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Another Mantis Encounter
Thread starter Thread starter
Tim Weaver
Start date Start date
Oct 2, 2008
mimus wrote:
> On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 15:18:06 +0000, Tim Weaver wrote:
>
>> mimus wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 04:57:44 +0000, Tim Weaver wrote:
>>>
>>>> mimus wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 04:40:51 +0200, Tim Weaver wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> mimus wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:21:25 -0500, Tim Weaver wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> mimus wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:29:21 -0700, Veronica Karlsson wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 2 Okt, 16:57, Tim Weaver wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> So yesterday, I went out to my truck, heading off to get
>>>>>>>>>>> groceries. ?????????????? As I'm about to
>>>>>>>>>>> open my truck door, I see a GINORMOUS praying mantis sitting
>>>>>>>>>>> just in front of the collision avoidance light staring RIGHT
>>>>>>>>>>> AT ME. ?????????????? It was sitting.
>>>>>>>>>>> ?????????????? Just sitting there with it's
>>>>>>>>>>> scary, evil grin.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Just at that moment, I swear, I SWEAR a thought bubble popped
>>>>>>>>>>> up over it's head that read, "If I was just a little bigger,
>>>>>>>>>>> I'd eat your face off."
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> In deep fear, I jumped into my truck and drove away.
>>>>>>>>>>> ?????????????? I carefully got out of my
>>>>>>>>>>> truck when I arrived at the store.
>>>>>>>>>>> ?????????????? No sign of the mantis.
>>>>>>>>>>> ?????????????? I was saved!
>>>>>>>>>>> ?????????????? Wind resistance saved me from
>>>>>>>>>>> the mantis and from having my face eaten off.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> The wind is my friend.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Did not get the joke. Did a search. Found this:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> http://www.maniacworld.com/Praying-Mantis-vs-Mouse.html >>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> OK, scary insect!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Mofoes will try to rip yer face off if you piss 'em off.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Also, if you just walk by one, they turn their heads to watch
>>>>>>>>> you go by, which is pretty eerie for a bug. Even a big bug.
>>>>>>>>> With great big eyes.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> A "stick bug" is the one bug that's always freaked me out. It's
>>>>>>>> completely harmless, but it scares the heck out of me for some
>>>>>>>> reason. It's just not right that a stick should be moving around
>>>>>>>> like that.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I don't care what bugs do as long as they don't attack me.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've had the infamous Face Full of Mantis before.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Heebie-geebies... AAAAAHHHAHHAAHHHHHH!!H1H@H!!!!!!!
>>>>>
>>>>> That's exactly what I said.
>>>>
>>>> I say we get some DALEKS to *EX-TER-MI-NATE* them.
>>>
>>> Leave the Big Green (Or Sometimes Brown) Bugs alone. I like them.
>>> They're feisty. Wetas would be cool, too (they'll sit on the palm of
>>> your hand and munch on a carrot-- a whole carrot-- when they're not
>>> kicking you in the side of the head from the side of a tree).
>>
>> You're insane. I'd never let one of those blood thirsty monsters sit
>> in my hand. When that carrot is gone, it's finger time.
>
> Wetas are vegetarians, IIRC.
>
> Kind of odd, really, since they resemble one-pound crickets, and
> crickets are carnivores.
The diversity of life on earth. It's amazing. Like the entire ecosystem
that lives around thermal vents in the ocean with water temps over 700F.
And I like the bacteria that was found "somewhere at some depth" (I forget
the details) that eats hot rock.
--
Tim Weaver
"Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea - massive,
difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind-
boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it."
- Gene Spafford, 1992
sychotic hicken wrote:
> As legal representative Shirley read article of
> evidence it was clear the
> jury was balanced on a knife edge:
>>
>>"Veronica Karlsson" wrote in message
>>news:1ef9bd3f-8351-47b7-ba18-83b11f115050@h2g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
>>On 2 Okt, 16:57, Tim Weaver wrote:
>>> So yesterday, I went out to my truck, heading off to get groceries. As
>>> I'm about to open my truck door, I see a GINORMOUS praying mantis
>>> sitting just in front of the collision avoidance light staring RIGHT
>>> AT ME. It was sitting. Just sitting there with it's scary, evil grin.
>>>
>>> Just at that moment, I swear, I SWEAR a thought bubble popped up over
>>> it's head that read, "If I was just a little bigger, I'd eat your face
>>> off."
>>>
>>> In deep fear, I jumped into my truck and drove away. I carefully got
>>> out of my truck when I arrived at the store. No sign of the mantis. I
>>> was saved! Wind resistance saved me from the mantis and from having my
>>> face eaten off.
>>>
>>> The wind is my friend.
>>
>>>Did not get the joke. Did a search. Found this:
>>
>> http://www.maniacworld.com/Praying-Mantis-vs-Mouse.html >>
>>>OK, scary insect!
>>
>>It is a bit scary looking but, it is harmless to the human world. Also
>>here in the USA it is a protected species..it should not be harmed in
>>any way, shape nor manner.
>>
>>
>
> I say we genetically engineer a mantis to be 10 times its normal size.
> Then we release it in Tim's neighbourhood for a slap up feast.
That's just mean. And meaningless as I live in Georgia and we like out guns
here. It wouldn't have a chance.
--
Tim Weaver
"Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea - massive,
difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind-
boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it."
- Gene Spafford, 1992
mimus wrote:
> On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 12:09:19 -0400, mixed nuts wrote:
>
>>mimus wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 04:57:44 +0000, Tim Weaver wrote:
>>>
>>>>mimus wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 04:40:51 +0200, Tim Weaver wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>mimus wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:21:25 -0500, Tim Weaver wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>mimus wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:29:21 -0700, Veronica Karlsson wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>On 2 Okt, 16:57, Tim Weaver wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>So yesterday, I went out to my truck, heading off to get
>>>>>>>>>>>groceries. ??????? As I'm about to open my truck door, I see a
>>>>>>>>>>>GINORMOUS praying mantis sitting just in front of the collision
>>>>>>>>>>>avoidance light staring RIGHT AT ME. ??????? It was sitting.
