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[–] Taleya 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

ARGFHHH bindiibindiibindiibindii

[–] Thornburywitch 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Bindi or Bidgee-widgee? Both hurt when stepped on. Nasty little buggers.

[–] mysticgreg 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Thornburywitch 3 points 1 year ago

Always did wonder why the kid was named that. Might as well call the kid Cactus or something similar. Unless it was short for Belinda ....

[–] Taleya 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bindii. I like the extra I because it express the noise one makes upon stepping with bare feet . The peril of the new house, unlike the old it hasn't undergone sixteen years of genocide at my hand.

[–] Thornburywitch 2 points 1 year ago

Weed murder is soooo satisfying.
This reminds me of a cartoon I saw way back in the 70s - two hippie dressed amorphous people both leaning over a tiny weed growing through the cracks in the pavement. One asks the other 'do we smoke it or conserve it?'