Ghost Leviathan posted:

That makes sense. I don't know much about cars, just theirs always had a bit of a semi 4WD look.

An old school friend of mine hit a roo and got knocked out, he woke up in time to realise his car caught fire. I'm not sure what happened to the roo, it's entirely possible it hopped away.

Apparently kangaroos try to zigzag when they see an approaching threat, which probably works better against dingos than cars.

Ghost Leviathan posted:

Kangaroos occupy that niche in Australia and rural vehicles often have those giant Mad Max bumpers called 'roo bars' for that reason. You even see them on otherwise unassuming Subarus. (Subaru is or was popular in rural Australia, something about the styling works when you're on dirt roads some days and going into town others)

CommissarMega posted:

God works in mys-deer-ious ways.

Biplane posted:

What have I doen

mllaneza posted:

My mom hit the Money Deer.

She was coming home from work after a 4pm-midnite. A deer decides to commit suiced by automobile and leaps in front of her. It makes it far enough across the road that she hits it just behind the shoulder, square on the front bumper. Its head whips around and smashes in the side of the bumper. The deer goes out like flipping off a light switch, as humane as you can get.

Her insurance looks at it, totals the car, and writes her a check for Blue Book value. That's enough to pay off the note on the car, fix the front bumper, and have a few hundred left over. Mom goes from wondering if she can keep up payments, to owning the car free and clear in one instant on the way home one night. We still respect that deer's sacrifice.

Absurd Alhazred posted:

Subaroos

Platystemon posted:

Its sacrifice will not be in venison.

Biplane posted:

What have I done

Splicer posted:

I lost track of tabs and spent 10 minutes carefully assembling the deer puns into a post for the funny forums quotes thread.

Biplane posted:

What have I done

Platystemon posted:

Dingos haven’t been on the continent long enough to drive much prey evolution.

It might have worked against thylacines.

Pirate Radar posted:

Would it have worked against those huge lizards that used to live there? Probably.

Neddy Seagoon posted:

Kangaroos live in anticipation of hurling themselves bodily into the nearest vehicle moving at high speed. They are dumb fuckers and being mostly dense muscle can utterly gently caress up the vehicle they choose to merge with the front of.

Phy posted:

Some higher-end motorcycle gloves use roo leather for the palms and fingertips because it's supposed to be as abrasion-resistant as cow leather that's twice as thick, so you can use thinner leather, feel the controls better (or dig your wallet out without taking your gloves off) and still be safe.

But now I'm wondering how much good it does the roos.

Splicer posted:

I lost track of tabs and spent 10 minutes carefully assembling the deer puns into a post for the funny forums quotes thread.

Phy posted:

Some higher-end motorcycle gloves use roo leather for the palms and fingertips because it's supposed to be as abrasion-resistant as cow leather that's twice as thick, so you can use thinner leather, feel the controls better (or dig your wallet out without taking your gloves off) and still be safe.

But now I'm wondering how much good it does the roos.

Lemniscate Blue posted:

It's the material of choice for bullwhips, for the same reason. I do a little leatherworking and I've always wanted to do something with kangaroo leather, but it's expensive and I'm not skilled enough to make really good use of it.

Lobok posted:

Usually, removing the skin of a mammal doesn't go well for them.

Inceltown posted:

People do a brisk trade in it though.

Lobok posted:

Usually, removing the skin of a mammal doesn't go well for them.

freeedr posted:

source?

Inceltown posted:

People do a brisk trade in it though.

Spanish Manlove posted:

A second deer pun has hit the tower

Breetai posted:

Imagine, if you will, someone taking a big poo poo, wiping, and then standing up, turning around, and only then taking a piss.

I can conceive of no action that would convince me more strongly that aliens walk among us in disguise.

Trabant posted:

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bawk posted:

Snowglobe of Doom posted:

My brother's yard backs onto a state forest and he has an entire mob of kangaroos hop over the fence every night to feed so there's thousands of dollars worth of potential leather just wandering around loving up his garden and making GBS threads everywhere.

Platystemon posted:

Kangaroos have their balls above their dicks.

How weird is that?

Gravitas Shortfall posted:

please stop making funny posts in this thread, I have nowhere to share them

Gravitas Shortfall posted:

please stop making funny posts in this thread, I have nowhere to share them

Captain Monkey posted:

https://twitter.com/yuhline/status/1669033261392187392?s=46&t=LuWlVigXSHv3TXi-WVRPYA

Samovar posted:

Isn't this basically a dog equivalent of one of those mangas where someone gets sent to a magical world after a truck crash?

Paper Tiger posted:

Yeah, it's called Lassikai

ultrafilter posted:

https://randomwaffle.gbs.fm/images/80/8098f6a5e1182c77145a533026a4df834266205f.jpg

Brawnfire posted:

Is she doing electrical work?

BigBadSteve posted:

Yeah, in my pants.

Brawnfire posted:

Aw, got a short?

Platystemon posted:

Kangaroos have their balls above their dicks.

How weird is that?