I'm contemplating getting a cat ?

Triphid comments on Jan 9, 2019:

I've had both cats and dogs for most of my life, I prefer dogs to cats for a great number of reasons including; a) with dogs there are NO stinking, foul littler trays around the house, b) dogs are eager to please you, easy to train, c) great companions who WILL stick by you through thick and thin, d) protective and loyal, and, last but by no means least, e) are open with their affections towards and welcome yours in return.

What I need to remember

Triphid comments on Jan 9, 2019:

I hardly ever write things down on paper simply because I seem to lose those bits of paper.

Totally serious prophecy says the apocalypse will occur in 2019 (for real this time, guys)

Triphid comments on Jan 9, 2019:

LOL, looks like he's been watching the movie 2012 a bit too much lately, his description comes STRAIGHT from the script.

Catholic Archbishop Blames Disobedient Wives For Domestic Violence | Michael Stone

Triphid comments on Jan 9, 2019:

Oh for fucksake, yet another Kiddie Fiddling Catholic spewing forth more religiotard oral excrement.

The punishment seems a bit harsh.....

Triphid comments on Jan 9, 2019:

Well, there are NO overheads in prostitution and businesses DO need to make money somehow.

This made me giggle a lot... [m.facebook.com]

Triphid comments on Jan 9, 2019:

Duct tape, great for sticking onto a cats feet and sitting back watching the fun....LOL.

Mexico Agrees to Pay for Trump’s Psychiatric Care | The New Yorker

Triphid comments on Jan 9, 2019:

$800 per hour on a brain dead hamster like tRump, you've got to be joking, I could send him a years supply of 'get smarter' pills for just the freight and postage costs. They really work too, chew one every hour until they start to taste exactly like what they are, Sheep Shit, then you know you gotten smarter....LOL. It's worked hundreds of times on those annoying little know-it all pest that come wandering around Sheep Stations out this way.

Sigh.

Triphid comments on Jan 9, 2019:

But be aware there ARE some religiotards in disguise here as well.

Instructions needed lol

Triphid comments on Jan 9, 2019:

Just 'feel' your way around the boyfriend and things will most sure arise and come to you.

President Trump says he's cutting off FEMA money for California fires

Triphid comments on Jan 9, 2019:

Dump the Orange Bastard into the nearest and biggest wildfire armed only with a bucket with NO bottom and a shovel with no handle.

Evangelical group wants gays removed from anti-lynching bill

Triphid comments on Jan 9, 2019:

Bloody Bible-bashing, self-righteous, bigoted arse-holes, they preach of kindness, tolerance, goodwill towards ALL mankind, etc, etc, ad nauseum and exhibit themselves as being the prime examples of Christianity when in all FACT and TRUTH they are simply BASTARDS of the first Order, they should be tarred, feathered and run out of society.

Possession

Triphid comments on Jan 9, 2019:

The Supernatural fears Atheists/Atheism but it LOVES the Fearful.

Eating animals and products of animals causes cancer

Triphid comments on Jan 9, 2019:

Oh shit, what do we have here, another Vegan/Vegetarian preach at us yet again?

A little rant, just to make me feel better.

Triphid comments on Jan 9, 2019:

I can see where you are coming from Mate. Every year when it would have my daughters birthday I raise a glass of whiskey and dry to her memory and on every anniversary of her passing I light, what I like to call, "The Flame of Remembrance" in the garden I designed and built by hand, the "Flame" burns from sunset to sunrise every January the 7th. without fail, and Yes, the design of the path IS in the shape of the Ancient Egyptian Ankh symbolizing a life never to be forgotten. It is also made in precise Royal Egyptian Cubit measurements because like me, she too was fascinated with Ancient Egypt. But as for the tripe of " wishing Happy Birthday in Heaven" that's just woo-woo taken to the max in my opinion.

Well, NO bullshit here at all, yesterday during my fortnightly sojourn to get groceries I happened ...

