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Grand Avenue by Mike Thompson for June 21, 2012
June 20, 2012
June 22, 2012
Transcript:
Grandma: Look, a firefly! When I was young, I had a blast catching fireflies! Gabby: So you'd chase fireflies all over the neighborhood until you caught them. Then what? Grandma: Well, I'd put 'em in a jar in my bedroom. Gabby: Then what? Wake up the next morning and find them dead? What fun. Grandma: Thanks for darkening that bright childhood memory. Gabby: Who needs fireflies when you have me to light up your life?
samfran6-0 over 12 years ago
Put them in a jar, punch holes in the lid for air and a hand full of grass. They would last for days. Don’t know how long they live out in the open.
hippogriff over 12 years ago
toonmaster: Texas A&M is a wholly owned subsidiary of the agrochemical industry. Texas had fire ants long before the Argentine species was imported in 1941. Aggies just want to sell persistent poisons – which are what really kill lightning bugs.
A recent import is the Mediterranean gecko, which somewhat competes with the green anole, but is otherwise benign. They like to cling to our windows and grab moths attracted by the light inside. One ate a lightning bug, which could be seen flashing inside it for almost a minute.
Comic Minister Premium Member over 12 years ago
Oh boy.
The Legend of Brandon Sawyer over 12 years ago
awwww lol
REDROCKER51 over 12 years ago
remember when ya caught lighting bugs, and pulled the light part off and put it on your fingernails? NO? hmph…
gcarlson over 12 years ago
A cousin from Minnesota taught a summer school class on " Animal Friends" in 1981. At my sister’s post-wedding party she had all the younger cousins catch fireflies, which she didn’t have at home, to take back and show her students.
hippogriff over 12 years ago
Nothing weirder than a reply to a deleted comment. Am I going to have to recapitulate the comment I am replying to, for it to make any sense? Toonmaster was quoting Aggies who blamed fire ants for the reduction of lightning bugs, and divert attention from all the persistent, broad-spectrum pesticides they promote.