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The Most Feared Critter of the Outback (Response to Kethry's Challenge) |
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LngJhnAg Member Elite
since 1999-07-23
Posts 3508Boot+Kitty=Poetry in motion 
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Australia is the birthplace of many different and unusual species, And of the many critters down under, it remains my thesis, While wallabies, kangaroos, duckbills, are a few that I can recall, The horrible Balladeeris Offalus is the strangest of them all. Balladeeris lives in the outback, and, therefore, he’s hard to find, He’s something like a dingo; he’ll eat whatever comes to mind. But it isn’t for the things he eats that makes him feared by man, It’s for the way the wind is blowing, and where it is you stand. A Balladeeris spoor is easy to spot when you’re walkabout, It consists of withered vegetation, there can be no doubt. For the Balladeeris uses his metabolism to clearly mark his range, With a continuous trail of his only byproduct, Offalus methane. The range of the Balladeeris is not defined like for other beasts, It depends on the prevailing winds, which blow from west to east. And that explains his sickly physique, consisting of bones and skin, For he must always keep on the run lest his spoor catch up with him. Now, I know there are those among you who think I am making all this up. I'm pretty sure of my sources, but I may have misquoted a little. |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
You know I think I saw a special on this animal on the Discovery channel! Cute!  |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
OMG! ROTFLMAO |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
HRRMPHH!! The Tasmanian Devil is the nice one! I just HATE it when someone comes up with an idea that I wish wuz mine and then does it so well. Ok, aborigine boy, I give you stars on this one....you are sick and twisted and all the good things I admire in an individual...ROTFLMAO!!!!!!! |
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Mark Bohannan Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269In the winds of Cherokee song |
Joining in the ROFLMAO and cancelling my trip to the outback. |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
Long John This is a must keep. ROTFLMAO. I LOVED this one!!! Now you know why it's called the outback.  Kethry "It is the image in the mind that links us to lost treasures; but it is the loss that shapes the image, gathers the flowers weaves the garland."- |
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Local Rebel Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-21
Posts 5767Southern Abstentia |
that wasn't the discovery channel PDV -- he was on COPS???? watch out LJ.... he might bite and leave you with a pegleg... |
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BSC
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since 2000-02-04
Posts 2919New York, USA |
LngJhn, Now I am not at all sure, but the other night while out on a snipe hunt I think I may have spotted one of these... I'm not positive, but...... Loved this! Bonnie |
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EagleOne Member Elite
since 2000-03-07
Posts 2829Between a laugh and a tear... |
ROFLMAO......way, way, outback I think.  "The heart and soul have no illusion of boundries when friendship is the quest" ~ My Angel. |
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LngJhnAg Member Elite
since 1999-07-23
Posts 3508Boot+Kitty=Poetry in motion |
Hey, everybody. Thanks for the encouragement! I was afraid that everybody would think this poem was ill-conceived, poorly written, and in bad taste. What's that??? *hmmpphhhh... bunch of old fuddy duddies*. |
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Toerag Member Ascendant
since 1999-07-29
Posts 5622Ala bam a |
Ah yes...the legend continues! And so well done I might add. Way to go LJA....you're still as clever as ever....how yall are? Hope to be back soon to help you in this endeavor on the old bug man |
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Dee Member Elite
since 2000-08-19
Posts 2330Queensland, Australia |
Don't laugh too hard I think my sister married one of them!! Thanks for the laugh LongJohn. Dee |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
LongJohn~ Is this a con ? Does this creature REALLY exist ? I missed both the Discovery Channel and COPS ! Oh ... my ... it sounds suspiciously like someone .. er something we all know. Is this an endangered species ? I hope so !  You just send me into fits of laughter ! ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ [email protected] |
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