Triphid comments on Jan 9, 2019:

Just a little up-date to my posting, Shara's mother rang me not 5 minutes ago. Shara is still in hospital whilst they work on stabilising her medication regime, a very wise and forward thinking doctor has also prescribed medical marijuana extract in a capsule form for Shara. Shara remembers little from the seizure, only to be expected, but remembers seeing "lots of strange flashing colours" before it happened and " a big kind man with no hair who held her hand and told her that everything would be better soon." I'll be heading for the shower in about 3/4 of an hour as Shara has asked for the "man with no hair" to come and see her because she wants to give him lots and lots of big hugs ( who could refuse such a request?). Shara's Mum will be collecting me from home at about 10am.

Trophy hunter who kills endangered elephants and lions 'eaten by crocodiles' .

Triphid comments on Jan 9, 2019:

Kudos to the crocs.

How as athiest do you determine right from wrong ?

Triphid comments on Jan 8, 2019:

As an almost life-long Atheist my answer would have to be simply, Let your own conscience be your guide because IF you need a tome filled with arcane, archaic, Bronze Age Fire-side Mythologies and Fairy-tales to YOU what is right and what is wrong, then in my opinion you are sorely lacking as a human being.

What do you attract?

Triphid comments on Jan 8, 2019:

Bad luck, because IF it wasn't for bad luck then I'd have NO luck at all....LOL.

The Bible is a lot like Lucky Charms ...

Triphid comments on Jan 8, 2019:

Following the Goat-herders Guide to the Galaxy (bible), in my opinion, would be more like playing Russian Roulette with a fully loaded M16 set on Automatic fire, i.e. you're going to get it in the end no matter what you do.

If 2019 is anything like it is being predicted, by the end of the year we will be happy to have even...

Triphid comments on Jan 8, 2019:

Bugger that for a joke, he looks more like a reject from a Transvestite Convention to me. Apologies to the Tranies out there.

Are you a agnostic or gnostic atheist? [atheistrev.com]

Triphid comments on Jan 8, 2019:

Considering all the IMPOSED 'definitions,' etc that seem to placed upon Atheists simply to, in my opinion, lend credence to the faux beliefs of Xtians, etc, then I'd honestly state clearly that I am an Atheistic Atheist and should their Totally Imaginary God appear before me in the guise of a burning bush then my response would more than likely be to piss upon it until I'd put it out permanently.

Everyone please join me in wishing a very Happy Birthday to @Sheannutt! Hope the coming year ...

Triphid comments on Jan 8, 2019:

Happy Birthday @Sheannut, hope you have a great day.

And that is why I call him the unpresident and not the unmotherfucker.

Triphid comments on Jan 8, 2019:

There are some stronger terms I could use to describe tRump, but there are ladies present in this group so I shall refrain out of respect for them.

Boys and girls, Aunt Mary’s done a great deal of soul searching over the past few days and I’ve ...

Triphid comments on Jan 8, 2019:

Farewell and Adieu to you Mary, enjoy yourself, make every second count and should you feel the need at some time or another, be sure that you'll be welcome back here anytime. Good sailing, good winds and a fair sky to you.

Cat or Dog?

Triphid comments on Jan 7, 2019:

Dogs most definitely for me BUT I still prefer to have lizards, birds, fish and a few frogs as pets also.

French cardinal goes on trial accused of helping cover up abuse [theguardian.com]

Triphid comments on Jan 7, 2019:

Before imprisoning bastards like that they should be taken out in public, made to wear a placard showing their name, crimes committed and forced to walk bare-foot and in rags through EVERY street in every town in the country.

I was raised atheist, and really never even knew about God until I met a kid in my first grade class...

Triphid comments on Jan 6, 2019:

G'day and glad to meet you.

How did your closest friendship occur?

Triphid comments on Jan 6, 2019:

Mine, I would most definitely have to say, would be through my daughter undergoing Chemo for Lymphoma and her best friend at school and her mother visiting us whilst we were in Adelaide, Australia for 10 months of treatment when she, Meg, was also having check-ups and treatments for her battles with cancer. That close friendship has grown even stronger since my daughter lost her battle ( 2001) and Meg lost hers in 2016, now her husband, Alan, daughter Naomi, husband Matt and son Henry treat as family much much more than my own ever did.

When in Rome

Triphid comments on Jan 6, 2019:

What bloody EXCELLENT tee-shirt to wear around Catholics.

45 says he can "relate" to those federal employees who will not be getting a paycheck.

Triphid comments on Jan 6, 2019:

Please excuse an Out-sider for asking, BUT is the '45' in reference to him being the 45th President or to his I.Q. or just both of them?

