octopus climbing out of tanks

"David DeLaney" wrote in message
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swarvegorilla wrote:

It's called 'Ocka' mate!
Only the chosen few can speak it, gods own t'would seem.
Now if you would prefer the laborious terms wobbegong, octopus and lobster
I can work it it,
but your just making it hard on yourself digger.

Eh, no real worries (insert "mate" here). You're at least giving evidence,
it
seems, based on your firsthand experience, rather than on videos or
articles
someone you know says they read. And posting like you talk is most
certainly
not the worst thing a person can do.


Plus "swarvegorilla" has great cred in the aquaria groups. Most of which
have been taken over by a long-lived flame war amongst rejects of the mental
variety and his/her post are of the few that are worth reading. Their
insight in this thread is welcome.

Don "has eaten whole (small) octopuses, if that counts for anything" Freeman
--
Ever had one of those days where you just felt like:
http://cosmoslair.com/BadDay.html ?
(Eating the elephant outside the box, one paradigm at a time)

On Mon, 16 Apr 2007, Charles Bishop wrote:


I'm assuming it's Strine. "Crustys" are crabs, "Ockys" are octopodes and
I'm no help with "wobbys" but apparently ockys are afeared of them.

Wobbegong sharks, as pointed out by another poster.
Not that I have anything relevant to add to the conversation, but I'm just
pleased that after eight years it's finally come full circle. It's not
octopi, octopii, or octopusses. It's octopodes. And yes, Charles speaks
real good English.

charles, I speaks real good English, bishop

Pete "You put that in there just to provoke me, didn't you, you *******"
Wilcox

"Nehmo" wrote on 15 Apr 2007 03:0:
one has provided any video
For now, I'll have to conclude octopuses don't go on nighttime
excursions outside their aquariums.

Boy, super use of the scientific method there! Your command of logic is
an inspiration to us all.

I was just in a fish (for food) store, and I'm in Kansas, quite far
from an ocean. They had octopus for less than $3/pound. They must be
reasonably prevalent, and there must be people who buy them.

You can also find octopus to eat at pretty much any Japanese sushi
restaurant. It's a very standard kind of sushi.

Is that supposed to have anything to do with your claims about keeping
them as pets?

-- Don
__________________________________________________ _____________________________
Don Geddis http://reef.geddis.org/
Marriage is a sibling relationship --- marked by occasional, and rather
regrettable, episodes of incest. -- Martin Amis, "Yellow Dog"

Charles Bishop wrote:

In article ,
"swarvegorilla" wrote:

"R H Draney" wrote in message
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swarvegorilla filted:

Actually the fact the octopus didn't slaughter the crustys is my problem.
octopus love lobbys
which is why lobbys around here hang in caves with wobbys.
And wobbys love to eat ockys so it all works for every one.

Do you talk like this in real life or what?...

R H "and is there any treatment for it?" Draney


It's called 'Ocka' mate!
Only the chosen few can speak it, gods own t'would seem.
Now if you would prefer the laborious terms wobbegong, octopus and lobster
I can work it it,
but your just making it hard on yourself digger.

Mind translating wobbegong, just one more time, into a language closer to
English as she is spoke?

charles, mate, bishop

In that vein...

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/2007/..._shouts_alford

http://tinyurl.com/3akdjj

Charles Bishop wrote:

In article ,
"swarvegorilla" wrote:

"R H Draney" wrote in message
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swarvegorilla filted:

Actually the fact the octopus didn't slaughter the crustys is
my problem. octopus love lobbys
which is why lobbys around here hang in caves with wobbys.
And wobbys love to eat ockys so it all works for every one.

Do you talk like this in real life or what?...

R H "and is there any treatment for it?" Draney


It's called 'Ocka' mate!
Only the chosen few can speak it, gods own t'would seem.
Now if you would prefer the laborious terms wobbegong, octopus
and lobster I can work it it,
but your just making it hard on yourself digger.

Mind translating wobbegong, just one more time, into a language
closer to English as she is spoke?

Isn't there a Lake Wobbegong in Meenasohta?

swarvegorilla filted:


"R H Draney" wrote in message
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swarvegorilla filted:

Actually the fact the octopus didn't slaughter the crustys is my problem.
octopus love lobbys
which is why lobbys around here hang in caves with wobbys.
And wobbys love to eat ockys so it all works for every one.

