Stinky The Clown
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Wed Sep-23-09 11:42 AM
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If a plague of locusts were to descend on the US ....... |
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I would bet any damned thing they'd find defenders here on DU.
That non sequitor apros pos of nothing ......
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Wed Sep-23-09 11:44 AM
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1. Oh come on. It's our foreign policy that obviously brought the attack on ourselves |
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Wed Sep-23-09 11:44 AM
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2. raises hand to defend the locusts.... |
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I'm an entomologist. What can I say? :shrug: See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_locust*sigh*
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Stinky The Clown
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Wed Sep-23-09 11:46 AM
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phantom power
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Wed Sep-23-09 11:53 AM
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6. No shit. Like a latent phenotype? |
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Wed Sep-23-09 11:56 AM
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9. pretty interesting, huh? |
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The most destructive insect in the western U.S., once considered one of the primary barriers to settlement of the west, creator of the largest and densest swarms of animals ever seen by humans, suddenly and inexplicably extinct.
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Wed Sep-23-09 12:05 PM
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11. It makes me want to do genetic comparisons from the surviving specimens. |
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Or, actually a biologist should do the comparisons. I'm not allowed within 100 yards of most lab equipment, owing to certain restraining orders.
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Wed Sep-23-09 01:17 PM
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18. Hey, don't bug us with that! |
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We all know where an exterminator is -- at least until he's convicted, or at least kicked off Dancing With the Stars.
;-)
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Wed Sep-23-09 01:19 PM
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Edited on Wed Sep-23-09 01:20 PM by mike_c
I'll bet I can dance better than him, too! :rofl:
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Wed Sep-23-09 11:46 AM
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4. It could be good for the environment. nt |
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Wed Sep-23-09 11:52 AM
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5. Locusts are GREEN. Green is good, right? nt |
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Wed Sep-23-09 11:54 AM
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7. If a plague of locusts were to descend on the US which nation should the US attack? |
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Wed Sep-23-09 12:40 PM
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12. It's the fault of our acceptance of "teh Gay" |
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Man, the locusts have just been Hell here in New England of late!
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P.S.: I don't really need a sarcasm smiley, do I?
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Wed Sep-23-09 01:08 PM
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Wed Sep-23-09 11:54 AM
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8. Expecially if the locusts engaged in ... |
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nah, I'm not going there.
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Wed Sep-23-09 12:00 PM
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10. Didn't that already happen on 9/12? |
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Wed Sep-23-09 12:40 PM
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13. Well... locusts are better than Republicans IMHO... |
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Wed Sep-23-09 01:00 PM
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14. the unrecommenders are out today..... |
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Wed Sep-23-09 01:01 PM
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15. They'd be unemployed with no health care. But, the politicians would tell them to be patient. |
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Wed Sep-23-09 01:15 PM
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17. So why do you have to denigrate locusts? |
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There you go: using loaded words like "plague"! Why not ask what would happen were a BLESSING of locusts were to descend on the U.S.? ;-)
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