sp00n Posted October 23, 2004 Report Share Posted October 23, 2004 (I dont know if you limeys have horse flies, for those not in the know, horse flies are like common flies, except they are *beep* huge and bite.) So Im sitting here minding my own business, readin email and stuff, and this MASSIVE horse fly lands on my monitor. I knock it away, but it comes back and foils my email reading once again, so now Im really peeved at it. I smack it to the desk, and smash it with a paper towel. I go back to reading the email, and I notice all the little white gut-specs are moving!! Upon closer examination, I noticed they were accually maggots, apparently I had squished the eggsack when I smashed the parent fly! I quickly sprung into action with the previously mentioned paper towel, and scooped up the dead/dying fly and deposited it in the outside trashcan. So that was my night, how was you guys? Needless to say, I will not be eating anything for the next 12 hours. Link to post Share on other sites
HaVoC Posted October 23, 2004 Report Share Posted October 23, 2004 Nice. I endulged in watching Aliens, then saw a spider. That really was not the time for a spider to appear in front of me, seeing as for the past 2 and a half hours I'd been watching huge men scream "Game over man, game over!" and shoot what were effectively large spiders. So I ran upstairs, fetched the ol' Glock 19, gassed 'er up, and let rip while screaming "GET SOME!" in quite an embarrassing way. Yes. Link to post Share on other sites
GaMeFrEAK1018 Posted October 23, 2004 Report Share Posted October 23, 2004 hah once i had a mosquito in my room and the mosquitoes over here are like lightning fast, so i gassed up my WA SpeedComp I and blasted it on my cieling and now theres a little splat mark of human blood, heh Link to post Share on other sites
Banzai Posted October 23, 2004 Report Share Posted October 23, 2004 I hate horse flies, lousy bastages they need to die Link to post Share on other sites
rhino Posted October 23, 2004 Report Share Posted October 23, 2004 I saw something before where somebody drowned a fly and then brought it back to life by putting it on some salt. I tried it... The fly's still dead.. Link to post Share on other sites
rizzo Posted October 23, 2004 Report Share Posted October 23, 2004 you can freeze and defrost flies. Thats what David Blaine does. Man he's so coool Link to post Share on other sites
snake_goth Posted October 23, 2004 Report Share Posted October 23, 2004 I AM DA CRICKET MASTER!!!!!....... i keep geckos... and i can catch a cricket before they know whats hapening........ i catch'd one that had escaped over 3 weeks ago last night.... twas a fast bugger, but i got him/her in the end (no there not wild one, i get them in boxes of about 30 for £2.50..... verry fun to dump on pepol for a cheap laugh) Link to post Share on other sites
kronic Posted October 23, 2004 Report Share Posted October 23, 2004 you can freeze and defrost flies. Thats what David Blaine does. Man he's so coool <{POST_SNAPBACK}> AAHAHAAHAHA don't make me laugh dude.... David Blaine LOL.... Link to post Share on other sites
snake_goth Posted October 23, 2004 Report Share Posted October 23, 2004 now now, we all know David Blaine isnt real Link to post Share on other sites
Connery Posted October 23, 2004 Report Share Posted October 23, 2004 Aww, sp00n, you're a mommy now. What'd ya name 'em? Link to post Share on other sites
HaVoC Posted October 23, 2004 Report Share Posted October 23, 2004 I AM DA CRICKET MASTER!!!!!....... i keep geckos... and i can catch a cricket before they know whats hapening........ i catch'd one that had escaped over 3 weeks ago last night.... twas a fast bugger, but i got him/her in the end (no there not wild one, i get them in boxes of about 30 for £2.50..... verry fun to dump on pepol for a cheap laugh) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> For some reason that post had me in stiches for ages... Link to post Share on other sites
destrukto Posted October 23, 2004 Report Share Posted October 23, 2004 Thanks for sharing... We have horseflies in the northwoods, they're big, mean, they bite (and it hurts), and for some reason they're incredibly hard to kill (I personally prefer a small piece of 2x4 lumber to swat them ) Link to post Share on other sites
rhino Posted October 23, 2004 Report Share Posted October 23, 2004 It's worse if you sweat, as the salt attracts them. Nasty buggers! Link to post Share on other sites
HaVoC Posted October 23, 2004 Report Share Posted October 23, 2004 Yep they are - I find a large flamethrower, a-la "The Swarm" works rather well... Link to post Share on other sites
