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Australian pub bans emus for 'bad behavior'
UPI ^ | July 28, 2020 / 2:10 PM | Ben Hooper

Posted on 07/29/2020 9:36:02 AM PDT by Red Badger

July 28 (UPI) -- A pub in the Australian outback has banned a pair of beloved local emus from the establishment for improper acts, including stealing food and defecating on the floor.

The owners of the Yaraka Hotel in Yaraka (permanent population 18), Queensland, posted a sign at the entrance of the pub stating that the town's local emus, Kevin and Carol, no longer are allowed inside.

"Emus have been banned from this establishment for bad behavior," a sign at the door reads.

Gerry and Chris Gimblett, the business' owners, said they had to ban the emus after the large birds learned to climb the front steps.

"They've been stealing things from the guests, especially their food. They'd stick their heads in and pinch toast out of the toaster," Gerry Gimblett told Guardian Australia.

"But the main reason we've banned them is their droppings. They're enormous, very large and very smelly, and they created great stains," she said.

The Gimbletts said they installed a rope barrier outside the pub and a sign asks customers to remember to close the rope after entering to prevent the emus from following.

"They still hang around each gate, hoping that they'll be able to slip in when someone opens it up," Chris Gimblett told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. "But so far we are winning the war."

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Travel
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They can't handle their liquor.................
1 posted on 07/29/2020 9:36:02 AM PDT by Red Badger
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EMUS CAN READ?...............
2 posted on 07/29/2020 9:37:10 AM PDT by Red Badger (To a liberal, 9-11 was 'illegal fireworks activity'..........................)
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To: Red Badger

The one who sells insurance might.


3 posted on 07/29/2020 9:50:10 AM PDT by wally_bert (Transmission tone, Selma.)
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To: Red Badger

Not the LiMu Emu I guess.


4 posted on 07/29/2020 9:52:15 AM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: Red Badger

Modern day dinosaurs just being dinosaurs. What else would they expect?


5 posted on 07/29/2020 9:56:13 AM PDT by katana
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To: katana

They brought this on themselves


6 posted on 07/29/2020 9:59:18 AM PDT by iamgalt
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To: Red Badger

Turn them into ointment.

https://www.blue-emu.com/


7 posted on 07/29/2020 9:59:51 AM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: Red Badger

Haven’t they been following the Liberty Mutual ad series, with LiMu Emu?

Everybody knows that emus behave badly, especially in structured environments. They are more of a free-range type of creature.


8 posted on 07/29/2020 10:03:34 AM PDT by alloysteel (Freedom is not a matter of life and death. It is much more serious than that..)
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To: Red Badger

Badass bird...


9 posted on 07/29/2020 10:15:58 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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that’s racist- profiling- something-


10 posted on 07/29/2020 10:22:06 AM PDT by Bob434
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“A pub in the Australian outback has banned a pair of beloved local emus from the establishment for improper acts, including stealing food and defecating on the floor.”

They sound better behaved than the “peaceful protesters” we put up with is this country.


11 posted on 07/29/2020 10:26:51 AM PDT by antidemoncrat (uff)
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To: Red Badger
I’m thinking Yaraka might be a good place to live.
12 posted on 07/29/2020 10:34:21 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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Yaraka
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Yaraka is a small rural town in the locality of Isisford in the Longreach Region, Queensland, Australia. The town has a population of 12 with 117 people living in the surrounding area......................


13 posted on 07/29/2020 10:40:03 AM PDT by Red Badger (To a liberal, 9-11 was 'illegal fireworks activity'..........................)
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The pub owners have forgotten that humans only live in Australia because the Emus let them...

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/in-1932-australia-declared-war-on-emus-and-lost


14 posted on 07/29/2020 10:47:00 AM PDT by GreenLanternCorps (Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Atsk about franchise opportunities in your area.)
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To: GreenLanternCorps
The ensuing Emu War has been summarized thusly by ornithologist D.L. Serventy:

The machine-gunners’ dreams of point blank fire into serried masses of Emus were soon dissipated.

The Emu command had evidently ordered guerrilla tactics, and its unwieldy army soon split up into innumerable small units that made use of the military equipment uneconomic. A crestfallen field force therefore withdrew from the combat area after about a month.

Hilarious!................

15 posted on 07/29/2020 11:04:39 AM PDT by Red Badger (To a liberal, 9-11 was 'illegal fireworks activity'..........................)
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You’re trying to convince me to do it, aren’t you?
16 posted on 07/29/2020 12:36:44 PM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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Sounds just like that place where Crocodile Dundee lived....................


17 posted on 07/29/2020 12:40:24 PM PDT by Red Badger (To a liberal, 9-11 was 'illegal fireworks activity'..........................)
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EMUS CAN READ?...............

That made Me remember one time in Texas I was at DPS (Department of Public Safety) to renew My DL as the line moves forward I pass a support Post. On the side I can now see is an 8.5 x 11 paper sigh that says:

If You can't Read,
We give verbal tests on
Tuesday & Thursday afternoon.

18 posted on 07/29/2020 4:38:03 PM PDT by mabarker1 ((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !!!!)
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sigh=sign

And it would appear I can’t spell...


19 posted on 07/29/2020 4:45:23 PM PDT by mabarker1 ((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !!!!)
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like all our signs at work have braille on the bottom.

if you can’t see the sign, well...


20 posted on 07/29/2020 5:13:13 PM PDT by Chode (Send bachelors and come heavily armed.)
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