The expansion of the moon.

[vlaiv]

1 minute ago, Stu said:

Au contraire.......

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_wildebeest

I was just quoting wiki in changed form as per Olly's comment about difference between wildebeest and gnu:

Species of black wildebeest actually mentions Gnu in Latin while Blue wildebeest, although same genus is another species.

 

[johninderby]

Oh why did I ever bring Gnus into this. I have a lot to answer for. 😁😁😁

[ollypenrice]

Blue wildebeest are gnus to me.

Olly

[johninderby]

“Handling” a Gnu 🤔

Edited May 28, 2021 by johninderby

[Dark Vader]

Couldn't resist...

I'll get my coat...

[Laurieast]

The Gnu Song

Flanders and Swann

A year ago, last Thursday, I was strolling in the zoo,
When I met a man who thought he knew the lot.
He was laying down the law about the habits of baboons,
And the number of quills a porcupine has got.
So I asked him, "What's that creature there?"
He answered, "Oh it's a h-elk."
I might have gone on thinking that was true,
If the animal in question hadn't put that chap to shame,
When it remarked, "I hain't a h-elk! I'm a g-nu!

I'm a g-nu, I'm a g-nu,
The g-nicest work of g-nature in the zoo.
I'm a g-nu, how d'you do?
You really ought to k-now W-ho's W-ho!
I'm a g-nu, spelled G N U,
I'm g-not a camel or a kangaroo,
So let me introduce,
I'm g-neither man or moose,
Oh g-no g-no g-no, I'm a g-nu!"

 

🤦‍♂️

[Stu]

36 minutes ago, johninderby said:

Oh why did I ever bring Gnus into this. I have a lot to answer for. 😁😁😁

Gnowing SGL, soon we will be discussing Christine Keeler riding on the back of a Gnu, likely chased by @F15Rules astride his large bottomed Geoptik Nadira observing seat..... no doubt with someone playing the Benny Hill theme tune as accompaniment!

[johninderby]

Question. Does SGL have a staff psychiatrist? After this thread might come in handy. 😁😁😁

[JamesF]

Supermoons!  Pah!  They're just gnutonian physics!

James

[vlaiv]

12 minutes ago, johninderby said:

Question. Does SGL have a staff psychiatrist? After this thread might come in handy. 😁😁😁

Good thing this is in Imaging section and not Getting started with imaging

[Stu]

26 minutes ago, johninderby said:

Question. Does SGL have a staff psychiatrist? After this thread might come in handy. 😁😁😁

I suspect we are all beyond help....

[johninderby]

Nah…I don’t need help.

 

Edited May 28, 2021 by johninderby

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

I thought everyone gnu the moon and sun are only about 5 times larger than the wingspan of your average pelican

I do not know how that works out in swallows (African or European)

[vlaiv]

1 minute ago, michael.h.f.wilkinson said:

I do not know how that works out in swallows (African or European)

That depends on their speed in flight

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Just now, vlaiv said:

That depends on their speed in flight

and whether they are unladen or are carrying a coconut

[ollypenrice]

58 minutes ago, michael.h.f.wilkinson said:

I thought everyone gnu the moon and sun are only about 5 times larger than the wingspan of your average pelican

I do not know how that works out in swallows (African or European)

Cue for my astronomical wingspan joke:

Why does an albatross have a twenty foot wingspan flying south and a ten foot wingspan heading north?

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Olly

[tomato]

It's about time the media picked up on the fact that M31 is approaching us at 396000 km per hr. 

This is what it will look like next month folks!

PS, the cityscape is Brisbane which is not in Gnu South Wales😉

 

[Alien 13]

17 minutes ago, tomato said:

It's about time the media picked up on the fact that M31 is approaching us at 396000 km per hr. 

This is what it will look like next month folks!

PS, the cityscape is Brisbane which is not in Gnu South Wales😉

 

That looks about right to me, what is it six/seven/ten moons across...

Alan

[ollypenrice]

41 minutes ago, tomato said:

It's about time the media picked up on the fact that M31 is approaching us at 396000 km per hr. 

This is what it will look like next month folks!

PS, the cityscape is Brisbane which is not in Gnu South Wales😉

 

Gnu South Wales: very good, very good! 

I nipped outside and captured this snap of...

Gnufoundland.

Olly

 

 

[JamesF]

2 minutes ago, ollypenrice said:

Gnufoundland

Just don't go making a gnuisance of yourself.

James

[johninderby]

Not so Gnu 🤔

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Project#

[badhex]

Is the moon expanding at the same rate the GRS (Gnu's... Er... Great Red Spot) is getting smaller? 

[Mr Spock]

I think the supply of canvas jackets with leather straps must be in short supply. 

[tomato]

I have a feeling this could run and run, that’s the bad Gnus...

[johninderby]

5 minutes ago, Mr Spock said:

I think the supply of canvas jackets with leather straps must be in short supply. 

Maybe FLO could get some in stock……with a suitable discount for SGL members of course. 😁

With a Tak patch on them perhaps. 🤔

Edited May 28, 2021 by johninderby