wrote in :

Can someone tell me whether Wombats live only in Australia,
or also on other continents?

Apart from zoos, of course.

50





There's a colony of them in the tunnels living between Aldgate and Aldgate
East.

:-)

There's a colony of them in the tunnels living between Aldgate and Aldgate
East.

I think I've seen some between Aldgate and Tower Hill ;-)

alex_t wrote:
There's a colony of them in the tunnels living between Aldgate and Aldgate
East.

I think I've seen some between Aldgate and Tower Hill ;-)

They get between station by climbing onto the coupling between
carriages. They like to be fed chips through the windows.

Neill

On 28 Nov 2006 02:46:52 -0800, Neillw001
wrote in . com:

alex_t wrote:
There's a colony of them in the tunnels living between Aldgate and Aldgate
East.

I think I've seen some between Aldgate and Tower Hill ;-)

They get between station by climbing onto the coupling between
carriages. They like to be fed chips through the windows.

Don't get them mixed up with their fiercer cousins, the Combat Wombat
(motorrader usaensis sp. hodaka) -- they'll have your arm off at the
shoulder for a freedom fry.

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Dr Ivan D. Reid wrote:

Don't get them mixed up with their fiercer cousins, the Combat Wombat
(motorrader usaensis sp. hodaka) -- they'll have your arm off at the
shoulder for a freedom fry.

Or their much gentler cousins, the wombles, who can be found at
Wimbledon making good use of the things everyday folks leave behind.

Or their much gentler cousins, the wombles, who can be found at
Wimbledon making good use of the things everyday folks leave behind.

I thought those were primates?

alex_t wrote:
Or their much gentler cousins, the wombles, who can be found at
Wimbledon making good use of the things everyday folks leave behind.

I thought those were primates?

No they're the ones who stand outside the station going "'Ere mate,
d'you wanna buy a travelcard?".

Neill

On Tue, 28 Nov 2006, alex_t wrote:

Or their much gentler cousins, the wombles, who can be found at
Wimbledon making good use of the things everyday folks leave behind.

I thought those were primates?

No, that's the beardy chap in the pointy hat down in Lambeth

Although some evidence points to a more ursine heritage:

http://www.shipoffools.com/Gadgets/Toys/125.html

tom

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