The official I HATE MY JOB THREAD!!!! (Europe, quote, youtube)

[4ZZZ]

Hedgehogs are very nice creatures but they can be a bit of a menace when introduced into places that they do not belong. In New Zealand it is suspected that they have been the cause of the decline of many endemic ground nesting birds and various other lizards and insects.

The introduction of various European animals into Australia has also been a disaster in some areas. Rabbits, fox's, cats, and even a bird called and Indian Myna are just a few examples. The Possum that has been introduced into New Zealand from Australia and therefore has no natural predators and is now in plague proportions.

Sorry to put a dampener on the discussion. Carry on.


Guess I should add that I have worked over 30 years plus in the printing industry and look forward to retirement in about 15 or 16 years.

Originally Posted by jackhammer

Hedgehogs are damn fast movers. World domination is on their list for sure! I hate officialdom.

Noooooooooooo! These are the suckers that should look to world domination


To quote wiki "The Kea are attracted by the prospect of food scraps from human habitation. Their curiosity leads them to peck and carry away unguarded items of clothing, or to pry apart rubber parts of cars - to the entertainment and annoyance of human observers. They are often described as "cheeky"."

I watched them rip a mini bus to shreds one day. Awesome effort. Also thieve hot chips off Japanese tourists who all jumped up screaming when one landed near them. They left the bucket of chips on the table while jumping around like clowns and the Kea cleared off with a tasty snack, bucket and all.

Go the Kea!

[WWWP]

[jackhammer]

Well at least if I was a bad teacher we could talk music all day! I'm going for Geography/ History as my subjects as that's where my affinity lies.

[TheBig3]

That sounds awesome. What did you do? fight tigers or train the bear to ride the tricycle?

[simplephysics]

Originally Posted by TheBig3KilledMyRainDog

That sounds awesome. What did you do? fight tigers or train the bear to ride the tricycle?

Who me? I said the zoo, not the circus, lol. I mainly worked with the horse & pony rides, nothing too exciting really, but when we were on lunch breaks we would go off and look at all the behind the scenes stuff. I got to feed a Zebra, among other things.

[jackhammer]

Illegal? WTF? Are they a protected species?

[WWWP]

Originally Posted by jackhammer

Illegal? WTF? Are they a protected species?

Some nonsense about California's fish and game department being afraid that they will colonize and eat all the crops or something.
I'm writing a letter to the Governator.

[jackhammer]

Originally Posted by wolverinewolfweiselpigeon

Some nonsense about California's fish and game department being afraid that they will colonize and eat all the crops or something.
I'm writing a letter to the Governator.

Hedgehogs are damn fast movers. World domination is on their list for sure! I hate officialdom.

[jibber]

Originally Posted by 4ZZZ

Noooooooooooo! These are the suckers that should look to world domination


To quote wiki "The Kea are attracted by the prospect of food scraps from human habitation. Their curiosity leads them to peck and carry away unguarded items of clothing, or to pry apart rubber parts of cars - to the entertainment and annoyance of human observers. They are often described as "cheeky"."

I watched them rip a mini bus to shreds one day. Awesome effort. Also thieve hot chips off Japanese tourists who all jumped up screaming when one landed near them. They left the bucket of chips on the table while jumping around like clowns and the Kea cleared off with a tasty snack, bucket and all.

Go the Kea!

haha, i love those little bastards. I watched a few of them tear off all the sealant from a car's window. a buddy of mine told me he saw four of them working away at the pressure valves of a truck's tires, one bird to each tire.

our favorite pass-time going up the lift at treble cone was to bring up a load of snowballs and hurl them at the keas. except Gimpy and Beaky, they were awesome. the two of em hung out all the time together, we recognized them as gimpy only had one leg and Beaky's beak was all ****ed up.

[4ZZZ]

Originally Posted by jibber

haha, i love those little bastards. I watched a few of them tear off all the sealant from a car's window. a buddy of mine told me he saw four of them working away at the pressure valves of a truck's tires, one bird to each tire.

our favorite pass-time going up the lift at treble cone was to bring up a load of snowballs and hurl them at the keas. except Gimpy and Beaky, they were awesome. the two of em hung out all the time together, we recognized them as gimpy only had one leg and Beaky's beak was all ****ed up.

Haa haa! One of the lifty's I was talking to one day at Mt Hutt told me that they got to know them individually.

Treble Cone hey! I went up there to ski and it was a white out. Had to head back to Queenstown and drink instead.

I went up a club field called Cheeseman and they handed out nets to all the bus's that came up because of the Kea's. The members had their own nets. They where not stupid.

Gee I miss skiing. I have not been in over 10 years. The laid back attitude in NZ was always the best even if there was no on field accommodation but the pubs and the ladies sure made up for that.

And I miss the Kea's. They rule their own world and know it.