5/22/2007
THE INVASION BEGINS TODAY !!! They will begin their infiltration today, according to sources…surrounding us, their dead red eyes staring, thousands of them…you’ll probably hear them before you see them, but, it won’t do you any good. Soon they will be all around you, not caring if they run right into you! They are-the seventeen year cicadas!!! The media has been saying for weeks now that today is the day they will emerge to start their incredible onslaught. They assure you that the cicadas do not sting or bite, will not damage most trees, and are too stupid to keep from flying into you- and that you should NOT attempt to use insect sprays or poisons to combat them, because birds, dogs, and cats (and , I’m sure frogs, weasels, and squirrels) eat them. In fact, they delight in reminding us that YOU can eat them, fried. I’m sure chuckleheads on local morning news shows will be chowing down on Cicada Crispies for breakfast as a wacky segment.
Since these cicadas only show up once every seventeen years, will Oprah get them on her show first, like she does with any other special guests that hit town? Can you see the promo- “They’re coming to town to mate until they die- Monday at 9 on Oprah!” It’s a cinch they won’t be appearing on Springer because they can’t lift a chair to hit each other with…
I recall , during one of the emergences of the cicadas, a friend said “you’ve got to see this!” and drove me to a forest preserve- where everything was just coated with these crazy buzzing bugs! Every path, walkway, and driveway was full of them , they flew all around us- and, yes, into us-and it actually DID get kind of freaky. But- I also remember that, outside of that forest preserve, there was no horrendous infestation anyplace else- sure, you’d see a few of them here and there, but, not the huge clouds of them that the media was warning us about. You could hear the constant droning for a few days , but it was no big deal. I was wondering, with the toxicity of the modern world, if eventually, the number of emerging cicadas will gradually decrease, and , after a few seventeen year cycles, not even be any more noticeable than the usual yearly supply of cicadas. OR- will they evolve, to combat the toxins, and become- BIGGER- STRONGER- AND MORE AGGRESIVE!!! Sounds like a perfect Sven movie… “Cicada Invada!” Or maybe ‘Cicada- the Buzz of Death!” Possibly- “Cicada 17: Coming Back on the Red Eye!” Tell you what- let’s talk about some of the REAL bug movies tomorrow-right here!!!
Since these cicadas only show up once every seventeen years, will Oprah get them on her show first, like she does with any other special guests that hit town? Can you see the promo- “They’re coming to town to mate until they die- Monday at 9 on Oprah!” It’s a cinch they won’t be appearing on Springer because they can’t lift a chair to hit each other with…
I recall , during one of the emergences of the cicadas, a friend said “you’ve got to see this!” and drove me to a forest preserve- where everything was just coated with these crazy buzzing bugs! Every path, walkway, and driveway was full of them , they flew all around us- and, yes, into us-and it actually DID get kind of freaky. But- I also remember that, outside of that forest preserve, there was no horrendous infestation anyplace else- sure, you’d see a few of them here and there, but, not the huge clouds of them that the media was warning us about. You could hear the constant droning for a few days , but it was no big deal. I was wondering, with the toxicity of the modern world, if eventually, the number of emerging cicadas will gradually decrease, and , after a few seventeen year cycles, not even be any more noticeable than the usual yearly supply of cicadas. OR- will they evolve, to combat the toxins, and become- BIGGER- STRONGER- AND MORE AGGRESIVE!!! Sounds like a perfect Sven movie… “Cicada Invada!” Or maybe ‘Cicada- the Buzz of Death!” Possibly- “Cicada 17: Coming Back on the Red Eye!” Tell you what- let’s talk about some of the REAL bug movies tomorrow-right here!!!
0 TrackBacks
Listed below are links to blogs that reference this entry: 5/22/2007.
TrackBack URL for this entry: http://www.wciu.com/blogs/mt-tb.cgi/255
Leave a comment