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| "Giant mutant ant colony" beneath Melbourne |
| 2004-08-12 |
| A huge ant colony measuring 100 Image: Footage from Planet LB-426 in "Aliens." Oz-accented narrator: Ant colony! Foster's. Australian for "beer"! |
| Posted by:Another Dan |
| #14 Ha! My time is neigh! Death to Queen Ida! |
| Posted by: Have Tongue Will Travel 2004-08-12 6:37:00 PM |
| #13 This just in: an exclusive look inside the giant mutant ant colony, as our hero attempts to find and destroy the evil Queen... |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-08-12 13:55 |
#12  Now we proclaim the Australian Entomologistic Republic. We will now sing the new national anthem: Anthem |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-08-12 13:47 |
| #11 Evil Giant Ant Plan: 1. Tunnel under Melbourne 2. Weaken foundations of entire city 3. City falls into giant sinkhole 4. Snack time! |
| Posted by: Dar 2004-08-12 12:54 |
| #10 Tibor - Lol! I had a flashback of the town mayor in Red Dawn while reading your post, heh. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-08-12 12:21 |
| #9 From one of the all-time best episodes of The Simpsons. KENT BROCKMAN: "Ladies and gentlemen, er, we've just lost the picture, but, uh, what we've seen speaks for itself. The Corvair spacecraft has been taken over — 'conquered', if you will — by a master race of giant space ants. It's difficult to tell from this vantage point whether they will consume the captive earth men or merely enslave them. One thing is for certain, there is no stopping them; the ants will soon be here. And I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords. I'd like to remind them that as a trusted TV personality, I can be helpful in rounding up others to...toil in their underground sugar caves." |
| Posted by: Tibor 2004-08-12 12:18 |
| #8 With James Whitmore and Matt Dillon, no less... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047573/ Plot Keywords for Them! (1954) * morse-code * desert * police * fbi * scientist * military * flame-thrower * sewer * ant * giant-insect * helicopter * los-angeles-storm-drain * bazooka * los-angeles-california * new-mexico * trailer * wilhelm-scream * california |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-08-12 11:41 |
| #7 Fight back! Make them ants cry "uncle!" |
| Posted by: Mike 2004-08-12 11:36 |
| #6 Aaaack! Giant mutant ants! They're comin' for me! Oh, hold me, Ethel! |
| Posted by: Fred 2004-08-12 11:26 |
| #5 Giant mutant ants, y'say? Really? Must be, y'know - "them"... |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-08-12 10:56 |
| #4 Are you kiding? They're headed for the Malvinas. This is how the Argentines will take over the world. |
| Posted by: Porter Goss 2004-08-12 10:12 |
| #3 As long as the ants aren't using the tunnels to smuggle arms from f*cking Indonesia, I think you'll be okay. |
| Posted by: BH 2004-08-12 10:07 |
| #2 Pikers! There's a supercolony of these Argentine ants that spans 6000 kilometers (3,728 miles) through Italy, France, Spain and Portugal. See National Geographic article April 23,2002. |
| Posted by: GK 2004-08-12 09:24 |
| #1 I feel a Lance Hienrickson movie coming on... |
| Posted by: Laurence of the Rats 2004-08-12 09:14 |