They're a-coming! - Page 2

phillybilly · 03-17-2004, 11:50 AM

were's the RC cola!!!

WOW talk about a down home, old school pic!!!

99 44/100% pure · 03-17-2004, 12:03 PM

Well, I voted for tasty, but I would have preferred "crunchy." Nothing like a nice crunchy walk on a cicada-riddled trail!

richlevy · 03-17-2004, 12:26 PM

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Originally posted by wolf
At work we have been known to take various insect carcasses (including cicaidas), tie black threads to them, and wave them at certain bug-senstive female crisis workers in an attempt to torture them.

If we are going to end up with a lot of them, I may have to discuss having one of the tall guys climb up and tape the threads to the ceiling fan, so they can whirl around.

It will be just like they were actually alive and swarming again.

Yes, I will take pictures if I make this happen.

Let me get this straight, you work in a mental hospital. Are you trying out for the Nurse Ratched award?

wolf · 03-17-2004, 01:19 PM

Yes, I have keys and shoelaces.

My coworkers already fear me, despite my having assured several of them, "well, you're on the list, but you're after 'reload.'"

By doing things like this I keep them amused and off guard. I may need that one of these days.

Happy Monkey · 04-30-2004, 09:23 PM

Their holes have appeared. Won't be long now.

jaguar · 05-02-2004, 01:40 PM

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At work we have been known to take various insect carcasses (including cicaidas), tie black threads to them, and wave them at certain bug-senstive female crisis workers in an attempt to torture them.

If we are going to end up with a lot of them, I may have to discuss having one of the tall guys climb up and tape the threads to the ceiling fan, so they can whirl around.

It will be just like they were actually alive and swarming again.

Yes, I will take pictures if I make this happen.

How many ex coworkers do you now how under lock and key?

wolf · 05-02-2004, 03:25 PM

Strangely enough, relatively few. I've only seen one actual staff member (a college summer intern) admitted to our hospital ... oh wait, and there was someone in administration that we had to quietly send to alcohol rehab about 9 years ago. We tend to be relatively resilient.

Our problems tend to center more around things like the psych tech who was murdered by his crazy girlfriend two years ago yesterday, IIRC. That was right after my best friend's suicide (also a staff member), so we were a bit emotionally numb for a while. 2002 was a particularly bad year ... two deaths from natural causes, one suicide, one murder, and one part time nurse who drank herself to death. We're actually starting another round of this ... staff member died in her sleep last week, just before that the 13 y.o. son of one of our folks hung himself, and a former employee's son died of a herion overdose.

Happy Monkey · 05-12-2004, 10:24 AM

I just saw my first early risers. I saw about 10 of them while walking to my car this morning.

CzinZumerzet · 05-12-2004, 11:30 AM

For heaven's sake will somebody tell me what these things are? I just assumed you were talking about crickets or grasshoppers but you make it sound like the return of the bodysnatchers or summat.

And I thought we had problems with daddy-long-legs....

Happy Monkey · 05-12-2004, 11:40 AM

Check out the first link on the first post.

These are the oldest insects in the world (IIRC). They were born 17 years ago, and are about to swarm again.

These guys are about as harmless as daddy-log-legs, but they are huge (2" long, .5" wide), noisy, and there are going to be millions of 'em.

Happy Monkey · 05-18-2004, 07:41 PM

Here's a telephone pole up the street from my parents' house.

Happy Monkey · 05-18-2004, 07:43 PM

And here's a closeup of the base of the pole.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-18-2004, 08:23 PM

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and there are going to be millions of 'em.

Point of order, I think you mean Billions.

elSicomoro · 05-18-2004, 08:45 PM

We've got holes around the tree and the bushes in front of our building.

I wonder if they'll affect Plastic Forks, which is June 26.

Happy Monkey · 05-18-2004, 10:31 PM

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Originally posted by xoxoxoBruce
Point of order, I think you mean Billions.

I meant in my neighborhood! Yeah... that's the ticket!

View Poll Results: Cicadas:
Fun	12	30.77%
Scary	5	12.82%
Annoying	17	43.59%
Tasty	9	23.08%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 39. You may not vote on this poll

03-17-2004, 11:50 AM	#16
phillybilly Belt Conveyor Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Philadelphia, Pa Posts: 68	mmmmm...good...BUT were's the RC cola!!! WOW talk about a down home, old school pic!!!

03-17-2004, 12:03 PM	#17
99 44/100% pure Infrequently Astonished Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Baltimore metro area Posts: 324	Well, I voted for tasty, but I would have preferred "crunchy." Nothing like a nice crunchy walk on a cicada-riddled trail! __________________ Overcompensating for the 0.56% that is irredeemably corrupted.

03-17-2004, 01:19 PM	#19
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Yes, I have keys and shoelaces. My coworkers already fear me, despite my having assured several of them, "well, you're on the list, but you're after 'reload.'" By doing things like this I keep them amused and off guard. I may need that one of these days. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

04-30-2004, 09:23 PM	#20
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Their holes have appeared. Won't be long now. Attached Images __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

05-02-2004, 03:25 PM	#22
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Strangely enough, relatively few. I've only seen one actual staff member (a college summer intern) admitted to our hospital ... oh wait, and there was someone in administration that we had to quietly send to alcohol rehab about 9 years ago. We tend to be relatively resilient. Our problems tend to center more around things like the psych tech who was murdered by his crazy girlfriend two years ago yesterday, IIRC. That was right after my best friend's suicide (also a staff member), so we were a bit emotionally numb for a while. 2002 was a particularly bad year ... two deaths from natural causes, one suicide, one murder, and one part time nurse who drank herself to death. We're actually starting another round of this ... staff member died in her sleep last week, just before that the 13 y.o. son of one of our folks hung himself, and a former employee's son died of a herion overdose. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-12-2004, 10:24 AM	#23
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	I just saw my first early risers. I saw about 10 of them while walking to my car this morning. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

05-12-2004, 11:30 AM	#24
CzinZumerzet .....short for Caz Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: The West Coast of England Posts: 358	For heaven's sake will somebody tell me what these things are? I just assumed you were talking about crickets or grasshoppers but you make it sound like the return of the bodysnatchers or summat. And I thought we had problems with daddy-long-legs.... __________________ ..down by the zea zippin' zider

05-12-2004, 11:40 AM	#25
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Check out the first link on the first post. These are the oldest insects in the world (IIRC). They were born 17 years ago, and are about to swarm again. These guys are about as harmless as daddy-log-legs, but they are huge (2" long, .5" wide), noisy, and there are going to be millions of 'em. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

05-18-2004, 07:41 PM	#26
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Here's a telephone pole up the street from my parents' house. Attached Images __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

05-18-2004, 07:43 PM	#27
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	And here's a closeup of the base of the pole. Attached Images __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

05-18-2004, 08:45 PM	#29
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	We've got holes around the tree and the bushes in front of our building. I wonder if they'll affect Plastic Forks, which is June 26.

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