Out of the mouths of babes

Triphid comments on Jan 6, 2019:

AntiFred, check out the last one, I think it suits you to a "T."

Looking for support. Everyone I know is a believer.

Triphid comments on Jan 6, 2019:

The vast percentage of members here ARE either Atheists or Agnostics so feel most welcome amongst us.Oh, and a word of warning, we do have the odd ' strange one' here, in particular an 'Anti'-everything person who has been Fredded to a turn...LOL

I love these shirts.

Triphid comments on Jan 6, 2019:

I began wear the shirt below on 'Atheistmass' Day and my friends found it hilariously apt. Since then I've been washing it and rinsing it out regularly so as I can wear it almost everywhere publicly and the responses/reactions from the Xtians that pass by me are far too numerous, abusive, insulting and downright indignant to mention. Just finished doing the laundry today and guess what, the shirt will be out and about again tomorrow, particularly because there is one particular, arrogant, judgmental, self-righteous, endlessly bitching Catholic woman who catches the same bus as I do. Btw, I wish I had the equipment to make my own Tee-shirt with the words " Happy Atheistmass" printed on it, to my mind that would be the ultimate to wear around the town during the season from about December 1st thru to December 31st.

Buick and Chevrolet found more reliable than Toyota and BMW according to 2018 J.

Triphid comments on Jan 6, 2019:

A Truly American Biased Study in my opinion, but what else would one expect.

[youtu.be] A repeat post but I think it's worth repeating

Triphid comments on Jan 6, 2019:

IMHO there are NO such things as Christians in the Christian sense of Christianity.

Those darn gangs! Maybe we can tax them.

Triphid comments on Jan 6, 2019:

Yes, TAX every one of them BUT make it Retrospective as well.

Why is Christianity called a monotheistic religion, when in church every one chants they believe in ...

Triphid comments on Jan 6, 2019:

Perhaps because Monotheism was loosely adapted from a combination of the Ancient Egyptian system of Amun, Osiris and Horus ( the Trinity of Egyptian Elemental Beings, not Gods as deemed by the Catholic Church), i.e. Amun=the Father of Everything, Osiris= Son of Amun and Horus, the Guardian Spirit of Light, Knowledge and Harmony, mixed in with a very liberal dose of the Aten Ideology of Akhenaten which was, historically speaking, the birth of Monotheism. Later, Titus Josephus Flavius adapted that idea when he wrote his treatise/history of the 3 Flavians to curry favor with his newly adopted, after being granted manumission from slavery to them, Roman family where he proclaimed them as being the Holy Trinity of the Roman Empire so that they could all be deified. Xtianity is LONG on twisting things to suit its own purposes and needs but extreme bereft in the honesty and decency to admit that it has merely created itself from mountains of lies and plagiarisms.

It's my birthday!! I'm 61 today.

Triphid comments on Jan 6, 2019:

Happy 61st Birthday to you.

Top 10 Signs Your a Fundamentalist Christian [churchandstate.org.uk]

Triphid comments on Jan 6, 2019:

Well, it looks very much like I'm heading to the Hot Place downstairs, I failed in every one of those points.

Life before smartphones.

Triphid comments on Jan 6, 2019:

" Always keep a bible in the bathroom, you never know when you may just run short of decent toilet paper." -William Anthony, 2019

MITHRA.

Triphid comments on Jan 6, 2019:

Try telling them that their Monotheistic Ideology system can be directly linked back to Pharaoh Akhenaten ( Amenhotep IV) of Ancient Egypt and his great experiment at Akhetaton ( Armana as the ruins are called today), then you'll really get them squirming.

Sad, bad, POS of a man.

Triphid comments on Jan 6, 2019:

I feel sorry for the umbrella having to seen in a photograph next the biggest pile of shit in the Universe.

This meal probably won't end well!

Triphid comments on Jan 6, 2019:

Diners will all end up with a real sinking feeling.....LOL

Bet the meeting won't happen! ?

Triphid comments on Jan 6, 2019:

They're actually planning a meeting but are undecided on the specifics at present....LOL.

Flu shot?

