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This Cup Is Not Covered With Ants

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frigg
07/13/09

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Bullied by the more attractive formicidae population on the continent for generations, I can just picture some massive tweet sent to all the Eutetramorium Mocquerysis to meetup in the Madagascar territory some 160 million years ago, just as it started to separate from Africa.

"Goodbye Eutetramorium Mocquerysis!" all the more attractive formicidae must have shouted at them as Madagascar floated into the ocean.

"Goodbye more attractive formicidae!" all the Eutetramorium Mocquerysis must have shouted back as Africa receded into the distance.

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[Medic]iEro-Sennin
07/13/09

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Looks like a Spideroctupusfishsnakecheetah to me...but I could be wrong.

At any rate, I suggest you not getting near this thing. EVER.
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GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga
07/13/09

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My vote was for skin cell or dust mite. I think the missing leg is what threw me off. All that effort, and it's missing a leg?

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Skeetz
07/13/09

@2DaysTillTheState_GitEmSteveDa...: Check this out.. what's I thought was its face (where the horns are) is really its ass!

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amandizzle
07/13/09

@Skeetz: It's the ONE time you can say "hey, assface!" and not be considered really rude.
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CSX321
07/13/09

@Skeetz: The "face" is on the left. What makes you think otherwise? You can clearly see an antenna, eye, and mandibles (jaws). The center section where the legs are attached is the thorax, and the abdomen is at the right. Seven years of entomology in 4-H as a Midwest kid. :)
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Skeetz
07/13/09

@CSX321: zero years over here.. i just got fixated on those horns.. it just looked like a crab/lobster monster face so i looked for other images and then it came together for me like "oh yeaaaaaaah"
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Curves
07/13/09

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Thats a face that only a mother could love, and while some species eat their young, I cant see a mother of ANY species eating that nasty looking thing.
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amandizzle
07/13/09

@Curves: That's a face that would make a mother render herself sterile.
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Geisrud
07/13/09

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Jesus, you wouldn't have this problem if you didn't travel to exotic locations so damn much.

That said, that is one gnarly critter.
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frigg
12/18/08

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Of course, nothing's stopping one of these things from attracting real ants. Actually, if I had one, I think I'd lace it with sugar water so the fake ants would have real ants to keep them company lo those lonely nights in the pantry.
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Charlie Taylor
12/18/08

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Am I the only art student here? Or at least the only Dali fan?

[www.all-art.org]

[www.abcgallery.com]

[farm1.static.flickr.com]

[i115.photobucket.com]

All Dali's work, all dealing with ants. It was one of his "things"
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Kaiser-Machead
12/18/08

@Charlie Taylor: You aren't the only art student, but as a Brooklynite, I respond first to the imagery of vermin. lol
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Curves
12/17/08

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I knew a sweet little granny who used to occasionally get ants in her house bur she didnt like pesticides. She used to put a cookie on a saucer and set it on the shelf in her pantry and wait for ants to get all over it. I saw her whip open the door, grab the saucer and throw it, ants and all, into a sink with hot water and laugh maniacally as they all died. She would then load it back up and into the pantry a new cookie would go to do it all over again.

Sweet little granny scared the hell out of me.....
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scarbrtj
12/17/08

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.:FORMICATION:.

(what's the best place to score some blow around here?!?!)
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ripfire
12/17/08

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I could see a potential problem with this idea.

Guest: Umm. There are ants on your cup.

Host: Oh that? Naw! It's a joke. They're printed on the cup.

Guest: No, I really think there are ants on your cup.

Host: Ha! They do look real don't they? *takes a sip* PPFFFTTT!! FUCK!!
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admoseremic
12/17/08

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Please limit your "20,000 ants, 1 cup" jokes to this thread.
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snoop-blog
12/17/08

@admoseremic: All dang, I forgot to record my reaction to the image.
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snoop-blog
12/17/08

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these kind of gag gifts are just not my cup of tea.
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Sorzante
12/17/08

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Creepy.

I know I'd have to do a double-take if I was served a cup of coffee in that.
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Kaiser-Machead
12/17/08

@Sorzante: And when the ants learn of our subterfuge, they'll take the opportunity to turn our gag into their decoys.
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Kaiser-Machead
12/17/08

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Try having a couple of these plastered to that. It'll be a riot......of sorts.

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CooperDToo
12/17/08

@Kaiser Shove This In Your Stocking Machead: eeewwwww, I hate those things...all crawly with those legs....
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Kaiser-Machead
12/17/08

@CooperDToo: Ironically, also one of the best weapons against roaches ants and spiders.
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Toshie
12/17/08

@Kaiser Shove This In Your Stocking Machead: What the heck are these? I've got these practically unkillable things in my basement. :-(
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GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga
12/17/08

@Kaiser Shove This In Your Stocking Machead: I heard geckos are good. And they'll also save you 15% or more on your car insurance!
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Kaiser-Machead
12/17/08

@Toshie: They're house centipedes. They're attracted to places where pest bugs might propagate, like silverfish and the sort.
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burningsensation
12/17/08

@Kaiser Shove This In Your Stocking Machead: i'd rather have all three of those than centipedes
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Kaiser-Machead
12/17/08

@A/S/L-GitEmSteveDave loves->★: House geckos will also crap on you from the ceiling. I know from personal experience lol.
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Kaiser-Machead
12/17/08

@burningsensation: Heh, not to mention that they're venomous, though the amount is not nearly enough to kill or harm a person.
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I give up
12/17/08

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Toshie
12/17/08

@Lukewpnunn: I understand (no, APPRECIATE) the need for moderating, but this disemvoweling thing is annoying. Perhaps can the offending post be hidden instead (like in YouTube)?
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inspiredEpic
12/17/08

@Toshie: psh, where's the fun in that?
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weatherman
12/17/08

@Jon B.: agreed. I like to see people publicly humiliated. Deleting the comments just isn't as satisfying.
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nutbastard
12/17/08

@weatherman:

someone should write a python script to de-disemvowell comments based on the remaining letters - although it would have to incorporate grammar rules in order to be somewhat accurate.
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Kaiser-Machead
12/17/08

@nutbastard: Don't blame me i voted for Ron Paul edition: It's extremely difficult.

YOWEENIE.

I'm a loser I've seen "jock" (spoopsied it "disigner")I caps like this before.

Ya know, where there's fake fly are boogie toe the bottom that wall only be reviled once the drunker his lil booty finished their beverage.
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