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Tristán White November 28th 06 02:06 AM

interested in wombats
 
wrote in :

Can someone tell me whether Wombats live only in Australia,
or also on other continents?

Apart from zoos, of course.

50





There's a colony of them in the tunnels living between Aldgate and Aldgate
East.

:-)

alex_t November 28th 06 09:08 AM

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There's a colony of them in the tunnels living between Aldgate and Aldgate
East.


I think I've seen some between Aldgate and Tower Hill ;-)


Neillw001 November 28th 06 09:46 AM

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alex_t wrote:
There's a colony of them in the tunnels living between Aldgate and Aldgate
East.


I think I've seen some between Aldgate and Tower Hill ;-)


They get between station by climbing onto the coupling between
carriages. They like to be fed chips through the windows.

Neill


Dr Ivan D. Reid November 28th 06 11:53 AM

interested in wombats
 
On 28 Nov 2006 02:46:52 -0800, Neillw001
wrote in . com:

alex_t wrote:
There's a colony of them in the tunnels living between Aldgate and Aldgate
East.


I think I've seen some between Aldgate and Tower Hill ;-)


They get between station by climbing onto the coupling between
carriages. They like to be fed chips through the windows.


Don't get them mixed up with their fiercer cousins, the Combat Wombat
(motorrader usaensis sp. hodaka) -- they'll have your arm off at the
shoulder for a freedom fry.

--
Ivan Reid, Electronic & Computer Engineering, ___ CMS Collaboration,
Brunel University. ] Room 40-1-B12, CERN
KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".

solar penguin November 28th 06 12:34 PM

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Dr Ivan D. Reid wrote:

Don't get them mixed up with their fiercer cousins, the Combat Wombat
(motorrader usaensis sp. hodaka) -- they'll have your arm off at the
shoulder for a freedom fry.


Or their much gentler cousins, the wombles, who can be found at
Wimbledon making good use of the things everyday folks leave behind.


alex_t November 28th 06 02:07 PM

interested in wombats
 

Or their much gentler cousins, the wombles, who can be found at
Wimbledon making good use of the things everyday folks leave behind.


I thought those were primates?


Neillw001 November 28th 06 04:21 PM

interested in wombats
 

alex_t wrote:
Or their much gentler cousins, the wombles, who can be found at
Wimbledon making good use of the things everyday folks leave behind.


I thought those were primates?


No they're the ones who stand outside the station going "'Ere mate,
d'you wanna buy a travelcard?".

Neill


Tom Anderson November 28th 06 07:36 PM

interested in wombats
 
On Tue, 28 Nov 2006, alex_t wrote:

Or their much gentler cousins, the wombles, who can be found at
Wimbledon making good use of the things everyday folks leave behind.


I thought those were primates?


No, that's the beardy chap in the pointy hat down in Lambeth

Although some evidence points to a more ursine heritage:

http://www.shipoffools.com/Gadgets/Toys/125.html

tom

--
No kings, voting or presidents, just a rough consensus and running
code. -- Dave Clark


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