>>>>>>>>>>>??????? Just sitting there with it's scary, evil grin.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Just at that moment, I swear, I SWEAR a thought bubble popped up
>>>>>>>>>>>over it's head that read, "If I was just a little bigger, I'd eat
>>>>>>>>>>>your face off."
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>In deep fear, I jumped into my truck and drove away. ??????? I
>>>>>>>>>>>carefully got out of my truck when I arrived at the store.
>>>>>>>>>>>??????? No sign of the mantis. ??????? I was saved! ??????? Wind
>>>>>>>>>>>resistance saved me from the mantis and from having my face eaten
>>>>>>>>>>>off.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>The wind is my friend.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Did not get the joke. Did a search. Found this:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> http://www.maniacworld.com/Praying-Mantis-vs-Mouse.html >>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>OK, scary insect!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Mofoes will try to rip yer face off if you piss 'em off.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Also, if you just walk by one, they turn their heads to watch you go
>>>>>>>>>by, which is pretty eerie for a bug. Even a big bug. With great
>>>>>>>>>big eyes.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>A "stick bug" is the one bug that's always freaked me out. It's
>>>>>>>>completely harmless, but it scares the heck out of me for some
>>>>>>>>reason. It's just not right that a stick should be moving around like
>>>>>>>>that.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I don't care what bugs do as long as they don't attack me.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I've had the infamous Face Full of Mantis before.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Heebie-geebies... AAAAAHHHAHHAAHHHHHH!!H1H@H!!!!!!!
>>>>>
>>>>>That's exactly what I said.
>>>>
>>>>I say we get some DALEKS to *EX-TER-MI-NATE* them.
>>>
>>>Leave the Big Green (Or Sometimes Brown) Bugs alone. I like them.
>>>They're feisty. Wetas would be cool, too (they'll sit on the palm of your
>>>hand and munch on a carrot-- a whole carrot-- when they're not kicking you
>>>in the side of the head from the side of a tree).
>>
>>Bringing a mantis home and dropping him/her off in the garden used to be
>>on the list of 'good things for a kid to do'.
>
> No doubt still is, where people are wittingly and seriously home-gardening.
>
>>Like on Saturday.
>
The mantis population peaked during the summer growing season for bugs
crops and kids so school wasn't a factor. The idea was to be off running
errands in the morning rather than being available for Saturday chore
assignment. After the errands, one would find the mother favorably
disposed toward releasing one from laundry duty or yardwork (which got
assigned to the sisters who never saw the merit in being 'not at home').
Arriving with a mantis and a bucketfull of trouts and perches, or a
pound of wild berries or smelling faintly of airplane gas was enough to
resolve any issues surrounding a day-long absence (Like: "Where the hell
have you been?").
>
> What does Saturday have to do with it? traditional Saturday Mantis Hunts?
> or just a day when the kiddies are off school and wand'ring the fields 'n'
> woods?
>
>>Too bad the mantis does not go for groundhog and rabbit. They do all
>>right with potato bugs though.
>
> I think they do slugs, too, unless I'm thinking of ground-beetles.
>
Dunno. Never saw one doing much more than being cryptic except for one
munching on a cricket once and another snagging some kind of striped
bugs (possibly potato beetles) on the pepper plants - which did well
that year.
--
nuts
On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 19:15:39 +0000, Tim Weaver wrote:
> mimus wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 15:18:06 +0000, Tim Weaver wrote:
>>
>>> mimus wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 04:57:44 +0000, Tim Weaver wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> mimus wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 04:40:51 +0200, Tim Weaver wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> mimus wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:21:25 -0500, Tim Weaver wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> mimus wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:29:21 -0700, Veronica Karlsson wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 2 Okt, 16:57, Tim Weaver wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> So yesterday, I went out to my truck, heading off to get
>>>>>>>>>>>> groceries. ?????????????????????????????? As I'm about to
>>>>>>>>>>>> open my truck door, I see a GINORMOUS praying mantis sitting
>>>>>>>>>>>> just in front of the collision avoidance light staring RIGHT
>>>>>>>>>>>> AT ME. ?????????????????????????????? It was sitting.
>>>>>>>>>>>> ?????????????????????????????? Just sitting there with it's
>>>>>>>>>>>> scary, evil grin.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Just at that moment, I swear, I SWEAR a thought bubble popped
>>>>>>>>>>>> up over it's head that read, "If I was just a little bigger,
>>>>>>>>>>>> I'd eat your face off."
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> In deep fear, I jumped into my truck and drove away.
>>>>>>>>>>>> ?????????????????????????????? I carefully got out of my
>>>>>>>>>>>> truck when I arrived at the store.
>>>>>>>>>>>> ?????????????????????????????? No sign of the mantis.
>>>>>>>>>>>> ?????????????????????????????? I was saved!
>>>>>>>>>>>> ?????????????????????????????? Wind resistance saved me from
>>>>>>>>>>>> the mantis and from having my face eaten off.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> The wind is my friend.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Did not get the joke. Did a search. Found this:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.maniacworld.com/Praying-Mantis-vs-Mouse.html >>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> OK, scary insect!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Mofoes will try to rip yer face off if you piss 'em off.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Also, if you just walk by one, they turn their heads to watch
>>>>>>>>>> you go by, which is pretty eerie for a bug. Even a big bug.
