Has the World Gone Nuts?

[Monty]

The Tulsa World that is, our only local newspaper of any credibility, or (credibility?). This mornings headline was about a Spider! A local retail grocer was unloading bananas and a big ugly spider fell out. After much cussing and discussing it was believed to be a deadly South American species that hitched a ride on a banana boat. Another group of so called scientists thought it was another species that wasn't deadly. While they were arguing, the only peron with any sense squished the damn thing and got rid of it! Now the University and local scientists are mad because they wanted to study it. As Forest Gump's mother says, "Stupid is as stupid does"! Now it's up to the newspaper readers to decide who is stupid! Can you guess? Good old Homer Simpson says, "DOH"! And I say,"Excellent', wringing my hands as I say it! Monty

 

[Cynangyl]

Definitely squash...they should have taken a picture to study! YUCK!

 

[seger98]

I guess someone could have tried to catch it, but it's dead now & if they want to study it so bad the scientists can go down to where it came from! I guess I'd rather see that as the headline of the paper then another murder or something like that.

 

[Lowbatts]

Monty after seeing what a spider did in the nursery of a hardware store I worked in to a store manager...He had a hole you could stick your thumb in on his leg...I say squash....better safe then sorry.

Who goes to a hardware store to have babies?

 

[Monty]

With or without spiders? M nty

 

[Cynangyl]

rofl I want mine without please!

 

[45-70Ranger]

Definitely squash...they should have taken a picture to study! YUCK!

You guys have my imagination going: A newspaper,"The Dailey Quish".
Showing spiders and bugs-squished.

 

[Mental Granny]

They were talking about it on thr OKC new on TV so now people are going to freak about the produce section for starters at the store! Since you see it is a terriost action, Bin Laden is having spiders put in bananas to poison us.

 

[Monty]

Bin Laden? I figured it was George Bush, they have tried to pin everything else on him. M nty

 

[jeff of pa]

As I said Scrape the Guts up
& Do a DNA Test on them

 

[Cynangyl]

As I said Scrape the Guts up
& Do a DNA Test on them

amen!

 

[gamiller]

yes

 

[JamesE]

You all missed the point of the story.
The war is over, the economy is fixed, hunger has been defeated, we all have jobs and all of the children are above average. With no more controversy or conflict, this is the only kind of story left for major newspapers' front page. In my IA hometown, the second biggest paper in the state puts kidergarten coloring contest winners on the front page.
The world is now sweetness and light. (unless the stomper was charged with cruelty)
People in Africa are starving for protein and they waste a perfectly good spider.
jim

 

[Zephyr]

As that old song goes:

"Yes, we have no more banana spiders
We have no banana spiders today!"

 

[Mental Granny]

I didn't think about the wasted protein! Sorry!

 

[aa battery]

now if we could only do that in................ wow i almost said washington

 

[paratrooper]

How much are you paying for good bananas, I sell them 29cents a pound here.

So the lady goes into Ernest's store and asks "How much for bananas ?" "29 cents a pound" replies Ernest . The lady says "The guy down the street only charges 25 cents a pound ." "So" says Ernest "why don't you go buy from him ?" The lady says "He doesn't have any more." "Fine" says Ernest "when I run out I'll drop the price to 20 cents a pound."

 

[BuckleBoy]

No. The world has not gone Nuts. It has gone Bananas.




--deleted--ing Media!

 

[paratrooper]

In my IA hometown, the second biggest paper in the state puts kidergarten coloring contest winners on the front page.
jim

When I lived in Sioux City we had a town down the road named Holstien IA . They had a small weekly paper . EVERYTHING was news . Much attention was paid when one of the ladies in town had friends over for Canasta . They reported on the sandwiches that she served , who drank coffee and who drank tea . Also the final score of the games . Better coverage was given to someone whose family visited from "The City" (Sioux City that is) along with the grandchildren . The names and ages of the children naturally were included . BUT the "Stop The Presses" big time earth shattering news would be if that family not only visited but then they all went shopping down in Omaha . Where they went to lunch , what they ate , what stores they shopped in and what they bought . Those were better times .

 

[Mental Granny]

I remember reading articles like that and some from when my mother was little the address of the BD party who hosted it who came the games they played who won the games and oh so much more!