Okay, as far as I can tell there are three prevailing theories:
1. That this is a prank on the part of some lonely guy with too much time on his hands. 2. That during some scanning process, this earwig was on the picture when it was scanned and thus became imprinted upon the earth forevermore. 3. That there is a real picture of an earwig on the fields at Hulen, Germany. Like a crop circle, only earwig-shaped and coloured.
I prefer number 1, but honestly, I have no idea what to think.
The Earwigs Are Invading!
(forgive me if this has been posted before)
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I'm probably mixing my Douglas Adams up, but I thought the Almighty Bob was the name of the earwig in whose ineffable navel some planet was formed.
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so, I know this is tangent to the "discussion" at hand, but is anyone else just really creeped out by earwigs? basically no insects bother me much except these little buggers. I'm not sure if it's just the look, or the fact that the name implies they can be found in my ear...
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No no, Bob was the ineffable (and pretty much fictional) diety made up by the ruler of an island on Lamuella, where Arthur was interred as a sandwichmaker.
I think the rest is probably from your memory of the Jatravartids or some such, who believe they were sneezed out of the nose of the Great Green Arkleseizure, and await the coming of the Great White Handkerchief.
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Well, after the Sacrilicious thread, we used to use "Bob" as a way to avoid taking the Lord's name in vain around here.
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also: another possible explanation for the identity of "Bob" can be found the movie 'Killers', just after one of the main characters exclaims "Who The Fudge is Bob?" (obviously they didn't really use the word fudge, but I'm trying to keep my random interjections from degrading into meaningless outbursts of profanity) All I'm really trying to say is... that I heartily recommend the afore-mentioned movie.
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Through the darkness of future past the magician longs to see one chants out between two worlds 'Fire walk with me.'
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quote:Originally posted by Architraz Warden: No no, Bob was the ineffable (and pretty much fictional) diety made up by the ruler of an island on Lamuella, where Arthur was interred as a sandwichmaker.
Aha....knew I wasn't as crazy as I seemed:
quote: Arthur didn't even know if Lamuella had had a paleozoic era. According to Old Thrashbarg the planet had been found fully-formed in the navel of a giant earwig at four-thirty one Vroonday afternoon, and although Arthur, as a seasoned galactic traveller with good `O' level passes in Physics and Geography, had fairly serious doubts about this, it was rather a waste of time trying to argue with Old Thrashbarg and there had never been much point before. . . . The following day Thrashbarg came round and said all sorts of Bob stuff. He tried to exert a calming influence by inviting Random to let her mind dwell on the ineffable mystery of the giant earwig, and Random said there was no giant earwig and Thrashbarg went very cold and silent and said she would be cast into outer darkness. Random said good, she'd been born there, and the next day the parcel arrived.
From Chapter 15 of Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams
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You are not alone Grimace. I, too, am totally freaked out by earwigs. I figure it has something to do with waking up at the drive-in in the middle of the Wrath of Khan when I was 6.
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quote:Originally posted by ludosti: You are not alone Grimace. I, too, am totally freaked out by earwigs. I figure it has something to do with waking up at the drive-in in the middle of the Wrath of Khan when I was 6.
Yeah, 'cause waking up to this would freak out any six year old. I'd never sleep again.
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quote:Originally posted by Jhai: The hatred of earwigs is due to that horrible Twilight Zone show, where the guy gets an earwig in his brain and it starts eating...
He eventualy gets it out, but... well, I won't ruin the ending for you guys.
Isn't that The Wrath of Khan?
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quote:Originally posted by ludosti: You are not alone Grimace. I, too, am totally freaked out by earwigs. I figure it has something to do with waking up at the drive-in in the middle of the Wrath of Khan when I was 6.
Nothing to do with that movie. Earwigs are frightening because:
A. They look slimy, but are not. B. They have frightening pincers. C. They appear out of nowhere, and seem to love getting into the laundry. D. They sort of fight back when you try to catch them. E. They are way too frightening to squash, which means you have to catch them, which means that sometimes they get caught on the piece of paper towel when you try to shake it off outside, which means you have to throw the whole glob of paper towel on the ground, which means that you have to leave it there, because, if you pick it up, the earwig might frighten you all over again by reappearing. F. They are strangely fascinating, and this frightens you the msot.
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