BillyD

I always wanted an African Grey parrot. Beautiful bird and very smart. Or a hunting falcon. But birds are too life consuming, their life is your life. Screw that.

Some of you may remember, I once owned a 13 foot Burmese python, the kind that has taken over the Florida waterways. They are very docile and easily domesticated, so to speak, compared with most other constrictors. You have to do your research before selecting a pet. How many people get the wrong dog for their lifestyle and wind up abandoning it?

Mojo31

Daughter had a hedgehog while in college. Damn that thing stunk.

indyfabz

Correct. It is a cold miller (not the beer).

bampilot06

Hedehogs have feelings too. Jerk.

ls01

He said member....

indyfabz

When I was in college a dorm mate/friend graduated and went to vet school down the street. She lived with a couple of other vet students. One of them had a boa that was probably 6' long. Snake's name was Trixie. My friend had a bunch of over for brunch one Sunday and her roomie brought out Trixie. I had her draped over my shoulder. Trixie got nervous as more and more people came to get a closer look. She started to tense up around my shoulders. Thing was strong. I got scared and was basically like "Uh...Get this thing off of me. Now."

But it was an educational experience. I learned from the owner that the common belief that snakes will not eat dead animals is not true. Because she was relatively inactive in captivity, Trixie was fed a Purdue Oven Stuffer Roaster once/month.

Bah Humbug

Yep, that's the thing - birds and snakes are life-changers in ways I wouldn't want to deal with.

Mojo31

The thing did stink.

It dies while it was at our house, so my wife and daughter buried it outside our living room window. A couple of days later, something dug it up and made off with it. Wife never could tell daughter about that as the girl was really emotional about the thing even though she was in her 20s.

One funny part of the ownership story was that she could not tell if it was a male or female (non-binary hedgehog?), so she named it "Bruce."

big john

Maybe she should have named it Pat.

datlas 

Cue up ELO. Don't bring me down....Bruce. (I think it's originally Groos but they now say Bruce)

Mojo31

"Pat" was before her time. At the time the Bruce/Kaitlyn thing was big, and that was her inspiration.

big john

Wordle 402 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
🟩⬜🟨🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

t2p

around a thousand years ago had a summer job working for a hydraulics and pneumatics distributor that also had a service area

we repaired the hydrostatic transmissions (pumps and motors etc) for all types of equipment - including paving milling machines

did a lot of work on components for the big milling machines known as 'roto mills'

neat job

indyfabz

I never could figure out what they were saying.

datlas 

Internet says initial word was a "filler word" gruss which means "greetings" in German. That's what's on the record. But so many fans have heard "Bruce" that Jeff Lynne himself has said "**** it, if they want it to be Bruce, that's how I will sing it." So on live versions it's Bruce.

indyfabz

"'Scuse me while I kiss this guy."

indyfabz

It's new water meter day. Water Department says it will arrive between 2 and 5.

Bah Humbug

"Health" would be "gesundheit". "Gruss" is "greetings".

genejockey 

Skin of my teeth.
Wordle 402 6/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

datlas 

Got it and fixed, thanks!

datlas 

#Mondegreen

Do you know about Lady Mondegreen?

Bah Humbug

Mine was essentially the same. Annoying type of word.

Wordle 402 6/6

⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛
⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛
⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Bah Humbug

Oh, I hadn't meant to correct you; I assumed it was a mistake on the part of whoever relayed that story to you! I would have phrased it differently if I had thought the mistake was yours...

indyfabz

Nope, but it sounds sort of familiar.

datlas 

Worth a 2 minute read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondegreen