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I am shocked, absolutely shocked

I am reminded of Jay Walking!
I think he's the one who once had a commercial featuring a clip of some goon answering proudly, "I don't read books."

We had an Australian poster here who stated that Tasmania was not a state of Australia. However i wasn't convinced she was for real, I think she might have been a sock puppet.
There was somebody on TrekBBS who once tried to educate me on the fact that Alaska is not a state, but a "financial transaction."


I suppose they would classify some 15 other US states as a finacial transation as well, given that the US Purchased them from France during what is known as the Lousiaina Purchase. :p
Exactly. :rommie:
 
A New Zealand women phone up her local council and told them that there was a 'baby moa' in her garden despite the fact that moas have been extinct for centuries. The dog control officers went out to investigate and discover the large bird was an emu. it seems that there had once been an emu farm nearby and some escapees from that farm had been living wild along the riverbank. The workers at a water treatment plant were quite aware that the birds were there and had recently notice that once was missing.

The emu was returned to the riverbed

Returning the emu "without causing a traffic accident, or harming the bird or ourselves" was a challenge.

Mr Falk used a "snappy snare", a type of long whip, to steer the bird without touching it or scaring it along the 1.5 kilometre stretch of road to the area of bush near the water treatment plant.

I wonder if this was a case of the woman not knowing that moas were extinct, or a case of her not being able to identify an emu, or both. Is the emu a well-known bird out of Australia?

(an emu appeared on an episode of DS9, maybe someone can tell me what episode it was, and what Odo called the bird, as I have forgotten).
 
Is the emu a well-known bird out of Australia?

Extremely well known here in the USA. Until the emu market crashed, there were emu farms EVERYWHERE.

There are still emu farms. It's a niche market. You can buy bottles of emu oil (supposed to be good for skin conditions), and you can buy emu burgers and emu steaks at specialty restaurants.

A supermarket in my area sells emu meat alongside beef in the meat department.
 
Is the emu a well-known bird out of Australia?

Extremely well known here in the USA. Until the emu market crashed, there were emu farms EVERYWHERE.

There are still emu farms. It's a niche market. You can buy bottles of emu oil (supposed to be good for skin conditions), and you can buy emu burgers and emu steaks at specialty restaurants.

A supermarket in my area sells emu meat alongside beef in the meat department.

There are emu farms down in southwestern Ontario, too - I played in a bridge tournament once in Leamington, which is near Windsor (across the river from Detroit). I remember having emu for dinner between sessions, and enjoying it. I haven't seen it anywhere since, though I can't say I've gone out of my way to look for it.
 
I wonder if this was a case of the woman not knowing that moas were extinct, or a case of her not being able to identify an emu, or both. Is the emu a well-known bird out of Australia?

(an emu appeared on an episode of DS9, maybe someone can tell me what episode it was, and what Odo called the bird, as I have forgotten).

Smaller cousin of the Ostrich, right?!?
 
I thought it was a style of rock music typically characterized by melodic musicianship and expressive, often confessional lyrics.
 
I thought it was a style of rock music typically characterized by melodic musicianship and expressive, often confessional lyrics.
I thought it was an affected pose of being a sensitive, sullen, introverted, angsty teen. (Yeah, I know the music came first.)

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I like that emu.

We had an ostrich on TV in Australia for many a year.

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ba6q1tosz2A[/yt]
 
Oklahoma was part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and got statehood in 1907, for example.
For some reason, I feel like bursting out into song.

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrDVzbeDzRk[/yt]

Not really into musical films, me. - Much prefer this version:

[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEbSXwRjeTg[/YT]​

(an emu appeared on an episode of DS9, maybe someone can tell me what episode it was, and what Odo called the bird, as I have forgotten).

Memory Alpha said:
A Gunji jackdaw was a large bird.

A resident of Deep Space 9 dreamt up a pair of Gunji jackdaws when everybody's dreams (and nightmares) became the truth in mid-2369 when the station's inhabitants were studied by an advanced alien species.

Odo had to herd the two jackdaws safely through the promenade. (DS9: "If Wishes Were Horses")

If Wishes Were Horses
 
I wonder why I didn't do that. I don't think I even attempted a search. I posted the question two hours before I went out so I had plenty of time.
 
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