Help me name my Emu!

ShrimperDan · Post by **ShrimperDan** » May 17, 2003 3:51 pm

WELL? WHY NOT?

Post by **SMLCHNG** » May 17, 2003 4:00 pm

LMFAO!!!!!!!!

mason · Post by **mason** » May 17, 2003 5:03 pm

after you stuck the camera in its face, did it eat it?
as for a name.....how bout....."phred"..........

only on saturday.....

"listen to the stories i could tell"

just another gypsie in the palace

Desdamona · Post by **Desdamona** » May 17, 2003 7:45 pm

Uhhh... the term "Strange Bird" comes to mind...

Desdamona · Post by **Desdamona** » May 17, 2003 7:46 pm

Oops

double post

creeky · Post by **creeky** » May 17, 2003 7:53 pm

"OLD MAN EMU"

(this is an aussie song - Old Man Emu is a good name

)

By JOHN WILLIAMSON

Let me tell you of an interview with an Old Man Emu
He's got a beak and feathers and things
But the poor old fella ain't got no wings

Aren't you jealous of the wedge-tailed eagle - Um-ba-da-lip-ida-da-da
While the eagle's flyin' round and round
I keep my two feet firmly on the ground
Now I can't fly but I'm tellin' you
I can run the pants off a kangaroo
Ba-da-doo-doo, da-doo-doo-doo, doo-da-do-do, doo-doo
He can't fly but I'm tellin' you
He can run the pants off a kangaroo

Well he was the model to the fifty cents - Um-ba-da-lip-ida-da-da
The designer should have had more sense - Um-ba-da-lip-ida-da-da
If you take a look it'll prove to you (ha-ha-ha-ha)
I ran the pants off that kangaroo
Ba-da-doo-doo, da-doo-doo-doo, doo-da-do-do, doo-doo
Take a look it'll prove to you
I can run the pants off the kangaroo

You can't loop the loop like a cockatoo - Um-ba-da-lip-ida-da-da
Float and toss like an albatross - Um-ba-da-lip-ida-da-da
You silly gallah, I'm better by far
Than a white cockatoo or a budgerigar
They squeak and squawk and try to talk
Why me and them's like cheese and chalk
Ba-da-doo-doo, da-doo-doo-doo, doo-da-do-do, doo-doo
He can't fly but I'm tellin' you
He can run the pants off a kangaroo

Well the last time I saw Old Man Emu - Um-ba-da-lip-ida-da-da
He was chasing a female Emu - Um-ba-da-lip-ida-da-da

As he shot past I heard him say
Hoo-choo-hoo-choo-ah-hoo-choo-ah-hoo-choo
She can't fly but I'm tellin' you
She can run the pants off a kangaroo
Ba-da-doo-doo, da-doo-doo-doo, do-da-do-do, doo-doo
She can't fly but I'm tellin' you
She can run the pants off a kangaroo

Well there is a moral to this ditty - Um-ba-da-lip-ida-da-da
Thrush can sing but he ain't pretty - Um-ba-da-lip-ida-da-da
Duck can swim but he can't sing
Nor can the eagle on the wing
Emu can't fly but I'm tellin you
He can run the pants of a kangaroo

Well the Kookaburra laughed and he said it's true - Um-ba-da-lip-ida-da-da
Ha-ha-ha-hah, ha-ha-hoo
He can run the pants of a kangaroo
Ah-hoo-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha, ooh-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha

Capt.Flock · Post by **Capt.Flock** » May 17, 2003 9:18 pm

I like Big Bird

Ceol na Mara · Post by **Ceol na Mara** » May 18, 2003 4:13 am

wSCs

I really wasn't expecting that photo!! I can't stop laughing! And I can't stop going back to look at it again and start laughing! Thanks!

For a name - how about "Beauty" ?

HockeyParrotHead · Post by **HockeyParrotHead** » May 18, 2003 1:07 pm

hmmmm....maybe jimminy?

ShrimperDan · Post by **ShrimperDan** » May 18, 2003 10:37 pm

The wiggles sing that song! My kids favorite!

He cant fly but Im tellin you, He can run the pants off a kangaroo!

NYCPORT · Post by **NYCPORT** » May 19, 2003 9:19 am

How about "Put em on the grill"? When you cook them right they can taste yummy!

Just a parakeet · Post by **Just a parakeet** » May 19, 2003 9:23 am

As I shudder in horror, I recall the time I was attacked by emus. Actually, I've had 2 unpleasant emu encounters...

