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Re:Cassowary – Run Windows Apps on Linux using a VM as if th... by danielodievich on Friday February 04, 2022 @08:42PM (#30216176)
I saw one few years ago near Melbourne with friends at the nature park and it's unblinking state at me was very, very unsettling. I did not f*ck around with it even though friends were encouraging me to peg it. That hook on the leg is deadly looking...
Re:Cassowary – Run Windows Apps on Linux using a VM as if th... by ungamed on Friday February 04, 2022 @09:12PM (#30216354)
Can you define "peg" in this circumstance ? Because if your friends wanted you to have sex with the male bird, these people are not your friends.
Re:Cassowary – Run Windows Apps on Linux using a VM as if th... by KMnO4 on Friday February 04, 2022 @09:42PM (#30216547)
From UrbanDictionary:

> Australian slang, meaning to throw an object very hard and fast. Generally an object small enough to fit in one hand.

Re:Cassowary – Run Windows Apps on Linux using a VM as if th... by jon-wood on Saturday February 05, 2022 @06:15AM (#30220051)
That makes much more sense, in the UK “peg it” means running away, which seemed like entirely rationale advice.
Re:Cassowary – Run Windows Apps on Linux using a VM as if th... by phs318u on Saturday February 05, 2022 @04:45AM (#30219530)
Sorry to say, but your friends sound like nuffies.