Let's have a rant thread! ~*Stress Relief*~

[cold_blooded_chick]

Put it like that, it does seem very logical...  

[tamcharles]

ninja  

[tamcharles]

ninja  

[Minielf]

I don't know if any of you living in the UK, Canada or America have heard about this, but there's a huge firestorm in Victoria right now. Over 150 people have already died and the fires are still burning out of control.  

[cold_blooded_chick]

I saw a photo on chinese newspaper of a firefighter feeding a burnt koala water from a bottle. It was surreal.  

[mymiridon]

photo shopped?  

[cold_blooded_chick]

Apparently the photo wasn't from this years bushfire, but they put it in the paper anyway.  

[Minielf]

Actually the photo was taken a day before the main bushfires began. It occured in a place that had suffered a small bushfire only a short while before, and the CFA volunteer had also been busy backburning. So it's still a legitimate photo of a firefighter helping a stricken Koala, even though it wasn't part of the bushfire disaster.  

[cold_blooded_chick]

Didn't know that, but it's still very good publicity.  

[Minielf]

Indeed. Extremely good publicity. The Koala in the picture, Sam, is probably the most famous Koala in the world now.

What is even funnier is that Sam has found a fellow Koala called Bob, and the two of them are now a couple. xd  

[cold_blooded_chick]

They should be in the Mardi Gras.  

[Minielf]

What do you mean? Sam is a FEMALE Koala. Or did you think she was a male?  

[cold_blooded_chick]

Oh.

Androgynous names can be very inconvenient sometimes.  

[Minielf]

UPDATE ON VICTORIAN BUSHFIRES: A fire has broken out today only 6 or so km southeast of where I live. At the moment it isn't heading in my direction, but I pray to god the wind doesn't blow it to the west.  

[cold_blooded_chick]

How close do you live to the bush?! I thought you'd be near the CBD.