17 years ago today we lost this great man

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As a teen in the 80s, my conservative God-fearing family wouldn't let me own Dungeons & Dragons. Thirty years later, my son and I are starting our D & D journey.

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The kid on the right successfully trolled the State Education Department on the cover of a publication that has now been sent out to a million families

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My 88 year old father-in-law wanted to learn a game that only required a few keys to press. He liked this one and was delighted that he could choose his own nickname. All I’m gonna say is, next time you play Slither, you better watch out for the BIG BUCKET OF DEATH.

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There’s a reason why they’re called Rainbow Lorikeets... Gympie, QLD

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Some builder somewhere is still wondering where their tape measure ended up...

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PsBattle: This tree in a park in Franklin, Tennessee

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Making and selling a fully working glock that literally looks like a toy Lego gun

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One of the pavers at the school where I teach is worn and aged. Every time I walk over it, it reminds me of a treasure island. I decided to use the shape for a board game for my Grade 3 students.

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Huge huntsman spider nest discovered by Australian ecologist Angela Sanders

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My daughter’s boyfriend has been helping at his parents’ farm in Kingaroy, Queensland. He took this shot when the sheep came up to say g’day.

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Captured a photo of a kangaroo yawning on school camp last week

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One of the pavers at the school where I teach is worn and aged. Every time I walk over it, it reminds me of a treasure island. I decided to use the shape for a board game for my Grade 3 students.

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I tried putting together my first model today. I think I did okay. I followed the instructions carefully.

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I’m an old dog (over 50) but I’m determined to learn After Effects, so I’m enjoying tutorials during my breaks at work and journaling everything I learn. Wish me luck!

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Well that escalated quickly

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One of these people actually cared about the animals in their wildlife reserve

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You’ve had a rough day. Pop into my garden and jump on my trampoline...

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Fleas near my Dad

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Our daughter only gets to come visit twice a year. When she’s here, our Molly Dog never leaves her side.

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A Sontaran walked into a bar...

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15 years ago today the world lost one of its most beautiful souls

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This is why we have to keep new screens on all windows in Australia, even on the 2nd floor.

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My daughter has always loved border collies. She and her boyfriend just bought their first pupper. Reddit, meet Hershey.

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Our son, who is known to slam oven doors to music, had been warned not to fool around with the one in this rental house we only moved into a week ago

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Woke up to let the dogs out and found some Australia in the backyard.

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Not only did Sacha Baron Cohen troll the crowd at a right-wing event in Olympia, Washington (and get chased off stage), but he then snuck back in moments later as a reporter and filmed interviews

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The view from our friend’s 16th floor apartment next to the Gabba

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Snails had a good feast on our mail while we were on holidays

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Sydney Harbour taken on my wife's phone this morning, from a Qantas jet heading to Armidale

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While we are all debating various theories about what is really going on, can we pause to reflect on what a fun character this guy was? I’ve really enjoyed his level of crazy!

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This exchange between a Facebook page-owner and a troll

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Proof that the Hawking time-travel party actually worked

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My vote for worst instrument case design ever

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Any idea what kind of demigorgon kind of plant this is? It’s like a flower with no stem, growing out of the soil. Popular with flies... a fly trap?

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PsBattle: this koala standing at a glass door

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Yeah, science!

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Kate, my Marketing Officer at work in Australia, found out I was the trombonist in an old viral video. When she learned that I adore this watercolour of Hermione playing trombone she contacted the French artist. Today I was surprised to receive the original in the mail from Maryne Lahaye.

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Stay classy, Australia

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Ah yes. Much more hygienic

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Just an Aussie experiencing his first snow in his 50 year life, with a whole lot of MURICA flapping in the breeze

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All is not lost... overnight, the EA Board elected a new CEO

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Our school camp site has a photo of 740 soldiers training in Egypt during world War One, posing on the side of the Great Pyramid. The sun shining off the swords makes it look as though two of the lads were there for Jedi training...

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It’s a boy!

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The hippopotamus can run faster than humans on land and swim faster than humans in water...

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My nephew Sam has only been sketching a few months. This is his sketch of Spider-Man.

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Dad-in-law asked me to perform a concert in his Retirement Village. “Don’t bring equipment”, he said, “they’ve got a piano, microphone, speaker, everything”. So I drive 5 hours interstate to find a) a lovely piano, near b) a small TV speaker and c) a solar garden light that looks like a mic. Kinda.