Triphid comments on Jan 5, 2019:

Here in Australia Flu' vaccinations are free for the over 60s and children of school age and younger. I've getting vaccinated regularly every year with NO side effects and NO occurrences of the Flu' either. They work.

Today’s three year old.

Triphid comments on Jan 5, 2019:

Never ate mud myself, but would make mud-pies and my younger sister would eat them because I told her that they'd make grow up to be pretty just like flowers are.

I'm so bored. I've made myself chairperson of the bored. It's not as glamorous as it sounds : (

Triphid comments on Jan 5, 2019:

Kind of like being the Founding member of the local Agorophics Association here in Broken Hill, we keep setting dates, times and places for meetings but no-one ever shows up.

Lonely ? Be careful you will die young ! [dailymaverick.co.za]

Triphid comments on Jan 5, 2019:

It's a wee bit far too late for me to 'die young' I reckon.

Truth..........

Triphid comments on Jan 4, 2019:

Wasn't it a recent Liberal Party Minister who said, " The Age of Entitlement IS over" and was then photographed sitting outside Parliament House sucking away on one very big and expensive cigar?

Foreigner - Waiting on a girl like you [youtu.be]

Triphid comments on Jan 4, 2019:

Yep, I know the feeling only too well.

Hey guys, it's time to start those home repair projects this weekend.

Triphid comments on Jan 3, 2019:

I need an ambidextrous hammer, where can I get one.

Home repair Rx is now a group.

Triphid comments on Jan 3, 2019:

Firstly, how and where do I find the money I need for these repairs considering I am on a Government Pension which is very limited to say the least>

Has anyone ever thought about rediscovering religion or thought about going back to the Church?

Triphid comments on Jan 3, 2019:

Not a snowball's chance in a Blast Furnace would I even give a second of consideration.

Satan Refuses To Accept Any More Catholic Priests In Hell

Triphid comments on Jan 3, 2019:

Who can blame the poor old 'Dark One' for rejecting Catholic Kiddy -fiddling Priests, shit, those bloody creeps would give anything a bad name for eternity.

What is your biggest pet peeve when going to the grocery store?

Triphid comments on Jan 3, 2019:

Shoppers blocking the aisles so as they can have a bloody chat and give you foul looks if you ask them nicely to let you through.

There are times when I feel hopeful and optimistic that future generations will have the wherewithal...

Triphid comments on Jan 3, 2019:

FFS, is this zakwan-ker for real? Earth is 2019 years old, he's just turned 20 and HE feels old. Get a bloody life.

Just received the following from an Australian friend (real not virtual internet friend) - ”To ...

Triphid comments on Jan 3, 2019:

Bloody Nora, the kids of today are living in luxury compared to when I went to school from the late 50s through to the early 70s. We either walked to school, often miles there and miles back or rode our single speed ( not fancy gears/mountain bike types in those days) 'pushies' everywhere ( rain or shine), no fans, air cooling or heating in the classrooms, no computers, no tvs at school at ALL, none at home until the early 60s at most, a lunch from the school canteen WAS a bloody HUGE luxury, we took sandwiches from home that had to stay in our school bags OUTSIDE the classrooms, no nice cooled/chilled water from dispensers, just straight from the taps, hot as hell in summer, cold as ice, almost, in winter, no lockers provided at school, you carried everything around in your school bags, NOT backpacks by the way, and We had to talk to each other on a face to face basis, NO Wifi, no mobile phones, write EVERYTHING out by hand using a very strange device called a pen or a pencil and a piece of paper and you kids want to talk about going on 'strike' about Climate Change. Yes, Climate Change IS happening AND everyone through the years since the Industrial Revolution has contributed to it BUT your generations are the biggest contributors so far in my opinion.

How do y'all deal with the loneliness of being an atheist in a religious family?

Triphid comments on Jan 3, 2019:

If those around you cannot handle/cope with who you are, then think seriously IF you do TRULY need them in your life at all.

Does this I have to build a pyramid before I die?

Triphid comments on Jan 3, 2019:

Why bother with anything, just live and die when it's your time. Don't waste valuable ground space by being buried, be cremated and have your ash spread around a garden or somewhere you enjoyed being during your life.

The next door children have just lit a fire to your shrubs and in the past have broken windows ...

