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2004-03-16 Down Under

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Posted by Steve 2004-03-16 9:34:42 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 wow sounds awesome,a plague of biblical proportions.hope they go to russia to eat

Posted by Jon Shep U.K 2004-3-16 9:39:08 AM|| 2004-3-16 9:39:08 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 In Thailand they are lunch. Seriously locusts are just a resource we havn't yet exploited. On a number of occasions I have driven through the bush in Western Australia and the locusts are so thick that after five minutes you have to stop and clean your windshield because it is completely obscured by dead locusts.

Posted by phil_b 2004-3-16 9:53:28 AM|| 2004-3-16 9:53:28 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 My understanding is that the problem with using insecticides on locusts is that they quickly build up resistance to anything used on them and so become that much stronger. And it messes up our food supplies with residual pesticides. Too bad the Aussies can't find a way to catch them, dip them in chocolate or Thai spices or whatever, and package and sell them to those who enjoy such "delectable" crunchables. Little bags of bug chips.

Posted by ex-lib 2004-3-16 10:07:47 AM|| 2004-3-16 10:07:47 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 It's Bush's fault.

Posted by Matt 2004-3-16 10:14:38 AM|| 2004-3-16 10:14:38 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 You think the locusts are bad... you just wait for the B-36 seagulls that are on the way.

Posted by Shipman 2004-3-16 10:45:14 AM|| 2004-3-16 10:45:14 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 locusts - Why do they hate us?

Posted by .com 2004-3-16 11:35:25 AM|| 2004-3-16 11:35:25 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 perhaps binny will put out a new apocalyps trailer saying the locusts are the new weapon of 'Islam'. Can't we Geneticlly modify locusts to be made out of pork and thenrelease them so they can swarm binny and his friends in Pakiland

Posted by Jon Shep U.K 2004-3-16 11:49:53 AM|| 2004-3-16 11:49:53 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 i hope antiwar remeber to get her laundry. they should not put poisin everywere in a panic as that can damage envirement. croc hunter will probly make show about locus purdy soon.

Posted by muck4doo 2004-3-16 11:57:31 AM|| 2004-3-16 11:57:31 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 We in DC are expecting a bumper crop of 17-year cicadas this spring...

Posted by Seafarious 2004-3-16 1:27:44 PM|| 2004-3-16 1:27:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Arright, mates, who fergot ta go to Church on Sunday????

Posted by Old Patriot 2004-3-16 1:28:22 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2004-3-16 1:28:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Oh, it's NOT another story about Muslim immigrants.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2004-3-16 2:26:37 PM|| 2004-3-16 2:26:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 M4D ever the kind hearted poster. AntiWar will sell you down the river in a heartbeat. BTW Chainney hiding on the new planet.

Posted by Shipman 2004-3-16 4:40:49 PM|| 2004-3-16 4:40:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Just spent some time talking with a friend of mine who works for a local chip manufacturer. He clued me to something I wasn't aware of - you can kill locusts with sound. Remember those "sound weapons" the Marines were going to deploy to Iraq? According to Joe, you can kill locusts with something similar to that. Tune it to the right frequency, and it turns the juices in their digestive tract to steam. Someone in Australia needs to start experimenting... like ten years ago!

Posted by Old Patriot 2004-3-16 6:25:03 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2004-3-16 6:25:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 OP: see http://rantburg.com/poparticle.asp?HC=&D=9/28/2003&ID=19181

Posted by mojo 2004-3-16 6:32:07 PM|| 2004-3-16 6:32:07 PM|| Front Page Top

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