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Astrogirl wrote:Smiley cow has changed her avatar! I am so confused!

Man, I'd had my old avatar for ages. It was time for a change.

Euclidthegreek wrote:

Astrogirl wrote:Smiley cow has changed her avatar! I am so confused!

It's a bison, a close relative of the cow once found in massive numbers on the plains of North America. They were nearly hunted into extinction in the 19th century (at least in the US, the damage may have been less extensive in Canadia) but still survive in some places.

It was pretty extensive here too. But we still have wild bison in Manitoba, so that's pretty cool. (And partly why I'm so fond of them.)

silly natives, huntin' bison to extinction. come on guys, we all need those bison.

I was going to make a smart-ass remark regarding Euclid's 'the more you know' moment.

But then I realized it was in response to Astro, who has a perfectly good reason for not knowing that tidbit. Living on another continent and all.

As for North Americans, it is mostly common knowledge I think?

I know bisons. They have six legs and fly

Euclidthegreek wrote:

Astrogirl wrote:Smiley cow has changed her avatar! I am so confused!

It's a bison, a close relative of the cow once found in massive numbers on the plains of North America. They were nearly hunted into extinction in the 19th century (at least in the US, the damage may have been less extensive in Canadia) but still survive in some places.

There are at least enough of them now to make burgers from.

carbonstealer wrote:I know bisons. They have six legs and fly

I understood that reference!

Oldrac the Chitinous wrote:

Euclidthegreek wrote:

Astrogirl wrote:Smiley cow has changed her avatar! I am so confused!

It's a bison, a close relative of the cow once found in massive numbers on the plains of North America. They were nearly hunted into extinction in the 19th century (at least in the US, the damage may have been less extensive in Canadia) but still survive in some places.

There are at least enough of them now to make burgers from.

carbonstealer wrote:I know bisons. They have six legs and fly

I understood that reference!

Little known fact:
Bison burgers are exclusively the domain of specialized hunters. They shoot the bison, carve out a few burgers, and leave the remainder of the bison to rot in the plains.
It's nature's way!

Oldrac the Chitinous wrote:

carbonstealer wrote:I know bisons. They have six legs and fly

I understood that reference!

Me too! We must all have exceptional taste when it comes to tv shows.

Lethal Interjection wrote: Little known fact:
Bison burgers are exclusively the domain of specialized hunters. They shoot the bison, carve out a few burgers, and leave the remainder of the bison to rot in the plains.
It's nature's way!

Really? Here we raise them specially for meat.

smiley_cow wrote:

Lethal Interjection wrote: Little known fact:
Bison burgers are exclusively the domain of specialized hunters. They shoot the bison, carve out a few burgers, and leave the remainder of the bison to rot in the plains.
It's nature's way!

Really? Here we raise them specially for meat.

LIES! LIBERAL LIES!

There's a bison farm half an hour from my house!

Lethal Interjection wrote:But then I realized it was in response to Astro, who has a perfectly good reason for not knowing that tidbit. Living on another continent and all.

As for North Americans, it is mostly common knowledge I think?

It's also common knowledge in Europe.

Apropos common knowledge: Someone explain me the six-legs-fly reference.

Astrogirl wrote: Apropos common knowledge: Someone explain me the six-legs-fly reference.

Avatar: The Last Airbender

smiley i am requiring that you attend this event



also post pictures of your cats muezza must be huge and richard also large

I was going to make several negative/disgusted/ridiculous comments about that poster.
And then I saw the Oom-Paw-Paw part.
Well done Prarie Feline Fanciers*. Well played.


*Even remarking that this sounds really creepy is somehow trumped by that pun.

Edminster wrote:smiley i am requiring that you attend this event

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also post pictures of your cats muezza must be huge and richard also large

Oh dear. I don't think I can, but I can see if I know anyone going. Also Muezza is still very tiny, she just went to the vet today, and they told me she is the only cat regularly brought in who is not overweight. Richard is slightly larger, I'll try to post some pics soon.