Journalist falls for Australian drop bear prank while covering Kangaroo Island bushfires

You can tell it isn't a real drop bear because the claws are too small

This could go under a Multicultural thread if we had one

Two Swedish nurses who have been credited with saving the life of an English man whose foot was bitten off by a shark, say he was cracking jokes in the minutes after the attack

"It's very sad and it's horrible that it's happened to somebody, but I wouldn't like to see it stop tourism here"

 SeriousLee wrote:

 haresfur wrote:
 
I know why.

Tasmanian magpies don't swoop, but no-one knows why

 miamizsun wrote:
 

If only I could get it in sync with my daily moment of lucidity

 miamizsun wrote:
 

"and for a brief moment, there is australia"


What, like a fan dance? Or a peep show?

Sounds like the whole nation is too blotto to keep the lights on for very long. Maybe Trump should buy it and turn things around cuz he's so good at that. 

 kcar wrote: 
i haven't been there yet

but i've been told it regularly reappears 24 hours later

and for a brief moment, there is australia

 haresfur wrote:
 

Surely, Senator Cleaver Greene has a position on this matter...(video in link has NSFW language).

For those not in the know: "Rake" starring Richard Roxburgh is a brilliant, hilariously sardonic Australian five-season series. Available on Netflix in the US. American TV tried to bring a stateside version with Greg Kinnear but it justly disappeared after a handful of episodes. 

And can someone explain why Oz keeps disappearing? Totally irresponsible for a continent to keep doing that. 

 haresfur wrote: 
Filed under new thing learned today.Thanks.

It is swooping season 

 Coaxial wrote:
 

Ok, here's the TL;DR: That's what people thought, but it turns out to be incorrect. Their assholes aren't square - their intestines are.

 haresfur wrote: 
I didn't read this, because I'm like that, but my guess the reason is because their assholes are square.

 haresfur wrote: 
...looks at the faces...they don't look cube shaped...

 haresfur wrote: 
like shittin bricks

Researchers have finally discovered why wombats' faeces is cube shaped

 haresfur wrote: 
Awesome news.

Cardinal George Pell loses appeal against child sex abuse convictions

This is of world-wide importance. Maybe things will change.

Why a lawmaker admitted to taking MDMA

"Ms Faehrmann's admission, made in January, has come amid a fierce debate about introducing 'pill testing' services in New South Wales (NSW)."

"Police Minister Mick Gentleman said he had used cannabis in his youth"

"The police minister's admission surprised Ms Faehrmann most: 'I thought: wow. We've possibly now moved the debate on to a point where previous use is no longer an issue.' "