Banzai Posted October 23, 2004 Report Share Posted October 23, 2004 Bah, its all about Sarin gas Link to post Share on other sites
doc_newstead Posted October 24, 2004 Report Share Posted October 24, 2004 Apparently an ant can survive underwater for a week before it drowns... Link to post Share on other sites
HaVoC Posted October 24, 2004 Report Share Posted October 24, 2004 Thanks for that... THE FOLLOWING IS AN ENTIRELY, 100%, TOTALLY TRUE STORY Being the sad bugger I am, I bought an Antquarium from IWOOT.com. It was marvellous, watching all 8 little anties scuttling rounds and digging tunnels...until I found there were only 7. Mildly perplexed, I left the thing on top of my computer and went about my work. I looked in next day, to find...6 ants, digging tunnels... ...then 5... ...then 4... One day I took to watching them. My my, how amazing they were. Amazing creatures, but harmless...until I found one scuttling up the side and then clinging to the roof of the Antquarium. I watched in amazement as it tried to sqeeze itself through the tiny breathing holes in the lid...and succeeded. I pushed the little bigger back in with the blunt end of pin, and formulated a plan. I placed 2 1p coins partially over the holes, held in place with blu-tac. It allowed the holes to be about half open, letting the ants breathe but not letting them escape. I went on holiday to America for 2 weeks. When I retured...I found one ant going about his business, albeit rather sluggishly, and the other 3 lying dead on the top. It turns out that as the temperature changed, the blu-tac expanded and contracted, and pulled the penny right over the hole, suffocating the ants. Needless to say I was shocked by this occurance. I threw open the lid, and evacuated the remaining ant (READ: stood in my porch and flicked him out off a stick). Then I dumped the rest in a shady patch at the bottom of the garden, where no-one would discover the bodies and traces of mass anticide. Yes. Link to post Share on other sites
doc_newstead Posted October 24, 2004 Report Share Posted October 24, 2004 Ant farms intrigue me. Ants are social creatures, that base their actions on hormonal triggers secreted by the Queen. So, these 8 ants, absent of any orders, and unable to think for themselves... They leg it. Why do they leave? Are they looking for the nest? Or, free of the matriarchal society they were once slave to, do they realise their new-found freedom and seek to exploit it (despite not having the means to procreate)? So many questions... Link to post Share on other sites
HaVoC Posted October 24, 2004 Report Share Posted October 24, 2004 *thinks* Link to post Share on other sites
destrukto Posted October 24, 2004 Report Share Posted October 24, 2004 *decides to help havoc ponder the question* Link to post Share on other sites
HaVoC Posted October 24, 2004 Report Share Posted October 24, 2004 *isn't getting anywhere* It's only 3:45am and I'm trying to figure out how to polish boots, here! Link to post Share on other sites
destrukto Posted October 24, 2004 Report Share Posted October 24, 2004 He was using big words too I have a huge history exam Monday to worry about instead... If Doc can use those big words, he should be able to figure it out on his own Link to post Share on other sites
sp00n Posted October 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2004 Ant farms intrigue me. Ants are social creatures, that base their actions on hormonal triggers secreted by the Queen. So, these 8 ants, absent of any orders, and unable to think for themselves... They leg it. Why do they leave? Are they looking for the nest? Or, free of the matriarchal society they were once slave to, do they realise their new-found freedom and seek to exploit it (despite not having the means to procreate)? So many questions... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thats deep. Most ant farm containers are made of magical materials that ants cant really walk on, and the dirt is about an inch or so below the roof.. Link to post Share on other sites
Catchv22 Posted October 24, 2004 Report Share Posted October 24, 2004 Well if they can't procreate, they'd quickly kill themselves, or at least that's the conclusion I've arrived at from the testimony of several people with the IQ of your average ant. Link to post Share on other sites
GaMeFrEAK1018 Posted October 24, 2004 Report Share Posted October 24, 2004 Well if they can't procreate, they'd quickly kill themselves, or at least that's the conclusion I've arrived at from the testimony of several people with the IQ of your average ant. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> hahahahahahahahahah!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
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