>>>>>>>>>> With great big eyes.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> A "stick bug" is the one bug that's always freaked me out. It's
>>>>>>>>> completely harmless, but it scares the heck out of me for some
>>>>>>>>> reason. It's just not right that a stick should be moving around
>>>>>>>>> like that.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I don't care what bugs do as long as they don't attack me.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I've had the infamous Face Full of Mantis before.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Heebie-geebies... AAAAAHHHAHHAAHHHHHH!!H1H@H!!!!!!!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That's exactly what I said.
>>>>>
>>>>> I say we get some DALEKS to *EX-TER-MI-NATE* them.
>>>>
>>>> Leave the Big Green (Or Sometimes Brown) Bugs alone. I like them.
>>>> They're feisty. Wetas would be cool, too (they'll sit on the palm of
>>>> your hand and munch on a carrot-- a whole carrot-- when they're not
>>>> kicking you in the side of the head from the side of a tree).
>>>
>>> You're insane. I'd never let one of those blood thirsty monsters sit
>>> in my hand. When that carrot is gone, it's finger time.
>>
>> Wetas are vegetarians, IIRC.
>>
>> Kind of odd, really, since they resemble one-pound crickets, and
>> crickets are carnivores.
>
> The diversity of life on earth. It's amazing. Like the entire ecosystem
> that lives around thermal vents in the ocean with water temps over 700F.
> And I like the bacteria that was found "somewhere at some depth" (I forget
> the details) that eats hot rock.
You want "thermal vent" and "rock-eating" bacteria, check out
_Helicobacter_, which loves hot-water tanks and living in our acid-filled
stomachs and is probably responsible for most ulcers . . . .
The bastards!
(_Legionella_ likes hot-water tanks, too.)
--
tinmimus99@hotmail.com
smeeter 11 or maybe 12
mp 10
mhm 29x13
"Ah*ooh*ah*ooh*ah*ooh*ah*ooh*ah."
< _Shaun of the Dead_
On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 19:17:13 +0000, Tim Weaver wrote:
>
sychotic hicken wrote:
>
>> As legal representative Shirley read article of
>> evidence it was clear the
>> jury was balanced on a knife edge:
>>
>>> "Veronica Karlsson" wrote in message
>>> news:1ef9bd3f-8351-47b7-ba18-83b11f115050@h2g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
>>>
>>>> On 2 Okt, 16:57, Tim Weaver wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> So yesterday, I went out to my truck, heading off to get groceries.
>>>>> As I'm about to open my truck door, I see a GINORMOUS praying mantis
>>>>> sitting just in front of the collision avoidance light staring RIGHT
>>>>> AT ME. It was sitting. Just sitting there with it's scary, evil
>>>>> grin.
>>>>>
>>>>> Just at that moment, I swear, I SWEAR a thought bubble popped up
>>>>> over it's head that read, "If I was just a little bigger, I'd eat
>>>>> your face off."
>>>>>
>>>>> In deep fear, I jumped into my truck and drove away. I carefully got
>>>>> out of my truck when I arrived at the store. No sign of the mantis.
>>>>> I was saved! Wind resistance saved me from the mantis and from
>>>>> having my face eaten off.
>>>>>
>>>>> The wind is my friend.
>>>>
>>>> Did not get the joke. Did a search. Found this:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.maniacworld.com/Praying-Mantis-vs-Mouse.html >>>>
>>>> OK, scary insect!
>>>
>>> It is a bit scary looking but, it is harmless to the human world. Also
>>> here in the USA it is a protected species..it should not be harmed in
>>> any way, shape nor manner.
>>
>> I say we genetically engineer a mantis to be 10 times its normal size.
>> Then we release it in Tim's neighbourhood for a slap up feast.
>
> That's just mean. And meaningless as I live in Georgia and we like out
> guns here. It wouldn't have a chance.
Engineer it to eat kudzu.
--
tinmimus99@hotmail.com
smeeter 11 or maybe 12
mp 10
mhm 29x13
It's the Peterson kid dressed as an iguana!
< _Bloom County Babylon_
"mimus" wrote in message
news:5fSdnRQg7Nb8YHvVnZ2dnUVZ_vCdnZ2d@giganews.com...
> On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 04:57:44 +0000, Tim Weaver wrote:
>
> > mimus wrote:
> >
> >> On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 04:40:51 +0200, Tim Weaver wrote:
> >>
> >>> mimus wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:21:25 -0500, Tim Weaver wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> mimus wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:29:21 -0700, Veronica Karlsson wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On 2 Okt, 16:57, Tim Weaver wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> So yesterday, I went out to my truck, heading off to get
> >>>>>>>> groceries. ???? As I'm about to open my truck door, I see a
> >>>>>>>> GINORMOUS praying mantis sitting just in front of the collision
> >>>>>>>> avoidance light staring RIGHT AT ME. ???? It was sitting.
> >>>>>>>> ???? Just sitting there with it's scary, evil grin.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Just at that moment, I swear, I SWEAR a thought bubble popped up
> >>>>>>>> over it's head that read, "If I was just a little bigger, I'd eat
> >>>>>>>> your face off."
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> In deep fear, I jumped into my truck and drove away. ???? I
> >>>>>>>> carefully got out of my truck when I arrived at the store.
> >>>>>>>> ???? No sign of the mantis. ???? I was saved! ???? Wind
> >>>>>>>> resistance saved me from the mantis and from having my face eaten
> >>>>>>>> off.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> The wind is my friend.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Did not get the joke. Did a search. Found this:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> http://www.maniacworld.com/Praying-Mantis-vs-Mouse.html > >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> OK, scary insect!
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Mofoes will try to rip yer face off if you piss 'em off.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Also, if you just walk by one, they turn their heads to watch you
go
> >>>>>> by, which is pretty eerie for a bug. Even a big bug. With great
> >>>>>> big eyes.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> A "stick bug" is the one bug that's always freaked me out. It's
> >>>>> completely harmless, but it scares the heck out of me for some
> >>>>> reason. It's just not right that a stick should be moving around
like
> >>>>> that.
