DemonFrog

5 hours ago, Redleg said:

Interesting to see the reach of football, now into the fruit market.

We need to change with the times.

Red I still have too much trauma 😪 from the last time I tried to buy a Banana 🍌 based drink. I got rejected because they run out of Bananas 🍌, AGAIN! It is still too painful to talk about anything Banana 🍌 based from for awhile 😕 I blame 😔 the Big V's victory over us Sandgropers for this problem 😢

9 hours ago, Little Goffy said:

I live on a street named after a breed of chicken. Quite a charismatic chook, too, I must say.

Oh, did I already share that some glorious mad fool booked a dual vunj sleeper box on a German overnight train and turned the whole thing into a chicken coop complete with straw, egg trap nests, and half a dozen apparently quite happy chooks?

Then he disappeared, leaving the solution to this in the hands of German rail.

My street is named after two birds and my location has another birds name in it.

I recall when I was in the middle east, the Germans had a large sleeping trailer, which would have made the perfect multiple storey coffin. One of the weirdest thing 😳 I have seen.

1 minute ago, Ghostwriter said:

They have a total of one brain cell between them, the thought of digging themselves out would never cross their teeny tiny minds. They would never wanna leave anyways, they eat better than we do.

My chickens have a good life as well.

59 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Can we get back to important things like bananas? 🍌

Only if our team starts winning actual football matches. Otherwise, NO.

5 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

Today’s puzzle…

WHICH ONE OF MY SILKIES IS CURRENTLY MOULTING?

😁

PS: they love bananas so this isn’t off-topic

The naked one?

I see you don't want your chickens to dig themselves out.

19 hours ago, old dee said:

That covers it. A fairly high Alpha male.

Are you talking about Uncle Bitters?

On 19/02/2026 at 04:15, Redleg said:

Ask the wise person if he or she would rather run 2nd or 3rd or actually last.

In football, second is last.

50 minutes ago, Redleg said:

I would take my horses running 2nd instead of 3rd.

But would you agree if its your football team 🤔

3 hours ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

Every once in a while, Demonland delivers education (never mind that pesky sport, humour, etc!)

Your assertion drove me to google; well, as far as its 'AI Overview', anyway.

You are indeed right: apparently 'Bananas were first introduced to North Queensland in the 1870s by Chinese immigrants and cane workers from Fiji', whereas 'Carnarvon Bananas' are 'Grown on...plantations along the Gascoyne River in Western Australia, a tradition dating back to the 1840s'!

No prizes for being second 🥈

2 hours ago, DeelightfulPlay said:

Well this was very interesting, I've learnt a lot about bananas!

I meant the much simpler concept that if you're buying a banana in Aus, it'll most likely have been grown in Queensland 😂

I prefer the higher quality West Australian Bananas, which is grown North of Perth.

3 hours ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

(I presume you meant Joh Bjelke-Petersen, not one of Cam Petterson's(*) forebears?)

You remember Joh because he and your Great Grandmother were ... what? 😲

(*Hoary old Demonland chestnut😄)

Banana benders

4 hours ago, DeelightfulPlay said:

Come now, bananas come from Queensland!

No everyone knows that Bananas comes from Carnarvon!

7 hours ago, Little Goffy said:

Fun fact.

The further you get from Queensland, the faster the cane toads hop.

It's an amazing natural experiment.

Each year cane toads move around a bit, and the boundaries of their range spread a bit further.

The toads which hop more and are fitter and move on more are always the front line of that boundary.

Since they are there with the other 'high-hopping' toads, they go through a kind of situational selective breeding. Big hoppers mate with other big hoppers, and every season that cycle is renewed.

A relevant biologist would be able to tell you if a toad was a Queenslander or from the NT just by watching them for a while, and definitely would be able to confirm it based on leg muscle power.

Make of that what you will.

IMO nothing good comes from Queensland except my Great Grandmother 👵 I still remember old Jon B Petterson!

11 hours ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

Endless amounts Frog, provided the quality is to my high standard. None of that cask rubbish that the peasants bathe in.

A request.

Would you please inform me when and where you are next going hopping with your toad cousins so that I can come and run you over.

Cool, I was trying my best to bait you back. It finally worked. Welcome back!

Unfortunately, your wine consumption has impacted your memory. I am simple country frog, not a toad. Hope that clears up any misunderstanding you had?

Oh how did your spike polishing go? You don't want to have rusty metal on your head!

1 hour ago, Little Goffy said:

I suspect Uncle Bitters is closing in on winning an IgNobel Prize for fulfilling the experimental conditions to test this.

Didn't know FIFA was going to award another prize?

On 16/02/2026 at 09:17, Redleg said:

Maybe he has no more wine casks and is cranky.

How much wine can one person drink?

44 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Hope Uncle is ok, I haven’t seen him post for a while .

Agree, he can't be spending all this time away from DL polishing his spikes?

1 hour ago, Redleg said:

No, if we get most of our injured players back, I am still optimistic.

I think I would be happy to retire McADam and take John Blight as a key back and if another retired, say Campbell or May, take a punt on Ah Mu.

I think if Ah Mu can be trained up as an AFL player, he could be a chance.

I have spoken too my Viking GODS and they don't hold much hope for 2026 or 2027. Best we can do is in 2028. Who am I to argue 🤔 with the GODS? But maybe Uncle Bitters can, where is the old spiked head man?

7 hours ago, gawnbeatsnerds said:

we lost to essendons reserves reserves once... never say never

That was the day I cancelled my membership 🙃

5 hours ago, old dee said:

I need to see how we performed against the Tigers and Roos in the two practise matches. We have been easy beats for St Kilda the last two seasons. In case anyone has forgotten we gave up 9 goal lead a few games back to lose. The saints have added some good players. Our additions in the main are kids and we have lost two GF winners add a new coach and learning a new game plan and I am not expecting much this year.

So 2026 will suck for us? Got it!

Just saw a music video on YouTube from Playlunch called Keith. Its a laugh and has Barry Hall in it, acting his normal self LOL 😆 😂 🤣 😄

12 hours ago, ElDiablo14 said:

Sorry, not sure if this post belongs here but I wanted to ask...

Can you see your tickets on the MFC app?

I checked today and nothing is coming in my app even though I am sure I have linked the Ticketmaster account. Unless the tickets for the season will be visible closer to round 1?

Sorry 😞 I don't use the app and I can't watch live MFC games on a regular basis.

2 hours ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

It rained here yesterday

4 hours ago, dpositive said:

Agree unusual for him to ignore such comment

But cannot concede re would ever lower himself to become Collingwood supporter.

So he has turned to the dark side!