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TIL about Operation Platypus: in 1943, Winston Churchill randomly demanded a live platypus from Australia. The poor platypus (named Winston, of course) was sent across the ocean to Liverpool but died just 4 days before the arrival when the ship got attacked by a U-boat attack.
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Curse you Perry the… no wait..
This happened to my buddy Eric one time
One thing I have always felt is that Liverpool has lacked Platypii.
caught in between politics is a bad place to be.
I don’t think they should have left the platypus in charge.
Churchill slurring: “Send me a goddamn platypus, now.” “A platy…” “You heard me you bog Irish convict bitch! Send me a goddamn platypus right now! And a fucking kangaroo!”
Sounds to me like Operation Platypus was an unmitigated success.