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Posted by Dead_Horse (Member # 3027) on :

US Raids Mosquitoes

Sorry, I couldn't help myself. [Big Grin]

[ November 21, 2004, 03:46 PM: Message edited by: Dead_Horse ]

Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :

[Hail]

Dead_Horse

[Laugh]

Nice one

Posted by Dead_Horse (Member # 3027) on :

Thank you. [Blushing]

Posted by digging_holes (Member # 6237) on :

Best dobie I've seen in a while.

Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :

I knew this one was only a matter of time...

Posted by Jenny Gardener (Member # 903) on :

Actually, this sort of thing makes me feel very sad. [Frown]

Posted by digging_holes (Member # 6237) on :

Why is that?

Posted by Dead_Horse (Member # 3027) on :

yes, why? do you think it means I don't take the other thread seriously enough? well, it doesn't. the two have completely different objectives. this one might be seen by some as humorous. i would hope the other one is not. the two threads have nothing to do with each other except that they look alike on first glance. but they are easy to tell apart. i am sorry if it makes you sad, though. should i delete it?

Posted by Jenny Gardener (Member # 903) on :

The all-out war on insects makes me sad. If it still exists, go look up the "Mommy Bugga Bugga" thread. I'm an insect advocate, and it saddens me to see people so willing to misunderstand and destroy insects. It adds poisons to our soil, air, and water. It breeds resistance into harmful insects. It upsets an appropriate balance of insects, harming beneficial bugs more than it keeps the ones we choose not to like away.

Posted by Jenny Gardener (Member # 903) on :

Attitudes of war and annihilation always depress me, no matter toward whom or what they are directed.

(But I'll make an exception for squash bugs in my garden [Razz]

)

Posted by Dead_Horse (Member # 3027) on :

Oh. Okay. I don't advocate the use of chemical insect killers, except in cases where nothing else works and the bugs are an immediate danger.

Around here, we promote the population of birds and bats so that we don't have much of an insect problem. I haven't gotten a mosquito bite while on my own property in 14 years.

Posted by digging_holes (Member # 6237) on :

I like insects too... if they're cool insects. I love ants. I have frequently put myself in danger of getting stung to get a closer look at a wasp or a hornet. But mosquitoes? I shudder. Kill 'em all, I say.

Why didn't Noah just swat those two mosquitoes?

Posted by Dead_Horse (Member # 3027) on :

I think he did, but then two more got on that he didn't notice. [Big Grin]