Comments on: The attack of the midnight skulkers

By: funny

funny — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:54:53 +0000

@ Len Penzo: That is one of the funniest stories I’ve ever heard! Click and Clack would love it.

I’m not ignoring you on Twitter: I just can’t get in, Twitter having rejected my secret code.

By: Len Penzo

Len Penzo — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:57:51 +0000

LOL! Great post! Thanks for making my day, Funny!

Your story reminds me of the time in college I had accidentally spilled an entire orange juice from McDonalds all over the inside of my car. I didn’t bother to really do a good job cleaning it up, other than to mop up the juice with a few napkins.

A few days later I go back to my “beater” car and when I open the car door and the interior is covered with 2 trillion ants, all swarming over the area where I had spilled the juice — okay so there was also a half-eaten tootsie pop and a few scraps of hash browns on the floor too, but still…

So how in the world did they get in my car you ask?

Well I followed the “trail,” actually it was an ant super-highway 16 lanes wide, and it went like this:

1. juice zone on front passenger floor board to passenger door side panel
2. passenger door side panel to top of dashboard
3. top of dash board to drivers side panel
4. drivers side panel to driver floor board
5. down through a 4-inch square rust-eaten hole by the gas pedal (yes I could see the road when I was driving)
6. along the undercarriage to the front axle
7. front axle to the drivers side tire
8. onto the driveway

The ants then traveled another 100 feet to their stupid ant hole.

I used two cans of Raid to kill them all. I then went to Pep Boys and got two pine tree air fresheners to get rid of the Raid scent and my beater car was good as new. Well, it was as long as I drove with the windows down at 40 mph. lol

I hate ants.

All the best!

My $0.02 (after taxes)

Len

By: funny

funny — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:35:02 +0000

@ frugalscholar: Nah, the little gals aren’t fire ants. Their bite doesn’t hurt that much. I was stung by a fire ant in the bottom of the Grand Canyon, and for sure, that does get your attention!

My god, what an operator that one was! We’d heard that low-lifes took advantage of the disaster to loot and swindle. But that guy was pretty bold.

By: frugalscholar

frugalscholar — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:05:19 +0000

Post-Katrina, with no power and no phone, there were lots of aid workers around. A scruffy fellow drove up, saying “I’m with the Red Cross. I’m doing a survey. Are you staying or leaving.” He had a badge, so I told him our plans. Then I noticed that his front seat was littered with homemade badges: Press, Catholic Charities, FEMA, etc!!!

My neighbors laughed and laughed. So we put up a sign: “Went to Red Cross. Back in 30 minutes.” Evidently, it worked, because no one broke in, but some people were seen sitting on our porch for 30 minutes, looking puzzled.

Are your ants FIRE ANTS??? Horrible.