Comments on: Parade of Horribles Part 1: My Ant Infestation is Bigger Than Yours

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Sun, 27 Apr 2008 04:35:24 +0000

[...] to isle with visions of kitchen cupboards full of more than cobwebs and ants (See Steve’s Parade of Horribles Part 1) dancing in my head. I thought a little more about my grocery store run-in on the way home and [...]

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Parade of Horribles Part 2: The Great Flood of Aught-Eight « — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:54:45 +0000

[...] 14, 2008 by Steve Wieland So, our house is in shambles lately (see Part 1: The Infestation). Before the ants came, however, we had the great flood of oh-eight. It all started when our [...]

By: timhilton

timhilton — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:06:37 +0000

The ants hath come…the end draws nigh. repent, bitches.

By: Steve Wieland

Steve Wieland — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:02:13 +0000

Thanks for the offers and advice, friends. I’m sure your grandmother’s solution would work well, but wouldn’t involve industrial toxins like my borax gel solution does. Jaren started putting it directly on the counter, but she promises she’ll “probably” wipe it up later before I peel a raw orange on the same spot next week sometime.

By: Sara Rae

Sara Rae — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:50:06 +0000

Ewwwww…I’ll open my surrogate houses to you guys. The MC house and Flem’s house are both pretty bug-free.

By: LCM

LCM — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:53:46 +0000

Ants are a delicacy in some parts of the world.
Crunchy protein! Hello, nutrition!!

By: fsford

fsford — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:48:44 +0000

Oh God, Steve.

Okay, I just got off the phone w/ my grandmother and she says to try a saucer full of sugar water. The ants will smell it, go to eat it, and drown.

It’s the same theory as leaving out a glass of red wine for fruit flies. Drownsville.