The idea that I can have ~1550 ladybugs anonymously airdropped on my nemeses makes me feel inordinately powerful.
http://www.amazon.com/Live-Ladybugs-Gardens-Approximately-NectarTM/dp/B0057AZ5U8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1386287812&sr=8-1&keywords=ladybugs
And to the Admins -- really? No Nemesis / Evil Genius / Muahahahaha section?!?!!
I don't even know who you guys are anymore. ;)
Is it not "Nemesii?"
Certainly it's not Star Trek: Nemesis.
And besides, that air delivery system probably won't be around for a few more years. It's not good to tip your hand too early.
Quote from: skeptical.platypus on December 05, 2013, 07:10:53 PM
The idea that I can have ~1550 ladybugs anonymously airdropped on my nemeses makes me feel inordinately powerful.
http://www.amazon.com/Live-Ladybugs-Gardens-Approximately-NectarTM/dp/B0057AZ5U8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1386287812&sr=8-1&keywords=ladybugs
And to the Admins -- really? No Nemesis / Evil Genius / Muahahahaha section?!?!!
I don't even know who you guys are anymore. ;)
Should they know you? Have you seeped out of the ooze that was the wargamer?
Quote from: Mr. Bigglesworth on December 05, 2013, 09:07:36 PM
Quote from: skeptical.platypus on December 05, 2013, 07:10:53 PM
The idea that I can have ~1550 ladybugs anonymously airdropped on my nemeses makes me feel inordinately powerful.
http://www.amazon.com/Live-Ladybugs-Gardens-Approximately-NectarTM/dp/B0057AZ5U8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1386287812&sr=8-1&keywords=ladybugs
And to the Admins -- really? No Nemesis / Evil Genius / Muahahahaha section?!?!!
I don't even know who you guys are anymore. ;)
Should they know you? Have you seeped out of the ooze that was the wargamer?
He has, but the names have been changed to protect
the innocent who knows. In any case we don't dwell on the past.
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Back to the original subject. I had a ladybug land on my arm this summer.
I thought, "How quaint."
Then it bit me.
Honest to God, it bit me. Then flew off.
Now I'm a bit less indulgent about them.
I deal with ladybugs often in my line of work. And I would have disputed your assertion that they bite to the ends of the earth. That is until one of them did the same thing to me several years ago. They are no longer looked upon as innocently as before.
Wargamer appears to have become the spiritual inheritor of the Battlefront Cesspool, without the humor or quality. Unfortunately, that's largely biased on only a handful of rhymes with ducktards. More unfortunately, not all the rhymers are limited to wargamer.
But those aren't my nemesii, and neither is Wargamer. I'm a loofa, not a fighter.
You stake as many goats as I have, and eventually you'll earn the ire of many landscapers.
May the tiny nibbles of 1550 ladybugs swell their fists around their fetid greenhouse gas emitters.
Quote from: MetalDog on December 05, 2013, 09:27:48 PM
I deal with ladybugs often in my line of work. And I would have disputed your assertion that they bite to the ends of the earth. That is until one of them did the same thing to me several years ago. They are no longer looked upon as innocently as before.
The red spot stayed on my bicep for at least five days! I still can't get over the shock. Honestly I did absolutely nothing to deserve it, either.
I was cooking outside. Maybe the smoke from the grill irritated it. But I don't remember there being much smoke in the air where I was standing. Weird.
Who knew?
Well, they are carnivorous after all. Many an innocent aphid never made it back home...
Quote from: LongBlade on December 05, 2013, 09:32:34 PM
Quote from: MetalDog on December 05, 2013, 09:27:48 PM
I deal with ladybugs often in my line of work. And I would have disputed your assertion that they bite to the ends of the earth. That is until one of them did the same thing to me several years ago. They are no longer looked upon as innocently as before.
The red spot stayed on my bicep for at least five days! I still can't get over the shock. Honestly I did absolutely nothing to deserve it, either.
I was cooking outside. Maybe the smoke from the grill irritated it. But I don't remember there being much smoke in the air where I was standing. Weird.
Who knew?
Are you in any way aphid-like?
Quote from: skeptical.platypus on December 05, 2013, 09:38:35 PM
Quote from: LongBlade on December 05, 2013, 09:32:34 PM
Quote from: MetalDog on December 05, 2013, 09:27:48 PM
I deal with ladybugs often in my line of work. And I would have disputed your assertion that they bite to the ends of the earth. That is until one of them did the same thing to me several years ago. They are no longer looked upon as innocently as before.
The red spot stayed on my bicep for at least five days! I still can't get over the shock. Honestly I did absolutely nothing to deserve it, either.
I was cooking outside. Maybe the smoke from the grill irritated it. But I don't remember there being much smoke in the air where I was standing. Weird.
Who knew?
Are you in any way aphid-like?
A girl never tells.
^Just loled a cat off my lap. Sort of like a spit-take, but furrier.
I had no idea ladybugs could bite. There is just so much about life that I don't know. ???
Ladybugs are predators. They eat mosquitoes (I think) so I like them.
I had a similar thing on vacation in Hawaii a large hard shell beetle with a very pretty metallic green coating dropped from a tree onto my forearm. Oh look, I held it out for my girlfriend to see, at which point it tried to ram it's long curved beak into my skin. I batted it off instantly. I still ended up with a golfball sized welt that went purple grey. Itched like hell. I think it was an assasin bug, which gets its name from ramming it's beak into other bugs, then vomitting to liquify them from the inside out. Then it slurps them up. Why it decided to bite a mammal is a mystery.
Biggs, if you liked that, you should try a saddleback caterpillar. Real pretty.
Quote from: Mr. Bigglesworth on December 06, 2013, 12:08:43 AM
Ladybugs are predators. They eat mosquitoes (I think) so I like them.
