utterly random picture thread.

[Mr. Dazzle]

Sporty photos.

Remarkable images from the Paris Olympics

https://www.bbc.com/news/resources/idt- ... ae6abcc18f

Its amazing someone so cross eyed got so far playing table tennis.

[Taipan]

[gremlin]

I think many people overreacted during the early days of covid...

[Count Steer]

I think many people overreacted during the early days of covid...

Beat me to it!

[Mr. Dazzle]

That's never 6ft!

[MrLongbeard]

PXL_20240730_110413289 by MrLongbeard, on Flickr

[Sadlonelygit]

Apart from eggs, any idea what these might belong too?
Found them in the uPVC frames

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[gremlin]

Looks like you've found where all the white dog poo has gone.

[Wossname]

Put them in the airing cupboard and see what they hatch into.

[Count Steer]

Just looks like builder's filler/goop to me.

[Sadlonelygit]

Just looks like builder's filler/goop to me.

They definitely have larvae in there.
They've gone into a bottle and we'll see what develops!

[Yambo]

Apart from eggs, any idea what these might belong too?
Found them in the uPVC frames
IMG_20240807_094905.jpg

I get loads of them here, in the window frames, under cushions on the balcony chairs, any small out of the way space. They're mud pots for insect eggs. The culprit is a black flying insect about an inch long with well separated body parts - they look like a black wasp towing a trailer!

I've never looked up what they actually are but I'll do so and try and find/take a picture of one - I had one flying around the house a couple of days ago and whilst they are easy to swat, I opened the window for it to get out. They look like they have a sting in the tail but they've never bothered me nad I've never heard of anyone being stung by them.

*Edit* Probably the black and yellow mud dauber wasp although I don't think thelocal ones have yellow legs. They're often around so I'll try and get a picture of one.

[MrLongbeard]

I've never looked up what they actually are but I'll do so and try and find/take a picture of one

https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/ ... f%20houses.

[Taipan]

Apart from eggs, any idea what these might belong too?
Found them in the uPVC frames
IMG_20240807_094905.jpg

They are Atrax Robustus egg sacs. For the love of God man , run, run whilst there's still time!!!

[Sadlonelygit]

Panic over, it's been identified!
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[Horse]

- they look like a black wasp

I don't think thelocal ones have yellow legs.

I read that as 'theological' - imagined them all black with a white collar.

[gremlin]

Panic over, it's been identified!
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Doesn't look too dissimilar to looking at the screen during my cystoscopy.

[Yorick]

Panic over, it's been identified!
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Doesn't look too dissimilar to looking at the screen during my cystoscopy.

They put me to sleep during mine

[gremlin]

Panic over, it's been identified!
sg793zmyv3341.png

Doesn't look too dissimilar to looking at the screen during my cystoscopy.

They put me to sleep during mine

It wasn't that bad, in fairness. The worse bit was when he squeezed the local anesthetic down my Jap-eye, then proceeded to do what I can only describe as 'reverse milking', whilst pinching closed said Jap-eye, to make sure it went all the way down the shaft.

Once you've experienced that, there's little dignity to lose for the rest of the procedure.

[Yorick]

Doesn't look too dissimilar to looking at the screen during my cystoscopy.

They put me to sleep during mine

It wasn't that bad, in fairness. The worse bit was when he squeezed the local anesthetic down my Jap-eye, then proceeded to do what I can only describe as 'reverse milking', whilst pinching closed said Jap-eye, to make sure it went all the way down the shaft.

Once you've experienced that, there's little dignity to lose for the rest of the procedure.

I got jab in my arm and a nice sleep.