Triphid comments on Jan 3, 2019:

Oh for the days when you could give kids like those a swift kick in their arses. About 10 years or so ago we had 2 such 'children' in our neighborhood and every home copped stones throw on their roofs, graffiti sprayed on fences, mail stolen from mailboxes, etc, and even car tyres let down or spiked. The mother of these 'sweet, little darlings' was less than useless as a parent so we all contacted a well respected, retired Policeman. He spoke to the Magistrate on our behalf and quite unexpectedly go an Exemption from Prosecution Under the Child Abuse Act, presented a copy to the mother whilst accompanied by 2 uniformed Officers, then proceeded with giving each 'child' as swift boot up their arse and then informing them that they WILL BE working in every yard of EVERY house in the neighborhood for a minimum of 20 hours per house cleaning gardens, removing weeds and ANYTHING the Homeowner deemed they should, they would receive 1 cup of cool water for every hour of work, 1 slice of bread and 1 piece of fruit SHOULD they be working at lunchtime and they WOULD be required to carry with them a notebook that each homeowner would sign WHEN they started and WHEN they finished each day. Failure to do so would mean that the 'child/children' WOULD be placed for 12 hours per day, every weekend for 4 months in Juvenile Detention. The 'mother' also got written Court notice to 'Clean' up her act as a parent, seek help with her drinking, etc, and that a Court appointed Inspector would be checking on progress BUT at irregular times and dates. Within 12 months we all went from a neighborhood of almost absolute chaos to a very nice, peaceful, friendly one with those 2 children becoming model citizens.

Ancient tsunami almost wiped out civilization in China. ​ [msn.com]

Triphid comments on Jan 3, 2019:

When Nature gets riled almost NOTHING can stand in its way.

When the moon hits your eye Like a big pizza pie That’s… a flashback!

Triphid comments on Jan 2, 2019:

Either that or the Pizza maker is trying to tell you something....LOL

Wow! One of the best West End shows I have seen, and I've watched plenty.

Triphid comments on Jan 2, 2019:

I tried Tapdancing once, I fell off and broke my ankle in the kitchen sink....LOL.

Hi Seanbab, welcome to the signs group!

Triphid comments on Jan 2, 2019:

Welcome to you from me, Seanbab

A little over $100

Triphid comments on Jan 2, 2019:

Yeah right, tell us another one, PLEASE. 1) about the ONLY time I ACTUALLY have $100 in my pocket is on Pension Day, 2) I've have knee pain ( Arthritis), ankle, foot and hip pain since I was about 25 years old thanks to a drunken driver, 3) had that for longer than I care to remember, at least 35 to 40 years, 4) back pain, born with it since I have Spina Bifida , a lesser level than most suffers I glad to say, plus 3 damaged discs in my Lumbar Spine, and Yes, at my age, not only do things like muscles get a wee bit saggy and tend to droop earthward but your closest friend and his 2 companions also do as wel....LOL.

Vatican scrambles after pope appears to deny existence of hell | World news | The Guardian

Triphid comments on Jan 2, 2019:

Pope Wanky Frankie strikes again....LOL.

Anyone else study comparative religious history?

Triphid comments on Jan 2, 2019:

I have a Doctorate in Theology and Comparative Modern Religions, the bible ( Goat-herders Guide to the Galaxy) consists of the first 5 books (pentateuch) lifted directly from the Hebrew Torah, the rest being little more than an amalgamation of myths and legends plagiarised from different cultures from different nations around the Middle East and Far Eastern Regions.

Finally after two years of cleaning the swamp, Orange cakes has found a cabinet he trust.

Triphid comments on Jan 2, 2019:

Now please don't dis on tRump, he has a kind face, the kind most decent and responsible people would dearly love to smash rocks on.

Help me! I'm in danger of laughing myself to death!

Triphid comments on Jan 2, 2019:

Stone the crows, it's hard to say who is the ugliest there.

Winners don't do drugs.

Triphid comments on Jan 2, 2019:

" IF you cannot manage to put in your best by using exactly whatever talent.etc, that you have and NOT resorting to enhancing drugs, etc, then you simply are NOT trying."

Back to 1971 and The Hollies with Long Cool Woman (in a Black Dress) [youtu.be]

Triphid comments on Jan 2, 2019:

Another of my very favourite songs, the opening guitar work is fantastic and continues right on through the song.

