What made you smile or laugh today? Part IV

[seela]

Choosing between two excellently yummy gins and choosing both.

 

[lilmissdarling]

Waking up with less pain today.

 

[seela]

Woke up and suddenly remembered a D guy I talked with online for some time 10+ years ago who was very worried that I wear a poncho instead of a regular coat.

I didn’t own a poncho, never have. Told him as much. He demanded pictures of my coat to prove that and I didn’t provide them, because WTF does my coat have to do with anything and I didn’t feel like jumping through hoops for him. So the conversation kinda died there and we never met.

Good old poncho guy. I wonder how he’s doing.

 

[IrisAlthea]

Met this little guy today at the city dump.
A bit too quick to get a sharp picture if, but still:
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[twister947]

Met this little guy today at the city dump.
A bit too quick to get a sharp picture if, but still:
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We haven't had dumps for a long time. We build mountains out of trash, and cover them with dirt. I miss rat killing.

 

[IrisAlthea]

We haven't had dumps for a long time. We build mountains out of trash, and cover them with dirt. I miss rat killing.

Recycling station is probably a better word. That’s the dumpster for ceramics.
I thought it was a rat at first when I first caught the movement but looking closer I saw that it wasn’t though.

Can’t believe you could have cities without rats though?

 

[twister947]

Recycling station is probably a better word. That’s the dumpster for ceramics.
I thought it was a rat at first when I first caught the movement but looking closer I saw that it wasn’t though.

Can’t believe you could have cities without rats though?

Oh, there's rats, just not where they can be shot at. Dumps used to be free fire zones.

 

[IrisAlthea]

Oh, there's rats, just not where they can be shot at. Dumps used to be free fire zones.

Ah, shooting is frowned upon in the cities unless you are one of the City Hunters. Even then it’s frowned upon at times.

We had a problem with rats in the area I lived once when some old structures were torn down. The city was rather clear that they consider them something people need to deal with on their own with the help of exterminators. The only ones who came to help unpaid were a group of large mob enforcers diguised as cats.

 

[twister947]

Ah, shooting is frowned upon in the cities unless you are one of the City Hunters. Even then it’s frowned upon at times.

We had a problem with rats in the area I lived once when some old structures were torn down. The city was rather clear that they consider them something people need to deal with on their own with the help of exterminators. The only ones who came to help unpaid were a group of large mob enforcers diguised as cats.

There's a cult of frustrated hunter-gatherers that focuses their efforts on urban rats. They use sophisticated air rifles, night vision optics, and even cameras to document their kills. It's pretty funny, actually.

 

[Acktion]

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[Moochienanu]

How do you steal a coat?


You jacket.


(You’re welcome! )

 

[Orchidea73]

voice msg.

 

[seela]

Board games and good times with people from my old job.

 

[twister947]

A nurse.

 

[Amisit__Scintilla]

A small video of jumping Llamas.

 

[MeekMe]

The sick sense of humor and camaraderie in disease support groups.

 

[ericalauren]

Our parrots, writing a poem, and the sunshine! I did, however, have to spend 97 dollars on a tank of gas. That made me frown.

 

[Bramblethorn]

Our parrots, writing a poem, and the sunshine! I did, however, have to spend 97 dollars on a tank of gas. That made me frown.

I missed a comma here and was very impressed with your parrots.

 

[IrisAlthea]

I missed a comma here and was very impressed with your parrots.

This made me laugh.

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[seela]

I’ve been learning to identify birds this year and today I spotted the 50th bird species. It was a cute, little goldcrest.

 

[IrisAlthea]

I’ve been learning to identify birds this year and today I spotted the 50th bird species. It was a cute, little goldcrest.

50 is great and they are so pretty.
My husband was out sailing with friends once and they were caught in the fog. Suddenly a very wet and tired little goldcrest landed on the rail of the boat. It sat there resting a few minutes before it left.

 

[seela]

50 is great and they are so pretty.
My husband was out sailing with friends once and they were caught in the fog. Suddenly a very wet and tired little goldcrest landed on the rail of the boat. It sat there resting a few minutes before it left.

That’s a lovely moment.

I’ve been surprised by how many birds there are, how many kinds of birds there are. I’ve never really paid much attention to them before, but now that I do, they’re everywhere.

My goal was to learn to identify and spot 60 birds this year, but I think I’ll have to pick a new target because I’m already at 50.

 

[twister947]

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[IrisAlthea]

That’s a lovely moment.

I’ve been surprised by how many birds there are, how many kinds of birds there are. I’ve never really paid much attention to them before, but now that I do, they’re everywhere.

My goal was to learn to identify and spot 60 birds this year, but I think I’ll have to pick a new target because I’m already at 50.

Yes, they all still talk about it. It’s special when you get to be close to a wild animal that normally wouldn’t let you that close.

I was placed in a group with a few real ornithology nerds on one of my courses at university. They dragged me through hedges and swamps to watch birds.
One of them had reached a level where he had ”crossed” enough birds to get notification when a rare species was sighted and then they’d just all throw themselves in a car and drive all night to see it.
Kind of fascinating but I still haven’t recovered from the swamp spider.

 

[seela]

Yes, they all still talk about it. It’s special when you get to be close to a wild animal that normally wouldn’t let you that close.

I was placed in a group with a few real ornithology nerds on one of my courses at university. They dragged me through hedges and swamps to watch birds.
One of them had reached a level where he had ”crossed” enough birds to get notification when a rare species was sighted and then they’d just all throw themselves in a car and drive all night to see it.
Kind of fascinating but I still haven’t recovered from the swamp spider.

I know someone like that as well and he promised to take me along bird watching one day soon, but he might be too hardcore for me. I’ve seen the birders’ group chats, and they’re intense! Especially if a mega rare bird has been sighted. I’m slightly worried I might end down that super intense, crazy road if I get too invested in this bird thing.

I mean, they have a very specific slang of their own, they keep twisting Latin names of birds to make funny and weird pet names for birds, there are heated debates about which subspecies something or other is, they post pics of their bird watching snack etc.

It basically covers most of my favorite things in the world - linguistics, coming up with new names, debates and snacks. It could be a slippery slope to insanity for me…