# The Argentinians have taken over **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 2, 2009, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-argentinians-have-taken-over/501696 "2009-07-02T14:32:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-argentinians-have-taken-over/501696/1 "2009-07-02T14:32:09Z")
[I, for one, welcome our new ant overlords.](http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8127000/8127519.stm) Nonaggressive? I wish the little bastards would eat the fire ants that HAVE taken over my part of Ol’ Dixie… ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-argentinians-have-taken-over/501696/2 "2009-07-02T14:40:28Z")
I, for one, graciously accept your welcome. Now start toiling in the Coca-cola Mines! ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-argentinians-have-taken-over/501696/3 "2009-07-02T15:22:30Z")
The Argentinians will never truly have taken over anything until they launch another futile and unwarranted attack on the British Falklands. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-argentinians-have-taken-over/501696/4 "2009-07-02T15:27:57Z")
> [@Michael\_Ellis](#): > > The Argentinians will never truly have taken over anything until they launch another futile and unwarranted attack on the British Falklands. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-argentinians-have-taken-over/501696/5 "2009-07-02T15:35:06Z")
> [@Michael\_Ellis](#): > > The Argentinians will never truly have taken over anything until they launch another futile and unwarranted attack on the British Falklands. It’s not necessary to use “British” as a qualifier. There aren’t any other Falkland Islands; they’re \*all \*an overseas territory of the UK. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-argentinians-have-taken-over/501696/6 "2009-07-02T15:39:53Z")
Nuts - I was expecting an expose’ of the Argentines’ nefarious plans to seduce and lure away all our Governers. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-argentinians-have-taken-over/501696/7 "2009-07-02T15:42:57Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Nuts - I was expecting an expose’ of the Argentines’ nefarious plans to seduce and lure away all our Governers. We already did, Sanford was the only one stupid enough to get caught tough. All your governors are belong to us. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-argentinians-have-taken-over/501696/8 "2009-07-02T15:45:10Z")
> [@Michael\_Ellis](#): > > The Argentinians will never truly have taken over anything until they launch another futile and unwarranted attack on the British Falklands. To expand on mi previous 😕 post. Why the hostility?, Its a thread about ants taking over the world. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-argentinians-have-taken-over/501696/9 "2009-07-02T16:24:09Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > We already did, Sanford was the only one stupid enough to get caught tough. > > All your governors are belong to us. If it was Congress instead of the governors, y’all are welcome to the whole lot of them. Give Sanford some credit. “I’m gonna hike the Appalachian Trail” sounds an awful lot like “I’m gonna get some Argentinean tail”. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Estilicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Estilicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Estilicon)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-argentinians-have-taken-over/501696/10 "2009-07-02T16:37:48Z")
> [@Michael\_Ellis](#): > > The Argentinians will never truly have taken over anything until they launch another futile and unwarranted attack on the British Falklands. Pretty hostile for a MPSIMS thread about ants. Back on topic, the OP should abstain from opening threads about our Dark Over… about the ants. They don’t like the publicity. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-argentinians-have-taken-over/501696/11 "2009-07-02T16:46:02Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > We already did, Sanford was the only one stupid enough to get caught tough. > > All your governors are belong to us. I don’t see that. For that matter, neither does Gov. Patterson of New York. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-argentinians-have-taken-over/501696/12 "2009-07-02T17:40:26Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > If it was Congress instead of the governors, y’all are welcome to the whole lot of them. > 😃 Umm, tell you what, we trade you our Congress for yours. But you’ll better not try to return them later (evil laugh). ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-argentinians-have-taken-over/501696/13 "2009-07-02T17:42:05Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > I don’t see that. For that matter, neither does Gov. Patterson of New York. We didnt get Patterson, but his wife is with us and when he disobeys she rearranges the furniture in their house. ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-argentinians-have-taken-over/501696/14 "2009-07-02T18:30:54Z")
> [@Estilicon](#): > > Pretty hostile for a MPSIMS thread about ants. Agreed. Also, parsing the offending sentence without comment on its point, it’s not possible to take over anywhere with a futile attack.