Would like to hear from the government workers that are happy about the shutdown

Triphid comments on Jan 2, 2019:

In my opinion you'd have as much chance of hearing that as a snowball would have of surviving a bushfire.

Non-Hodgkin's Large Cell B Lymphoma.

Triphid comments on Jan 2, 2019:

Congratulations, BUT, not wishing to 'rain on your parade' you do realise that 'recovery' and cure are 2 very different things. Recovery = remission from the signs/symptoms, etc, of the original cancer/s, Cure = you've been FREE of those signs/symptoms, etc, for at least 5 or more years.

Do Atheists normally swing to the left or to the right?

Triphid comments on Jan 2, 2019:

What kind of a dumb question is that?

Would you confine a drug addict upon a first offense to a drug program and possibly save their life?

Triphid comments on Jan 2, 2019:

Offer free de-toxing programmes to the addict and in the meantime chase down and put the Dealers and growers out of the picture permanently that's what should be done to parasites like Dealers, etc.

How often do you think a person having a gun license should be evaluated with regard to keeping such...

Triphid comments on Jan 2, 2019:

Gun Owners should be tested for sanity at least every 3 to 6 months by a reputable Psychologist with the rule of one failing mark and your license and guns are toast.

Submitted my disassociation letter to Jehovah’s Witnesses a few days ago.

Triphid comments on Jan 2, 2019:

Well done and a hearty welcome to the REAL world.

Where does your town rate in the racism stakes.? [welcometocountry.org]

Triphid comments on Jan 2, 2019:

Racism is a double edged sword in case you weren't aware. Those claiming racist acts/remarks are also more than prone to commit them as well, for example, out here in the 'Hill we have a fairly well mixed culture, Indigenous, Descendants of European Settlers/Convicts exported here by the Great and Loving Mother England, sarcasm intended btw, Greeks, Italians, you name them, we have them BUT the worst source of Racial Vilification I have heard and even experienced by far comes NOT from the ones purported by media, etc, to be racists BUT from the ones who claim so loudly to be the ' persecuted' both at everyone else around them AND their own peoples as well.

Hello. Can we join you?

Triphid comments on Jan 2, 2019:

Certainly, drop in any time with ideas, thoughts, comments, etc, BUT please, no DROPPINGS they may mess up electronic circuitry....LOL.

What is the Evidence for Evolution? - YouTube

Triphid comments on Jan 2, 2019:

Evidence supporting evolution is measured in tons, evidence supporting the biblical Creation Myth is measured in ONE single, solitary book, i.e. The Goat-herders Guide to the Galaxy, aka the Bible.

I would like to get in touch with agnostic people because it changes the view on the world and ...

Triphid comments on Jan 2, 2019:

There are plenty of Atheists and Agnostics here and most a willing to chat with you.

The Beatles - All You Need Is Love [youtu.be]

Triphid comments on Jan 2, 2019:

Ah, the Moptops, a mate and I got a firm boot up the behind by a Copper after we were caught at their performance in Adelaide, plus 1 month of being grounded by our Dads as well. Bloody worth every bit of it though.

I little something from my misspent youth. [youtube.com]

Triphid comments on Jan 2, 2019:

Ah, Suzi Q, hotter than a frog in a bushfire.

Do you remember [m.youtube.com]

Triphid comments on Jan 2, 2019:

Not too bad a group but nowhere near as good as the 'Hooks' though.

Note the comments...

Triphid comments on Jan 2, 2019:

Be gone thou Satan's spawn, thou bearest the number of the beast himself.....LOL.

Just because you are atheist It does not mean you have freed yourself!

Triphid comments on Jan 1, 2019:

Dear Michael64, it seems you don't know Atheists all that well. I, for one, am a Non-Conformist, Free from religions and their superstitions, etc, and very, very far from Anti-Social. At least, unlike Theists, I don't need nor feel the urge to huddle in groups of like-minded sheeple, passing judgments upon others left and right without the smallest iota of who they are, what they think or feel, etc. I need nor want No Church Dogma to tell me what is right or wrong, I can decide those things for myself and BY myself based upon the Morals and Ethic passed down through millenia of human evolution.

Hello.

