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The latest benefit of global warming: Oak-eating Tuscan killer moths that poison the British!
UPDATE. Amos: “On the whole I like the British, but if they have to be poisoned, I’m glad it’s a moth that’s doing it.”
Ok, I actually did try to read this one. I kept falling asleep about half way down so maybe I missed the part where it offers evidence about this being due to warmening?
I know it says it’s because of warmening in the first paragraph but at the end it says its about slack import inspections.
So, are slack import inspections a side effect of global warmening? Or did I miss something?
The Brits are a bunch of wusses for welcoming these mutant moths as their new overlords.
The Tuscans for example prefer to saute these moths lightly in garlic. They go well with a nice glass of chianti.
Posted by Art Vandelay on 2006 10 14 at 08:30 AM • permalinkGrimmy, I agree that it was a very weak attempt to blame it on global warmening. To be fair, he did use the term ‘climate change’ so maybe he meant that global coolening had forced the oak trees to migrate from Tuscany.
And those killer moths sound very much like our Queensland killer moths so I recommend that Euros should not attempt to escape them by migrating here.Skeeter: I was starting to think Australia missed out on having killer moths ... we seem to be evolution’s dumping ground for the world’s most poisonous snakes and spiders, not to mention feral crocodiles, sharks and stingrays ... we do have the Bogan Moth, lemming like and stupid in its behaviour ... it’s consumed by some of our indigenous gastronomes ... probably best guzzled with copious quantities of Château Cardboard I dare say Mr Art Vandelay ...
Stevo, as a resident of Canberra, I can confirm that the bogong moth can be incredibly dangerous. Let a gimmer of light escape from an open window at the wrong time of year and you can drown under the torrent of the buggers.
Check out the second pic here: splat
That said, their smooth, creamy taste means they make a perfect accompaniment to pre-dinner drinks. I’d recommend a dry, crisp semillion or chablis.
Posted by Art Vandelay on 2006 10 14 at 09:26 AM • permalinkActually, moths keep lights at a constant bearing to the side, which bearing, if it’s ahead of straigt abeam, leads them to spiral into the light.
They think they’re holding the moon in a fixed position, heading for some distant mountain field of dew and flowers, rather than some streetlight.
They’re not wired to notice the difference, because there’s nothing they can do about it even if they notice.
Miss Redstone said that vagrant adult moths had been seen in Britain before but had not been known to breed.
Sorry she can’t say the same thing about the British Chav.
Posted by Some0Seppo on 2006 10 14 at 09:55 AM • permalinkSounds like the Brits have their version of the Killer Bees.
But the Brits should be thankful that they didn’t get these Killer Bees.
Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2006 10 14 at 10:21 AM • permalinkI have heard that the moths are thriving because they have learned to hide under bars of soap.
If that’s true, wait till the buggers cross the channel. they’ll go through the French like cordwood!
Posted by Vanguard of the Commentariat on 2006 10 14 at 11:16 AM • permalinkSo, are slack import inspections a side effect of global warmening?
A sweaty, chafing customs inspector is a slack customs inspector…
Posted by richard mcenroe on 2006 10 14 at 05:58 PM • permalink#24
We believe you Rebecca.“At the bottom were several rows of very square and highly illuminated notes, and at the top it said ‘Greenfleeves’. Kidd looked at this and said ‘This is a rather unlikely title, for a fong.’” Michael Flanders describing how the song Greensleeves came to be written from At the Drop of a Hat.
Posted by Michael Lonie on 2006 10 15 at 12:28 AM • permalinkThank you, Michael, that brought back memories.
“Verily, tis a passing melodious roundelay, but I doubt me an it be commercial. Who wrote this Greenfleeves, anyway?” And a voice from the back of the auditorium shouted out “We did”. So they looked out and could just make out a shadowy figure standing at the back, and they said “Well who are you?” and the figure answered—I think this is the interesting part—the figure answered “We are Henry VIII, we are”. Well then of course they realised that Greensleeves was exactly what they wanted.”
The whole monologue can be found here, complete with erudite footnotes.
You need to make a paragraph break (hit the “enter” key twice) after you close the quote, or else for some reason the template thinks the next part of the comment belongs with the “posted by” information, which is in a smaller font. I’m not sure why this is—I keep meaning to see if a placement of a comma or something in the script will fix this. But life (oh, okay, sleep) keeps interfering.
Posted by Andrea Harris, Administrator on 2006 10 15 at 10:36 AM • permalinkI keep meaning to see if a placement of a comma or something in the script will fix this. But life (oh, okay, sleep) keeps interfering.
Sleep? Hah! Well, I for one don’t think that’s a diligent attitude for the supposedly #1 member. In fact, me thinks said #1 member should consider giving up her #1 number to some other highly respected member with keys to the Turtle Wax cabinet.
Posted by wronwright on 2006 10 15 at 11:06 AM • permalink#24: As a collector of 18th century English literature, I frequently encounter the long ‘s’ (which does resemble an ‘f’). Once (for my own amusement), I read one of Dr. Johnson’s magisterial passages aloud, pronouncing the ‘s’ like the ‘f’ it really appears to be; sounds just like Sylvester the Cat.
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I have heard that the moths are thriving because they have learned to hide under bars of soap. Think about it: no British moth-hunter is going to willingly come into close contact with a bar of soap. (Whenever I travel in Britain I hide my valuables under the nearest bar of soap - it has worked so far.)