Need some advice...
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- Bailes1992
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Need some advice...
How easy do you think it will be to get a 6 month old octopus in the boot of my saloon?
How big is a 6 month old octopus?
Also need some cleaning tips for getting the slime up afterwards!
Cheers,
Bailes.
How big is a 6 month old octopus?
Also need some cleaning tips for getting the slime up afterwards!
Cheers,
Bailes.
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Re: Need some advice...
Seal the box cause they're crafty buggers!
Depends on the species as well as to the size. Domestic UK species usually quite small even when adult.
Depends on the species as well as to the size. Domestic UK species usually quite small even when adult.
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Re: Need some advice...
Think it might be worth getting a big fish tank for the boot?
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Re: Need some advice...
Slap it on the roof? once you get up to 80mph it'll want to hold on tight



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Re: Need some advice...
Take the giraffe out first.
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Re: Need some advice...
1) Open bootBailes1992 wrote:How easy do you think it will be to get a 6 month old octopus in the boot of my saloon?
2) Insert octopus
3) Close boot
1) Measure one of its tentacles from root to tipBailes1992 wrote:How big is a 6 month old octopus?
2) Multiply by 2.5
3) The resulting figure will be around the diameter of a fully-stretched octopus
1) Open bootBailes1992 wrote:Also need some cleaning tips for getting the slime up afterwards!
2) Remove octopus
3) Take one drinking straw ...
You're welcome!Bailes1992 wrote:Cheers
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Re: Need some advice...
Don't use a fish tank without a seal, it'll climb out and mate with your spare wheel.
You'll have 8 tentacled Pirellis running round everywhere
You'll have 8 tentacled Pirellis running round everywhere

Re: Need some advice...
Yuck,
what do you want a octapus for ?
what do you want a octapus for ?

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Re: Need some advice...
I bet Bailes will train the Octupus to 'detail' his car, it'd be done in about 30 seconds 

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Re: Need some advice...
ive heard the octapus is next best thing to chewing gum 

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Re: Need some advice...
They come about the size of a dinner plate here




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Re: Need some advice...
All those little suckers would be good for removing ground-in dirt without dragging it over the paintwork and leaving swirls, right enough!Welly wrote:I bet Bailes will train the Octupus to 'detail' his car, it'd be done in about 30 seconds
Also, how about training them to pull out all the trolley dings in the bodywork?
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Re: Need some advice...
as you are selingl the focus buy a old citroen as they have a octopus as standard.
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Re: Need some advice...
Yeh Focus is in the for sale sectionomega wrote:as you are selingl the focus buy a old citroen as they have a octopus as standard.

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Re: Need some advice...
Autotrader, local used car websites.
Avoid Gumtree. Unless you like getting pestered by wasters texting saying "WUD U TK 150 FR FUCOS?", people phoning saying they'll be there at 6 and never turning up, people turning up kicking the tyres but declining to even have a test drive for no reason whatsoever, people turning up, bouncing the suspension up and down, giving it the full 100 point check, finding the most trivial of faults (such as a tiny scratch) and offering £150 for it. Then, if you do sell it, you will see it back on gumtree an hour later, photos taken after a fresh hose down, but with an extra £500 added to the profit, some magical "full service history and timing belt change" and new battery, tyres, brakes etc. come out of nowhere.
Avoid Gumtree. Unless you like getting pestered by wasters texting saying "WUD U TK 150 FR FUCOS?", people phoning saying they'll be there at 6 and never turning up, people turning up kicking the tyres but declining to even have a test drive for no reason whatsoever, people turning up, bouncing the suspension up and down, giving it the full 100 point check, finding the most trivial of faults (such as a tiny scratch) and offering £150 for it. Then, if you do sell it, you will see it back on gumtree an hour later, photos taken after a fresh hose down, but with an extra £500 added to the profit, some magical "full service history and timing belt change" and new battery, tyres, brakes etc. come out of nowhere.