Triphid comments on Jan 1, 2019:

I'd happy to help out except I'm still finding my way as well. A really great site to be a member of though, hope you get to enjoy yourself, the topics and the comments, etc.

Texas Woman Gives Birth to 15-Pound Baby -- Hospital Record

Triphid comments on Jan 1, 2019:

Shit a brick, that'd definitely be a load off her. Imagine if it were a vaginal birth, it'd be like trying to push a truck tyre through a garden hose.

3.6 million years ago, two (early) people went for a walk... [humanorigins.si.edu]

Triphid comments on Jan 1, 2019:

A truly fascinating read.

If you had the power to do so would you eliminate zoos?

Triphid comments on Jan 1, 2019:

Yes, but first I'd want to poaching and safari style hunting completely illegal world-wide and anyone caught doing so be imprisoned for life without parole. Sadly that will never happen BUT in the meantime, remove all CAGED Zoos and replace them with Open Range ones like we have here in Australia where the visitors MUSt travel around in vehicles and the animals roam free.

Yeah!

Triphid comments on Jan 1, 2019:

So, how exactly does that work with hominids who evolved as Omnivors like we humans?

What was "The Moment" for you? The conversation or event that set your Atheism in motion.

Triphid comments on Jan 1, 2019:

Well I can most honestly and safe state that mine was when, aged about 8 or 9, I asked questions at Sunday School, where I was literally forced to go by my 'mother', and was subsequently expelled. The same/similar happened at EVERY other Sunday School of EVERY other Religious Denomination she forced me to attend.

The comfort of the rich

Triphid comments on Jan 1, 2019:

So very sad BUT none-the-less 100% TRUE.

I always here folks ask what the new year is going to bring you.

Triphid comments on Jan 1, 2019:

Many many moons ago I was out walking through a creek in the bush hunting rabbits for a friend on a Sheep Station ( they were a REAL PEST at the time) when, while standing right under a tree sighting up a shot on a rabbit, I squeezed the trigger and fired only to feel a few seconds later something land on my head with a bit of a thump. It turned out to be a White Cockatoo, barely covered with its adult feathers and completely stunned. I picked it up, took it back to camp and then brought it home with me where it became a very great pet/friend whom I named 'Ooops' in honour of its manner of introducing itself to me. Ooops never learned to fly but she could could certainly walk around the neighbourhood and make her presence know to one and all with comments that would make any sailor blush....LOL. Now days, after rescuing and rehabilitating a Wedge-tailed Eagle, similar to the one in the photo below, I have her return to my home on fairly regular occasions to cadge a free feed or just to spend time hanging around the house with me, a rescued Sand Goanna, also living in my yard since she has a damaged left rear hind foot and claws, she too is quite friendly and keeps the snails down in the garden.

Of course the Australian Federal Governments have their citizen's backs - or do they: ...

Triphid comments on Jan 1, 2019:

Of course they ' have our backs,' we've been carrying them around on them for decades whilst they've been methodically sucking us dry like the bloody leeches they are.

Roll call for the hungover...

Triphid comments on Jan 1, 2019:

Stayed 100% sober this way as always, BUT for those who may be somewhat 'under the weather' take 2 panadol, drink plenty of water or simply stay drunk....LOL.

“Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” -John R. Wooden Happy New Year!

Triphid comments on Jan 1, 2019:

As my Dad would always tell me; " NEVER say that you can't do something unless you've tried it at least a dozen times first, then sit back and work out WHY it didn't work and HOW you CAN make it happen."

The Beatles - Come Together [youtu.be]

Triphid comments on Jan 1, 2019:

Back in 1972 when I bought my own FIRST Stereo Sound System WITH an amplifier that could really rock the house I'd play Beatles music, Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds, etc, etc, in my room as loud as I liked simply because; a) I loved the music, and, b) it would piss my 'mother' off 100%, a kind of revenge of sorts for the shit she gave me and the medieval crap we were all made to listen to every single single day.

Happy New Year's Eve everyone! Be safe and have fun! 🎊🎉🎈👯‍♀️

Triphid comments on Dec 31, 2018:

And the same to you, Sukisue, with bells and whistles on it.

Albatross Peter Green [youtu.be]

Triphid comments on Dec 31, 2018:

Love the tune, love the film clip as well.