiliar with the phrase "go around"). Like most Aussie marsupials, not exactly bursting with what we call intelligence either.

Platypus - well, they're poisonous. Are poisonous animals acceptable. If so, I submit Irukandji. Not a lot of personality, but you'll remember when you met them, even if they just brushed you as they passed by.

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Originally Posted by Justy

I vote for BATS!! Such cute useful little flying rodents.

Rodents? Don't make me pull out my Encyclopaedia Pedantica. Also, as above, there's a reason that Fruit Bats are also sometimes called Flying Foxes. "Little" is another word I wouldn't use to describe them (which makes that little ringtail possum all the braver for charging the Fruit Bat crash-climbing around our palm trees for their fruit).

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Originally Posted by krisk

Crows! So smart~!

I'm totally with you there. I love crows. I like Australian Magpies more (unrelated to other magpies of the world, and generally only a bit smaller than your average crow/raven). They've a beautiful singing voice - sort of a deep, birdy ululation rather than a pretty trill.

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Originally Posted by LazyScot

Crows are not smart. They have negative IQs
...

Perhaps you just have stupid crows where you live.

New Caledonian Crows are quite the intelligent tool-user. I hear they do the servicing on Pirate Ninja Squirrel hovercars.

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Originally Posted by Dylrob

Ferrets!

...

Come now, you cannot resist the cuteness!

I am finding myself barely able, but by the gods you make it hard.

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Originally Posted by mjh215

I vote for Sugargliders.
...
-MJ

...and they also satisfy Nate's requirement - you can dip them in chocolate.

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Originally Posted by RWood

...
The real question should be what new animal fetish will generate the most couch fees to be paid to the laddy by the door.
...

For me....sloth.

Actually, any of the deadly sins will be fine thanks.

Cheers,
Marc

View Poll Results: The next animal obsession in the Llounge?
Arachnids	1	0.18%
Crows	4	0.72%
Pigeons	1	0.18%
Clown fish	0	0%
Coatamundis	1	0.18%
Yak	3	0.54%
Wildebeest	1	0.18%
Pit Bulls	1	0.18%
Llamas forever!	4	0.72%
Always with the squirrels!	3	0.54%
Bats	3	0.54%
Bad Nate!	6	1.07%
Lemmings	3	0.54%
The blue one, next to the fish.	5	0.89%
Ducks (Mallards in particular)	3	0.54%
Wombats	0	0%
Platypus (ornithorynque)	5	0.89%
Ferrets	1	0.18%
Capybaras	0	0%
Pushmepullyou	1	0.18%
Not Hedgehog	4	0.72%
Tree Kangaroo	1	0.18%
Sugargliders	1	0.18%
Raptors (This is under protest, so don't bother voting)	2	0.36%
Marmot	2	0.36%
Oortwhale (as if anyone knows what that is)	0	0%
Cows	0	0%
Monty Python	252	45.08%
Crocoduck!	0	0%
ducklings	251	44.90%
Voters: 559. You may not vote on this poll

04-09-2009, 07:27 PM	#36
Dylrob Murderous Mustela Posts: 10,234 Karma: 48000000 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The other land of schnitzel and beer Device: iPad M1 Pro, Kindle Paperwhite	Ferrets! Come now, you cannot resist the cuteness! Attached Thumbnails

04-09-2009, 09:51 PM	#43
Lady Blue the snarky blue one Posts: 6,001 Karma: 3877825 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: deep in the heart Device: PRS500, 505 & 600, PRST1 & T2, Kindle PW, Moto Razr, Galaxy Tab 2-10"	We had a female skunk named Petunia when I was a kid. She made a great pet once she learned to sleep at night like the rest of the family. Back to the purpose of this thread . . . I haven't decided yet what critter to vote for. The list seems to keep growing every time I check back. I might wait a while to see if the options continue to grow in number, or . . . my vote can be bought for the right price. Maybe we should just have a(n) "Animal Obsession Of The Week" thread. Last edited by Lady Blue; 04-09-2009 at 09:54 PM.

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04-09-2009, 07:02 PM	#33
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	don't you mean a ppyjama-llama ?

04-09-2009, 07:09 PM	#35
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	no worries, we all make typos sometimes.

04-09-2009, 07:30 PM	#38
mjh215 Guru Posts: 988 Karma: 12653 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: None of your business	I vote for Sugargliders. In the Age that was prior to the Age that followed, sugargliders signed a treaty with the squirrels but unbeknownst to them the squirrels had made a secret pact with the bats to take away the sugargliders natural advantage over the squirrels. Sugargliders, once a peaceful, proud and prosperous population were decimated in the bloody wars which were to follow. Only now, in part thanks to their cuteness, have their numbers begun to recover... -MJ

04-09-2009, 08:50 PM	#42
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	Dylrob, I've been thinking that was an ugly cat all this time! WDE, that's cute! My dad had martins that came back every year called Big Boy and Better Half.

04-09-2009, 11:30 PM	#44
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	Crows are the smartest birds I have met. They are organized and know how to use some basic tools. Now to devise a crow Turing test.... The real question should be what new animal fetish will generate the most couch fees to be paid to the laddy by the door. No matter what the vote is, we are never going to purge ourselves of llamas and squirrels. But now we need another animal to create an animal trinity. Lemmings are just a one joke animal and ferrets remind me of Frank Burns of the 2077th. To make it work you need something as evil as a squirrel and as lovable as a llama. Or conversly we could pick an animal that brings new qualities that the prior ones lack. Maybe something that tastes good. (That leaves the crows out as no one likes eating crow.)

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