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sndrake
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I just went to click a brand-new thread titled "this is a mayfly" started by Noemon, with no posts on it yet.

Wanting to see what he was up to, I clicked on the thread, only to be told it didn't exist.

Sure enough, when I refreshed the screen, the thread was gone.

Was this a demonstration? Something to show us (anyone who was around for it) what a mayfly really looks like? [Dont Know]

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Noemon
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Just playing--I honestly didn't think anybody'd even see that thread.

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Teshi
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So is this a mayfly thread, too? [Wink]

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rivka
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*waits to go POOF*

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sndrake
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Nope. How could I ever call this a "mayfly" thread now that Noemon has shown what a real "mayfly" looks like?

His mayfly mocks all the others with its sincerity, simplicity and purity.

And very short lifespan. [Wink]

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Teshi
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Well, what lives for longer than a mayfly, but still a very brief period?

A Daddylonglegs?

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rivka
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Fruitflies have a pretty short lifespan.

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Noemon
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A junebug?

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Teshi
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So this is a "fruitfly" or "junebug" thread. Simple. [Razz]

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Noemon
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That reminds me--earlier today I watched a junebug and a spider locked in a death dance. The bug was pretty well entwined in the spider's web, and the spider was biting it repeatedly in the leg. I had to get back to work, but I want to go and check on how it went before I go home today. The bug was doomed, I think, but I wasn't sure that it wouldn't be able to break free of the web before it died.

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zgator
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I think the februarybug is the shortest lived.

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Noemon
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That's February *beetle* zan! Gosh!

Just went to check, by the way, and it would seem that the June bug escaped.

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Teshi
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Or was eaten.

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sndrake
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Spiders usually leave some dessicated corpses behind. I'm sure Noemon knows to look for those, Teshi. [Wink]

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Noemon
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There were no husks in evidence. No spider either though. Wonder where she was hiding? Her web was still there, or what the junebug left of it anyway. Wonder if she's riding the junebug into the sunset?

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rivka
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*pictures that, complete with miniaturized sunset*

[ROFL]

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Papa Moose
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What about a cicada thread? You could post it again in 17 years or something....

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Teshi
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Well, that was a light-hearted comment, but I don't really know much about spiders so [Smile]

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Well, that June Bug spent quite a large proportion of its life escaping from the web. How's that for survival instinct?

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Teshi
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Or a grasshopper thread that hops from subject to subject.

...Wait, we already have enough of those.

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Noemon
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Yeah, I think most of our threads are grasshopper threads.

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sndrake
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Well, that June Bug spent quite a large proportion of its life escaping from the web. How's that for survival instinct?

Well, was it survival or denial?

Sheesh. The bug was terminal, after all. The poor spider was probably trying to do a good deed. The web was probably just a good-hearted (although misguided) attempt at providing death with dignity. Kind of combining the features of a hospice and snack bar, no doubt a result of the spider sitting through one too many viewings of "Soylent Green."

::runs for cover::

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