Do you talk like this in real life or what?...

R H "and is there any treatment for it?" Draney


It's called 'Ocka' mate!
Only the chosen few can speak it, gods own t'would seem.
Now if you would prefer the laborious terms wobbegong, octopus and lobster
I can work it it,
but your just making it hard on yourself digger.

Figured it was something like that...it's just that the specific words you used,
and so many of them in such a short space ("lobbys hang around with wobbys, and
wobbys love to eat ockys") sounded like a cross between Dr Seuss and HP
Lovecraft....r


--
"You got Schadenfreude on my Weltanschauung!"
"You got Weltanschauung in my Schadenfreude!"

"Charles Bishop" wrote in message
...
In article ,
"swarvegorilla" wrote:

"R H Draney" wrote in message
...
swarvegorilla filted:

Actually the fact the octopus didn't slaughter the crustys is my
problem.
octopus love lobbys
which is why lobbys around here hang in caves with wobbys.
And wobbys love to eat ockys so it all works for every one.

Do you talk like this in real life or what?...

R H "and is there any treatment for it?" Draney


It's called 'Ocka' mate!
Only the chosen few can speak it, gods own t'would seem.
Now if you would prefer the laborious terms wobbegong, octopus and lobster
I can work it it,
but your just making it hard on yourself digger.

Mind translating wobbegong, just one more time, into a language closer to
English as she is spoke?

charles, mate, bishop

They are like big pretend looking sharks...
Only they are still sharks.
Have lots of little needle teeth.
That hurt.
If you are looking for lobbys under ledges it pays to drag the wobby (shark)
outta the way by the tail.
Only they can turn and bite their tail.
Now the horror storys are snorklers swimming over the things.... they hide
well ya see.... and the fookin shark right.... comes up and bites the poor
persons groin.
Now I ain't seen that, legend maybe.
But I have been stalked by big ones when I have had speared fishys, they
bully for a feed.
That said they are very easy to catch at night on handlines and a good feed
once ya do. Trick is using a nice big fishy as bait.
lots of trawlers set lines for them to get them scavenging and then sell
them to us fried with chips.
:-)
short answer 'ragged brown mottled looking shark things, 2 types and dwarf
variants but yea to about 2metres or so'
Oh yea.... and they LOVE eating octopus.

"R H Draney" wrote in message
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swarvegorilla filted:


"R H Draney" wrote in message
...
swarvegorilla filted:

Actually the fact the octopus didn't slaughter the crustys is my
problem.
octopus love lobbys
which is why lobbys around here hang in caves with wobbys.
And wobbys love to eat ockys so it all works for every one.

Do you talk like this in real life or what?...

R H "and is there any treatment for it?" Draney


It's called 'Ocka' mate!
Only the chosen few can speak it, gods own t'would seem.
Now if you would prefer the laborious terms wobbegong, octopus and lobster
I can work it it,
but your just making it hard on yourself digger.

Figured it was something like that...it's just that the specific words you
used,
and so many of them in such a short space ("lobbys hang around with
wobbys, and
wobbys love to eat ockys") sounded like a cross between Dr Seuss and HP
Lovecraft....r


Hard not to put an 'E' on the end of stuff......
It's like smoking or something, makes ya look cool it does.

Seuss and Lovecraft are gods tho, I am but a mere man.... so far.




--
"You got Schadenfreude on my Weltanschauung!"
"You got Weltanschauung in my Schadenfreude!"

On Sun, 15 Apr 2007, Pushmi-Pullyu wrote:

On Apr 15, 10:20 am, "Nehmo" wrote:
At this point, there's no evidence of fish missing or wet floors. Yes,
people make things up. And people often elaborate on a true fact. I
believe octopuses open lids of aquariums. That's plausible. But
steeling from another aquarium and returning to their own, I'm afraid
it's an urban myth.

I would like to believe otherwise. As soon as you find some evidence,
let me know please.


Cynicism is the last refuge of the cynical.

Cynicism is the opiate of the disillusioned.




Lee "Your turn" Ayrton





--
"We began to realize, as we plowed on with the destruction of New Jersey,
that the extent of our American lunatic fringe had been underestimated."
Orson Wells on the reaction to the _War Of The Worlds_ broadcast.

chop its damned legs / arms off that will fix its propensity to crawl
out!



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