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Figarosmom

(14,094 posts) Thu May 7, 2026, 04:30 AM May 7

Emu's can be real jerks

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Emu's can be real jerks (Original Post) Figarosmom May 7 OP

Interesting. Didn't realize Emu's could have such dramatic personalities! Fla Dem May 7 #1

They've just got attitudes because they are failed velociraptors. LudwigPastorius May 7 #2

and they sell Liberty Mutual Insurance too. Emile May 8 #3

Selling insurance shows what jerks they are. Figarosmom May 8 #5

Tell me about it PlanetBev May 8 #4

Good decision 😊 I'd bet that wasn't the first Figarosmom May 8 #6

Fla Dem

(27,822 posts)

1. Interesting. Didn't realize Emu's could have such dramatic personalities!

Reply to Figarosmom (Original post)

Thu May 7, 2026, 11:48 AM

May 7

LudwigPastorius

(15,144 posts)

2. They've just got attitudes because they are failed velociraptors.

Reply to Figarosmom (Original post)

Thu May 7, 2026, 03:35 PM

May 7

Emile

(43,779 posts)

3. and they sell Liberty Mutual Insurance too.

Reply to Figarosmom (Original post)

Fri May 8, 2026, 08:01 AM

May 8

Figarosmom

(14,094 posts)

5. Selling insurance shows what jerks they are.

Reply to Emile (Reply #3)

Fri May 8, 2026, 01:05 PM

May 8

I often wonder why we buy car insurance when we have to sue for a proper settlement

PlanetBev

(4,417 posts)

4. Tell me about it

Reply to Figarosmom (Original post)

Fri May 8, 2026, 09:09 AM

May 8

I had an altercation with an Emu in 1970. I was strolling leisurely through Busch Gardens in Van Nuys, Ca, eating a bag of cinnamon sugar nuts. All of a sudden I felt a tremendous tug on my bag and there he was, useless velociraptor, inhaling my goodies off the ground. I wasn’t about to fight him, either..

Figarosmom

(14,094 posts)

6. Good decision 😊 I'd bet that wasn't the first

Reply to PlanetBev (Reply #4)

Fri May 8, 2026, 01:07 PM

May 8

time that emu pulled that trick either. Was he fat?

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