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2007-07-31 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by Oztralian 2007-07-31 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 Dead 'roos to make the fish jump.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-07-31 00:15|| 2007-07-31 00:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Any fish bites if you got good bait.

Posted by SteveS 2007-07-31 00:36|| 2007-07-31 00:36|| Front Page Top

#3 Over the last couple of years (?) there had been two reports here I think of kangoroos found beheaded for no apparent reasons (I could search for the articles, but I don't think the RB search has been working lately).

This would be a plausible explanation for those spooky incidents, at least more plausible than proto-serial killer, satanist cults or would-be jihadis practicing, though I don't see why fishers should bother to specifically behead ambulatory 'roos, as opposed to getting bodyparts from meat-processing plants or ranchers.

Posted by anonymous5089 2007-07-31 03:37|| 2007-07-31 03:37|| Front Page Top

#4 I lived in Oz for a while. 'Roos are like giant rats. Some Aussies eat 'roo jerkey, but otherwise only their skin is useful: for covering golf clubs.

Posted by McZoid 2007-07-31 05:07|| 2007-07-31 05:07|| Front Page Top

#5 only their skin is useful: for covering golf clubs.

Doesn't that tend to make the ball hop?

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-07-31 05:25|| 2007-07-31 05:25|| Front Page Top

#6 Maybe the meat is attractive to sharks?

I own an excellent pair of hunting boots made of kangaroo leather. (Haven't noticed a "bounce" in my step, either.) And didn't the Oakland A's have kangaroo leather shoes back in the day when their owner was experimenting with goofy uniforms, orange baseballs, etc?

I would guess that this is a good business down under, making leather for footwear. I only hope they use the rest of the animal for meat for humans or pets or something.

Posted by no mo uro 2007-07-31 05:51|| 2007-07-31 05:51|| Front Page Top

#7 Chef Warren at BAT-7 in Kuwait City used to have Roo shipped in once a month. It was absolutely delicious, as was his sticky date pudding, and homemade Crown Royal. Warren was a talented Kiwi lad.

Posted by Besoeker 2007-07-31 06:11|| 2007-07-31 06:11|| Front Page Top

#8 If you really wanted the heads for bait you could pick up s***loads of them just from the daily road kill.

Posted by Gladys 2007-07-31 06:35|| 2007-07-31 06:35|| Front Page Top

#9 Strewth. All Oztrailians know that the only way to deal with an agressive, rampant, attacking, predatory kangaroo is to grab him by the tail, swing him around you head, then crack him like a stockwhip. Snaps their head clean off.

Kids learn this from an early age, practicing on possums, wombats and wallabies, until this important survival skill is perfected.

Posted by Bunyip 2007-07-31 06:56|| 2007-07-31 06:56|| Front Page Top

#10 But how do you avoid the drop bears?! I won't go to Australia until I'm certain the drop bear menace is contained!

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2007-07-31 07:42|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2007-07-31 07:42|| Front Page Top

#11 Some dumb broad saw the heads and put it together with the only other sensory information available to her tiny brain at the time - water,fish....fishing!
Oh! they must be for fishbait! Nobody uses roo heads for fishbait, the premise is ridiculous. The real question is why did the news pick this up verbatim and not inject the smallest bit of rationale into the story. She's an animal rights nut, or at least an "activist", end of story.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2007-07-31 09:03|| 2007-07-31 09:03|| Front Page Top

#12 And, isn't it still winter down under now? I thought us "rednecks" only fished in the summer.

Posted by BA 2007-07-31 14:02|| 2007-07-31 14:02|| Front Page Top

#13 Whenever I think of 'roos, I think of the horrifically bad Elliott Gould movie 'Matilda', about a boxing kangaroo. Almost impossible to find anymore, thank heavens. Regarded as one of all time worst movies.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-07-31 17:16|| 2007-07-31 17:16|| Front Page Top

#14 Perhaps eel bait. However roo skulls seem a bit small. Maybe leach traps. (Don't ask how I know this shit.)

Posted by DepotGuy 2007-07-31 18:22|| 2007-07-31 18:22|| Front Page Top

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