A man goes to visit an old friend who has retired onto a farm. As he walks around with his farmer friend, he sees a pig in the barnyard with a wooden leg. “What’s the story on that pig?” he asks his friend.
“That’s no mere ‘pig,’” the farmer begins. “Two months ago, I fell off my tractor, which somehow kicked into reverse. My ankle was twisted; I couldn’t get away. I was about to be run over when that pig came charging in out of nowhere and dragged me to safety.”
“OK,” the man says. “But what about -”
“Last month, my youngest son fell into the well, and that pig came running to me and grunted and oinked for me to follow him. I did, just in time to save the child.”
“But -”
“And just last week our house caught on fire. That pig squealed loud enough to wake us all up, and we managed to escape. That, my friend, is a great pig.”
“But what’s with the wooden leg?”
“Hey, a great pig like that, you just don’t eat all at once.”
Platypus mum secrets milk from glands, then the young suck the milk out of her tummy fur. As a side note the milk is very antibiotic and there are current medical studies underway to see if new antibiotics can be developed from it.
If there were modern-day pretenders to the pharaoh’s throne, I’m sure they’d tell us those “yo-yos” aren’t really yo-yos but rather something else (whatever the “something else” is).
I didn’t know a POW could receive packages.. Huh. And I bet those yoyos were just a fashion accessory, like a lovely rock on a string, and all the cool people carried them.
As to the monopoly escape set, wouldn’t the German wardens, who often were pretty sharp, get a little idea about it when they opened the boxes and saw the tunnel plans and the compass, which would have to be the real thing if it was going to work? And how would the makers know to match the safe house list would to the area where the prison was located? Like having a map for Cleveland in your New York based wheels.
Not knocking the very honorable and desperate effort, but wouldn’t someone have asked these questions?
Okay, how do they get monopoly to the POWs? Do the camp wardens have game nights? And I don’t even wanna know about how a platypus nurses. I’m already mentally scarred from finding out about cloacas last month.
The Egyptians were great builders. The object on a string is a plumb bob, to indicate verticals; this would have been invaluable when working inside a pyramid, with no external references. Water in a ditch surrounding the pyramids made sure the foundation was level. The object is an indication and badge of his profession.
Like all mammals, monotreme mothers produce milk for their young. But unlike all other mammals, monotremes like the platypus have no nipples. Their milk oozes out of mammary gland ducts and collects in grooves on their skin—where the nursing babies lap it up or suck it from tufts of fur.
Proof that the ancient Egyptians practiced hypnotism; those are actually pocket watches. The practice was discontinued when they realized they had no pockets…
eromlig over 3 years ago
A man goes to visit an old friend who has retired onto a farm. As he walks around with his farmer friend, he sees a pig in the barnyard with a wooden leg. “What’s the story on that pig?” he asks his friend.
“That’s no mere ‘pig,’” the farmer begins. “Two months ago, I fell off my tractor, which somehow kicked into reverse. My ankle was twisted; I couldn’t get away. I was about to be run over when that pig came charging in out of nowhere and dragged me to safety.”
“OK,” the man says. “But what about -”
“Last month, my youngest son fell into the well, and that pig came running to me and grunted and oinked for me to follow him. I did, just in time to save the child.”
“But -”
“And just last week our house caught on fire. That pig squealed loud enough to wake us all up, and we managed to escape. That, my friend, is a great pig.”
“But what’s with the wooden leg?”
“Hey, a great pig like that, you just don’t eat all at once.”
eromlig over 3 years ago
If Mama Platypus doesn’t possess nipples, must she rent them?
monkeysky over 3 years ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactation#Evolution
Cool Hand Luke Premium Member over 3 years ago
Like that’s the only weird thing about a platypus…….
Tossle Premium Member over 3 years ago
Platypus mum secrets milk from glands, then the young suck the milk out of her tummy fur. As a side note the milk is very antibiotic and there are current medical studies underway to see if new antibiotics can be developed from it.
Templo S.U.D. over 3 years ago
If there were modern-day pretenders to the pharaoh’s throne, I’m sure they’d tell us those “yo-yos” aren’t really yo-yos but rather something else (whatever the “something else” is).
David OBrien over 3 years ago
Stephen Stills wrote “4 and 20” for the first CSN album. I don’t know if that will set a record, but I may be off track.
Caldonia over 3 years ago
I didn’t know a POW could receive packages.. Huh. And I bet those yoyos were just a fashion accessory, like a lovely rock on a string, and all the cool people carried them.
gbars70 over 3 years ago
Are there good lookin’ platypuses (platypusi?), plain, homely??
john666766 over 3 years ago
There were also no images of smart phones in the temples.
Gent over 3 years ago
So, them ancient aliens didn’t give em yo yo’s, eh.
tremaine53 over 3 years ago
And so the milk is excreted by the platypus… how? Ripley’s observations often raise more questions than they answer.
sandpiper over 3 years ago
s-o-o-o how do they know the ball/string thing isn’t something for the cat to play with?
PaulAbbott2 over 3 years ago
“Go to gefangnis. Go directly to gefangnis. Do not pass Berlin, do not collect 200 Reichmarks”
sandpiper over 3 years ago
As to the monopoly escape set, wouldn’t the German wardens, who often were pretty sharp, get a little idea about it when they opened the boxes and saw the tunnel plans and the compass, which would have to be the real thing if it was going to work? And how would the makers know to match the safe house list would to the area where the prison was located? Like having a map for Cleveland in your New York based wheels.
Not knocking the very honorable and desperate effort, but wouldn’t someone have asked these questions?
bookworm0812 over 3 years ago
OK, so how DOES the baby platypus get the milk?
Nathan Daniels over 3 years ago
Okay, how do they get monopoly to the POWs? Do the camp wardens have game nights? And I don’t even wanna know about how a platypus nurses. I’m already mentally scarred from finding out about cloacas last month.
Totalloser Premium Member over 3 years ago
ESPN Ocho sometimes shows yo-yo championships on tv
Brainiac1975 Premium Member over 3 years ago
The Egyptians were great builders. The object on a string is a plumb bob, to indicate verticals; this would have been invaluable when working inside a pyramid, with no external references. Water in a ditch surrounding the pyramids made sure the foundation was level. The object is an indication and badge of his profession.
comixbomix over 3 years ago
That’s a rotten thing to call the Pharaohs…
Huckleberry Hiroshima over 3 years ago
Oy oy, yo-yos.
Take care, may El Hombre de Nuestra Señora de los Angeles de la Porciúncula be with you, and gesundheit.
currysteph Premium Member over 3 years ago
Ive always heard that the Philippine’s invented the yo-yo
gozar over 3 years ago
If someone contacts you and asks you to invest in platypus bras, HANG UP IT’S A SCAM.
oakie817 over 3 years ago
Like all mammals, monotreme mothers produce milk for their young. But unlike all other mammals, monotremes like the platypus have no nipples. Their milk oozes out of mammary gland ducts and collects in grooves on their skin—where the nursing babies lap it up or suck it from tufts of fur.
Craig Westlake over 3 years ago
The mother platypus “sweats” milk through her skin to nurse…
Craig Westlake over 3 years ago
Proof that the ancient Egyptians practiced hypnotism; those are actually pocket watches. The practice was discontinued when they realized they had no pockets…
pbr50138 over 3 years ago
That could be a ball on a string and not a yo-yo.