I had a similar thing on vacation in Hawaii a large hard shell beetle with a very pretty metallic green coating dropped from a tree onto my forearm. Oh look, I held it out for my girlfriend to see, at which point it tried to ram it's long curved beak into my skin. I batted it off instantly. I still ended up with a golfball sized welt that went purple grey. Itched like hell. I think it was an assasin bug, which gets its name from ramming it's beak into other bugs, then vomitting to liquify them from the inside out. Then it slurps them up. Why it decided to bite a mammal is a mystery.
hmm, I don't even have to break a sweat over this. *ahem* ladybugs eat aphids and whiteflys, and their larvae also eat the same... commonly called aphid lions
as for the assassin beetle... their main prey are insects, but anything with blood is dinner. It is reported that their bite is very damn painfull, almost on par with the bite from a bullet ant - in Central America they are a vector for Chagas Disease a nasty thing that makes lyme disease seem mild by comparison (although lyme disease left untreated can fuck you up good over the long haul)...
when I was in university I took several higher level entomology courses and gained access to the bug room (for both course requirements and as underpaid slave labour). The assassin bugs were studied there and they were fed by placing their flexible cages on restrained rabbits
A memorable incident was when I got bit by a tarantula I was handling, but only because I had handled crickets earlier without washing my hands (Tarantulas (several species at least) have taste buds in their feet). The closest comparable is being stabbed in the hand with a mechanical pencil.
To make this story complete... I got laid in the lab too and we were both wearing lab coats .... first time without a condom ;D :D ;D :D ;D 8)
I remember the lump on my forearm was about an inch and a half across, almost a perfect half sphere. A seriously raised lump. We had travel medical but I did not want to go to a US hospital for the horror stories of the bills.
Quote from: LongBlade on December 05, 2013, 09:10:58 PM
He has, but the names have been changed to protect the innocent who knows. In any case we don't dwell on the past.
why hide behind a new persona then?
Windy was playing his 'assassin beetle' game with some poor intern.
Quote from: Windigo on December 06, 2013, 01:02:58 AM
To make this story complete... I got laid in the lab too and we were both wearing lab coats .... first time without a condom ;D :D ;D :D ;D 8)
and how did the tarantula feel about the experience?
.
Better living through science...reminds me of Zinc Oxide and You...
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on December 06, 2013, 06:29:03 AM
Windy was playing his 'assassin beetle' game with some poor intern.
actually I was the noob,
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on December 06, 2013, 07:53:00 AM
Quote from: Windigo on December 06, 2013, 01:02:58 AM
To make this story complete... I got laid in the lab too and we were both wearing lab coats .... first time without a condom ;D :D ;D :D ;D 8)
and how did the tarantula feel about the experience?
It surprised the hell out of me and spider went flying when I flailed my arm, but it survived the journey to the floor. It got caged. The meat of my hand swelled up a bit, but since this species of tarantula has wimpy venom there was no lasting harm to either of us.
Except emotional damage to the spider. Sort of like one of us biting into a thick delicious-smelling hamburger only to get the taste of Aveeno instead.
thats why we dont let LB grill during Grognati campouts where we plot the overthrow of the interwebz.
Quote from: MetalDog on December 06, 2013, 12:57:32 AM
Biggs, if you liked that, you should try a saddleback caterpillar. Real pretty.
Yes, that was quite the surprise when we arrived in Louisiana. They call them Chinese caterpillars there. Who knew?
That's when I formed my hypothesis that: in Louisiana if it isn't poisonous it will eat you. Follow that advice and you'll live longer. Nice place, but beware the fauna.
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on December 06, 2013, 11:01:00 AM
thats why we dont let LB grill during Grognati campouts where we plot the overthrow of the interwebz.
Do you realize the lengths I go to in order to keep those cookouts off the grid? Heck, the cost of rocket fuel to get to the dark side of the moon should be enough to impress you. Besides, what's a little foreign matter in your burger when I'm shelling out big bucks for those camp outs in outer space? The FDA allows for 25% beef byproduct in hamburger. Sheesh, you'd think as much Aveeno as Star consumes he wouldn't mind a little going in the other end mixed with ketchup and mustard.
Hahahahahaha!
Hmmmm, I'd say LB's scoring drought is over.
Quote from: Windigo on December 06, 2013, 01:02:58 AM
To make this story complete... I got laid in the lab too and we were both wearing lab coats .... first time without a condom ;D :D ;D :D ;D 8)
This sentence has me torn between saying "Good for you!" and "TMI!"...
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on December 06, 2013, 07:53:00 AM
and how did the tarantula feel about the experience?
A better question is, who cares? It's a tarantula!!!
(Dammit, I know you only asked the question to provoke me into responding, but I just couldn't help myself...)
It spun itself a warm fuzzy sweater to remind it of the experience.
yup, thats what Martoks spiders think of while they crawl all over him when hes sleeping.
You are a mean mean man, Star.
Quote from: Martok on December 07, 2013, 03:15:10 PM
Quote from: Windigo on December 06, 2013, 01:02:58 AM
To make this story complete... I got laid in the lab too and we were both wearing lab coats .... first time without a condom ;D :D ;D :D ;D 8)
This sentence has me torn between saying "Good for you!" and "TMI!"...
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on December 06, 2013, 07:53:00 AM
and how did the tarantula feel about the experience?
A better question is, who cares? It's a tarantula!!!
(Dammit, I know you only asked the question to provoke me into responding, but I just couldn't help myself...)
Condoms - invented by man hating butch dykes
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on December 07, 2013, 04:17:01 PM
yup, thats what Martoks spiders think of while they crawl all over him when hes sleeping.
Oddly/amusingly enough, that image no longer automatically invokes the same horror that it used to. I guess your constant shock/trauma therapy has had an effect. :P