> >>>>
> >>>> I don't care what bugs do as long as they don't attack me.
> >>>>
> >>>> I've had the infamous Face Full of Mantis before.
> >>>
> >>> Heebie-geebies... AAAAAHHHAHHAAHHHHHH!!H1H@H!!!!!!!
> >>
> >> That's exactly what I said.
> >
> > I say we get some DALEKS to *EX-TER-MI-NATE* them.
>
> Leave the Big Green (Or Sometimes Brown) Bugs alone. I like them.
> They're feisty. Wetas would be cool, too (they'll sit on the palm of your
> hand and munch on a carrot-- a whole carrot-- when they're not kicking you
> in the side of the head from the side of a tree).
What's a weta? And where can I get one?
Smee
>
> --
> tinmimus99@hotmail.com >
> smeeter 11 or maybe 12
>
> mp 10
>
> mhm 29x13
>
> You want a job and a lizard to ride?
>
> < _The Einstein Intersection_
>
>
>
"mimus" wrote in message
news
qudnXaV_u7veXrVnZ2dnUVZ_j2dnZ2d@giganews.com...
> On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 19:17:13 +0000, Tim Weaver wrote:
>
> >
sychotic hicken wrote:
> >
> >> As legal representative Shirley read article
of
> >> evidence it was clear
the
> >> jury was balanced on a knife edge:
> >>
> >>> "Veronica Karlsson" wrote in message
> >>>
news:1ef9bd3f-8351-47b7-ba18-83b11f115050@h2g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
> >>>
> >>>> On 2 Okt, 16:57, Tim Weaver wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> So yesterday, I went out to my truck, heading off to get groceries.
> >>>>> As I'm about to open my truck door, I see a GINORMOUS praying mantis
> >>>>> sitting just in front of the collision avoidance light staring RIGHT
> >>>>> AT ME. It was sitting. Just sitting there with it's scary, evil
> >>>>> grin.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Just at that moment, I swear, I SWEAR a thought bubble popped up
> >>>>> over it's head that read, "If I was just a little bigger, I'd eat
> >>>>> your face off."
> >>>>>
> >>>>> In deep fear, I jumped into my truck and drove away. I carefully got
> >>>>> out of my truck when I arrived at the store. No sign of the mantis.
> >>>>> I was saved! Wind resistance saved me from the mantis and from
> >>>>> having my face eaten off.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The wind is my friend.
> >>>>
> >>>> Did not get the joke. Did a search. Found this:
> >>>>
> >>>> http://www.maniacworld.com/Praying-Mantis-vs-Mouse.html > >>>>
> >>>> OK, scary insect!
> >>>
> >>> It is a bit scary looking but, it is harmless to the human world. Also
> >>> here in the USA it is a protected species..it should not be harmed in
> >>> any way, shape nor manner.
> >>
> >> I say we genetically engineer a mantis to be 10 times its normal size.
> >> Then we release it in Tim's neighbourhood for a slap up feast.
> >
> > That's just mean. And meaningless as I live in Georgia and we like out
> > guns here. It wouldn't have a chance.
>
> Engineer it to eat kudzu.
Hey, another project for Daev. In teh shed.
On second thought, perhaps we shouldn't mention this to Daev, since he'd
undoubtedly think of all kinds of nifty OTHER things for mantis' to do.
Smee
>
> --
> tinmimus99@hotmail.com >
> smeeter 11 or maybe 12
>
> mp 10
>
> mhm 29x13
> It's the Peterson kid dressed as an iguana!
>
> < _Bloom County Babylon_
>
>
mimus wrote:
> On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 19:17:13 +0000, Tim Weaver wrote:
>
>>
sychotic hicken wrote:
>>
>>>As legal representative Shirley read article of
>>>evidence it was clear the
>>>jury was balanced on a knife edge:
>>>
>>>>"Veronica Karlsson" wrote in message
>>>>news:1ef9bd3f-8351-47b7-ba18-83b11f115050@h2g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
>>>>
>>>>>On 2 Okt, 16:57, Tim Weaver wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>So yesterday, I went out to my truck, heading off to get groceries.
>>>>>>As I'm about to open my truck door, I see a GINORMOUS praying mantis
>>>>>>sitting just in front of the collision avoidance light staring RIGHT
>>>>>>AT ME. It was sitting. Just sitting there with it's scary, evil
>>>>>>grin.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Just at that moment, I swear, I SWEAR a thought bubble popped up
>>>>>>over it's head that read, "If I was just a little bigger, I'd eat
>>>>>>your face off."
>>>>>>
>>>>>>In deep fear, I jumped into my truck and drove away. I carefully got
>>>>>>out of my truck when I arrived at the store. No sign of the mantis.
>>>>>>I was saved! Wind resistance saved me from the mantis and from
>>>>>>having my face eaten off.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>The wind is my friend.
>>>>>
>>>>>Did not get the joke. Did a search. Found this:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.maniacworld.com/Praying-Mantis-vs-Mouse.html >>>>>
>>>>>OK, scary insect!
>>>>
>>>>It is a bit scary looking but, it is harmless to the human world. Also
>>>>here in the USA it is a protected species..it should not be harmed in
>>>>any way, shape nor manner.
>>>
>>>I say we genetically engineer a mantis to be 10 times its normal size.
>>>Then we release it in Tim's neighbourhood for a slap up feast.
>>
>>That's just mean. And meaningless as I live in Georgia and we like out
>>guns here. It wouldn't have a chance.
>
> Engineer it to eat kudzu.
>
You'll be talking out the other side of yer hat when yer starving and
the kudzu has been et by the bugs.
