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Old 06-Jun-2004, 10:19 AM
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Default Penguin Migration

I should have mentioned this sooner.

The penguin colony at the San francisco zoo have just completed their annual migration.

Like little torpedos, round and round they went for a couple of weeks. Faster and faster. A lap round the enclosure is maybe 40 yards. So it was crowded as they were really moving fast.

http://cbs5.com/news/local/2003/01/16/Zoo_Penguins_Won't_Stop_Dizzying_Swim.html
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We *don't* seem to like penguins around here.

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We *don't* seem to like penguins around here.
..or pedestrians, or people who like to jumprope using barbed wire..

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..or pedestrians, or people who like to jumprope using barbed wire..

The people who think up some of these games have got some serious problems.

I'm guessing they're people who used to be bullied.

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The people who think up some of these games have got some serious problems.

I'm guessing they're people who used to be bullied.
Oohhhhhhh you mean I should be a game designer? Sounds like lots more fun that analysing data.

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Oohhhhhhh you mean I should be a game designer? Sounds like lots more fun that analysing data.
Why not?

In the current mood I'm in today I think I could design games. One would consist of beating a ginger cat to death in a really nasty way.

- based on our neighbours ginger cat who keeps terrorising our cat and now she's too scared to go outside so she poops in the bath.

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Why not?

In the current mood I'm in today I think I could design games. One would consist of beating a ginger cat to death in a really nasty way.

- based on our neighbours ginger cat who keeps terrorising our cat and now she's too scared to go outside so she poops in the bath.
...or a variation on that game where you play that scared cat.

The goal of the game is to poop on target in the bath.

There are of course obstacles.

If the owner catches you, it's game over.

You start the game with so much poop power.

If you run into the nasty ginger cat, your poopometer increases.

If you don't get to the bath in time, you explode.

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...or a variation on that game where you play that scared cat.

The goal of the game is to poop on target in the bath.

There are of course obstacles.

If the owner catches you, it's game over.

You start the game with so much poop power.

If you run into the nasty ginger cat, your poopometer increases.

If you don't get to the bath in time, you explode.
Um, I think I would feel better bashing the ginger cat to be honest.

I don't want any reminders of my poopy bath.

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Lock the cat outside at night, fixes allll those problems.

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Lock the cat outside at night, fixes allll those problems.
I don't actually think she's *just* doing it at night. When we lock her out we get woken in the middle of the night with cat's screaming.

Big ginger will just have to disappear.

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I don't actually think she's *just* doing it at night. When we lock her out we get woken in the middle of the night with cat's screaming.

Big ginger will just have to disappear.
I have a similar problem with a ginger cat. Maxi started Peeing inside, so now she gets locked out whenever I am not home. It has worked. Its the only solution I can think of. Daniel has a few ideas on what he would like to do to the other cat, but doesn't ever do them!

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