My Favorite Waste of Time . . .

[rock soderstrom]

Kurzschwanzschildkröte, came a pet store, we needed to get his cat some food so while he looked for that I wandered around the isles and ran into live animals and these cool looking tortoise babies. I had a friend who was very into turtles, tortoise and captive breeding/conservation efforts etc. So I wanted to know the name of the tortoise (I was hoping for Genus and Species), I got Kurzschwanzschildkröte, and another common name relating to a boys anatomy. I think my response was "WTF!?!" My friend then explained what it meant in English which did not really match our common name I guess - dunno I am not a turtle guy. Fortunately, it was enough and my friend already knew about them and the German captive breeding program.

I'm not a turtle guy either, in fact I didn't know the word or the genus of these animals in question until this thread. Learned something again, thanks to groupdiy. Things get a little more special when your partner gives you this expression as a term of endearment, I just wanted to mention that.

Is this becoming the most derailed thread in all of human history?

We are all trying very hard, the chances are high.

Here is another contribution that is completely off-topic:

 

[13engrsapper]

The thread is titled "My Favorite Waste of Time" lol