my apartment complex's wild kingdom, part II
After returning from the library today, I thought it would be nice to make a cup of miso soup. I went to boil water in my electric kettle in my bedroom, only to notice that there were about three ants on the surface of it. I opened it up and--
promptly dropped it, yelping. There were several ants inside of it, mostly "swimming" in the water I had negligently left in it the night before. In the mentally-deficient haze that the ant panic induced, I ran with it to the bathroom sink and started pouring water and soap all over the kettle; ants, after all, hate soap, yes? As I turned it over, I noticed/remembered the label on the bottom of the kettle - the one that said "please don't immerse in water." Which is, of course, what I was doing. The water had, by that point, crept up around the wire and, no doubt, into the electrical thingies that make the bottom of the kettle heat up. After the Incident of the Smokin' Blowdryer last week, I decided it was probably a better idea to get rid of my beloved, $10 kettle than to risk another exploding appliance. Clearly, another trip to Target is necessary.
Anyway, I couldn't find any other ants in my room, which is strange -- I'm not really sure where they came from. I did, however, see an ant carrying another ant ON THE CEILING. Is that even physically possible? What kind of bizarre super ant was this? What the heck is in our water?
In other news, I am currently at a tea shop "writing my paper." Ten pages down, ten to go! I just need to channel the strength of an ant who has the strength of TWO ants. ;)
posted by sagejenn @ 9:20 PM
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3 Comments:
Will you tell us about the Smokin' Blowdryer?
On another note, I like these letter combinations that you have to type to post a comment. They almost seem to say something, but not quite.
if memory serves ants are pound for pound 6 times stronger than a human. they also have 6 legs and 2 mandibles, so it is not surprising that an ant could not only carry another ant, but have enough limbs leftover to climb on the ceiling.
Also i think that if you flush the coffee pot with water (no soap), the let it dry completly there is a chance is might still work. There is an equal chance it would either short circuit or blow a fuse in your apartment. So i would try this in Justins house (just kidding)
not many people know this, but turtles are nature's suction cups!
*lick*
see? he sticks!
...
so today we're gonna teach poodles how to fly.
(uhf)
-sv
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