tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post6348021972283539063..comments2024-01-31T00:52:30.471-08:00Comments on Waking Ambrose: InsectivoraDoug The Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-64005520900313122942009-09-12T16:01:02.068-07:002009-09-12T16:01:02.068-07:00Not if there's roaches on the floor and sense ...Not if there's roaches on the floor and sense among the citizens.Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-49550586728825639892009-09-12T15:09:34.281-07:002009-09-12T15:09:34.281-07:00But Doug, Hawaii is a barefoot state!But Doug, Hawaii is a barefoot state!Quillyhttp://quilldancer.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-46977940861310851312009-09-12T11:33:34.656-07:002009-09-12T11:33:34.656-07:00You're not wrong about that, blogmama.You're not wrong about that, blogmama.Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-16423314061828446982009-09-12T07:55:18.100-07:002009-09-12T07:55:18.100-07:00Oh, come on. You've seen cute two-legged shre...Oh, come on. You've seen cute two-legged shrews.TLPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02837578489728318423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-57281063780852647342009-09-12T04:09:22.001-07:002009-09-12T04:09:22.001-07:00Cricket, I suppose because the croquet has no frie...Cricket, I suppose because the croquet has no friends.<br /><br />Karen, are any of us?<br /><br />Excellent etymology, Amoeba. Now explain "bowl a maiden over."<br /><br />TLP, Ambrose Bierce might have invented the word so I didn't have to. Hedgehogs are cute. Shrews might be too, when four-legged.<br /><br />Quilly, Georgia has that issue as well. The natural predator of the cockroach is the boot heel.<br /><br />Cooper, that happens to bug eaters at bars, too.<br /><br />Bear, I think I chose to empower insectivora. Clean up congress in an hour, I reckon.Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-89314881775098087392009-09-11T18:16:11.469-07:002009-09-11T18:16:11.469-07:00Rambling on...........
gnat...grunt
all the same
...Rambling on...........<br /><br />gnat...grunt<br />all the same<br />serf...slave<br />we can choose<br />for it is we<br />who empower our<br />leaders<br />though we have <br />little kinship<br /><br />though equally<br />exciting to <br />soar with ravens<br />as to watch<br />an ant pile<br />flow<br /><br /><br />PeaceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-83917549193139917952009-09-11T17:27:11.085-07:002009-09-11T17:27:11.085-07:00This is far above my skill level.
Sounds like a se...This is far above my skill level.<br />Sounds like a secret society of bug eaters got caught out of their assigned element.Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02465484210397122019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-44408123009547639482009-09-11T15:52:26.386-07:002009-09-11T15:52:26.386-07:00Insectivora n.? If it eats cockroaches, send it t...<b>Insectivora</b> <i>n.</i>? If it eats cockroaches, send it to me, please. In fact, send several. I think everyone on the island will want one or two of their own.Quillyhttp://quilldancer.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-49386105399884555032009-09-11T14:31:36.293-07:002009-09-11T14:31:36.293-07:00Okaaay. Never heard of this word. I don't li...O<i>kaaay</i>. Never heard of this word. I don't like insects, and apparently insectivora eat insects...so maybe I like insectivora? <br /><br />Did you make this all up? <i>Again?</i>TLPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02837578489728318423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-37307726035951999802009-09-11T10:15:57.196-07:002009-09-11T10:15:57.196-07:00Doug! You're a botanist! With the botanist&#...Doug! You're a <i>botanist!</i> With the botanist's disdain for the zoölogist! Who knew? Applause from the marine botany contingent. ;)<br /><br /><b>cricket</b>: Old French "goalpost, stick". Which probably rattled when the ball or the keeper struck it (Old French <i>cricket</i>, from <i>criquer</i>, "to creak or rattle"). So the "criquet" of criquet is really the wicket. Which probably got its name changed, and the adjective "sticky" applied to it, to prevent people from stomping on it (thus ending the game) to stop all the noise.<br /><br />Hey. That explanation makes as much sense as does anything <i>else</i> about (the game of) cricket ...the amoebahttp://ocquill.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-58920369928627648592009-09-11T09:46:33.346-07:002009-09-11T09:46:33.346-07:00I have no idea, Cricket. Are you sure you're a...I have no idea, Cricket. Are you sure you're at the right blog?k. riggs gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11807633349311664382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-55125450809209418612009-09-11T09:35:57.712-07:002009-09-11T09:35:57.712-07:00Why was a lawn game named after me?Why was a lawn game named after me?Cricketnoreply@blogger.com