nomadpete

Oh... did we invent the wedgie, too?

Glad you corrected that.... pretty sure there is more than one queen over there

We need all that rain.... to wash the woodsmoke particlate matter out of the air.

Will that make me feel warm & dry?

No wonder my boots are growing mouldy. Even my memory is going mouldy

For more clarity on how culling usually plays out, I refer you to Elon's recent experience with a cull. A lot of worthy but harmless (maybe even useful) individuals get the chop. And the more dangerous ones seem to still be left to make trouble.

As mentioned before, there won't be much call for croc culling until we have a problem with surfboards washing up on the beaches, without any sign of the surfers.

And I can't see ANY sign of us worshipping any political party. Further, most of us don't worship any gods, either

HE won't be pleased. I expect to hear more calls to subpoena/jail/sack/impeach a few rogue (disobedient but ethical) judges.

The needle is stuck. You should apply to the government for a humidity grant. We have had Relative Humidity around 80% for days now, and it's still drizzling. But that's normal around here.

Export them to arab countries... or Guantanamo, I say. They are illegal aliens

Poor Krys (THE croc) was shot dead by Krystina Powlowski, an otherwise nice looking young lady. Krys found fame as 'One Shot'. The petite 5'4'' crocodile hunter killed up to 10,000 reptiles over a 15-year hunting career - all while wearing long red nails. Legend had it the mother-of-three only missed three shots in her lifetime. She was also able to skin a croc faster than anyone at the time. Which shows you can't judge a book by it's cover.

Aaaah well that's different. If we get to choose, I can think of a couple that would greatly benefit humanity by swimming with the crocodiles.

I believe a big motivation to cull crocs would be safety of humans at our famous Australian beaches. It has taken quite a lot of years for saltwater croc population to recover from the 70's. Now the crocs have been extending their territory further and further down the east coast, it is just a matter of time before we start losing humans to crocs. Bear in mind, crocs can live a long time. And they keep growing throughout their lives. Soon, some management will have to be implemented. Just think how popular something like Kris, the 8.5mtr Normanton croc, would be if he appears at tourist filled beach!

That's what Noah said.

Shirly you mean the top structure that is placing orders for these devices?

Yeah. We will look like turkeys, bringing a submarine to a drone fight.

In recent times, I agree. Worse still there seems to be some cases where police use a gun (or taser) on an unarmed person.

Only a single example in a complex social issue, but here goes.... Some years back, there was a significant number of tall dark, elegant folk arrived in town. Possibly from Ghana but thet doesn't matter. Generally nice people who were glad to escape a bad place. My friend ran the local gun shop. A tall dark chap came in and after looking around, asked in broken english "You sell guns?" "Yeah, we are a gun shop." "Sell me AK47...please." "Sorry, I can't sell you one of those." (He didn't have them anyway). "Sell me something smaller?" "No, I am not selling you any guns. Not allowed." "Sell me knife, then? They call me names. Not fair. I make it right." I suspect that process happens a bit. As well as other individuals with criminal intent trying to avoid harsher penalties when caught with weapons. And OME your example was before my time, but I suspect that handguns were not so easily obtained back then. Besides, if you want to be sure of killing anyone with a pistol, you nearly have to be close enough to stab them. And guns make too much noise.

Anyway, if something really big is about to collapse, I don't want to be standing near it.

Jerry, that's a bit depressing. The other option (just as depressing) is mass population readjustment by pandemic. Forget Melbourne, relocate to the Simpson Desert.

No it's not crazy. On the first spacships we should send our bureacrats, world leaders, investment bankers, car salesmen and hairdressers. We need them to be there first, to set up the essential services for us. Then we wait until they are functioning before sending any normal people.

It was programmed by nerds. It yells "Marm, Marm the hots gone cold agin!!! Fix it mum!"

Quote: "They will have to tame what they do or it will be coitins" ................................ Little does that poor Goon know, I've already got some coitins.... (Eccles) I think the US economy is unlikely to recover. The death throes have hardly started. China has learned how to use capitalism against an opponent, just like US used to. Now that US has woken up it's way too late to balance trade.

The old goanna didn't wait for Lady Luck to make him wealthy. And I always loved that speech!