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Challenged my students to create a board game (schools are still open, because Australia). The students were going to throw out the off-cuts (pictured left) but I encouraged them to keep interesting shapes. When it came time to create a game logo, they put the pieces together and came up with these.

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About A Month Ago U/Sarcasticfreckle Posted This Image Of His Grandparents from 1950. I Made An Attempt At Restoring It.

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Their honesty is refreshing

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I made a simple poster of some of my favourite conductors. It looks like they're actors auditioning for a part in HP.

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I'm a bit slow. Just realised that the guy trying to avoid the spiders in Raiders of the Lost Ark is the same guy trying to find the Spider in Spiderman 2 (Alfred Molina)

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Learning the really important phrases on Duolingo

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My bro-in-law's old doggo is completely blind, but still seems to enjoy his annual job

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I know it’s a meme, but I made it...

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This accidental head-clash between players from opposing teams in yesterday’s Australian Rules Football semi-final

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Happy Birthday to this champion

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What a difference three months makes

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Star-Spangled Banner

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Sitting behind some of the Channel 9 TV crew at the Ashes, wondering how many times that button has been pressed

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A portal has opened up in the sky above Brisbane, Australia

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This app-game marketing slogan is really starting to piss me off

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Timmy Trumpet concert in Sweden last week. Apparently someone was still in the toilet.

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Typing hundreds of lines of computer code from magazines in the 80s, to play simple platform games

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I was born in Australia and lived here all my life, but our daughter lives in the States so MURICA!

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Seeing this sneaky trick more & more in app-advertisement land. That little purple ‘x’ top-right doesn’t stop the advertisement from playing, it takes you to the App Store to download the game. The real ‘x’ takes 30 seconds to appear.

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Oh please don’t let it be that...

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We all know the 'X' (to exit) a game trailer is going to be somewhere in a corner, but app developers still insist on turning it into a Where's Waldo hunt. All of these screenshots have the 'X'

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My 82 year old Dad who spent his working life filling in holes in the road, and says about 20 words a year (none of them negative) was suddenly flown to Royal Brisbane Hospital with internal bleeding. Redditors, if you have any spare thoughts, could you send them to this gentle soul?

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Mary Mother of God, what is this?

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Yet another “idle” game trying way too hard to get people to download

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In life we learn that there are times when we should trust nobody. Look at this image upside down to discover why.

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From an Australian... great respect for this man. RIP Senator McCain.

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I rescued this old Chatter telephone from a bin today. I used to own one exactly like this as a kid.

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Mail was left in the mailbox all weekend. Came home today and found two snails helping themselves to this envelope. The actual letter was mostly intact.

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What the heck is the top even meant to be?

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KING FOR A DAY... I got bored this morning so I changed my name to “Donating To Hannibal” and just kept running my 5000+ serpents into Hannibal (chose him at random). Felt good to be altruistic in a game that can be everyone-for-themselves.

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How on earth did The Post Today in Thailand ever let this through without checking the English headline?

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Dat juxtaposition tho

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Straya mate

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Rate my setup

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What the heck was Vader wearing in this old newspaper poster?

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I made a simple poster of some of my favourite conductors (and their amazing hair). At the centre is my old University professor, Peter Rorke, the greatest mentor I ever had.

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Our Molly-dog was allowed in the lounge room for the first time, and got just a little excited

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Took me a while to work out the URL on this bag in a cafe this morning...

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My 13-year-old son is in love with Rey

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Only the finest literature in the Notting Hill Bookshop...

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This is how our foxie likes to sleep on our lounge

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Never Gonna Give You...

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A stunning sunset behind theTower of London and the Shard - Dec 19, 2017

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I restored the photo of grandma and grandpa taken the summer after their high school graduation in 1950.

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Lyin’ and Tiger and Bear, oh my!

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Found this while cleaning up the basement of our Music Conservatorium. Only thing is, there's no markings or brand-name on it. I have no idea what the heck it does.

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It's almost four decades since I last made a pencil-and-paper-clip missile launcher. So many memories just came flooding back.

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This advertisement from a 1918 Sydney newspaper

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Unusual cloud formation over Armidale, Australia

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I'm the Dad in the Oven Kid / When Mom Isn't Home clips, with a question about Fair Use / Parody.

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Missouri bends over backwards to inject tourist dollars into the economy

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