--
nuts
On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:03:49 -0700, pscissons wrote:
> "mimus" wrote in message
> news:5fSdnRQg7Nb8YHvVnZ2dnUVZ_vCdnZ2d@giganews.com...
>
>> On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 04:57:44 +0000, Tim Weaver wrote:
>>
>>> mimus wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 04:40:51 +0200, Tim Weaver wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> mimus wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:21:25 -0500, Tim Weaver wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> mimus wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:29:21 -0700, Veronica Karlsson wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 2 Okt, 16:57, Tim Weaver wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> So yesterday, I went out to my truck, heading off to get
>>>>>>>>>> groceries. ??????? As I'm about to open my truck door, I see a
>>>>>>>>>> GINORMOUS praying mantis sitting just in front of the collision
>>>>>>>>>> avoidance light staring RIGHT AT ME. ??????? It was sitting.
>>>>>>>>>> ??????? Just sitting there with it's scary, evil grin.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Just at that moment, I swear, I SWEAR a thought bubble popped up
>>>>>>>>>> over it's head that read, "If I was just a little bigger, I'd eat
>>>>>>>>>> your face off."
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> In deep fear, I jumped into my truck and drove away. ??????? I
>>>>>>>>>> carefully got out of my truck when I arrived at the store.
>>>>>>>>>> ??????? No sign of the mantis. ??????? I was saved! ??????? Wind
>>>>>>>>>> resistance saved me from the mantis and from having my face eaten
>>>>>>>>>> off.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The wind is my friend.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Did not get the joke. Did a search. Found this:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> http://www.maniacworld.com/Praying-Mantis-vs-Mouse.html >>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> OK, scary insect!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Mofoes will try to rip yer face off if you piss 'em off.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Also, if you just walk by one, they turn their heads to watch you
>>>>>>>> go by, which is pretty eerie for a bug. Even a big bug. With
>>>>>>>> great big eyes.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A "stick bug" is the one bug that's always freaked me out. It's
>>>>>>> completely harmless, but it scares the heck out of me for some
>>>>>>> reason. It's just not right that a stick should be moving around
>>>>>>> like that.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't care what bugs do as long as they don't attack me.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've had the infamous Face Full of Mantis before.
>>>>>
>>>>> Heebie-geebies... AAAAAHHHAHHAAHHHHHH!!H1H@H!!!!!!!
>>>>
>>>> That's exactly what I said.
>>>
>>> I say we get some DALEKS to *EX-TER-MI-NATE* them.
>>
>> Leave the Big Green (Or Sometimes Brown) Bugs alone. I like them.
>> They're feisty. Wetas would be cool, too (they'll sit on the palm of
>> your hand and munch on a carrot-- a whole carrot-- when they're not
>> kicking you in the side of the head from the side of a tree).
>
> What's a weta? And where can I get one?
>
> Smee
Big bugs (one of the species names, _Deinacrida_, basically means
"thunder cricket"). New Zealand. Mostly on islands off the mainland,
since they're being decimated by the bastard cats, like so much
Australasian wildlife, platypuses etc. I couldn't find the National
Geographic picture of the one sitting on the guy's hand and munching on a
carrot, which was highly impressive. Highly highly impressive. Still
remember it after twenty years or more. And even saw another reference to
the photo on the Web while I was looking:
http://images.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&as_qdr=all&q=%2Bdeinacrida&start=20&sa=N&ndsp=20
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&as_qdr=all&q=%2Bweta&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi
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mp 10
mhm 29x13
Let there be another leaf.
< _Small Gods_
On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:07:32 -0700, pscissons wrote:
> "mimus" wrote in message
> news
>
>> On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 19:17:13 +0000, Tim Weaver wrote:
>>
>>>
sychotic hicken wrote:
>>>
>>>> As legal representative Shirley read article
>>>> of evidence it was
>>>> clear the jury was balanced on a knife edge:
>>>>
>>>>> "Veronica Karlsson" wrote in message
>>>>> news:1ef9bd3f-8351-47b7-ba18-83b11f115050@h2g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2 Okt, 16:57, Tim Weaver wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So yesterday, I went out to my truck, heading off to get
>>>>>>> groceries. As I'm about to open my truck door, I see a GINORMOUS
>>>>>>> praying mantis sitting just in front of the collision avoidance
>>>>>>> light staring RIGHT AT ME. It was sitting. Just sitting there with
>>>>>>> it's scary, evil grin.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Just at that moment, I swear, I SWEAR a thought bubble popped up
>>>>>>> over it's head that read, "If I was just a little bigger, I'd eat
>>>>>>> your face off."
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In deep fear, I jumped into my truck and drove away. I carefully
>>>>>>> got out of my truck when I arrived at the store. No sign of the
>>>>>>> mantis. I was saved! Wind resistance saved me from the mantis and
>>>>>>> from having my face eaten off.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The wind is my friend.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Did not get the joke. Did a search. Found this:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.maniacworld.com/Praying-Mantis-vs-Mouse.html >>>>>>
>>>>>> OK, scary insect!
>>>>>
>>>>> It is a bit scary looking but, it is harmless to the human world.
>>>>> Also here in the USA it is a protected species..it should not be
>>>>> harmed in any way, shape nor manner.
>>>>
>>>> I say we genetically engineer a mantis to be 10 times its normal
>>>> size. Then we release it in Tim's neighbourhood for a slap up feast.
>>>
>>> That's just mean. And meaningless as I live in Georgia and we like
>>> out guns here. It wouldn't have a chance.
>>
>> Engineer it to eat kudzu.
>
> Hey, another project for Daev. In teh shed.
>
> On second thought, perhaps we shouldn't mention this to Daev, since he'd
> undoubtedly think of all kinds of nifty OTHER things for mantis' to do.
>
> Smee
I wish you people would get it straight that Dave's the maAd electronics
engineer and I'm the maAAd biologist . . . .
