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Anonymous Coward User ID: 16402515 United States 07/01/2012 12:50 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Why do people feel that they have to kill creatures who are not threats to them? Crickets won't bite, just catch them and kick them outside. Quoting: samanthasunflower I don't let my boys kill things unless it's something trying to bite them. They have also learned now, if you hear mom scream, there is probably a stray toad in the basement or on my deck that needs to be returned to a place away from the house :) |
weasel keeper User ID: 15395274 United States 07/01/2012 12:58 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It's a stoopid bug, don't be retarded, I shot 4 chipmunks with my blowgun today and that makes about 35 for this spring, if there was "karma" my house would have burned down years ago, I call bullshit on this stoopid superstitious crap. Last Edited by Weasel Keeper on 07/01/2012 01:16 AM Wild Weasels? You've got to be shitting me! |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 18864039 United States 07/01/2012 01:10 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Recently we had a run of bad luck, all three of our cars broke down last weekend, major breakdowns, expensive ones. One went down Saturday morning. One that afternoon and the other that night. All were well maintained and in good shape, good shape prior to breaking down that is good opening story setting the scene FICTION |
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Dr.DoomLittle User ID: 6231580 United States 07/01/2012 01:55 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | True story, you can't make this stuff up. Quoting: Lloyd Tackitt Crickets make excellent bluegill bait. I’ve used them since I was a kid. No more. Never again. Recently we had a run of bad luck, all three of our cars broke down last weekend, major breakdowns, expensive ones. One went down Saturday morning. One that afternoon and the other that night. All were well maintained and in good shape, good shape prior to breaking down that is. Sunday my wife and I were having breakfast in a local restaurant and we were talking about the cricket invasion. It happens every few years at this time. Suddenly there are crickets everywhere, gazillions of them. It usually lasts about three weeks to a month then they go back to normal levels. She said “I killed three of them Friday night in the house.” “No, don’t say that. It’s really bad luck to kill a cricket in the house. That probably explains the three breakdowns.” I teased her. “I’ve always heard not to kill a cricket in the house, so I never do.” She looked at me kind of funny. “Don’t care, they are nasty looking and I won’t have them in the house and I’m not about to pick one up and carry it outside.” The conversation drifted on to other things. Monday night she was driving home, in the dark, miles from the nearest house and had a flat tire. Tuesday morning she told me she had killed another cricket just hours before the flat tire. Wednesday evening, just at dark she runs into the house white as a ghost and shaking like a leaf. “A snake just dropped out of a tree right next to me. I was watering the grass and heard a plumpf sound, looked down and a copperhead was almost on my foot. The damn thing fell out of a tree and almost on my head!” After she calmed down – several hours later mind you – she said she had killed a cricket just minutes before going outside. Now, I am not inordinately superstitious, no more than average. But…I’m not killing any more crickets, not on purpose. I’ll find other bait. AT the rate the luck was running bad with increasing intensity and shorter time frames the next one killed might explode and send shrapnel flying. Yesterday she told me she went into the kitchen to cook lunch and a cricket was on top of the stove. She told me she told it “You can have the f.....g stove.” That's my girl! [link to www.amazon.com] kill one your a murderer. kill a multitude your a conqueror. kill em all your a god. |
ladyannie2009 User ID: 18457264 United States 07/01/2012 02:45 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | great story! glad you got rid of your 'cricket curse' "the truth will stand up, when nothing else will" - annie's mom "When a great ship is in harbor and moored, it is safe, there can be no doubt. But that is not what great ships are built for." - Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 18836827 Canada 07/01/2012 04:13 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | True story, you can't make this stuff up. Quoting: Lloyd Tackitt Crickets make excellent bluegill bait. I’ve used them since I was a kid. No more. Never again. Recently we had a run of bad luck, all three of our cars broke down last weekend, major breakdowns, expensive ones. One went down Saturday morning. One that afternoon and the other that night. All were well maintained and in good shape, good shape prior to breaking down that is. Sunday my wife and I were having breakfast in a local restaurant and we were talking about the cricket invasion. It happens every few years at this time. Suddenly there are crickets everywhere, gazillions of them. It usually lasts about three weeks to a month then they go back to normal levels. She said “I killed three of them Friday night in the house.” “No, don’t say that. It’s really bad luck to kill a cricket in the house. That probably explains the three breakdowns.” I teased her. “I’ve always heard not to kill a cricket in the house, so I never do.” She looked at me kind of funny. “Don’t care, they are nasty looking and I won’t have them in the house and I’m not about to pick one up and carry it outside.” The conversation drifted on to other things. Monday night she was driving home, in the dark, miles from the nearest house and had a flat tire. Tuesday morning she told me she had killed another cricket just hours before the flat tire. Wednesday evening, just at dark she runs into the house white as a ghost and shaking like a leaf. “A snake just dropped out of a tree right next to me. I was watering the grass and heard a plumpf sound, looked down and a copperhead was almost on my foot. The damn thing fell out of a tree and almost on my head!” After she calmed down – several hours later mind you – she said she had killed a cricket just minutes before going outside. Now, I am not inordinately superstitious, no more than average. But…I’m not killing any more crickets, not on purpose. I’ll find other bait. AT the rate the luck was running bad with increasing intensity and shorter time frames the next one killed might explode and send shrapnel flying. Yesterday she told me she went into the kitchen to cook lunch and a cricket was on top of the stove. She told me she told it “You can have the f.....g stove.” That's my girl! [link to www.amazon.com] For each crickets you kill in the house, you will have to kill one outside the house ! |
Lloyd Tackitt (OP) User ID: 16987895 United States 07/01/2012 06:46 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Recently we had a run of bad luck, all three of our cars broke down last weekend, major breakdowns, expensive ones. One went down Saturday morning. One that afternoon and the other that night. All were well maintained and in good shape, good shape prior to breaking down that is Quoting: Anonymous Coward 18864039 good opening story setting the scene FICTION Wish it was fiction, Lloyd Tackitt |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 18915018 United Kingdom 07/01/2012 07:05 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to www.youtube.com] Something to think deeply about-listen right through.There are more vids about this on youtube,perhaps the truth is right under our nose's. |
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Lloyd Tackitt (OP) User ID: 16987895 United States 07/01/2012 11:42 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | stop being such a silly mid off OP Quoting: Anonymous Coward 16114289 you need to get some balls, or bail out of that marriage what's next? a fear of bats? well, must rush. lunch time. see you when this is all over, if I don't run out of coffee. What's next is to build a bat house and hopefully attract bats. They can eat up to 1,000 mosquitos per hour, each. And hopefully they will eat a few crickets too. Balls? From an anonymous poser hiding behind a mask? Now that's funny. Ever had a poisonous snake fall out of a tree next to you in near darkness? Bet you would run screaming like a girl. I had a water moccasin fall into a small boat with me once - I gave him the boat, and took my balls with me. Last Edited by Lloyd Tackitt on 07/01/2012 11:47 AM Lloyd Tackitt |
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Lloyd Tackitt (OP) User ID: 16987895 United States 07/01/2012 12:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Cool story and I love crickets, wish there were more here, something very soothing about listening to them at dusk into the night. Quoting: Spazz I like crickets too, haven't killed one inside in several decades now and other than for fish bait don't kill them outside either. Of course after this past weekend the outies are safe from me now too. I like listening to them when they are outside, but they can be a bit annoying when they are in the bedroom and start singing at 2am. Lloyd Tackitt |