that's not all, though. today i saw one kind of struggling in the crack of a sidewalk and i should've swerved to kill it and put it out of its misery but i saw it too late and to backtrack and do that would've taken more energy than my aging body could muster at the moment, and i jogged glibly by.
yes, glibly.
so, there you have it. i guess i'm a bad person -- and probably an even greater degree of "bad person" than the simple grasshopper-hater i've described because i don't feel guilty. i feel free and, well, downright glib.
that's a funny word. and this is a funny post. but the really-not-funny sort of funny.
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I don't think you should be worried about not backtracking... but I am a little worried that you took a photo...
hah! for clarification: photo compliments of google images.
what would you do if i seriously hunted the thing down for a photo op? ew.
We have crickets and ewwwww ..... gross! They are dead all over the place, I kicked one in the garage yesterday thinking it was dead - nope. Still struggling and I left it to die by the garage door - searching for a way out. hehe
Welcome to the "downright glib, grasshopper leavin', jogging stroller crushin', cricket kickin', why don't the birds eat these dang insects" club. :)
This is why I love you!
I did a little research (I wasn't doing anything anyway, heaven knows I don't teach), and discovered that that grasshopper that you killed was one of the foremost advocates of grasshopper population control, concerned that the overpopulation of grasshoppers would endanger the human species and throw our planet's ecosystem into disarray.
By "glibly" smashing it, you have empowered all of the conservative radio talk show grasshopper hosts and helped them push forward with their agenda of overwhelming all human institutions without regard for the consequences of the planet.
Great job.
And yes, I really did make a comment that long.
ok - i TOT thought you took that pic - WHUT. so glad you didn't. . . although it's hilar image i have of you bending over the little dead grassy trying to take a pic of it. :)
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