Of biting off and chewing
Gosh! Not a headline you see every day. (Thanks Claire)
Snake bursts after gobbling gator
An unusual clash between a 6-foot (1.8m) alligator and a 13-foot (3.9m) python has left two of the deadliest predators dead in Florida's swamps. The Burmese python tried to swallow its fearsome rival whole but then exploded. The remains of the two giant reptiles were found by astonished rangers in the Everglades National Park. The rangers say the find suggests that non-native Burmese pythons might even challenge alligators' leading position in the food chain in the swamps.
We don’t use the word gator much in the UK. We don’t have anything that large and reptilian native to this country except Mrs Thatcher and she normally takes a humanoid(ish) form.
Gatorade is beginning to find its way into UK shops, but the biggest gator related product has to be the legendary Gator Grip . I’ve ever actually seen one in B&Q (and believe me I know my way round B&Q) so I think they are mail order only like those dreadful compilation albums which are always advertised on UK Living or The History Channel. The gator grip advert was a classic. It made you wonder how on earth you have managed to live without it for so long. It was an American advert though and all American averts seem to be like that. When Fox News cut to a commercial we normally just get a series of weather maps, which is handy if you want to know what the temperature will be in Manila tomorrow afternoon but otherwise it’s just a bit dull. Occasionally though the bloke forgets to press cut the button and we get a whole 2 minutes of full-on US advertising. I could watch that all day. Every product is ‘new’ ‘improved’ or ‘advanced’. UK advertising is exactly the opposite. Everything is ‘old fashioned’, ‘traditional’ or ‘made to an 11th century recipe’. Even new things have to have some connection to the mythical British past when we all loved each other and the trains ran on time. “Buy the new BMW 5 Series. It’s got ABS, computer controlled ignition, a thatched roof and a traditional wattle & daub interior”. Is it any wonder we’ve never been to the moon?
Snake bursts after gobbling gator
An unusual clash between a 6-foot (1.8m) alligator and a 13-foot (3.9m) python has left two of the deadliest predators dead in Florida's swamps. The Burmese python tried to swallow its fearsome rival whole but then exploded. The remains of the two giant reptiles were found by astonished rangers in the Everglades National Park. The rangers say the find suggests that non-native Burmese pythons might even challenge alligators' leading position in the food chain in the swamps.
We don’t use the word gator much in the UK. We don’t have anything that large and reptilian native to this country except Mrs Thatcher and she normally takes a humanoid(ish) form.
Gatorade is beginning to find its way into UK shops, but the biggest gator related product has to be the legendary Gator Grip . I’ve ever actually seen one in B&Q (and believe me I know my way round B&Q) so I think they are mail order only like those dreadful compilation albums which are always advertised on UK Living or The History Channel. The gator grip advert was a classic. It made you wonder how on earth you have managed to live without it for so long. It was an American advert though and all American averts seem to be like that. When Fox News cut to a commercial we normally just get a series of weather maps, which is handy if you want to know what the temperature will be in Manila tomorrow afternoon but otherwise it’s just a bit dull. Occasionally though the bloke forgets to press cut the button and we get a whole 2 minutes of full-on US advertising. I could watch that all day. Every product is ‘new’ ‘improved’ or ‘advanced’. UK advertising is exactly the opposite. Everything is ‘old fashioned’, ‘traditional’ or ‘made to an 11th century recipe’. Even new things have to have some connection to the mythical British past when we all loved each other and the trains ran on time. “Buy the new BMW 5 Series. It’s got ABS, computer controlled ignition, a thatched roof and a traditional wattle & daub interior”. Is it any wonder we’ve never been to the moon?
posted by phylos @ 12:42
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Please excuse me while I provide the, time honoured English response of "FUCK ME"
I thank you.
They were the snake's last words.
Did you used to do those sick last words joke when you were at school?
Whose last words were "What the fuck was that"?
The mayor of Hiroshima.
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