5/12/2009

30 Comments

1. Ok, that explains Obama voters.

   Comment by nk (755c01) — 5/12/2009 @ 4:20 pm

2. BTW, did I ever tell you “Welcome Back”, DRJ?

   Comment by nk (755c01) — 5/12/2009 @ 4:20 pm

3. I think you did but I like hearing it twice, and it’s good to be back.

   Comment by DRJ (b0f193) — 5/12/2009 @ 4:22 pm

4. How do these flies do in more temperate climates?
   I’m thinking Ivy League, here.

   Comment by AD - RtR/OS! (3eaf60) — 5/12/2009 @ 4:26 pm

5. Zombies always make for interesting posts. I think one about Carrie Prejean’s photos and zombies would break Sitemeter.

   Comment by JD (b9ca6b) — 5/12/2009 @ 4:27 pm

6. You know that whatever strip of grass between the sidewalk and the street? I’ve been in California ten years and I still step over it to get my foot on the curb not the grass.

   Comment by happyfeet (71f55e) — 5/12/2009 @ 5:00 pm

7. You may be ready for a Zombie walk, happyfeet.

   Comment by DRJ (b0f193) — 5/12/2009 @ 5:02 pm

8. Those ants will be dancing at the Zombie Zoo . . .

   Comment by Brother Bradley J. Fikes, C.O.R., (82be0c) — 5/12/2009 @ 5:04 pm

9. Was you ever stung by a dead bee?

   Comment by daleyrocks (5d22c0) — 5/12/2009 @ 5:07 pm

10. No, but I was stung on the tip of my nose by a rogue hornet. Hurt like heck and I discovered what I would have looked like if I had been born with Walter Matthau’s nose.

    Comment by Dana (4a6e8c) — 5/12/2009 @ 5:14 pm

11. Mathau and Teddy Swimmer have remarkably similar noses.

    Comment by JD (b9ca6b) — 5/12/2009 @ 5:23 pm

12. I don’t know why ants are attracted to electrical fields, but there you are. And I thought there was another species of ant that was even worse about electrical equipment—”crazy ants” or something. That’s right:

    http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5781180.html

    But there are MANY cases of parasites altering the behavior of their hosts. It’s not “Fringe” or “X-Files” stuff. It’s real.

    http://carlzimmer.com/books/parasiterex/index.html

    Carl Zimmer is a pretty good writer. “Parasite Rex” is very engaging reading!

    It makes me wonder about humans. I read once about a fellow who survived rabies. During the worst part of the infection, he was snapping and biting at people.

    After he recovered, doctors asked him why he was trying to bite people.

    “It seemed like a good idea at the time,” he replied.

    Creepy.

    Comment by Eric Blair (262ccd) — 5/12/2009 @ 5:47 pm

13. daleyrocks, ooooooo, its movie trivia time!

    I love Lauren Bacall by the way.

    Comment by SPQR (26be8b) — 5/12/2009 @ 7:15 pm

14. I never thought I’d be rooting for flies. And by the way, I don’t know which I dislike more: fire ants or DemocRATS!

    Comment by Leonardo DaFinchi (8c0a12) — 5/12/2009 @ 7:42 pm

15. Zombie ants? Reminds me of someone I have met here.

    Comment by The Emperor (0c8c2c) — 5/12/2009 @ 7:54 pm

16. SPQR – Excellent. I figured DRJ would be a Bogart and Bacall fan. Oh well.

    Comment by daleyrocks (5d22c0) — 5/12/2009 @ 8:03 pm

17. daleyrocks, well you hit my favorite movie. My wife won’t let me put it on the Netflix queue more than once a year, I drool too much.

    Comment by SPQR (26be8b) — 5/12/2009 @ 8:08 pm

18. You know how to whistle, don’t you, SPQR?

    Comment by Eric Blair (262ccd) — 5/12/2009 @ 8:15 pm

19. SPQR – I figured stinging by dead bees went with zombie ants. Twisted circuits I guess.

    Comment by daleyrocks (5d22c0) — 5/12/2009 @ 8:25 pm

20. I was waiting to spring the “Say, you’re not so bad, Missy” line on DRJ if she recognized the bee thinger.

    Comment by daleyrocks (5d22c0) — 5/12/2009 @ 8:27 pm

21. daley,

    Movies and movie stars from the 40s and 50s are terrific, aren’t they? But I also enjoy the classic character actors like Walter Brennan.

    Comment by DRJ (b0f193) — 5/12/2009 @ 8:55 pm

22. I like the bit in Key Largo when Humphrey Bogart’s character Frank McCloud is speaking up to the increasingly dangerous Edward G. Robinson’s gangster character Johnny Rocco:

    FM, calmly: “I know what you want, Johnny.”

    JR, with a sneer: “Yeah, what’s that?”

    FM, in a reasonable tone: “You want more.”

    Pause.

    JR with growing enthusiasm: “That’s right. I’ve never had enough. I guess I never will.”

    Sounds like the stimulus package, sort of.

    Comment by Eric Blair (262ccd) — 5/12/2009 @ 9:12 pm

23. I remember blogging on this subject a couple of years ago. You can find video of the fly at work here, if you wish.

    Comment by Robert (4094dd) — 5/12/2009 @ 11:36 pm

24. I KNEW the zombie apocalypse would happen sooner or later!

    Comment by Vivian Louise (eeeb3a) — 5/13/2009 @ 7:26 am

25. No, No, No, the fly larvae don’t turn the Fire Ants into Zombies, they turn them into Democrats! Just look at their behavior: They wander around aimlessly for a couple of weeks, and then their heads fall off. Sounds like Dems to me!

    Comment by J. Raymond Wright (d83ab3) — 5/13/2009 @ 7:57 am

26. nk–I thought that explained the GOP, or maybe Obama’s Cabinet.

    Comment by rochf (ae9c58) — 5/13/2009 @ 10:56 am

27. Comment by J. Raymond Wright — 5/13/2009 @ 7:57 am

    Didn’t Bob Hope have a radio routine along these lines back in the late 30′s or 40′s?

    Comment by AD - RtR/OS! (e8f920) — 5/13/2009 @ 11:05 am

28. this sounds like the setup to a 50s-era b-grade horror flick.

    Comment by aphrael (9e8ccd) — 5/13/2009 @ 7:35 pm

29. Seriously, aphrael, go read “Parasite Rex” or just scan Carl Zimmer’s blog.

    Nature is far weirder (and scarier) than any Roger Corman film.

    Comment by Eric Blair (262ccd) — 5/13/2009 @ 7:39 pm

30. How about a blonde in a library, Eric? Safe for work.

    (Good-looking) Dana, I’m afraid that for the time being that’s all I can recall from my long ago childhood. But … some others may float up.

    Comment by nk (a1896a) — 5/13/2009 @ 8:07 pm

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