OTTER

Jar Jar Binks · Post by **Jar Jar Binks** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 8:22 pm

KANGAROO

bi's sock puppet · Post by **bi's sock puppet** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 10:13 pm

And "outside conformity" = "stupid". Any more euphemisms? Bring 'em all on...

Morrígan · Post by **Morrígan** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 10:16 pm

YAK

YAK+YAK

YAK+AWSOME HORN DANGLY THINGS+WOMAN

Brother Onion · Post by **Brother Onion** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 10:51 pm

introducing, from Madagascar...

THE FOSSA!!!

FOSSA

FOSSA + EVIL STARE

FOSSA + GNARLY BRANCH + POTENTIAL FOR A FALL

FOSSA

FOSSA + OBSCURING LEAF

FOSSA + CONTENTED LOOK AFTER A MEAL OF LEMURS

FOSSA + BLACK PEPPER = SNEEZE

FOSSA

con quesa · Post by **con quesa** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 12:31 am

Otter

Walrus

Koala

Sephiroth

Brother Onion · Post by **Brother Onion** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 1:16 am

con quesa wrote:

SEPHIROTH

CAT + MOOGLE

NTiOzymandias · Post by **NTiOzymandias** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 3:44 am

nortala wrote:no otters where I am...

Terry Pratchett wrote: The painter seemed engrossed in his work.... A little red mud colored a complex curve and there, as if it had always been there, was a creature with the body of a giant rabbit, the expression of a camel and a tail that a lizard would be proud of. The wizards appeared around the rock just in time to see it scratch its ears.

"Ye gods, what's that?"

"Some sort of rat?"

The Dean ambled across to the painter, who was watching the wizards with his mouth open. "Good morning, fellow. What's that thing called?"

The painter followed the pointing finger. "Kangaroo?" he said. The voice was a whisper, on the very cusp of hearing, but the ground trembled.

"Kangaroo, eh?"

"That might not be what it's called, sir," said Ponder. "He might just be saying 'I don't know.'"

The old man was drawing a snake now. One wiggly line.

"I remember seeing one of those palaces the Tezumen built in the jungle," said the Dean, watching him draw. "Not an ounce of mortar in the whole place and the stones fit together so well you couldn't stick a knife between them. Hah, they were about the only things the Tezumen didn't stick a knife between," he added. "Odd people, really. Very big on wholesale human sacrifice and cocoa. Not an obvious combination, to my mind. Kill fifty thousand people and then relax with a nice cup of hot chocolate. Excuse me, I used to be quite good at this."

To the horror even of Ridcully, the Dean took the piece of frayed twig out of the painter's hand and dabbed it gently on the rock. "See? A dot for the eye," said the Dean, handing it back.

Behind the Dean a snake wriggled away.

"Anyone feel anything odd?" said the Lecturer in Recent Runes. "My fingers tingled. Did any of you do any magic just then?"

The Dean picked up a burnt twig. The painter's mouth dropped open as the wizard drew a scratching line on the stone.

"What's that you're drawing, Dean?" said the Senior Wrangler.

"What does it look like? A bird, of course.... This one's standing on the ground. You don't see the wings," said the Dean. "Blast! You know, it's harder than it looks, drawing on a rock."

"Very flat bird," said Ridcully. "Come on, Dean, our friend here isn't very happy. Let's go and work out a really good boat spell..."

"Looks more like a weasel to me," said the Senior Wrangler. "You've got the tail wrong."

"The stick slipped."

"A duck's fatter than that," said the Chair of Indefinite Studies. "You shouldn't try to show off, Dean. When was the last time you saw a duck that didn't have peas around it?"

"Last week, actually!"

"Yes, we had crispy duck. With plum sauce, I now recall. Here, let me have a go..."

"Now you've given it three legs!"

"I did ask for the stick! You snatched it away!"

"Now look," said Ridcully. "I'm a man who knows his ducks, and what you've got there is laughable. Give me that... thank you. You do a beak like this..."

"That's on the wrong end and it's too big."

"You think that's a beak?"

"Look, all three of you are barking up the wrong tree here. Give me that stick..."

"Ah, but you see, ducks don't bark! Hah! There's no need to snatch like that--"

*cryptic grin*

vec · Post by **vec** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 5:27 am

FOX

FOX + FOX

BABY REINDEER + HAY

civman2000 · Post by **civman2000** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 8:44 am

Nice foxes! They remind me of when I was in yellowstone a year and a half ago and saw two young coyotes running around and playing. It was very cute (at least from a distance!).

