A Bug for Dan

[Audie]

I drew big eyes on a paper to scare a bird that
kept attacking it's reflectection in a mirror.

 

[John53]

I drew big eyes on a paper to scare a bird that
kept attacking it's reflectection in a mirror.

As kids we'd wear plastic ice cream containers with eyes drawn on the back to discourage attacks by Australian Magpies, it worked a treat. Now as a mature gentleman I wave my walking stick at them and yell angrily.

 

[JustGeorge]

As kids we'd wear plastic ice cream containers with eyes drawn on the back to discourage attacks by Australian Magpies, it worked a treat. Now as a mature gentleman I wave my walking stick at them and yell angrily.

That's very mature of you.

 

[John53]

That's very mature of you.

It's less effective and probably less dignified but it gives the neighbourhood something to talk about... the old man walking the fluffy white dog waving his cane at magpies.

 

[JustGeorge]

It's less effective and probably less dignified but it gives the neighbourhood something to talk about... the old man walking the fluffy white dog waving his cane at magpies.

The world needs more people like that to talk about.

 

[Dan From Smithville]

I drew big eyes on a paper to scare a bird that
kept attacking it's reflectection in a mirror.

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[Dan From Smithville]

As kids we'd wear plastic ice cream containers with eyes drawn on the back to discourage attacks by Australian Magpies, it worked a treat. Now as a mature gentleman I wave my walking stick at them and yell angrily.

They had to tie a bone to the kid down the street just to get his dog to play with him.

 

[JustGeorge]

They had to tie a bone to the kid down the street just to get his dog to play with him.

Aloof dog, or feisty kid?

 

[Dan From Smithville]

Aloof dog, or feisty kid?

The joke is that "when I was kid I was so ugly they had to tie a bone around my neck to get the dog to play with me". I'm just too pretty, so I moved it down the street.

 

[John53]

They had to tie a bone to the kid down the street just to get his dog to play with him.

I thought that was a butchers send off. Tie a pork chop 'round his neck and sic the dogs onto him.

 

[Dan From Smithville]

I thought that was a butchers send off. Tie a pork chop 'round his neck and sic the dogs onto him.

I suppose it could work either way depending on the dogs and the numbers of them. In any event, I don't have to worry about that.

Oh wait, I'm a rabbit. I do have to worry about that, just don't need the bone.

 

[John53]

 

[Audie]

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Oops I meant window

 

[Dan From Smithville]

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What the heck is that thing chasing that poor bunny?

 

[Dan From Smithville]

Oops I meant window

I'm not sure what you mean.

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[John53]

What the heck is that thing chasing that poor bunny?

Dish licker

 

[John53]

I'm not sure what you mean.

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Dumb question: I was watching a show about the Arctic and during summer there are millions of insects, I think they are only about for a month or so. How do they survive the winter to come out in such huge numbers for a brief period? I suspect the eggs can survive being frozen but that's a guess.

 

[Audie]

Dumb question: I was watching a show about the Arctic and during summer there are millions of insects, I think they are only about for a month or so. How do they survive the winter to come out in such huge numbers for a brief period? I suspect the eggs can survive being frozen but that's a guess.

Rana sylvatica I think is the boreal frog that can be frozen
subzero and come out hopping

 

[Audie]

Dumb question: I was watching a show about the Arctic and during summer there are millions of insects, I think they are only about for a month or so. How do they survive the winter to come out in such huge numbers for a brief period? I suspect the eggs can survive being frozen but that's a guess.

I was in Alaska. Mosquitoes are big! And thick enough
to look,like a thin grey fogbank.

 

[John53]

Dumb question: I was watching a show about the Arctic and during summer there are millions of insects, I think they are only about for a month or so. How do they survive the winter to come out in such huge numbers for a brief period? I suspect the eggs can survive being frozen but that's a guess.

Found this which explains it. Seems to be a variety of strategies.

Seasonal Adaptations in Arctic Insects1

Abstract. Many insect species live in the arctic and show a wide range of adaptations to its extreme severity and seasonality. Long, cold winters are met,

academic.oup.com