tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post2701485349619317260..comments2024-01-31T00:52:30.471-08:00Comments on Waking Ambrose: Tzetze (or Tsetse) FlyDoug The Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-89662123825814925002009-12-02T06:40:26.546-08:002009-12-02T06:40:26.546-08:00More fun to say than to encounter is the buzz on t...More fun to say than to encounter is the buzz on the Tsetse fly.Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371953652907423093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-82253952927321365112009-11-28T08:58:25.224-08:002009-11-28T08:58:25.224-08:00No, my birthday isn't until February. Maybe it...No, my birthday isn't until February. Maybe it was Jenna's?k. riggs gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11807633349311664382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-42407791243392745362009-11-28T07:25:43.213-08:002009-11-28T07:25:43.213-08:00Nope, Ariel. The whole world seems to spend it...Nope, Ariel. The whole world seems to spend it's time looking for the bigger and deadlier.<br /><br />Haha, TLP. A martyr for mankind.<br /><br />You too, Thom. Brother Ambrose does that to me as well.<br /><br />Ariel, the comment to which you are replying is no longer there. Reading carefully is but vanity, I guess.<br /><br />But at least you're free to complain about the fly, Quilly.<br /><br />The Gobi desert and the Sierra Mountains. Redundancy is the natural result of translation.<br /><br />Jim, it's the next morning you'll take the fly.<br /><br />Haha, Cooper. I guess lexicographers shouldn't make fun of novelists.<br /><br />Happy Kwanzaa, Karen. Was it your birthday?Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-86569530584311304262009-11-27T20:16:39.235-08:002009-11-27T20:16:39.235-08:00Amoeba, your comment is so gay I'm worried abo...Amoeba, your comment is so gay I'm worried about your well-being.<br /><br />Merry Christmas to all!k. riggs gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11807633349311664382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-56370393459170240222009-11-27T20:15:23.112-08:002009-11-27T20:15:23.112-08:00I got stuck for a second on the "alacrity amo...I got stuck for a second on the "alacrity among crossword puzzle solvers" part, then I woke up.Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02465484210397122019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-65122563766774129712009-11-27T17:20:57.541-08:002009-11-27T17:20:57.541-08:00I've always been afraid of that tzetze fly. A...I've always been afraid of that tzetze fly. A few glasses of wine (or other) starts with the alacrity for me. Eventually comes the somnolence. Then morning (after).<br />..Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02982249173214655060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-23846119004914359812009-11-27T14:08:34.906-08:002009-11-27T14:08:34.906-08:00It's a tossup whether African are more irritat...It's a tossup whether African are more irritated at the flies or at the English name for them - <i>tsetse</i> means "fly", and so "tsetse fly" falls in the same category as "Mt. Fujiyama" (Mount Fuji Mount) or "Hanauma Bay" (Bay Shelter Bay).<br /><br />The sleeping sickness is actually caused by a protozoon that the fly carries around with it. The protozoon is named after a guy named <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bruce_(microbiologist)" rel="nofollow">Bruce</a>. Who was <i>not</i>, despite rumors to the contrary, a founding member of the Village People.the amoebahttp://ocquill.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-63944198604800152272009-11-27T13:49:31.719-08:002009-11-27T13:49:31.719-08:00Not even tsetse flies are as irritating or sleep i...Not even tsetse flies are as irritating or sleep inducing as some guests.quillyhttp://quilldancer.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-69647597343933833272009-11-27T11:34:51.099-08:002009-11-27T11:34:51.099-08:00Hi, Karen! Not really, but I read each word of the...Hi, Karen! Not really, but I read each word of the sentence I want to reply to.Ariel the Thiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097086287609287362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-57637134192926785432009-11-27T11:06:55.948-08:002009-11-27T11:06:55.948-08:00I was googling all over the place to figure out wh...I was googling all over the place to figure out what the post was even saying LOL. :) Have a great Friday :) Thank goodness I knew what TseTse was!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-4813184827563923792009-11-27T09:30:54.623-08:002009-11-27T09:30:54.623-08:00If a tsetse fly bites a boring novelist, the fly f...If a tsetse fly bites a boring novelist, the fly falls asleep.TLPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02837578489728318423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-29676128598091079282009-11-27T08:37:51.088-08:002009-11-27T08:37:51.088-08:00Tsetse fly, because nothing is big or dangerous en...Tsetse fly, because nothing is big or dangerous enough to Africa...Ariel the Thiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097086287609287362noreply@blogger.com