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2004-08-12 -Short Attention Span Theater-

"Giant mutant ant colony" beneath Melbourne

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Posted by Another Dan 2004-08-12 6:06:00 AM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I feel a Lance Hienrickson movie coming on...

Posted by Laurence of the Rats">Laurence of the Rats 2004-08-12 09:14|| http://www.punictreachery.com/]">[http://www.punictreachery.com/] 2004-08-12 09:14|| Front Page Top

#2 Pikers! There's a supercolony of these Argentine ants that spans 6000 kilometers (3,728 miles) through Italy, France, Spain and Portugal. See National Geographic article April 23,2002.

Posted by GK 2004-08-12 09:24|| 2004-08-12 09:24|| Front Page Top

#3 As long as the ants aren't using the tunnels to smuggle arms from f*cking Indonesia, I think you'll be okay.

Posted by BH 2004-08-12 10:07|| 2004-08-12 10:07|| Front Page Top

#4 Are you kiding? They're headed for the Malvinas. This is how the Argentines will take over the world.

Posted by Porter Goss 2004-08-12 10:12|| 2004-08-12 10:12|| Front Page Top

#5 Giant mutant ants, y'say? Really?

Must be, y'know - "them"...

Posted by mojo">mojo 2004-08-12 10:56|| 2004-08-12 10:56|| Front Page Top

#6 Aaaack! Giant mutant ants! They're comin' for me! Oh, hold me, Ethel!

Posted by Fred">Fred 2004-08-12 11:26|| 2004-08-12 11:26|| Front Page Top

#7 Fight back! Make them ants cry "uncle!"

Posted by Mike">Mike 2004-08-12 11:36|| 2004-08-12 11:36|| Front Page Top

#8 With James Whitmore and Matt Dillon, no less...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047573/

Plot Keywords for
Them! (1954)

* morse-code
* desert
* police
* fbi
* scientist
* military
* flame-thrower
* sewer
* ant
* giant-insect
* helicopter
* los-angeles-storm-drain
* bazooka
* los-angeles-california
* new-mexico
* trailer
* wilhelm-scream
* california

Posted by mojo">mojo 2004-08-12 11:41|| 2004-08-12 11:41|| Front Page Top

#9 From one of the all-time best episodes of The Simpsons.

KENT BROCKMAN: "Ladies and gentlemen, er, we've just lost the picture, but, uh, what we've seen speaks for itself. The Corvair spacecraft has been taken over â 'conquered', if you will â by a master race of giant space ants. It's difficult to tell from this vantage point whether they will consume the captive earth men or merely enslave them. One thing is for certain, there is no stopping them; the ants will soon be here. And I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords. I'd like to remind them that as a trusted TV personality, I can be helpful in rounding up others to...toil in their underground sugar caves."

Posted by Tibor 2004-08-12 12:18|| 2004-08-12 12:18|| Front Page Top

#10 Tibor - Lol! I had a flashback of the town mayor in Red Dawn while reading your post, heh.

Posted by .com 2004-08-12 12:21|| 2004-08-12 12:21|| Front Page Top

#11 Evil Giant Ant Plan:
1. Tunnel under Melbourne
2. Weaken foundations of entire city
3. City falls into giant sinkhole
4. Snack time!

Posted by Dar">Dar 2004-08-12 12:54|| 2004-08-12 12:54|| Front Page Top

#12

Now we proclaim the Australian Entomologistic Republic. We will now sing the new national anthem:

Anthem

Posted by BigEd 2004-08-12 13:47|| 2004-08-12 13:47|| Front Page Top

#13 This just in: an exclusive look inside the giant mutant ant colony, as our hero attempts to find and destroy the evil Queen...

Posted by mojo">mojo 2004-08-12 13:55|| 2004-08-12 13:55|| Front Page Top

#14 Ha! My time is neigh!
Death to Queen Ida!

Posted by Have Tongue Will Travel 2004-08-12 6:37:00 PM|| 2004-08-12 6:37:00 PM|| Front Page Top

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