Attack of the invisible flying slugs!
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From: Richard Wilson <richard@molerat.demon.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: How much wood would a w**dch*ck climb...
Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2003 11:40:17 +0100
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In article <XaKfb.39241$E95.15653223@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net>, Sniffnoy
the Swordfish <sniffnoy@optonline.net> writes
>
>Has anyone else ever seen this before? Do groundhogs normally climb
trees? Or is this the beginning of a new race of tree-climbing
>groundhogs, which will eventually <something bad> us all?
Yes, but only the beginning. Their actual Evil Plan <tm> requires them
to become fully airborne, but over here another species is beating them
to it. Last spring I planted a Japanese maple in the garden, only to
have all its leaf buds devoured by some unseen pest the moment they
started to open. Subsequent buds met the same fate, despite being
liberally sprayed with insecticide. Our neighbour, upon being called in
for an expert opinion, said it looked like slug damage. Since the buds
were some five feet off the ground, there were no trails up the trunk
and we'd never seen the culprits, we concluded this must be some new
breed of invisible flying slug. This raises up the image of a
malevolent, unseen invertebrate which, like the green thing in the
restaurant scene in the original 'Ghostbusters', flies up to you at
great speed and slimes you when you are least expecting it. Stay
indoors, is my advice.
-Richard Wilson-*----*----*-----*---richard killfiled, use rwilson-
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From: Richard Wilson <richard@molerat.demon.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: How much wood would a w**dch*ck climb...
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In article <XaKfb.39241$E95.15653223@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net>, Sniffnoy
the Swordfish <sniffnoy@optonline.net> writes
>
>Has anyone else ever seen this before? Do groundhogs normally climb
trees? Or is this the beginning of a new race of tree-climbing
>groundhogs, which will eventually <something bad> us all?
Yes, but only the beginning. Their actual Evil Plan <tm> requires them
to become fully airborne, but over here another species is beating them
to it. Last spring I planted a Japanese maple in the garden, only to
have all its leaf buds devoured by some unseen pest the moment they
started to open. Subsequent buds met the same fate, despite being
liberally sprayed with insecticide. Our neighbour, upon being called in
for an expert opinion, said it looked like slug damage. Since the buds
were some five feet off the ground, there were no trails up the trunk
and we'd never seen the culprits, we concluded this must be some new
breed of invisible flying slug. This raises up the image of a
malevolent, unseen invertebrate which, like the green thing in the
restaurant scene in the original 'Ghostbusters', flies up to you at
great speed and slimes you when you are least expecting it. Stay
indoors, is my advice.
-Richard Wilson-*----*----*-----*---richard killfiled, use rwilson-
-What can the outside world offer you that the Net can't, anyway?--
