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2007-08-30 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

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Posted by anonymous5089 2007-08-30 12:55|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Well, yeah... everything IS bigger in Texas!

And if anyone wants to go in my backyard and admire the garden spider that has spun a web there... feel free, but bring a baseball bat! That sucker has a body about the size of a large chocolate-covered cherry! We think she is aiming to trap small birds...

Posted by Sgt. Mom 2007-08-30 14:08|| www.celiahayes.com]">[www.celiahayes.com] 2007-08-30 14:08|| Front Page Top

#2 "Entomologists are debating the origin..."
let me take a wild-ass guess: maybe a SPIDER?????

Posted by USN, Ret. 2007-08-30 14:27|| 2007-08-30 14:27|| Front Page Top

#3 Garde invited the entomologists out to the park to get a firsthand look at the giant web.

Yeah, actually looking at the damn spiders would go along way towards identifying them. Like Yogi Berra said, "You can observe a lot just by watching."

Posted by SteveS 2007-08-30 14:56|| 2007-08-30 14:56|| Front Page Top

#4 "If this pays off, we'll eat like kings"
-- paraphrased somewhat,
rejected Gary Larson panel

Posted by eLarson 2007-08-30 16:12|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2007-08-30 16:12|| Front Page Top

#5 "Entomologists are debating the origin... ... Garde invited the entomologists out to the park..."

Maybe they should try consulting arachnologists...

Posted by Bulldog 2007-08-30 16:25|| 2007-08-30 16:25|| Front Page Top

#6 Come into my Parlour", said ~~the Spider~~ Donna to the ~~Fly~~ Entomologist

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2007-08-30 16:31|| 2007-08-30 16:31|| Front Page Top

#7 Ya gotta think that spiders and snakes hired the wrong public relations firm.

Look at what they eat. All the things we hate. Flys, mosquitoes, mice, rats and other vermin. If we didn't have almost genetically based aversions to them we'd be pinning medals on these little suckers.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-08-30 22:52|| 2007-08-30 22:52|| Front Page Top

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