Clean, fun jokes... the tradition continues

[AntennaGuy]

Just saw this one, found via a link from Instapundit:
https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local ... rd-county/
(Any Texan would have told the owner of that vehicle that they should have brought their pickup truck for more convenient transport.)

[DeanD]

Just saw this one, found via a link from Instapundit:
https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local ... rd-county/
(Any Texan would have told the owner of that vehicle that they should have brought their pickup truck for more convenient transport.)

"Alligator hunting season"!!?

[OzEclipse]

[pakarinen]

["Alligator hunting season"!!?

Gators used to be a protected species IIRC. The population recovered quite well but you still need a permit to hunt them. Our Florida members know the real deal, I'm sure.

More interesting is hunting invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades.

[Ylem]

"More interesting is hunting invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades."

I don't remember the type of snake it was, but we had a 12 foot long snake in our kitchen in Florida, the thing had a mouth that could swallow a 90mm Mak. The exterminator just said, well the good news is you no longer have a mouse problem

[UlteriorModem]

["Alligator hunting season"!!?

Gators used to be a protected species IIRC. The population recovered quite well but you still need a permit to hunt them. Our Florida members know the real deal, I'm sure.

More interesting is hunting invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades.

Yea both are a real thing. Most likely the "Tail Gator" was a legal kill and that was just the best way to get it home to butcher. Too heavy to put on the roof and too big / messy to put inside.

Oh I forgot to mention, they often 'tag' femail pythons and release them to try and locate nesting / mating sites. They tracked one to an old tree stump. It turned out the tracker along with the snake it was attached too was found in the belly of a big fat Water Moccasin!

[UlteriorModem]

Not a joke but related.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/huge- ... 562bf2f1fe

[UlteriorModem]

Opinions are like...

[Makuser]

Hi all. Speaking of alligators and Burmese pythons, here are a couple of photos of battles between these two reptiles here in Florida:
You win sometimes and you lose sometimes :

and

I hope that you enjoy these "gripping" photos and have a great weekend.

[chicagorandy]

[UlteriorModem]

Snoop!

[chicagorandy]

[AntennaGuy]

Lately, I've been seeing more references to the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs as striking the Earth "66 million years ago."
For just one example, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicxulub_crater .
But when I was in college, I'm pretty sure everybody was saying this happened "65 million years ago." Yes, it has often seemed like it's been a million years since I went to college, but I always thought that was merely a subjective feeling. Well, now I finally have confirmation!

[DeanD]

Lately, I've been seeing more references to the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs as striking the Earth "66 million years ago."
For just one example, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicxulub_crater .
But when I was in college, I'm pretty sure everybody was saying this happened "65 million years ago." Yes, it has often seemed like it's been a million years since I went to college, but I always thought that was merely a subjective feeling. Well, now I finally have confirmation!

I often talk to school kids here in South Australia about the Lake Acraman impact which was caused by an asteroid similar to the dinosaur killer and left a giant crater in South Oz. (at impact it would have been ~ 80km wide and 30km deep!). It caused a few issues for early life on earth, and it may have in fact been the impact that ultimately triggered the pre-Cambrian/Ediacaran explosion of life forms: so it is pretty cool to have it on our doorstep as it were.
I usually tell them (with a wink) that it was 586M years ago on a Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock... The good thing is that nobody can prove me wrong!

- Dean

(PS: two weeks ago I showed some astro colleagues one of the layers of rock which is near our dark-sky campsite and which clearly shows both embedded granite rocks from the impact site (over 300km away) and evidence of multiple tsunamis as the water sloshed around in the shallow sea-basin that the impactor smacked into. Cool!)

[notFritzArgelander]

Lately, I've been seeing more references to the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs as striking the Earth "66 million years ago."
For just one example, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicxulub_crater .
But when I was in college, I'm pretty sure everybody was saying this happened "65 million years ago." Yes, it has often seemed like it's been a million years since I went to college, but I always thought that was merely a subjective feeling. Well, now I finally have confirmation!

Yep, time sure flies when you're having fun.

[pakarinen]

[GCoyote]

Snoop!

..
I think that's the same delivery service Willie Nelson uses.

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[GCoyote]

Tyler Xxx
4d ·
I was tired so I made coffee.
Because I was tired, I forgot I made coffee.
In my fatigue I wanted a cup of coffee.
I went to make coffee and discovered the cup of lukewarm coffee.
Schrodinger's coffee?

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Gary GCoyote
Or another copy of you made coffee in a parallel universe and it quantum tunneled into your kitchen.

[chicagorandy]

Strive to keep balance and perspective in your life. Remember, at the end of the day, it really doesn't matter if you win or lose, what matters the most is if I win or lose.

[pakarinen]