I think i have found the truth?

Question

so many people keep pulling my leg re a drop bear!!!

ive just asked Piers ...our Australian Finance director..about what a drop bear is ..

Now i know the truth.,

Whyt was i misslead.....do i have fool stamped on my forehead?

i dont think sooo.?

Answer 1

Its just a joke told to the gullible, nothing personal, nothing mean... well if your an American then maybe it was. Its a joke that's told to lots of other countries by us Aussies.

Answer 2

You wont fall for that one again will you. It was fun while it lasted...for us

Answer 3

that's great mate now tell us what it means or at least me anyways

Answer 4

I don't know what do you mean by the 'truth'...all I know the truth is definitely cat is cute....

Answer 5

Whyt was i misslead.....do i have fool stamped on my forehead?

sorry i cant see your forehead to check BUT by the questions i wouldn't be surprised if you do

Answer 6

Us Aussies love to stir up foreigners.

A drop bear is not an actual thing. A rum company, Bundy rum have a polar bear as their mascot. In one of there ad's a bunch of blokes used Bundy to climb a tree and drop on to some tourist girls camping equipment so that the girls had to share with them. The guys said they were drop bears. Thats where the term 'drop bear' comes from.

Answer 7

For those who don't know:

THE TRUTH:

Drop Bears are not cuddly and friendly, like their cousin the koala. They are vicious, calculating, cold-blooded killers. Their usual method of attack is to select animals which stray from their group, including humans, dropping down onto them from above. They then proceed to wrap themselves around the body of their prey, squeezing them to death, often crushing the rib cage and breaking the neck. Occasionally when hunting, and when threatened, the Bears will drop down in front of, and then challenge their prey, snarling and flashing their sharp claws and teeth, before ripping their prey to shreds with their powerful arms and legs. Of all the ways to die in the bush, this would have to be the most horrible. Arms and Legs are torn from the body, along with huge slabs of flesh, which are greedily consumed while the victim still lives. If seen, Drop Bears should NOT be approached, as they are easily frightened and likely to attack. Vehicles are known to have been attacked, and being in one is no defence. An adult Drop Bear is able to easily break windows and enter vehicles to extrude would-be meals

A TYPICAL DROPBEAR STORY:

A drop bear is a fictional Australian marsupial said to be related to the koala.

Drop bears are commonly said to be unusually large, vicious, carnivorous koalas that inhabit treetops and attack their prey by dropping onto their heads from above. They are an example of local lore intended to frighten and confuse outsiders, and amuse locals.  Stories of drop bears are often told to unsuspecting foreign visitors to illustrate Australian deadpan humour. It is often suggested that doing ridiculous things like having forks in the hair or Vegemite or toothpaste spread behind the ears will deter the creatures

You didn't fall for the second story did you, HomieSensual?  Some people tell fibs you know, even Australian Finance  Directors.  Some will have you beleve that they don't exist, just so that you get caught unawares.

Answer 8

;)

Tis ok, be assured that you were not the first and you won't certainly be the last .. .Is a long standing aussie tradition and gained immense popularity during WW2 when we had many naive young american service men serving over here..

don't be too offended .. just appreciate the drop-bear story  :)

Answer 9

You must be a Yank.   We Aussies love to stir them.   I have many American friends and they still haven't woke up to it.

Answer 10

What in the world is A drop bear lol.

Answer 11

I can't believe anyone actually falls for the drop bear stuff.  I don't know whether you have fool stamped on your head, you just probably just don't have the Australian mentality and sense of humour.  Drop bears, funny as....

Answer 12

Why would you believe anything a Finance Director said.  Particularly one called Piers?  No Australian parent has ever called their child Piers.  This man (if it is a man) is an impostor, and cannot be trusted.