Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 How do you protect a colony of penguins? Well, you could go the traditional route and set up international agreements to protect an area they breed in. You could also start a charity and set up a land conservancy group dedicated to protecting their habitat or raising awareness about their plight. Or, if you’re a fan of roundabout non-traditional solutions, you could start an international conflict that results in their breeding area becoming heavily seeded with land mines dangerous (and sensitive) enough to keep out everyone but the penguins. That’s exactly what happened in the case of the Falklands War of 1982 and the conflict that unfolded on the Falkland Islands. During the war, the Argentinian forces heavily mined the areas surrounding Port Stanley Airport to such a degree that the beaches will likely remain off-limits indefinitely, off-limits that is, to everyone but the rather adorable Magellanic penguins. Despite the portly appearance of their little penguin bodies, the birds are quite light (weighing between 6-15 pounds) and lack the mass to trigger the land mines. With no risk of incursion from humans or large predators, the penguins have been thriving there ever since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 "IT IS INDEED, AN ILL WIND THAT BLOWS NO ONE GOOD"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 LOL! Bet that does more to protect them than all the international "Save the Penguin" programs of the past 30 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calico Mary Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 good.....I like penguins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reuben McCoy Rankin # 34239 Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 1 hour ago, Calico Mary said: good.....I like penguins Do they taste like chicken?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calico Mary Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 I dunno....do you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badlands Bob #61228 Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Power to the Penguins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Coffinmaker Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Actually .... no. They taste sorta like ...... Penguins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Penguins taste like Spotted Owl... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 I bet the environmentalists are still steamed because the penguins are protected from them as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 3 hours ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: Penguins taste like Spotted Owl... I saw a bumper sticker in Colorado quite a few years back. 'Twas on a motor home with Oregon plates. Read: "Save a tree. Wipe your a-- on a spotted owl." Below that was one that said: "Nuke a gay whale for Jesus." I sort of gathered that the guy wasn't trying to be politically correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 I like Penguins too, but, haven't had the opportunity to taste one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 7 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: I saw a bumper sticker in Colorado quite a few years back. 'Twas on a motor home with Oregon plates. Read: "Save a tree. Wipe your a-- on a spotted owl." Below that was one that said: "Nuke a gay whale for Jesus." I sort of gathered that the guy wasn't trying to be politically correct. I used to have a Ford truck when I lived in Southern California in the mid 90's that I adorned with various bumper stickers across the back of the cross-bed tool box. These 4 caused certain people of a certain political persuasion lots of heartache. "I Love Animals...They Are Delicious" "Spotted Owl Tastes Like Bald Eagle" "Gun Control Works - just ask the people in these countries" and had a picture of a swastika and a siclke and hammer on it. Plus one other one that mentioned Impeaching a certain President. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Did anyone know that penguins have square eyes? Seriously. Check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 3 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: Did anyone know that penguins have square eyes? Seriously. Check it out. They do not, they have Diamond shaped eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Round, square, diamond. The real question is "What do their eyes taste like?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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