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I've seen a few of the WA variety (bandy-bandy) which were usually dug up during road building and the like. As the link shows relatively harmless mainly because rarely seen and very small (meaning not a big bite): Snakes Harmful & Harmless - WA Snake ID[^]
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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I strongly recommend Bill Bryson: Down Under - the funniest travel book I know of. He is obsessed with all the dangers of wildlife, in a very positive way and hillariously funny way, such as stating that an encounter with a crocodile "may be an extremely irreversible experience".
"If you're out in the bush and a snake comes along, just stop dead and let it slide over your shoes."
This, I decided, was the least-likely-to-be-followed advice I had ever been given.
"What about sharks?" I asked uneasily.
"Oh, there's hardly any sharks here. Glenn, how long has it been since someone was killed by a shark?"
"Oh, ages," Glenn said, considering, "Couple of months, at least."
Australia's creatures seemed to have evolved as if they had misread the manual. He also goes into numeric figures for how many new species of both venomous snakes and other kinds of animals are classified every year. The reason this one made it into media is because it is good looking - not because finding and classifying a new species in itself is anything extraordinary in Australia. At least not if we are to believe Bill Bryson.
Even if Bryson might be exaggregating to some degree (that is an element of his style of humour): Read "Down Under". I haven't yet met anyone who did not find the book highly entertaining.
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Cool, now we know what to call the next computer language. Its been about 10 minutes, since the last one was created. Python is spent, Bandy-Bandy rules 
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I think bandy-bandy would be a good name for a diminutive summer top for young ladies.
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Saw someone;s water bottle at office. It had labels for open/close and also drink. All that is left if to tell drink from where.
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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"Insert in mouth. No. Other end. It's at the top when you stand up, with your teeth in. No, no, that's disgusting - wash it first now it's been there!"
And my I introduce you to Wonko the Sane[^]
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I do not know how stupid we are, but that bottle is proof that there is someone who thinks we are that stupid already...
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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After years and years of software development, why would you need to ask the question about how stupid people are? Have they ever disappointed you in the real of stupidity?
If it weren't real life it would be hysterically funny.
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The question was about how stupid WE are... I have no doubts about THEM... 
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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Well - at least from my perspective - as part of humanities "Next Evolutionary Step", I hardly even consider myself the same species as "them".
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becoming? becoming? 
Last 5 years I had the strong impression we are already there... 
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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lw@zi wrote: All that is left if to tell drink from where.
Ah, another episode from the planet of the apes. I think I can help you out with some more warnings:
- For allergics: May contain traces of moisture.
- Floor may be slippery when spilled.
- Safe for watering plants.
- Unsafe for watering computers.
- Very unsafe for watering oldschool CRTs.
- You may catch a cold if you pour the water over your head.
- Do not fill your lungs with water, don't even try to inhale it.
- Do not heat beyond 100 C.
- Do not cool down below 0 C.
- Do not drink after putting goldfish into the water.
- Can be thinned with water.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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- Suitable for vegetarians
- Suitable for vegans
- Gluten free
- Palm oil free
- Not fried
GCS d-- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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- Not suitable for silicon based lifeforms.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor, not a bricklayer!
GCS d-- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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You're a healer. There's a patient. That's an order.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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By golly, Jim, I'm beginning to think I can cure a rainy day.
It helps that I have a tin box with the Enterprise on one side and the scene with the quote "it is life, but not as we know it" quote in my living room. Luckily my wife is nerdier than me.
GCS d-- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Send her right over. I have nerdy work to do. On my desk at home I finally have the parts for a Space 1999 Eagle[^], freshly printed on my 3D printer.
Should I ever buy the bigger version of my printer, I could scale it up to 40 inches / 1m and print it again.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Somewhere amongst my boxes of stuff stored in my attic is a late 70's vintage model of an Eagle that I assembled.
Software Zen: delete this;
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CodeWraith wrote: Safe for watering plants.
Water? On plants? Are you mad?
You need to use Brawndo: The Thirst Mutilator[^]. It's got what plants crave. It's got electrolytes.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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I think we are made to be stupid, a good example from our former parent company.
We had signs to put above hot taps in the kitchens and bathrooms to make users aware that there is hot water in the hot tap.
Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians.
Help end the violence EAT BACON
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Simon_Whale wrote: I think weHealth and Safety critters are made to be stupid
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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The second warning in the instructions for the iron we bought over the weekend, something like:
"Do not iron clothes while wearing them, as severe burns may result." 
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Or the warning on my Wagner PowerStripper - do not use to dry hair.
This on a device made to heat paint to the point that it bubbles off the surface it was covering.
My favorite theory is that the amount of intelligence in the world is a constant, but the population keeps increasing.
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RDM Jr wrote: My favorite theory is that the amount of intelligence in the world is a constant, but the population keeps increasing.
Interesting notion, and it does seem to match available data going forward.
Unfortunately going backward implies that, somewhere in the past, folks were smart enough to plan for this[^] as the future. Either that, or they thought it would be massively humorous to ![Elephant | [mastadon]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/elephant.gif) with us.
Software Zen: delete this;
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