Travel Time and Tired Brains

[Smeg]

As some may already know, I am jaunting off to Australia on Tuesday. This of course means a day of travelling on both ends. It's a holiday, so activity will probably be slightly impacted, or maybe I'll just take my laptop outside into the sun.

Although this is all rendered irrelevant.

My brain is tatties right now.

Tatties means potatoes.

My brain is potatoes.

Posts will come to those who wait, and maybe those who pester. I'll pull myself together soon. Brain bad. Potatoes good.

 

[Darth Carnifex]

If I opening up your skull would I find a baked potato?

Anyways, have fun on your trip!

Don't get eaten or anything.

 

[Mrrew]

The land of giant crocodiles, jellyfish the size of busses, and more poisonos snakes then people.

Enjoy!

 

[Kana Truden]

The land of giant crocodiles, jellyfish the size of busses, and more poisonos snakes then people.

Enjoy!

I think you forgot the spiders and lizards too.

 

[Cross Ikon]

The land of giant crocodiles, jellyfish the size of busses, and more poisonos snakes then people.

Enjoy!

I think you forgot the spiders and lizards too.

And the koalas... And the myriad other crazy-ass violent mammals...

 

[Smeg]

THIS IS ALL VERY REASSURING, THANKS GUYS.

 

[Mrrew]

How could I forget the spiders....​

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Have fun, though.

 

[Valiens Nantaris]

[member="Smeg"]
Don't worry, I've lived here for 29 years and never yet been eate............

 

[Evad]

Fun Fact: The word Kangaroo is the aboriginal word meaning "I don't understand the question." See if you can get a photo of them.

 

[Smeg]

DISEMBARKING NOW.

Just in case I die. Be good, everybody.

 

[Darth Carnifex]

Just in case I die. Be good, everybody.

No promises.

 

[Coci Heavenshield]

I survive Australia on a daily bases too... No worries Mate!

 

[Valiens Nantaris]

[member="Smeg"]
Where abouts in Australia are you?

[member="Evad"]
Myth, I'm afraid

A common myth about the kangaroo's English name is that "kangaroo" was a Guugu Yimithirr phrase for "I don't understand you." According to this legend, Cook and Banks were exploring the area when they happened upon the animal. They asked a nearby local what the creatures were called. The local responded "Kangaroo", meaning "I don't understand you", which Cook took to be the name of the creature. This myth was debunked in the 1970s by linguist John B. Haviland in his research with the Guugu Yimithirr people.

 

[Evad]

[member="Valiens Nantaris"] Sad day.

 

[Valiens Nantaris]

[member="Evad"]
It's something which is trotted out for the Americas too vis-a-vis Native Americans.