GOD

vec · Post by **vec** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 8:50 am

There isn't a whole lot of mammals in Iceland. Foxes, reindeers, humans, pet animals like cats and dogs and domestic animals, plus a couple of rabbits. All of these, except the foxes came with the man.

Whimemsz · Post by **Whimemsz** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 9:01 am

COYOTE

COYOTE CUB

vec · Post by **vec** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 9:10 am

Only the cub is cute.

ing · Post by **ing** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 10:52 am

The flying one ain't too bad

Jar Jar Binks · Post by **Jar Jar Binks** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 12:30 pm

vegfarandi wrote:Only the cub is cute.

Not true!

FOX

FOX + FOX + FOX + FOX + FOX + FOX + FOX + FOX + FOX + FOX + FOX + FOX + FOX + FOX + FOX

Herra Ratatoskr · Post by **Herra Ratatoskr** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 1:45 pm

Lot's of foxes! You've got good taste!

Whimemsz · Post by **Whimemsz** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 2:04 pm

vegfarandi wrote:Only the cub is cute.

I don't think that's the case at all. In any case, they're all beautiful, if not cute.

CHIPMUNK

[ deleted at photographer's request —admin ]

CHIPMUNK

CHIPMUNK

vlad · Post by **vlad** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 2:28 pm

con quesa wrote:

Sephiroth

Ah, Sephy. He's cool for so many reasons. The coolest villain in any fictional work by far.

NTiOzymandias wrote:
Terry Pratchett wrote: The Dean ambled across to the painter, who was watching the wizards with his mouth open. "Good morning, fellow. What's that thing called?"

The painter followed the pointing finger. "Kangaroo?" he said. The voice was a whisper, on the very cusp of hearing, but the ground trembled.

"Kangaroo, eh?"

"That might not be what it's called, sir," said Ponder. "He might just be saying 'I don't know.'"

That's based on an actual folk etymology about the word kangaroo, but it's untrue.
While Captain Cook's ship the Endeavour was being repaired in NE Queensland, the crew encountered speakers of the Guugu Yimidhirr language (pronounced /gU:gU jImIt_dIr/, and one of the few aboriginal languages still spoken today), and some of their words were transcribed (not entirely accurately). Among these was <kangaroo>, for the word pronounced /gaNUrU/.
Later, when the colonists in Sydney began attempting relations with the native people (at least one linguist actually researched into how the grammatical system of the Aboriginals' language functioned, but noone really cared) they found that none of the words written were of any use - they didn't seem to be understood at all. They assumed that Cook had gotten it wrong, and that when he had asked questions about the Aborginals' names for things, they'd simply replied "I don't know what you're talking about". This stuck, and became folk etymology. (Indeed, it still persists in a lot of places that should know better). The mistake the colonists made was assuming that the same language was spoken everywhere - the language spoken in the Sydney area was only very distantly related to Guugu Yimidhirr.
Today, unlike the speakers of Guugu Yimidhirr, those unfortunate enough to have lived in the Sydney area were almost completely obliterated by disease (literally - tribes of several dozens of people reduced to two or three), then gathered up with all the survivors of other tribes, who spoke a different language, and sent to the "aptly" named Blacktown, incidentally where I was born.

Radius Solis · Post by **Radius Solis** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 3:37 pm

FOX

vec · Post by **vec** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 3:57 pm

No... that Fox ain't really that cute.

CALLUM BLUE

boomajoom · Post by **boomajoom** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 4:59 pm

CONSERVATIVE

Well...he says he's a harmless lovable fuzzball. We'll let the ladies decide if he's cute.

Dewrad · Post by **Dewrad** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 5:20 pm

Space Dracula wrote:Those are so kawaii~~~ ^__^ my eyes are about to bleed cuteness.

Being unsure as to the meaning of "kawaii", I googled it. It may well interest you to know that the top "kawaii" site (i.e. www.kawaii.com) is a hentai porn site (sooo cuuuute!).

Sirk · Post by **Sirk** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 5:32 pm

boomajoom wrote:

CONSERVATIVE

Well...he says he's a harmless lovable fuzzball. We'll let the ladies decide if he's cute.

Aww... look at that shiny head. Don't you just want to hug him?

Sirk · Post by **Sirk** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 5:34 pm

Whimemsz wrote:

COYOTE CUB

So cute!

... I nearly exploded.

Delthayre · Post by **Delthayre** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 5:34 pm

His visage is, in its own way, hypnotic.

Akhwat · Post by **Akhwat** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 5:43 pm

zompist bboard

OTTER

FOX

YES MASTERRRRRRRR

OTTER

FOX

*YES MASTERRRRRRRR*

YES MASTERRRRRRRR