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I can't make this stuff up, you know
2008-05-15 11:14 amWe'll let you read the hed again -- nope, it's not a joke. Apparently millions of tiny swarming ants called "crazy raspberry ants" are causing quite a ruckus down in Houston after they accidentally arrived on board a cargo ship and started busily invading homes and offices, where they are attracted to electrical equipment. So far they've messed up sewage pumps, cause fire alarms to go haywire, destroyed computers, and taken out at least one gas meter -- and since they're resistant to over-the-counter ant killers and each colony has multiple queens, they're nearly impossible to kill. Worse, those that do die are used by the remaining ants as bridges over pesticide-treated areas. Yep, that's insanely creepy. Anyone in Houston got any horror stories to share?(Click through for creepy picture. Oh, yes... according to this article (from this post by
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wcg), they eat fire ants. Every silver lining has a cloud around it, you know.)
Oh, Holy Horror!
2006-12-09 08:52 am What is quite possibly the world's worst recording of a Christmas carol
comes from folkmew, who got it from this post by ohikennedy, which points to this post on
The Sneeze.
Now, before you go there and, if
you dare, listen to it, let me just quote ohikennedy's warning:
Trust me on this. Use headphones if any other living creature (including plants you're fond of) is in the room. Do not eat or drink. And sit down while listening.
Please note that filkertom held out for only 20 seconds.
After that it gets worse. My earworms fled gibbering in terror. There is
a reason why I had to make a new icon for this post.
Just when you thought it was safe...
2006-06-16 10:16 pmAs a follow-up to this post (in the chain leading to this one of mine, I found taco isu, the all-too-real Japanese (of course) octopus ice cream.
( the horror! )
