“The Swarm.”
I don’t remember Angela Lansbury, but I remember a love triangle that included… Fred MacMurray!
I was too slow. Darn you to heck, Oakminster.
Well, sure, kids, they weren’t DiCaprio and Winslet, but dadgummit, it’s what we had, and we liked it!
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This is GQ, Alka Seltzer. Even with the conditional portion of your sentence, there’s too much personal insult in this post.
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One thing for sure, this was no boating accident.
Are you ruling out coral reefs or Jack The Ripper?
…in a coconut.
(I can’t believe I’m the first)
Due to bad timing the AIDS Plague got a few of them. Some died in the Y2K Apocalypse. They rallied but soon Mad Cow Disease claimed more and then SARS and Bird Flu followed up with a quick 1-2. Although they were constantly under threat from Violent Video Games, Vaccination induced Autism and Mobile Phone Tumors I think it was Swine Flu that got the last of them.
Okay folks, now that we’ve survived the invasion of the killer bees, Y2k, Mad Cow Disease, Aids, and Monty Python quotes—what about the most recent appocalyptic prediction: colony collapse syndrome…?
A couple years ago, entire colonies of bees suddenly disappeared, and there were articles about how agriculture would collapse without pollination, etc, and we were all doomed.
Did the end of the world happen when I wasn’t paying attention?
Yes
Some people, and some bees, were left behind.
Looking at that graphic, I’m wondering what kind of incredibly effective bee repellent we must have along the borders of Utah. It’s amazing that these bees would infest all of Arizona and Western Nevada, but stop right at the Utah state line.
I can’t put my finger on a cite right this minute, but speaking as a former beekeeper, I understood that as the African bees made their way into the North American Continent, they hybridized with other strains and their aggressive qualities were diminished. By the time they arrived in Texas, they weren’t the serious threat they were in Brazil, and they had acquired some useful characteristics in exchange.
Don’t forget the Terrorists and the Boat People.
I was actually getting excited as I scrolled down. “Look!” I said, “No one has made the obvious coconut comment!” Then I got to you. I hate you. (just kidding).
Marc
Magical underpants and holy golden plates are known bee repellents.
I blame overuse by Skald in attacking his enemies.
Isn’t there–or hasn’t there recently been–a bee shortage?
My stocks of bees are more than adequate to my needs. And you misspelled blameless victims.
95-year-old badass in L.A. stung 400 times by African bees, walks away.