Chuck
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Oh, maybe. Who knows? The first official mentions that people know about were in the beginning of beginnings of the 1900s. And it wasn't in a newspaper like the words drop bear until 1982, apparently, when there was a message in the 21st birthdays column of the Canberra Times on 31 July. You know, it's from a different country if they say 31 July. Right. We say July 31st over here.
And apparently I say Canberra, and that's not right either, right?
And apparently I say Canberra, and that's not right either, right?
And apparently I say Canberra, and that's not right either, right?
Okay, I got you. But in this message, regardless of pronunciations, it was Tam, T-A-M, beware of drop bears in the future, for sure, totally, love, Clint. And no one knows who these people were. We'll never find out who these people were, but the word's drop bear, first time in print, apparently.
Okay, I got you. But in this message, regardless of pronunciations, it was Tam, T-A-M, beware of drop bears in the future, for sure, totally, love, Clint. And no one knows who these people were. We'll never find out who these people were, but the word's drop bear, first time in print, apparently.
Okay, I got you. But in this message, regardless of pronunciations, it was Tam, T-A-M, beware of drop bears in the future, for sure, totally, love, Clint. And no one knows who these people were. We'll never find out who these people were, but the word's drop bear, first time in print, apparently.
I'll have to check that out.
I'll have to check that out.
I'll have to check that out.
I say we take a break. That's quite a cliffhanger when you've got Crocodile Dundee hanging out there. And we'll be right back after this. Crocodile Dundee
I say we take a break. That's quite a cliffhanger when you've got Crocodile Dundee hanging out there. And we'll be right back after this. Crocodile Dundee
I say we take a break. That's quite a cliffhanger when you've got Crocodile Dundee hanging out there. And we'll be right back after this. Crocodile Dundee
All right. We promised talk of Crocodile Dundee in 1981 on his show, The Paul Hogan Show. He did a skit where he starts talking about the untold horrors of the Australian bush. And although he didn't use the word drop bear, he talked about killer koalas silently sitting and then dropping out of trees and killing people.