@adhdeanasl Yeah, you know about that time the Australian...

@adhdeanasl Yeah, you know about that time the Australian Army took on their close cousins, emus, and lost? And they'd brought machine guns to the fight! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_War

Like 1 Nov 2023 at 12:30 | Wall-to-wall | Open on wandering.shop

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XeonSquared

@cstross @adhdeanasl I will have you know we won the second emu war!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_Field,_South_Australia

1 Nov 2023 at 12:33 | Open on social.shadowkat.net

Cotopaxi

@cstross @adhdeanasl Thanks for the link, very interesting account. I look forward to the promised film with John Cleese. It has the potential for good comedy and suspense.

1 Nov 2023 at 15:42 | Open on mstdn.social

Charlie Stross

@Cotopaxi @adhdeanasl John Cleese is 84, alas. (Maybe find a CGI studio and license his likeness, and pay him as a script consultant to help get it right? But it really wants a no-more-than-50-year-old Cleese to star as the army CO in the Emu wars.)

1 Nov 2023 at 15:57 | Open on wandering.shop

Cotopaxi

@cstross @adhdeanasl
Gad, I hadn't realized! I re-read the article, and you're right. It only references him writing, not acting. It's weird aging with one's cohort of talent. I accept my aging, but it seems like our 'legends' should defy aging. Instinctive, maybe, but not very realistic.

1 Nov 2023 at 19:45 | Open on mstdn.social

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