What it’s like to fall into the deadly Australian plant, gympie-gympie
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Re: What it’s like to fall into the deadly Australian plant, gympie-gympie
#2Geezer reaction: At some point, stories like this became a blur of "there actually is a Real World out there, and Bad Things can happen to you there, and you can't just drink a Health Potion or Respawn at your last Save Point to get out of it!".
(Admitting that such stories probably do help educate the kiddies, the noobs, etc.)
Re: What it’s like to fall into the deadly Australian plant, gympie-gympie
#3Geezer reaction: At some point, stories like this became a blur of "there actually is a Real World out there, and Bad Things can happen to you there, and you can't just drink a Health Potion or Respawn at your last Save Point to get out of it!". (Admitting that such stories probably do help educate the kiddies, the noobs, etc.)
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Re: What it’s like to fall into the deadly Australian plant, gympie-gympie
#4> After investigation, Hurley found several culprits, including beetles, other insects, and red-legged pademelons, a type of small marsupial.
I was going to ask. I remember an old woman in my childhood, someone in the extended family, she could take nettles and crush them in her hands and felt nothing. I'm not sure but it may have been partly due to handling them to make soup and whatnot in those days.
So I was just thinking... there's gotta be a way to become immune.
Couldn´t some kind of lasers/radio break down the hairs?
Re: What it’s like to fall into the deadly Australian plant, gympie-gympie
#5> After investigation, Hurley found several culprits, including beetles, other insects, and red-legged pademelons, a type of small marsupial. I was going to ask. I remember an old woman in my childhood, someone in the extended family, she could take nettles and crush them in her hands and felt nothing. I'm not sure but it may have been partly due to handling them to make soup and whatnot in those days. So I was just…
After being cut and dying, nettle needles become soft. This is not the case with gympie-gympie as their needles remain hard and painful even after a long time.
Re: What it’s like to fall into the deadly Australian plant, gympie-gympie
#6Stories like this make me wonder why anyone lives in Australia, since virtually everything seems to want to kill you. Or perhaps Aussies are tougher than the rest of us.
Re: What it’s like to fall into the deadly Australian plant, gympie-gympie
#7There's an urban legend in Australia about a bloke that went camping once, had to take a shit in the bush, and didn't have any dunny-role.
Poor guy grabbed a handful of Gympie-gympie that was on the ground next to him and proceeded to wipe his ass with it.
Legend says he ended up topping himself a few hours later to escape the pain.
Whether it's true or not... Fuck only knows. We do like making shit up... Especially when it makes Yanks uncomfortable ;)
Re: What it’s like to fall into the deadly Australian plant, gympie-gympie
#8Stories like this make me wonder why anyone lives in Australia, since virtually everything seems to want to kill you. Or perhaps Aussies are tougher than the rest of us.
To be fair... There are at least... 3... Animals here that aren't explicitly trying to kill us. It's really not that bad.
Just don't go into the warm water or the box jellyfish will get you. Keep an eye out for Sting-rays too... Nobody wants to go out like old-mate Steve.
Oh and don't go into the cold water either, blue-ringed octopus... Nasty buggers.
Rivers too... Not a great idea... Crocks are pretty nippy when they're hungry.
Creeks are pretty safe... Except for those duck-billed, beaver looking mother-fuckers with their poisonous spurs everywhere... (platypus).
Best to avoid the dessert too... Taipan's are pretty nasty. Oh and the fire ants...
Come to think of it, the bush has Tiger Snakes... Probably should avoid that too... Just stay at home...
... Oh... And keep an eye out for the spiders... They really like being indoors where you sleep... Will also kill you...
The main thing to remember though... The true threat... Our sworn enemy for all eternity... Our nations true oppressors... Those fucking Emus.
Re: What it’s like to fall into the deadly Australian plant, gympie-gympie
#9> After investigation, Hurley found several culprits, including beetles, other insects, and red-legged pademelons, a type of small marsupial. I was going to ask. I remember an old woman in my childhood, someone in the extended family, she could take nettles and crush them in her hands and felt nothing. I'm not sure but it may have been partly due to handling them to make soup and whatnot in those days. So I was just…
Nettles hurt less when handled roughly. There's even a phrase about it:
Re: What it’s like to fall into the deadly Australian plant, gympie-gympie
#10Stories like this make me wonder why anyone lives in Australia, since virtually everything seems to want to kill you. Or perhaps Aussies are tougher than the rest of us.
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