Posted on 07/25/2016 11:45:17 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
New Zealand is a nation that takes its birds seriously, and it’s got very special ones. The country’s currency is adorned with images of winged species found nowhere else, including the yellow-eyed penguin and the black-masked kokako. The logo of the national air force is stamped with the famed kiwi — a chicken-sized puff of feathers that cannot fly.... “For the first time, technology is starting to make feasible what previously seemed like an unattainable dream,” ... In 2013, environmental activist Gareth Morgan suggested hunting down and killing every feral cat in New Zealand (a proposal that, Morgan told The Washington Post, elicited lots of hate mail from Americans.)
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I have 2 cousin in NZ and they refer to themselves as Kiwis. One lives in Auckland , the other one in Christ Church. Maybe your family doesn’t but some do. As to who started it, I have no idea, I am a Texan.
The NZ rugby team were named that for the color of their jerseys...
A Chinese couple gets married - and she’s a virgin. Truth be told, he is none too experienced either. On the wedding night, she cowers naked under the bed sheets as her husband undresses. He climbs in next to her and tries to be reassuring: “My darring” he says, “I know dis you fus time and you berry frighten. I plomise you, I give you anyting you wan, I do anyting jus anyting you wan, you say. Whatchou wan?” he says, trying to sound experienced, which he hopes will impress his virgin bride. A thoughtful silence follows and he waits patiently (and eagerly for her request.
She eventually replies shyly and unsure, “I wanna ... numba 69.”
More thoughtful silence, this time from him. Eventually, in a puzzled tone he queries.........
“You want... Beef wif Bwoccori?”
LOL you win this thread
There you go, just open a few more Chinese/Korean restaurants and the problem disappears!
Long horn huh ?
Link to Weasel Stomping Day on Youtube!
(Invented by Weird Al Yankovich)
Faces filled with joy and cheer
What a magical time of year
Howdy Ho! It's Weasel Stomping Day
Put your Viking helmet on
Spread that mayonaisse on the lawn
Don't you know it's Weasel Stomping Day
All the little girls and boys
Love that wonderful crunching noise
You'll know what this day's about
When you stomp a weasel's guts right out
So, come along and have a laugh
Snap their weasely spines in half
Grap your boots and stomp your cares away
Hip hip hooray, it's Weasel Stomping Day
People up and down the street
Crushing weasels beneath their feet
Why we do it, who can say?
But it's such a festive holiday
So let the stomping fun begin
Bash their weasely skulls right in
It's tradition, that makes it okay
Hey everyone, it's Weasel Stomping
We'll have some fun on Weasel Stomping
Put down your gun, it's Weasel Stomping Day
Hip Hip Hooray, it's Weasel Stomping Day
Yes we have a Longhorn his name is Meatloaf.
Really.
See my post at #47...mobilize humans!
Try this one:
Weasel Stomping Day on YouTube!
“The NZ Air Force roundel has a kiwi on it:”
Not very reassuring to have a flightless bird as your airforce’s emblem.
Hahahahahahahahahaha!
I wonder if they call their hangar queens “Kiwi”?
+1 Made me laugh
Obama bought a vast estate in Bahrain.
New Zealand isn’t Muslim enough to have ever been a consideration.
Oh my, what’s a country going to do without politicians?
“Not very reassuring to have a flightless bird as your airforce’s emblem.”
True, but with enough thrust anything can fly.
Worked out well for the shoe polish company?
wiping out entire species of that kind is never good idea. They all eat something....snakes, smaller rodents, whatever...and to change ANY food chain is seldom successful.
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