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What to do?

Induce vomiting
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10%
Shrug it off
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Go back for seconds
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Total votes: 48
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So I get to the bottom of the tasty bowl-of-cereal-for-supper, and there's an ant floating there. I wince, and wander back to the counter where I usually leave the cereal box out for convenience's sake. Sure enough, a stream of ants led inside the box, right to the bottom.

:oops:

MehYam eats ants. Wanted you to hear it from me first.
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Post by Mobius »

Good solid protein.

Go back for seconds.
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Post by Krom »

Seconds.
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Post by Nexus_One »

were they crunchy?
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Post by Top Gun »

Jeez, I'm the only vote for "induce vomiting"? That would freak me out to no end, as I'm a bit of an insectophobe :P.
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Post by Krom »

Some people eat bugs and rats, an ant is not likely to kill you.
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Post by Top Gun »

I didn't say it would kill you, but it would make me wish I was dead :P.
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Post by roid »

Ants are a food sourse, as mobi says, they are protien, good for you no doubt. honeyants are sweet (they have big butts full of honey in their nest) and Aboriginal Australians eat them

don't Aboriginal Americans eat ants or termites or anything? termites are supposed to be good tucker especially (i think i was taught to eat em when i was younger, so i had a bunch).

insects are tasty, don't be so prudy TopGun :P
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Post by Canuck »

South African honey ants dipped in chocolate are extremely tasty critters, and insects are pure protein.

Millions of critters eat them as well as many humanoids.

That ant was chowing down on the same cereal that you were eating, he would probably tasted the same then, hence you not noticing.
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Post by Arbitar »

Top Gun wrote:Jeez, I'm the only vote for "induce vomiting"? That would freak me out to no end, as I'm a bit of an insectophobe :P.
Don't feel bad, I am to :lol: (and yes i voted induce vomiting)
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Post by XeonJr »

Whilst on my trip down to melbourne I came to realize why there are so little bugs in America. I always thought it had been caused by insecticides. While this may still be a contributing factor it's not the main cause. What is the main cause? simple.. heavy traffic.

Melbourne is about 1200 miles from Brisbane. I swear, the front of the car was literally black with bug splatter. If one car can collect a million bugs in a single day, that doesnt leave much chance for the bugs :P America has easily 100 times the amount of traffic Australia has. To be honest I'm actually amazed I saw any bugs at all in the states.
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Post by Nexus_One »

Top Gun wrote:I didn't say it would kill you, but it would make me wish I was dead :P.
you kinda sound like a little girl when you say that :P
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Post by Plebeian »

No vomit inducing here, but I would pass on seconds. I prefer to have my food with my toppings of choice, and that doesn't include insect matter (at least more than the usual). ;)
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Post by Topher »

Ants eat the cereal...
Ants are made of protein...
Ants eating the cereal will taste like cereal...

Do I smell some low carb Cheerios action here!?
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Post by Rotten Tomato »

Actually, like the topic name, i'd stuff em down me pants, leave em there for a half-hour, take em out, put them in a blender and drink the juice.

I'd really fancy some of that right now......
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Actually, my current girlfriend eats bugs... intentionally. Orders them from web sites devoted to that sort of thing. She knows about the honey ants and all sorts of edible crawlies, and actually schedules vacations based around what insects are available locally.

Yeck. I just can't stomach the idea (literally). I mean, rationally I know there's nothing bad about it, but I'm kinda with TG on this one. In fact, her bug thing might just be the reason we break up - I think she's been waiting for me to get used to the idea, but I actually grow more revolted by it over time.

I'm not telling her about this ant thing. I don't want to give her side of the argument any more ammo.
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Ummmmm....bugs.....
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Post by Krom »

I could picture myself eating a bowl full of cooked bugs. Just remember mayhem, for every bug you eat that you see, theres 10 more that you didnt see.
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Post by Darkside Heartless »

I had some leaf hoppers once, tasted like fruit
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Krom wrote:I could picture myself eating a bowl full of cooked bugs. Just remember mayhem, for every bug you eat that you see, theres 10 more that you didnt see.
I know, I keep trying to tune out the thought. I hit the salad bar at the local grocery store for lunch today. I probably get a couple bugs a week just doing that.

It's not so much that the bugs are making me squeamish - it's more to do with the fact that there's something in the food that shouldn't be. I'd feel the same way if there were bacon bits in the cereal.

mmmmmm, baconnnn...
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Post by Top Gun »

Am I also the only nerd who pasted what Topher wrote into Notepad in order to read it? :P
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Top Gun wrote:Am I also the only nerd who pasted what Topher wrote into Notepad in order to read it? :P
I just right-clicked and said "View Selection Source". I'm a lazy nerd. :P
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Post by Fusion pimp »

Actually, my current girlfriend eats bugs...
And you kiss her! :oops: I assume you do, anyway.

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And you kiss her
;) I brush with Raid afterwards.
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Post by Mr. Perfect »

Uhm. Yeh... What happens when you start finding ants in the bottum of your girlfriend(read that how you will)?
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Plebeian wrote:
Top Gun wrote:Am I also the only nerd who pasted what Topher wrote into Notepad in order to read it? :P
I just right-clicked and said "View Selection Source". I'm a lazy nerd. :P
I must be the only nerd to hit the quote button to read it. ;) Guess that makes me the smart, yet inherently lazy one. :D
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Urodd.
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Post by roid »

come on guys, bugs are food just like seafood is... uh , food.

if you can eat a crab, you can eat a bug.

witchetty grubs are good, and BIG.
havn't you ever eaten an agave worm from a tequila bottle?

but still i do have a phobia of touching anything that can sting/hurt me, i freak out that it'l sting my tounge.
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Post by Sage »

I ate a chocolate covered grasshopper at some fair thing once... ★■◆●ing yummy.
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MD-2389 wrote:
Plebeian wrote:
Top Gun wrote:Am I also the only nerd who pasted what Topher wrote into Notepad in order to read it? :P
I just right-clicked and said "View Selection Source". I'm a lazy nerd. :P
I must be the only nerd to hit the quote button to read it. ;)
I just read it. *shrug* good eyesight makes it easy.
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Post by Top Gun »

At 1024x768, there isn't much to read, at least on my monitor :P.
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I just read it :P
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Post by Palzon »

Lothar wrote:
MD-2389 wrote:
Plebeian wrote:
Top Gun wrote:Am I also the only nerd who pasted what Topher wrote into Notepad in order to read it? :P
I just right-clicked and said "View Selection Source". I'm a lazy nerd. :P
I must be the only nerd to hit the quote button to read it. ;)
I just read it. *shrug* good eyesight makes it easy.
I'm such a dope, I ordered a leather-bound transcript of it from Burrell's :P
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Post by Avder »

Palzon decided to flex his fingers and wrote:
Lothar's neurons almost fired properly for a moment when he wrote:
MD-2389 couldnt keep away from the red button and wrote:
Plebeian struggled against the effects of an unknown chemical while he wrote:
Top Gun really should have stayed in bed, but instead he wrote:Am I also the only nerd who pasted what Topher wrote into Notepad in order to read it? :P
I just right-clicked and said "View Selection Source". I'm a lazy nerd. :P
I must be the only nerd to hit the quote button to read it. ;)
I just read it. *shrug* good eyesight makes it easy.
I'm such a dope, I ordered a leather-bound transcript of it from Burrell's :P
I sent it through a universal translator and had it fired off to a bunch of laywers for analysis.
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Post by Boo »

:lol: I did it too, Top gun.
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