And don't let Homesick underscore Alan tell you any different.
My vote goes to Guinnea Pigs.
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Man
Is this some sort of truck silliness?
cos if it is, we don't want to know. There's special boards for you lot.
we're probably the worst mammal
I said that first!
It's bollocks though
We're clearly the best mammal there is, by a country mile.
I'd say more by an urban mile.
But that's just my opinion.
We're both best and worst
we've destryed the world, but have also flown to the moon.
we should destroy the moon
it would be a nice little project to unite humanity.
Also the moon - it's just so fucking smug.
And what, exactly, would we do without tides?
Hmm?
Laugh?
I'd like to see you try
Tides basically dictate everything we do
Nah
You're thinking of celebrities.
bollocks
they're just a pain in the arse when you're at the seaside. And, occasionally, very dangerous.
Surely we can all agree on that?
Also, sometimes they get high
and then flood things.
Tides are a fucking menace.
Some say THE menace.
so unless anyone can think
of a single good thing to say about the moon...
Lots of good songs mention the moon
Later generations will shun them, with no reference point.
they'll be equally
mystified bt songs referencing Paris Hilton or the internal combustion engine. Times change my friend.
Well if you want to destroy
the celestial body that intrigued us for so many thousands of years, have fun, but don't expect me to get involved in any way.
Plus we destroyed the moon, Keith Moon would just be Keith. How would anybody distinguish him from the lesser Keiths, eg. Cheguin, Allen?
we'd still have the word "moon"
and other planets, like jupiter, would have moons and we'd need a word to identify those.
What we wouldn't have is the fat Keane-faced lump of rock staring down at us and playing havoc with our seas and stuff.
if we drained the seas
the moon would probably just wander off, bored
Maybe you should just destroy Keane for giving the moon a bad name.
If any of you guys hurt the moon
I will seriously killer you.
The moon is beautiful
The tides give rise to the between tides zone ....an essential for many molluscs and seafood that early inhabitants of Britain relied on.
The tidal variations gave rise to the timing aspect needed in certain animals (famously recognised today with horshoe crabs and turtles.)
This timing aspect gave birth to birthing/fertility cycles in earths animals, rsulting ultimately in the (co-incidentaly? ) same period for human women as the moons cyclical period.
yes I thought that
Foxes are like KEWL AWESOME - I love the way they dress - any animal that can pass off a waiscoat, tails and a top hat combo get a vote in my book anyday.
I mised my metaphors there
did you see what I did?
I mispelt 'mixed'
like
penguins.
whoch are the best animal ever.
foxes are also awesome. as mammals go.
Meerkats are clearly the best
James Blunt is probably the worst.
Worst animal ever of any kind is
PLANKTON.
No
It's the whales that eat plankton. Cunts. Peter Cook says so.
During the war, did we notice a lot of whales rallying around saying, "Save England?" I didn't notice any down my part of the world. I didn't see whales coming up with the Union Jack saying, "We'll fight the bosch."
Whales are clearly the BEST mammal.
Petter Cook, while funny, was clearly wrong on this.
Yes, Petter.
He's really into heavy petting.
Yeah, but they're not. Whales are fucking stupid. Can you mention one whale in the history of mankind that has had a record in the top ten? Can you? Can you mention one whale who's written the equivalent of, er, 'Othello', Shakespeare, 'Health & Efficiency'? They've produced nothing in the way of literature. All they've fucking produced is a load of other whales and all they eat is fucking plankton, and they call them intelligent. Can you imagine drifting along in the sea with your mouth open and a lot of fucking plankton going in?
You'd like it, would you, just drifting around in the sea? And you can't-, they're such cunts they can't even breathe underwater. They have to keep coming up the whole fucking time and spouting. Then some cunt comes on telly and he says, "Oh, the whale is being wiped out by mankind, save the fucking whales".
Whales have their own charts.
They all sing all the time, every single one. They swim all day and travel the world, like giant brilliant hippies. And they have blowholes, which is more than can be said for YOU you goddamn hominid.
So YES, save the goddamn whales. I bet if a whale wrote a book it would be better than any goddamn book by a piece of wanky plankton. PLANKTON. Don't make me laff.
WANKTON more like.
The whales were all Nazis!
Racist!
Whales play
at about 2 rpm. You just need to speed it up, they're probably all singing 'I Predict A Riot' in harmony.
Horses are the best of all the animals.
"All they've fucking produced is a load of other whales
and all they eat is fucking plankton, and they call them intelligent"
one of my favourite derek & clive moments.
Just to point out to JB, by the way,
that Guinea Pigs are rodents. You goon.
rodents
are clearly just a type of mammal though, right?
if you believe all the hype
then yeah
rodents are mammals, butthead.
Really?
Fair enough then.
NOW WHO'S THE GOON
YOU THAT'S WHO
I really can't dispute that
totally
there's no hype without talent.
"You goon."
but which one? i'm going to go for sellers.
I hate you so much for making this thread.
Sigh...
Guinnea Pigs ARE quite rubbish but... but.. the hairstyles! my old guinnea pig had a 1950's quiff. and he was awesome. so yeah..
I'm not even sure if fox is bottom of my list any more... I hate this stupid worst animal question. why are all animals so good?
I wish david attenborough posted on DiS, he would be able to tell us. Or it might be the most challenging question he'd ever heard and he'd go mad and cry and it'd ruin his whole LIFE and he'd jump off a bridge.
Johnny Morris
now he knew a 'thing or two' that would shut you two up for a few moments whilst some of try and get a word in edgeways
* in a nice way
I meant of course
Are you insulting Johnny Morris?
I hate foxes!
scanky little fucks! I hate how their legs move too quickly for how slow they move like a centerpide or something. Baby Foxes however are the best thing ever! their really disproportionate and stumpy and have to go really fast to keep up. awwwwwwww.
they make cute barking noises though
don't you think?
the ones outside our house sound like women screaming, unless thats IS women screaming.
they make that noise when they mate
foxes that is, not women (usually)
Matter of technique, old son
Yeah, it is a pretty scary sound when foxes mate.
foxes are awesome
they're dapper. I'm with John on guinea pigs, I think. Elephants are pretty wank though.
I was wrong to accuse foxes of being the worst
One walked past my bedroom window last night and it was ace.
It's too hard to have a worst mammel.
They all have redeeming features.