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https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-31711446

a weasel riding on the back of a green woodpecker

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[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 16 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] xzinik@feddit.cl 2 points 7 hours ago

i am the captain now

[–] bomberesque@lemmy.world 16 points 13 hours ago

Bloody squirrels, comin' over ere, takin our jobs, you stoats are all right but bloody squirrels, let me tell you

Anyway here you are, elephant and castle, that'll be 30 quid mate

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 11 hours ago

A modern scorpion and frog tale.

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 32 points 16 hours ago

Ride Shadowfax! Show us the meaning of haste!

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 14 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

"LOL" said the weasel, "LMAO".

[–] BananaPeal@sh.itjust.works 27 points 16 hours ago

I can show you the world.

[–] Wren@lemmy.today 13 points 14 hours ago

"And to your right you will see the birch tree where my ex-wife, Tammy, lives, a thin-leaved deciduous hardwood that is short lived, but still lasts longer than our marriage."

[–] fubarx@lemmy.world 15 points 15 hours ago
[–] JetpackJackson@feddit.org 23 points 17 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Neptr@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] JetpackJackson@feddit.org 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Lmao where did you even find this

[–] Neptr@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Got it from a friend who themselves probably got it from /r/196

[–] ShotDonkey@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

Whow - I'm going to Ibiza Whow - back to the island ...

[–] notso@feddit.org 14 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

The ride began comfortably enough, but when the bird started asking him whether he enjoyed the green and purple sky too and if his feathers were melting too much, Bob began to realize that he had made a terrible choice by not walking today.

[–] xylol@leminal.space 7 points 15 hours ago

And he didn't even notice the sticker on the birds bumper that read gas grass or ass, no free rides

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 12 points 16 hours ago

"Hold on Atreyu!"

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 11 points 16 hours ago

That's just Banjo Kazooie

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 6 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Is this rea life? Is this just Fantasy AI?

[–] Little8Lost@lemmy.world 6 points 14 hours ago

Its real, i think the weasel attacked the bird

[–] Morphit@feddit.uk 2 points 12 hours ago

Caught in a landslide?

[–] gedfromgont@piefed.ca 10 points 16 hours ago

record scratch anyway, this is me, you might wonder how I got into this situation...

[–] _NetNomad@fedia.io 5 points 14 hours ago

WOAH YEAH KICKSTART MY HEART, HOPE IT NEVER STOPS WOAH YEAH BAAAAAABYYYYYY

[–] kata1yst@sh.itjust.works 9 points 16 hours ago

'Have you ever heard the story of the scorpion and the frog?'

[–] brap@lemmy.world 8 points 16 hours ago

Just look at those eyes. I think the correct caption is "FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK"

[–] PartyAt15thAndSummit@lemmy.zip 1 points 10 hours ago

The aristocrats!

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 7 points 16 hours ago

Voiceover: “Their love was forbidden…”

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago

"Straighten up and fly right!"

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago

Titanic: the woodland creatures version

[–] crimsonpoodle@pawb.social 2 points 13 hours ago

And so the king of wood bore me away from Isengard faster than the wolves and orcs released from the gates could match. Though he more me, his take was only to bear information; so I bade him take me rohan where a small toad and I would race to the shire in a sucession of expensive cars, likely to wreck a great number of them.

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 16 hours ago

Uber trying new systems to pay drivers even less

[–] alzymologist@sopuli.xyz 5 points 16 hours ago
[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

"Aha! Gotcha you biiiig AAAaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiigh!"

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 3 points 16 hours ago

Just here will be perfect, mate.

[–] leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 14 hours ago

Almost (but not quite) Unluckies.

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 1 points 15 hours ago

Toruk Makto?

[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 1 points 16 hours ago

Nobody expects surprise weasel butt sex