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Bummers - record - need a needle to play i don't get the dogs one, and why all blue?

being the "off" season and this thread being the pre-eminent source of all things banana, i thought the following fascinating factoid would be of interest to all you banana aficionados................ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chewing Banana Slug By Contributing Writer April 13, 2011 Share on Facebook Photo: David Sifry Slimy Banana slugs need little introduction. Honored as the official mascot of the University of California, Santa Cruz, they can often be seen on huge roadside hoardings and printed on t-shirts. The second largest species of slug in the world, Banana slugs live on the damp forest floors of the Western United States. Usually bright yellow in color, the Banana slug is a shell-less mollusk which can grow up to 15-25 cm (5.9-9.8 in) in length. Banana slugs eat many different foods such as plants, rotting fruits, animal waste, and surprisingly other banana slugs too! But the most bizarre fact concerns their strange mating habit, where one slug chews the penis off its partner after finishing sex. Chomp… Chomp! Interesting but disgusting. Photo: Swirll Banana slugs are hermaphrodites, which means they have the reproductive organs associated with both the sexes. So, they can act as both male and female at the same time, and on rare occasions are even known to mate with themselves too. Their Latin name is dolichophallus, which means ‘giant penis’. It’s a fitting name too as they do all have enormous penises, almost as long as their entire body length. If a Banana slug is to mate properly, it has to choose a partner of equal size. If it doesn’t and the calculation is not done properly before mating, the chances are that its penis will get stuck during copulation. Unable to pull out afterward, the only option left is to bite off the other slug’s member. This strange process of penis-chewing is termed apophallation. Photo: Jim Bahn Another very strange fact about Banana slugs is that they mate on a thick layer of slime, which they produce before the mating begins. They often eat each others’ slime, perhaps in the process of getting to know each other. One might well wonder for hours about such a bizarre mating ritual. What if both slugs were to start chewing, for example? Obviously both would end up penis-less. Eeek!!

atta boy........that's the spirit and btw i'm a great supporter of your countdowns despite the apparent lack of interest in your cryptic hints

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more importantly a countdown for aflx r1

a bit meaningless including the whole list should be narrowed down to top 25 (maybe top 30)

some interesting thoughts there, ds

don't like budgie smugglers, moonie?

for the record - final figures -"A club membership record of 45,178"

we can have 1 b-rookie plus 1 of either main-list or regular rookie (......i think)

we've still got 1 list spot and 1 rookie spot open......let's wait and see

at 204cm (6'8") i will presume bradtke is our third ruckman (although a novice) on the list

out pedo, in hore..........uncle will approve

you (being a local) could try mail dropping them, cbd, to try and turn them around, but i suspect they are hard-boiled and wouldn't even read it. I would have thought the mfc would have held meetings already with them but have heard nothing

contaminated land, od. won't be fit for (real) humans for a century or so

it might all be nothing but wishful thinking, but, i get the impression the mfc has got some political support in the right places, guess we will know which way it is going one way or the other in maybe 3-6 months?

not at all. currently labor seem to be sympathetic. if they stay in power the odds shorten in our favour. richmond council or any other local authority don't have any definitive say in the decision

so if the greens beat labor, that will just be more incentive to dan to make it happen?

i thought the libs weren't putting up a candidate in that state electorate

When the melbourne cup becomes a best of three races, then it might be time to discuss it

dfiieh

alarmist politics, left of stalin?............are you confusing me with another poster perchance?

i certainly can't see him taking the role of pavlich as freo dream of he may have the football talent of pavlich but not his other attributes

bad choice of word (victim) then. "suffering the consequences of his actions" would be more appropriate

demoted 10 places on jumper...he's gawn