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mp 10
mhm 29x13
"Ah*ooh*ah*ooh*ah*ooh*ah*ooh*ah."
< _Shaun of the Dead_
On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 19:48:44 -0400, mixed nuts wrote:
> mimus wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 19:17:13 +0000, Tim Weaver wrote:
>>
>>>
sychotic hicken wrote:
>>>
>>>> As legal representative Shirley read article of
>>>> evidence it was clear the
>>>> jury was balanced on a knife edge:
>>>>
>>>>> "Veronica Karlsson" wrote in message
>>>>> news:1ef9bd3f-8351-47b7-ba18-83b11f115050@h2g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2 Okt, 16:57, Tim Weaver wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So yesterday, I went out to my truck, heading off to get groceries.
>>>>>>> As I'm about to open my truck door, I see a GINORMOUS praying mantis
>>>>>>> sitting just in front of the collision avoidance light staring RIGHT
>>>>>>> AT ME. It was sitting. Just sitting there with it's scary, evil
>>>>>>> grin.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Just at that moment, I swear, I SWEAR a thought bubble popped up
>>>>>>> over it's head that read, "If I was just a little bigger, I'd eat
>>>>>>> your face off."
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In deep fear, I jumped into my truck and drove away. I carefully got
>>>>>>> out of my truck when I arrived at the store. No sign of the mantis.
>>>>>>> I was saved! Wind resistance saved me from the mantis and from
>>>>>>> having my face eaten off.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The wind is my friend.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Did not get the joke. Did a search. Found this:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.maniacworld.com/Praying-Mantis-vs-Mouse.html >>>>>>
>>>>>> OK, scary insect!
>>>>>
>>>>> It is a bit scary looking but, it is harmless to the human world. Also
>>>>> here in the USA it is a protected species..it should not be harmed in
>>>>> any way, shape nor manner.
>>>>
>>>> I say we genetically engineer a mantis to be 10 times its normal size.
>>>> Then we release it in Tim's neighbourhood for a slap up feast.
>>>
>>> That's just mean. And meaningless as I live in Georgia and we like out
>>> guns here. It wouldn't have a chance.
>>
>> Engineer it to eat kudzu.
>
> You'll be talking out the other side of yer hat when yer starving and
> the kudzu has been et by the bugs.
Bugs are undoubtedly highly nutritious. High in fiber, too.
Don't you have a blender?
--
tinmimus99@hotmail.com
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mp 10
mhm 29x13
I smell BREAKFAST!
< _Everything You Know is Wrong_
mimus wrote:
> On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 19:48:44 -0400, mixed nuts wrote:
>
>>mimus wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 19:17:13 +0000, Tim Weaver wrote:
>>>
>>>>
sychotic hicken wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>As legal representative Shirley read article of
>>>>>evidence it was clear the
>>>>>jury was balanced on a knife edge:
>>>>>
>>>>>>"Veronica Karlsson" wrote in message
>>>>>>news:1ef9bd3f-8351-47b7-ba18-83b11f115050@h2g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On 2 Okt, 16:57, Tim Weaver wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>So yesterday, I went out to my truck, heading off to get groceries.
>>>>>>>>As I'm about to open my truck door, I see a GINORMOUS praying mantis
>>>>>>>>sitting just in front of the collision avoidance light staring RIGHT
>>>>>>>>AT ME. It was sitting. Just sitting there with it's scary, evil
>>>>>>>>grin.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Just at that moment, I swear, I SWEAR a thought bubble popped up
>>>>>>>>over it's head that read, "If I was just a little bigger, I'd eat
>>>>>>>>your face off."
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>In deep fear, I jumped into my truck and drove away. I carefully got
>>>>>>>>out of my truck when I arrived at the store. No sign of the mantis.
>>>>>>>>I was saved! Wind resistance saved me from the mantis and from
>>>>>>>>having my face eaten off.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>The wind is my friend.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Did not get the joke. Did a search. Found this:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://www.maniacworld.com/Praying-Mantis-vs-Mouse.html >>>>>>>
>>>>>>>OK, scary insect!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>It is a bit scary looking but, it is harmless to the human world. Also
>>>>>>here in the USA it is a protected species..it should not be harmed in
>>>>>>any way, shape nor manner.
>>>>>
>>>>>I say we genetically engineer a mantis to be 10 times its normal size.
>>>>>Then we release it in Tim's neighbourhood for a slap up feast.
>>>>
>>>>That's just mean. And meaningless as I live in Georgia and we like out
>>>>guns here. It wouldn't have a chance.
>>>
>>>Engineer it to eat kudzu.
>>
>>You'll be talking out the other side of yer hat when yer starving and
>>the kudzu has been et by the bugs.
>
> Bugs are undoubtedly highly nutritious. High in fiber, too.
>
> Don't you have a blender?
>
I prefer to use chicken-nature to convert barnyard and lawn bugs to
chicken. Chickens don't climb trees or vines so they wouldn't get the
bastard frankenmantiseses chowing down on my kudzu. Kudzu can be more
directly converted to ice cream or cheese or roasted goat or cow or some
such by a similar natural process. Or you can steam up a mess of it and
eat it like spinach or collards with a bit of lemon juice or vinegar and
butter (or ginger, sugar, rice wine, soy sauce and dab of wasabi if
that's your style). In short, kudzu is nutritious food.