1: It was May 1996, almost exactly this time, probably about May 24. I had just graduated from Rutgers and was at my first job. I was working as a corporate health screener and had been sent from NJ to Kentucky. I was hopelessly lost, thinking I was one more wrong turn from Deliverance, when a flock (are they flocks?) of emus came tearing out of a barn and started running along side me. That was kinda unsettling. HEre I was, Yankee Boy, in Kentucky, being chased by emus.

2: It was September 2000. My wife and I were in FLA with 2 friends. Taking a break from Disney, we went to Gatorland. While there, you could look at the emus and feed them from a little gumball-like dispenser. It gave you emu pellets or speed or I don't know what. I started trying to extract some pellets when I was attacked by like 4768 emus. They were sticking their heads through the fence and biting at me. Being the tough guy I am, I screamed like a 7-year old girl. I was hopping about and screeching. My travel companions were incompacitated with laughter, as was the emu wrangler. I was getting mauled and was attracting a crowd. My wife finally freed me and went to fetch the pellets. The emus were nice to her. Then, I went back for more and got mauled again. I still shudder when confroned with a picture of an emu.

And, as if that wasn't enough, while in Curacao a pellican once attacked me when I was taking its picture.

Last week 4 geese chased me in my office parking lot.

Birds hate me.

phinsphan25 · Post by **phinsphan25** » May 19, 2003 10:15 am

Hey, I went to EMU!!!

Tiki Bar · Post by **Tiki Bar** » May 19, 2003 11:52 am

This thread has me in tears from laughter! Thanks to everyone... but esp ShrimperDan and Just a 'Keet!

Too damn funny!

Fruitcakes101 · Post by **Fruitcakes101** » May 19, 2003 1:17 pm

Just a parakeet wrote:As I shudder in horror, I recall the time I was attacked by emus. Actually, I've had 2 unpleasant emu encounters...

1: It was May 1996, almost exactly this time, probably about May 24. I had just graduated from Rutgers and was at my first job. I was working as a corporate health screener and had been sent from NJ to Kentucky. I was hopelessly lost, thinking I was one more wrong turn from Deliverance, when a flock (are they flocks?) of emus came tearing out of a barn and started running along side me. That was kinda unsettling. HEre I was, Yankee Boy, in Kentucky, being chased by emus.

2: It was September 2000. My wife and I were in FLA with 2 friends. Taking a break from Disney, we went to Gatorland. While there, you could look at the emus and feed them from a little gumball-like dispenser. It gave you emu pellets or speed or I don't know what. I started trying to extract some pellets when I was attacked by like 4768 emus. They were sticking their heads through the fence and biting at me. Being the tough guy I am, I screamed like a 7-year old girl. I was hopping about and screeching. My travel companions were incompacitated with laughter, as was the emu wrangler. I was getting mauled and was attracting a crowd. My wife finally freed me and went to fetch the pellets. The emus were nice to her. Then, I went back for more and got mauled again. I still shudder when confroned with a picture of an emu.

And, as if that wasn't enough, while in Curacao a pellican once attacked me when I was taking its picture.

Last week 4 geese chased me in my office parking lot.

Birds hate me.

That has got to be the funniest thing I ever heard. But I do have 1 question, WHY did you go back for more?

BuPHett · Post by **BuPHett** » May 19, 2003 1:32 pm

How's about "Emo"??..Remember?

Just a parakeet · Post by **Just a parakeet** » May 19, 2003 2:40 pm

Fruitcakes101 wrote: That has got to be the funniest thing I ever heard. But I do have 1 question, WHY did you go back for more?

1: It's not funny. Ok it is, but it falls under the heading "It's funny because it's not me" For me...not funny. For you all...very funny.

2: I went back for more because the emus appeared to have calmed down and because I had to look strong and macho for my wife and friends. I couldn't let them think that the emus had won.

To get back on topic, I'd call the emu *%^@%$#&ing Emu.

Tiki Bar · Post by **Tiki Bar** » May 19, 2003 3:07 pm

Post by **SMLCHNG** » May 19, 2003 3:14 pm

Tiki Bar wrote:

I have to agree!!!

Oh, dear.. I'm so sorry Just a parakeet, but those stories are hysterical.. Awful, but hysterical!!

Tiki Bar · Post by **Tiki Bar** » May 19, 2003 3:18 pm

Hey ShrimperDan,

Are you bringing *%^@%$#&ing Emu to Alpine this year? I would love to have my picture taken with him/her!