Man knocked out by Kangaroo in Canberra, Australia. - Polidicks

[quote]EVEN after years playing football, ACT local David Striegl had never got into a fight - until he was knocked out cold by a rogue kangaroo. Mr Striegl, 25, was running up Canberra's Mount Ainslie during his lunchbreak yesterday and did not think twice when he spotted one of the resident roos nearby. The bushland reserve in the nation's capital is popular with joggers and cyclists, and assaults by the marsupials who share the mountain are rare. Mr Striegl was knocked unconscious and remembers little about the attack. "I turned around and before I knew it, it took a swipe at my face," he said. A passing motorist roused the dazed and bloody victim and took him to hospital. After X-rays and a tetanus shot he was able to go home with only a black eye to show for the encounter. But he has now become something of legend at his corporate real estate office, where he returned to work the next day to discover he had a new nickname - "Skippy".[/quote] [url=http://www.news.com.au/national/roo-knocks-out-david-striegl-in-canberra/story-e6frfkvr-1225842934534]source & rest of the story[/url] This story knocked the laughter out of me.

Do you have any idea how tough those things are?

Not as tough as my .22 bullets [editline]08:31PM[/editline] which is why they die when I shoot them

[QUOTE=Lonestriper;20830061]Not as tough as my .22 bullets [editline]08:31PM[/editline] which is why they die when I shoot them[/QUOTE] Though, I'm sure a kangaroo [B]with[/B] a .22 rifle would be tougher than you.

[QUOTE=Lonestriper;20830061]Not as tough as my .22 bullets [editline]08:31PM[/editline] which is why they die when I shoot them[/QUOTE] dont estimate them they're evolving damn you! [img]http://www.darkhorizons.com/assets/0010/2254/kangaroohitman_article.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=lolwutdude;20830070]dont estimate them they're evolving damn you! [IMG]http://www.darkhorizons.com/assets/0010/2254/kangaroohitman_article.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] The 'roo shooter :P (1000 internet pointz to whoever guesses that reference)

Sad thing is they lack the arm length and opposable thumb that makes shooting a rifle possible

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Kangaroos are actually quite tough. The'd beat anyone from FP in a boxing match any day. They also have claws that can slice right through ya.

i can just imagine this in my head... some guy just jogging around and then BAM! kangaroo out of fucking nowhere behind him and when he turns around it knockes the poor guy out

Surprised no one has made a "Kangaroos are now banned in Australia" joke.

You have to be a fucking man to live in Australia. Jellyfish with a poison that coagulates your blood within minutes, the world's worst snakes and spiders, the largest crocodile in the world, a tree that can kill you if you touch it, dingos that eat babies in their sleep and our kangaroos will beat the shit out of you.

[b][highlight]BREAKING NEWS: [/highlight]Australia bans kangaroos.[/b] :foxnews:

Oh and drop bears [QUOTE=Doug52392;20830656][b][highlight]BREAKING NEWS: [/highlight]Australia bans kangaroos.[/b] :foxnews:[/QUOTE] [release]Location Massachusetts, USA[/release] You break my automerge and make a crappy pun without even being in Australia. Doug, what the hell.

i wanna see Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather, and Hatton try box a kangaroo at the same time [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiTG6T9pTcM[/media] look at those head movements.

I remember when a kangaroo kicked my friends brother, it was the funniest thing I've ever seen. Also all the dangerous things in Australia live in the desert, the most dangerous thing I run into is my dog and hes a pussy.

I've seen the Great Grey Kangaroo while driving. Even larger than these ones which I think are the Eastern Greys. Nothing for comparison though. EDIT: And there were lots of them. It was cool*.

I saw like 50 kangaroos in an abandoned mental hostpital, it was eerie...

[QUOTE=CheeseMan;20830655]You have to be a fucking man to live in Australia. Jellyfish with a poison that coagulates your blood within minutes, the world's worst snakes and spiders, the largest crocodile in the world, a tree that can kill you if you touch it, dingos that eat babies in their sleep and our kangaroos will beat the shit out of you.[/QUOTE] pretty much this

I forgot to mention we have billions upon billions of blowflies :sigh:

All I can thing of is a [b]PING![/b] sound

Don't fuck with Kangaroos.

Reminds me of an old-ish movie, that I just remembered. Don't fuck with Kangaroo Jack. [img]http://www.freemoviesland.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=499&d=1234057191[/img]

[QUOTE=CheeseMan;20830655]You have to be a fucking man to live in Australia. Jellyfish with a poison that coagulates your blood within minutes, the world's worst snakes and spiders, the largest crocodile in the world, a tree that can kill you if you touch it, dingos that eat babies in their sleep and our kangaroos will beat the shit out of you.[/QUOTE] yeah i'm a mang :woop:

[QUOTE=CheeseMan;20830946]Reminds me of an old-ish movie, that I just remembered. Don't fuck with Kangaroo Jack. [IMG]http://www.freemoviesland.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=499&d=1234057191[/IMG][/QUOTE] That was such a shit movie

They can disembowel you with their razor sharp feet.

[QUOTE=Pat.Lithium;20830755]I remember when a kangaroo kicked my friends brother, it was the funniest thing I've ever seen. Also all the dangerous things in Australia live in the desert, the most dangerous thing I run into is my dog and hes a pussy.[/QUOTE] Nah man, they live up here in darwin. Fucks sake, i was taking a massive shit the other day and [HIGHLIGHT][B]OUT OF FUCKING NOWHERE[/B][/HIGHLIGHT][B] A DRAGONFLY THE LENGTH OF MY FUCKING ARM STARTS FLYING AROUND ME. [/B] I shat fucking boulders. The snakes and scorpions live in the desert, the bugs and crocs live in the most northern tropic parts of australia. Down in sydney and melbourne, the worst you'd get is a wolf spider.

You do get snakes in southern parts though. One of my uncles (Who lives in a suburban area, nearby to Melbourne) found a Tiger Snake in his bathroom once. It's not completely out of the ordinary to find snakes even in urban areas. Not as urban as the cities themselves though.

[QUOTE=CheeseMan;20831218]You do get snakes in southern parts though. One of my uncles (Who lives in a suburban area, nearby to Melbourne) found a Tiger Snake in his bathroom once. It's not completely out of the ordinary to find snakes even in urban areas. Not as urban as the cities themselves though.[/QUOTE] Lol are you kidding. I've lived in melbourne 90% of my life, and i've never heard of a snake in any place except listerfield. though i did live closeish to the beach.

Well I might've been underestimating the distance from Melbourne, this WAS Frankston, but I'm not kidding.