--
nuts
mimus wrote:
> On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 19:15:39 +0000, Tim Weaver wrote:
>
>
>>mimus wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 15:18:06 +0000, Tim Weaver wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>mimus wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 04:57:44 +0000, Tim Weaver wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>mimus wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 04:40:51 +0200, Tim Weaver wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>mimus wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:21:25 -0500, Tim Weaver wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>mimus wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:29:21 -0700, Veronica Karlsson wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>On 2 Okt, 16:57, Tim Weaver wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>So yesterday, I went out to my truck, heading off to get
>>>>>>>>>>>>>groceries. ??????????????????????????????? As I'm about to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>open my truck door, I see a GINORMOUS praying mantis sitting
>>>>>>>>>>>>>just in front of the collision avoidance light staring RIGHT
>>>>>>>>>>>>>AT ME. ??????????????????????????????? It was sitting.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>??????????????????????????????? Just sitting there with it's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>scary, evil grin.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>Just at that moment, I swear, I SWEAR a thought bubble popped
>>>>>>>>>>>>>up over it's head that read, "If I was just a little bigger,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>I'd eat your face off."
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>In deep fear, I jumped into my truck and drove away.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>??????????????????????????????? I carefully got out of my
>>>>>>>>>>>>>truck when I arrived at the store.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>??????????????????????????????? No sign of the mantis.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>??????????????????????????????? I was saved!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>??????????????????????????????? Wind resistance saved me from
>>>>>>>>>>>>>the mantis and from having my face eaten off.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>The wind is my friend.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>Did not get the joke. Did a search. Found this:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.maniacworld.com/Praying-Mantis-vs-Mouse.html >>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>OK, scary insect!
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Mofoes will try to rip yer face off if you piss 'em off.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Also, if you just walk by one, they turn their heads to watch
>>>>>>>>>>>you go by, which is pretty eerie for a bug. Even a big bug.
>>>>>>>>>>>With great big eyes.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>A "stick bug" is the one bug that's always freaked me out. It's
>>>>>>>>>>completely harmless, but it scares the heck out of me for some
>>>>>>>>>>reason. It's just not right that a stick should be moving around
>>>>>>>>>>like that.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>I don't care what bugs do as long as they don't attack me.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>I've had the infamous Face Full of Mantis before.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Heebie-geebies... AAAAAHHHAHHAAHHHHHH!!H1H@H!!!!!!!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>That's exactly what I said.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I say we get some DALEKS to *EX-TER-MI-NATE* them.
>>>>>
>>>>>Leave the Big Green (Or Sometimes Brown) Bugs alone. I like them.
>>>>>They're feisty. Wetas would be cool, too (they'll sit on the palm of
>>>>>your hand and munch on a carrot-- a whole carrot-- when they're not
>>>>>kicking you in the side of the head from the side of a tree).
>>>>
>>>>You're insane. I'd never let one of those blood thirsty monsters sit
>>>>in my hand. When that carrot is gone, it's finger time.
>>>
>>>Wetas are vegetarians, IIRC.
>>>
>>>Kind of odd, really, since they resemble one-pound crickets, and
>>>crickets are carnivores.
>>
>>The diversity of life on earth. It's amazing. Like the entire ecosystem
>>that lives around thermal vents in the ocean with water temps over 700F.
>>And I like the bacteria that was found "somewhere at some depth" (I forget
>>the details) that eats hot rock.
>
>
> You want "thermal vent" and "rock-eating" bacteria, check out
> _Helicobacter_, which loves hot-water tanks and living in our acid-filled
> stomachs and is probably responsible for most ulcers . . . .
>
> The bastards!
>
> (_Legionella_ likes hot-water tanks, too.)
>
Most of the _extremophiles_ are of the Domain _Archaea_. They're not
bacteria. With really different biochemisry. Strain 121 is the current
record holder for hyperthermophiles - grows just fine at autoclave
temperature (121C). Some of these critters do break down rocks.
--
nuts
On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 23:35:23 -0400, mixed nuts wrote:
> mimus wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 19:15:39 +0000, Tim Weaver wrote:
>>
>>> mimus wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 15:18:06 +0000, Tim Weaver wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> mimus wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 04:57:44 +0000, Tim Weaver wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> mimus wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 04:40:51 +0200, Tim Weaver wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> mimus wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:21:25 -0500, Tim Weaver wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> mimus wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:29:21 -0700, Veronica Karlsson wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2 Okt, 16:57, Tim Weaver wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So yesterday, I went out to my truck, heading off to get
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> groceries. ??????????????????????????????? As I'm about to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> open my truck door, I see a GINORMOUS praying mantis sitting
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> just in front of the collision avoidance light staring RIGHT
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> AT ME. ??????????????????????????????? It was sitting.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ??????????????????????????????? Just sitting there with it's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> scary, evil grin.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Just at that moment, I swear, I SWEAR a thought bubble popped
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> up over it's head that read, "If I was just a little bigger,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'd eat your face off."
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In deep fear, I jumped into my truck and drove away.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ??????????????????????????????? I carefully got out of my
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> truck when I arrived at the store.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ??????????????????????????????? No sign of the mantis.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ??????????????????????????????? I was saved!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ??????????????????????????????? Wind resistance saved me from
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the mantis and from having my face eaten off.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The wind is my friend.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Did not get the joke. Did a search. Found this:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.maniacworld.com/Praying-Mantis-vs-Mouse.html >>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> OK, scary insect!
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Mofoes will try to rip yer face off if you piss 'em off.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Also, if you just walk by one, they turn their heads to watch
>>>>>>>>>>>> you go by, which is pretty eerie for a bug. Even a big bug.
>>>>>>>>>>>> With great big eyes.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> A "stick bug" is the one bug that's always freaked me out. It's
>>>>>>>>>>> completely harmless, but it scares the heck out of me for some
>>>>>>>>>>> reason. It's just not right that a stick should be moving around
>>>>>>>>>>> like that.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I don't care what bugs do as long as they don't attack me.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I've had the infamous Face Full of Mantis before.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Heebie-geebies... AAAAAHHHAHHAAHHHHHH!!H1H@H!!!!!!!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> That's exactly what I said.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I say we get some DALEKS to *EX-TER-MI-NATE* them.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Leave the Big Green (Or Sometimes Brown) Bugs alone. I like them.
