Why are Australians mentally defective?

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  1. Fisherman's Worf

    Fisherman's Worf I am the Seaman, I am the Walrus, Qu-Qu-Qapla'!

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    Sorry I forgot to translate part of this for Australians. By "beer brewing" I meant "Foster's brewing." Sorry for any confusion.
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  2. Ancalagon

    Ancalagon Scalawag Administrator Formerly Important

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    The defense rests.
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  3. Bailey

    Bailey It's always Christmas Eve Super Moderator

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    On the upside she'll definitely have no Redbacks or White Tips in that hat.
  4. Bickendan

    Bickendan Custom Title Administrator Faceless Mook Writer

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    As long as that's a Huntsman...

    Note to self: In addition to clock spiders, Oz apparently has hat spiders too.
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  5. Shirogayne

    Shirogayne Gay™ Formerly Important

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    O_O

    NOPE
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  6. Fisherman's Worf

    Fisherman's Worf I am the Seaman, I am the Walrus, Qu-Qu-Qapla'!

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    Nuke Australia IMO.

    Bailey you're welcome to come stay with me for a while.
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  7. Bickendan

    Bickendan Custom Title Administrator Faceless Mook Writer

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    You know he's required to bring one species with him, right? At least you get to choose:
    Drop bear
    Hoop snake
    Clock or Hat spider
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  8. Steal Your Face

    Steal Your Face Anti-Federalist

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    Hmm, I've never heard of those beers.
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    As far as Aussies go, I think it's a combination of things. Sure, it was a prison colony. Sure there are wild things that are out there to kill all of them every day. Sure, there was Crocodile Dundee, and the Crocodile Hunter himself.

    But at the end of the day I think it has to do with Walzing Matilda or maybe Men at Work.
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  10. RickDeckard

    RickDeckard Socialist

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    Imagine living in one of the places where three of the states intersect...
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  11. Steal Your Face

    Steal Your Face Anti-Federalist

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    Imagine living in a country where the north and the south are divided politically…wait…
  12. mburtonk

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    Almost walked my face into a spider about that big when I was there. Web was strung up across a game trail.
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    mburtonk mburtonkulous

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    What's this mean?
  14. NAHTMMM

    NAHTMMM Perpetually sondering

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    Clock or Hat spider sounds like a choice of familiars for an arachnomancer in a steampunk universe
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  15. Bickendan

    Bickendan Custom Title Administrator Faceless Mook Writer

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    And it'd be an adorable little terror :wub:
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    NAHTMMM Perpetually sondering

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    With a monocle!
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  17. tafkats

    tafkats scream not working because space make deaf Moderator

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    On the upside, those places all appear to look something like this.

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  18. Shirogayne

    Shirogayne Gay™ Formerly Important

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    I won't lie, I was afraid of one of those bastards turning up in berthing after our port visit to Sydney in 2011 :flow:
  19. Bailey

    Bailey It's always Christmas Eve Super Moderator

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    Barely anyone does, apart from the SA/NSW/VIC intersection it's all desert.

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  20. Bailey

    Bailey It's always Christmas Eve Super Moderator

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    I never understand why Americans are so worried about Australian spiders when you have fucking tarantulas.
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    Which are basically harmless. Meanwhile, you've got drop bears, saltwater crocs, the only venomous mammals on the planet, and WTF knows what else that's deadly there.

    I mean, as fucked up as Florida is, you don't see anyone making memes like this:
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    That should tell you something.
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  22. Shirogayne

    Shirogayne Gay™ Formerly Important

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    In my defense, I'd take a flame thrower to those, too :shrug:
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  23. Minsc&Boo

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    Isnt beer a irish preoblem sorry rik wsith the stereotype.
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  24. tafkats

    tafkats scream not working because space make deaf Moderator

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    Cassowaries have always freaked me out. They'll fucking' cut you.
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    Minsc&Boo Fresh Meat

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    How many ginger aussies too?
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  27. Tererune

    Tererune Troll princess and Magical Girl

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    One of my first exposures to how small my world was edned up being where I used a common term in telivision advertising where I was. We used to live in the tri-state area because we had NY, NJ, and CT all in our shopping and advertising radius. So I used the term online not thinking of it. Even with the americans that term was really not helpful.
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    No. Beer originated in Egypt. And it's everybody's problem. Drink vodka instead.
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    Tererune Troll princess and Magical Girl

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    Vodka is the universal alcohol of choice if you ask me.
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  30. tafkats

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    Now I want to find a way to pull Google Maps data into a heat map of businesses with "Tri-State" in their names.