The Cellar - View Single Post - 8/13/2005: Praying mantis kills hummingbird

BigV · 08-16-2005, 09:51 PM

It wasn't show and tell for me, but we used to get a mayonnaise jar and poke some holes in the lid. Then the bug safari would begin! We'd catch all kinds of bugs and put them in the jar together. It was a tiny bug-star cage match. We put in ants and earwigs and june bugs and butterflies and grasshoppers and worms and bees and spiders one on one.

The BEST match of all time was the [announcer voice] in this corner, wearing the green trunks, crawling in at four inches long, with a 1 1/2 reach and hooked claws, PRAAAAAAYING MAAAAAAAAATIS! His opponent, in the yellow and black trunks, an acrobatic flyer with a poisonous sting, YELLLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOW JAAAAAAAAAAAAACKET!! Death Match.[/announcer] Putting them both in and shaking the jar really good probably hurt the praying mantis more than the yellow jacket, but it was no match really.

Evil flying villian with a poisonous ass notwithstanding, it's a praying mantis' world, baby. Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, snatch, bite, dingdingding. The winnah and still champeeeen! The Mantis!!!!

08-16-2005, 09:51 PM	#15
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	It wasn't show and tell for me, but we used to get a mayonnaise jar and poke some holes in the lid. Then the bug safari would begin! We'd catch all kinds of bugs and put them in the jar together. It was a tiny bug-star cage match. We put in ants and earwigs and june bugs and butterflies and grasshoppers and worms and bees and spiders one on one. The BEST match of all time was the [announcer voice] in this corner, wearing the green trunks, crawling in at four inches long, with a 1 1/2 reach and hooked claws, PRAAAAAAYING MAAAAAAAAATIS! His opponent, in the yellow and black trunks, an acrobatic flyer with a poisonous sting, YELLLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOW JAAAAAAAAAAAAACKET!! Death Match.[/announcer] Putting them both in and shaking the jar really good probably hurt the praying mantis more than the yellow jacket, but it was no match really. Evil flying villian with a poisonous ass notwithstanding, it's a praying mantis' world, baby. Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, snatch, bite, dingdingding. The winnah and still champeeeen! The Mantis!!!! __________________ Be Just and Fear Not. Last edited by BigV; 08-16-2005 at 10:04 PM.