He's a singing Dalek.

Is there any truth to the story I heard that he is Lewis Collins' brother? (Bodie from The Professionals).

Worse: I've seen my sister's lab/retriever eat an entire phuquing lemon! There were other witnesses.

Eww... mine would kill for avacadoes & apples, and broke two teeth cracking macadamia nuts. We crack the nuts for her nowadays.

That phrase is pretty much the reason I can't watch Meryl Streep, OK her…

How about pointing at the Gorilla and saying "Phil Collins" ;-)

Phil Collins is not a gorilla.

He's a singing Dalek.

My daughter saw the zebra and yelled "documentary!

How about pointing at the Gorilla and saying "Phil Collins" ;-)

At the cost of sounding like an overly-protective parent, I'm determined to shield her for as long as I can from knowing what a Phil Collins is.

A few years back Dingos were shot for banding together and attacking kids on one of the ozzie islands.

it's better than that, they we harrassing tourists (afaik). what was interesting was that suddenly there was a slough of aussie media commentators saying, "you know i always believed that it…

That phrase is pretty much the reason I can't watch Meryl Streep, OK her 'acting'…

what, you've never seen a depressed dingo?

'Always, as soon as anyone sees me, it's always "Dingo stole my baby!" One "bad egg" and the rest of us have to live with it for life. Makes me depressed...'

Um... look at the ears.

what, you've never seen a depressed dingo?

My daughter saw the zebra and yelled "documentary!

How about pointing at the Gorilla and saying "Phil Collins" ;-)

"Dingo stole my baby!"

Aah, the Gary Larson cartoon of the daycare centre next to the dingo farm and the caption "Trouble Brewing".

This is something I did not previously know about tortoises.

Same. Although I am confident after that other thread that you will find more interesting uses for that knowledge than I ever could, Emma...

I've found that labs will turn their noses up at citrus fruit – would a dingo?

Your labs are clearly broken in some way, or maybe crossbred. I've seen labs eat orange peel, and then beg for the orange inners.

Throw something on the ground which there's "no way a dog could eat". Y'know, 10 lb of butter, or a bag of spuds, or a catcher full of lawnmower clippings.

I've found that labs will turn their noses up at citrus fruit – would a dingo?

the zoo should just put some golden labradors in a big pen.

to be honest, i have trouble telling the two apart unless the labrador has gone to fat.

Throw something on the ground which there's "no way a dog could eat". Y'know, 10 lb of butter, or a bag…

Anyway Paul, shouldn't you be answering phones in a bid to reduce the horrendous waiting times at your call centre? ;)

You know how you can get past voice-prompt systems by repeatedly saying "operator"? I've taken to repeatedly barking "Brislen!" ...

(Actually Paul, that is a joke ...)

Oh, and there's no water in the moat by the elephants – it's just empty. I thus cast doubt on your entire "taking the daughter to the zoo" post! Ha!

Can you people please stop being so f'n literal? It's a blog – none of it happened – I just…

http://www.typesofdogs.org/images/LabradorRetriever.jpg

Um... look at the ears.

the Aussie part (no dingos)

the zoo should just put some golden labradors in a big pen.

to be honest, i have trouble telling the two apart unless the labrador has gone to fat.

I'm a bit concerned about the potential for this, but I'll run with it.

So if anyone wants…

Other amusing possibilities could be "almost extinct!" and "not an aphrodisiac!"

Somewhere in New Zealand, there are probably children who have been named "almost extinct" and "not an aphrodisiac."

My daughter saw the zebra and yelled "documentary!

Mine sees the lemurs and immediately starts to gyrate while singing very loudly "You've got to move it move it, you've got to move it move it" a la 'Madagascar'. She's constantly disappointed when they don't dance with her (and so am…

My daughter saw the zebra and yelled "documentary!"

My own daughter would have begun to sing about the Horse in Striped Pyjamas. Its her favourite song at the moment (although she is starting to like some of her dad's CDs: roared with laughter the other day at ol Warren Zed's…

My daughter saw the zebra and yelled "documentary!"

These sorts of reactions should be encouraged, at least until teenage years. Other amusing possibilities could be "almost extinct!" and "not an aphrodisiac!"

Parents have to get their fun somehow.

I don't think either of the two first decades of the 20th century got named, although the 1890's and 1920's did.

My own kids show…

That would be 'Damian Christie in Secret Love-Child Surprise', then ...

Ah good point, I read daughter in the first line about David, and carried it through the rest of the article, despite the word niece.

I'll have to have words to his brother/sister I guess.

(although they do seem to have noisy sex a lot).

This is something I did not previously know about tortoises.

They have a hell of a time getting their clothes off.

non-plussed

A bit like 'bemused', which has a similar meaning (puzzled, as opposed to amused), non-plussed seems to be one of those words a majority of people seem to want to mean something different.

I've won pub bets on this one before, it's that common.…

I sometimes wonder if we dont set ourselves up for the whole small-children non-plussed at the zoo thing. (I've seen it myself many times over)

I can report that two out of three of mine so far (the third hasn't been yet) were thoroughly plussed on their first visit. I…

The zoo had lots of…

(although they do seem to have noisy sex a lot).

This is something I did not previously know about tortoises.

I mean, we bombard them with story-books and kids TV where hippos, elephants, monkeys, etc. are completely normal run of the mill things, then we…

Water is more interesting than an elephant. We have simply become jaded.

'Damian Christie in Secret Love-Child Surprise'

weird... i was in a place called "Post-Deng" on Lt. Burke St a few days back, and I'm sure that was one of the dishes on the menu!

naturally i opted for the bird's nest combination instead.

Seriously, your daughter has flown down to Dunedin ...

That would be 'Damian Christie in Secret Love-Child Surprise', then ...

Either that, or you stole my daughter, took her to the zoo, took photos, and altered them a little digitally to…