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[โ€“] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 87 points 3 months ago (1 children)

PIcking up platypi is, per my experience, right up there with quicksand as far as frequency of encounters is concerned. I'm not saying it won't happen, but if I do have to pick up a platypus, and there's some quicksand around then I'm gonna go buy a lottery ticket, if you see what I mean.

[โ€“] tpihkal@lemmy.world 29 points 3 months ago (4 children)
[โ€“] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 28 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[โ€“] svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Unironically correct, but also very funny.

[โ€“] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

what no i'm not allowed to be correct fuck

[โ€“] lime@feddit.nu 11 points 3 months ago

platypodes nuts

[โ€“] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 15 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Do you also say, "octopussies"?

[โ€“] miked@sh.itjust.works 23 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Not to be confused with the elusive cocktopus

[โ€“] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 months ago

not to be confused with the extremely dangerous glocktopus

[โ€“] Kellenved@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

One day weโ€™ll find this mythical being, there are top men on the case, and also bottom men

[โ€“] toynbee@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Oh, a Roger Moore fan?

[โ€“] tpihkal@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

The correct spelling is "platypuses", you degenerates.