Thomas Shey
Legend
I learned that Lowe's carries a boar spear in its online hunting supplies. Apparently they're still used more than I'd have thought.
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Meech17
WotC President Runner-Up.
Several years ago there was a twitter post that went viral.. Everyone thought it was insane.. During a discussion about assault style rifles, and why would anyone realistically need one.. Someone made a comment about having 30-50 feral hogs rush his yard.. and it because a huge meme.. So on the podcast Reply All (Which was so good back in day.. Prior to Gimlet Media flushing everything down the toilet) looked into it.. and apparently.. Some parts of rural America do actually have a problem with feral boars.
If anyone is interested.. It's a pretty good listen.
Ryujin
Legend
Well it's made by Cold Steel, so...
Wofano Wotanto
Hero
I've seen black & white newsreel footage of an elephant "smoking" a cigar. It could even stick it in its mouth, pretend to draw on it, and then wave it around with its trunk, repeating the process on cue with minor variations. Pretty sure it didn't actually inhale any smoke but it sure was lit, and it was very careful not the grab the hot end with its proboscides, which are apparently pretty sensitive.
They can also manipulate cigarettes with their trunk, but they're a little too small to put in their mouth reliably or handle unlit without a holder. Some 1920s fan dancer has about 20 seconds of footage with an elephant trading a cig in a holder back and forth with her. One wonders if she'd been looking into working with one on stage. They could certainly have handled a fan for her, the trick would be getting the timing and positioning right and there's only so much you can do to titillate with just one fan.
Now, how many of you can post that you just learned those little finger-nubs on an elephant's trunk are called proboscides?
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Thomas Shey
Legend
Yup, that's the one. It happened to pop up on my FB feed, probably from a combination of my having just bought a new fridge from Lowes and the fact I'll often stop and look at posts about weapons, but at first I thought it was some kind of parody.
Thomas Shey
Legend
Several years ago there was a twitter post that went viral.. Everyone thought it was insane.. During a discussion about assault style rifles, and why would anyone realistically need one.. Someone made a comment about having 30-50 feral hogs rush his yard.. and it because a huge meme.. So on the podcast Reply All (Which was so good back in day.. Prior to Gimlet Media flushing everything down the toilet) looked into it.. and apparently.. Some parts of rural America do actually have a problem with feral boars.
If anyone is interested.. It's a pretty good listen.
I'm not surprised people still have trouble with boars or feral hogs, but I'd have thought a blast of double-0 buck to the face would be sufficiently discouraging the boar spear was no longer necessary.
Ryujin
Legend
You can get lost for days scrolling through the bizarre stuff on the American Lowe's, Home Depot, and WalMart websites.
trappedslider
Legend
TIL: a Judge on the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals used the phrase "The parties are advised to chill." in the official opinion.
Aeson
I am the mysterious professor.
Today I learned lemmings leap off cliffs to their deaths as a thing to do is a myth. I also learned it's because of Disney. AND Disney won an Oscar for murdering innocent lemmings.
www.britannica.com
A lemming
Who on earth would throw such an adorable little creature into a river for a film?
Do Lemmings Really Commit Mass Suicide?
Is it true that groups of lemmings jump off seaside cliffs to their deaths?
www.britannica.com
A lemming
Who on earth would throw such an adorable little creature into a river for a film?
I knew it was a myth, but I thought it was based on a misunderstanding, not deliberate cruelty.
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