>>>>>> They're feisty. Wetas would be cool, too (they'll sit on the palm of
>>>>>> your hand and munch on a carrot-- a whole carrot-- when they're not
>>>>>> kicking you in the side of the head from the side of a tree).
>>>>>
>>>>> You're insane. I'd never let one of those blood thirsty monsters sit
>>>>> in my hand. When that carrot is gone, it's finger time.
>>>>
>>>> Wetas are vegetarians, IIRC.
>>>>
>>>> Kind of odd, really, since they resemble one-pound crickets, and
>>>> crickets are carnivores.
>>>
>>> The diversity of life on earth. It's amazing. Like the entire ecosystem
>>> that lives around thermal vents in the ocean with water temps over 700F.
>>> And I like the bacteria that was found "somewhere at some depth" (I forget
>>> the details) that eats hot rock.
>>
>> You want "thermal vent" and "rock-eating" bacteria, check out
>> _Helicobacter_, which loves hot-water tanks and living in our acid-filled
>> stomachs and is probably responsible for most ulcers . . . .
>>
>> The bastards!
>>
>> (_Legionella_ likes hot-water tanks, too.)
>
> Most of the _extremophiles_ are of the Domain _Archaea_. They're not
> bacteria. With really different biochemisry. Strain 121 is the current
> record holder for hyperthermophiles - grows just fine at autoclave
> temperature (121C). Some of these critters do break down rocks.
I'll see your wimpy Archaea and raise you _Deinococcus radiodurans_, aka
"Conan the Bacterium":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deinococcus_radiodurans
--
tinmimus99@hotmail.com
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mp 10
mhm 29x13
You want a job and a lizard to ride?
< _The Einstein Intersection_
mimus wrote:
> On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 23:35:23 -0400, mixed nuts wrote:
>
>>mimus wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 19:15:39 +0000, Tim Weaver wrote:
>>>
>>>>mimus wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 15:18:06 +0000, Tim Weaver wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>mimus wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 04:57:44 +0000, Tim Weaver wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>mimus wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 04:40:51 +0200, Tim Weaver wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>mimus wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:21:25 -0500, Tim Weaver wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>mimus wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:29:21 -0700, Veronica Karlsson wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On 2 Okt, 16:57, Tim Weaver wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>So yesterday, I went out to my truck, heading off to get
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>groceries. ??????????????????????????????? As I'm about to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>open my truck door, I see a GINORMOUS praying mantis sitting
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>just in front of the collision avoidance light staring RIGHT
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>AT ME. ??????????????????????????????? It was sitting.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>??????????????????????????????? Just sitting there with it's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>scary, evil grin.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Just at that moment, I swear, I SWEAR a thought bubble popped
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>up over it's head that read, "If I was just a little bigger,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I'd eat your face off."
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>In deep fear, I jumped into my truck and drove away.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>??????????????????????????????? I carefully got out of my
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>truck when I arrived at the store.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>??????????????????????????????? No sign of the mantis.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>??????????????????????????????? I was saved!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>??????????????????????????????? Wind resistance saved me from
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>the mantis and from having my face eaten off.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>The wind is my friend.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Did not get the joke. Did a search. Found this:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.maniacworld.com/Praying-Mantis-vs-Mouse.html >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>OK, scary insect!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>Mofoes will try to rip yer face off if you piss 'em off.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>Also, if you just walk by one, they turn their heads to watch
>>>>>>>>>>>>>you go by, which is pretty eerie for a bug. Even a big bug.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>With great big eyes.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>A "stick bug" is the one bug that's always freaked me out. It's
>>>>>>>>>>>>completely harmless, but it scares the heck out of me for some
>>>>>>>>>>>>reason. It's just not right that a stick should be moving around
>>>>>>>>>>>>like that.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>I don't care what bugs do as long as they don't attack me.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>I've had the infamous Face Full of Mantis before.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Heebie-geebies... AAAAAHHHAHHAAHHHHHH!!H1H@H!!!!!!!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>That's exactly what I said.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I say we get some DALEKS to *EX-TER-MI-NATE* them.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Leave the Big Green (Or Sometimes Brown) Bugs alone. I like them.
>>>>>>>They're feisty. Wetas would be cool, too (they'll sit on the palm of
>>>>>>>your hand and munch on a carrot-- a whole carrot-- when they're not
>>>>>>>kicking you in the side of the head from the side of a tree).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>You're insane. I'd never let one of those blood thirsty monsters sit
>>>>>>in my hand. When that carrot is gone, it's finger time.
>>>>>
>>>>>Wetas are vegetarians, IIRC.
>>>>>
>>>>>Kind of odd, really, since they resemble one-pound crickets, and
>>>>>crickets are carnivores.
>>>>
>>>>The diversity of life on earth. It's amazing. Like the entire ecosystem
>>>>that lives around thermal vents in the ocean with water temps over 700F.
>>>>And I like the bacteria that was found "somewhere at some depth" (I forget
>>>>the details) that eats hot rock.
>>>
>>>You want "thermal vent" and "rock-eating" bacteria, check out
>>>_Helicobacter_, which loves hot-water tanks and living in our acid-filled
>>>stomachs and is probably responsible for most ulcers . . . .
>>>
>>>The bastards!
>>>
>>>(_Legionella_ likes hot-water tanks, too.)
>>
>>Most of the _extremophiles_ are of the Domain _Archaea_. They're not
>>bacteria. With really different biochemisry. Strain 121 is the current
>>record holder for hyperthermophiles - grows just fine at autoclave
>>temperature (121C). Some of these critters do break down rocks.
>
> I'll see your wimpy Archaea and raise you _Deinococcus radiodurans_, aka
> "Conan the Bacterium":
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deinococcus_radiodurans >
Oh yeah? These are square!!!:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haloquadra
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