Poll: Do you think Aussies ride Kangaroos?

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captaincabbage

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Jessamine Haak said:
as an australian i would just like to say... i can't believe you actually have to ask this question.
fukken' seconded.

I find this thread retarded and condescending, to say the least.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to saddle up my Emu.
 

Isaac The Grape

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Trippy Turtle said:
im australian. of course we do! also im battling 8 deadly creatures off as i type this.
Mmm, I can tell. What exactly are you up against? I myself just finished beating a blasted brown snake to death.
 

Feline Jaye

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As an Aussie, I can tell you we do indeed ride kangaroos.

(I mean, how else do you think we avoid drop-bears?)
 

Cat of Doom

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oh yayyy...
Aussies get kangaroos, new zeland get sheep, americans get eagles, canadians get moose, polish get polar bears. WTF do us brits get, the bulldog cavalry, the swan airforce and the overpaid footballer navy...
 

Timmibal

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Ride Kangaroos? Don't be silly, that's good eatin.

Now the giant spider thing has some merit. Problem is the damn government's bringing in amendments to the hoon legislation to have spiders' spinnerets removed. Just because a few pricks trained their spiders to web trailing police cars, the rest of us have to suffer through pissed off post-op vehicles.
 

TriggerOnly

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Um I'm Australian and wow really ? what else are we going to ride ? kangaroos and Australians have a special bond. You cant get that with a horse or a car can you now
 

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Cat of Doom said:
oh yayyy...
Aussies get kangaroos, new zeland get sheep, americans get egals, canadians get moose, polish get polar bears. WTF do us brits get the bulldog cavalry, the swan airforce and the overpaid footballer navy...

The weather... have fun with it



Sorry for double.
 

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RadiusXd said:
thaluikhain said:
Modern kangaroos aren't big enough to ride, all the big (3 metre tall) ones were killed off when humans turned up.
HOLY CUPCAKES! 3 meters?
bouncing!?
I dunno if those ones bounced around [footnote]they stood upright, though[/footnote], but Australia used to have lots of animals that size[footnote]3 metres was about the maximum height you'd ever see for a kangaroo, though, and they only weighed a few hundred kilos[/footnote]. The giant kangaroos were notable, however, in that they wouldn't try to eat you, making them one of the more boring of the prehistoric Australian animals.
 

robodukky

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No of course not. Well at least not like in that picture. Us Aussies find that the pouch is a much more comfortable ride.
 

brendonnelly

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No... Everyone knows Kangaroos are only for those in the slums. All of the upper and middle class ride emus.
 

Lieju

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I can't really imagine that in the history of Australia no bloke has ever said to their mates "You know what? Those jumping things? How much will you pay me if I try to ride one?", so yes, I'm sure some have tried it, maybe even succesfully.

Although I can't believe kangaroos are nearly as useful for that as these flying reindeer we have in Finland.
 

RadiusXd

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thaluikhain said:
RadiusXd said:
thaluikhain said:
Modern kangaroos aren't big enough to ride, all the big (3 metre tall) ones were killed off when humans turned up.
HOLY CUPCAKES! 3 meters?
bouncing!?
I dunno if those ones bounced around, but Australia used to have lots of animals that size. The giant kangaroos were notable, however, in that they wouldn't try to eat you, making them one of the more boring of the prehistoric Australian animals.
i like the car sized wombat idea ^_^

Now THAT i would ride
 

brendonnelly

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Rosetta said:
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Pretty sure Australians ride Kangaroos

Their guns also fire boomerangs as opposed to bullets
That would make for a pretty shitty weapon. "Bang! Got y- Oh god, it's coming back!"
Actually most boomerangs don't go back. The ones that do were used by the Aboriginals as entertainment. The ones used for hunting that were dangerous just go forward
Jedihunter4 said:
A dingo ate my baby!

Anyone?
As much as people joke about this... it is a pretty sad story.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_Chamberlain
 

brendonnelly

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Lieju said:
I can't really imagine that in the history of Australia no bloke has ever said to their mates "You know what? Those jumping things? How much will you pay me if I try to ride one?", so yes, I'm sure some have tried it, maybe even succesfully.

Although I can't believe kangaroos are nearly as useful for that as these flying reindeer we have in Finland.
They are extremely dangerous animals for one; I believe a kick to the head can kill a person. If you have ever seen them fight, you would know what I mean. I go to this caravan park where hundreds of them just hop around; tame as. But still, I wouldn't approach one.
 

Thaluikhain

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RadiusXd said:
i like the car sized wombat idea ^_^

Now THAT i would ride
That also has the advantage of not trying to eat you, yes.

Otherwise, a 3m tall, 500kg carnivorous flightless bird.

Having said that, since the earliest Australians killed those all off, they are by definition more fearsome.