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Old 09-21-2012, 12:14 AM
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What kind of animal is this?
Does anybody know?
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Old 09-21-2012, 12:18 AM
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It looks like a hoop snake.
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Old 09-21-2012, 12:19 AM
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Yup. Looks exactly like every other hoop snake I've seen.
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Old 09-21-2012, 01:21 AM
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It could be a pink unicorn
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Old 09-21-2012, 01:23 AM
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Polar bear hiding under a snowdrift in the middle of a snowstorm?
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Old 09-21-2012, 01:35 AM
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It's a Jackalope. Got one living under my bed.
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Old 09-21-2012, 01:55 AM
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It's one of those "all-the-way-down" turtles.
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Old 09-21-2012, 02:00 AM
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Could be a glassfish.
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Old 09-21-2012, 05:03 AM
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A Hooloovoo (hyperintelligent shade of the colour blue).
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Old 09-21-2012, 06:12 AM
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It's ManBearPig.
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Old 09-21-2012, 06:26 AM
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Albino dust bunny.


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Old 09-21-2012, 06:26 AM
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Could be a Snipe.
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Old 09-21-2012, 06:28 AM
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A Snark, possibly of the Boojum variety.
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Old 09-21-2012, 06:32 AM
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Frumious Bandersnatch. As distinct from the Common or Garden Bandersnatch.
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Old 09-21-2012, 06:33 AM
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C'est ne pas une animal.
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Old 09-21-2012, 06:57 AM
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C'est ne pas une animal.
...c'est un homme?
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Old 09-21-2012, 06:58 AM
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It's a snipe.

I hunted one once.
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Old 09-21-2012, 07:06 AM
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A Hooloovoo (hyperintelligent shade of the colour blue).
My monitor needs adjusting, it's a bit dim here and called Tim here.
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Old 09-21-2012, 07:07 AM
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Moved from General Questions to too stupid to live MPSIMS.

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Old 09-21-2012, 07:07 AM
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I believe I have conclusively identified it as...

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Last edited by Mangetout; 09-21-2012 at 07:07 AM.
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Old 09-21-2012, 08:14 AM
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Could be a Snipe.
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It's a snipe.

I hunted one once.
You guys must have very different snipe from the ones we have around here, because that doesn't look like any kind of wading bird to me.
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Old 09-21-2012, 08:37 AM
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Wow, have you guys really never seen a zebra before?

This is just half of one.
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Old 09-21-2012, 09:48 AM
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Crunchbird?
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Old 09-21-2012, 09:52 AM
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It's not lupus
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Old 09-21-2012, 09:52 AM
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Cheshire cat
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Old 09-21-2012, 10:06 AM
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A Royal Nonesuch.
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Old 09-21-2012, 10:26 AM
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It could be Schrodinger's cat, but I'm not certain.
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Old 09-21-2012, 10:47 AM
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It's never lupus.


A drop bear? That is, where a drop bear dropped from.
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Old 09-21-2012, 11:09 AM
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I believe I have conclusively identified it as...

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That's excellent.
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Old 09-21-2012, 12:18 PM
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It's either a Henway or a Grecian Urn. If we could see the back of it we'd know.
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Old 09-21-2012, 12:25 PM
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It's ManBearPig.
It's coming right for us!
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Old 09-21-2012, 12:29 PM
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It's a coyote with mange. It's almost always a coyote with mange.
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Old 09-21-2012, 12:34 PM
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It's either a Henway or a Grecian Urn. If we could see the back of it we'd know.


What's a back?
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Old 09-21-2012, 12:38 PM
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What's a back?
Oh, about two or three pounds.
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Old 09-21-2012, 12:53 PM
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Oh, about two or three pounds.
What does that come out to in drachmas?
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Old 09-21-2012, 12:54 PM
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It appears to be a grue. You'll have to turn the lights out to be sure of it though.

I'll wait in the next room with the lantern.
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Old 09-21-2012, 12:55 PM
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Puff the Magic Dragon. ::toof:: EAR!
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Old 09-21-2012, 12:58 PM
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Could you explain where you found it?
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Old 09-21-2012, 12:59 PM
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It appears to be a grue. You'll have to turn the lights out to be sure of it though.

I'll wait in the next room with the lantern.
It can't be a grue! A grue would have exploded by now! Weaker grues can die just by a glow in the dark watch face!
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Old 09-21-2012, 01:03 PM
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Sorry, I was wrong. It is a non-rabbit.
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Old 09-21-2012, 02:14 PM
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It's the Id Monster from Forbidden Planet.

Run!
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Old 09-21-2012, 02:26 PM
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It's Venus.
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Old 09-21-2012, 02:45 PM
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It's either a Henway or a Grecian Urn. If we could see the back of it we'd know.
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What's a back?

No, no. You're doing it all wrong.

Watch:


What's a Henway?
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Old 09-21-2012, 02:46 PM
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No, no. You're doing it all wrong.

Watch:


What's a Henway?
About 3 or 4 drachmas.
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Old 09-21-2012, 02:50 PM
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Doesn't matter its been dead for awhile now.
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Old 09-21-2012, 03:16 PM
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It's a coyote with mange. It's almost always a coyote with mange.
No, I'm pretty sure this one really is a chupacabra.
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Old 09-21-2012, 05:15 PM
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It's a Focused, Non-Terminal Repeating Phantasm, or a Class 5 Full Roaming Vapor, and a real nasty one, at that.
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Old 09-21-2012, 05:25 PM
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It's actually just some guy dressed in a Ghillie suit. Sorry.
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Old 09-21-2012, 05:25 PM
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With all this light it's hard to tell because of the reflections off my screen but I think I'm looking at a boob.
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Old 09-21-2012, 05:34 PM
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With all this light it's hard to tell because of the reflections off my screen but I think I'm looking at a boob.
How you doin'?
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