[Groop] Killing Ants-The Groo Method

[Larry Steller]

Ya know, hauling dirt around really has no effect on an ant colony. I still think you're better off drenching the area with a commercially approved pesticide. Sure, it's not as much FUN as hauling around 55 gallon barrels of anthill, but I'd give it a try!

-Larry "Mr. Grooism" Steller, Master Mendicant

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--- On Fri, 6/20/08, Grossmann, Gary (DOR) <GaryG at DOR.WA.GOV> wrote:

> From: Grossmann, Gary (DOR) <GaryG at DOR.WA.GOV>
> Subject: [Groop] Killing Ants-The Groo Method
> To: groop at groo.com
> Date: Friday, June 20, 2008, 11:50 AM
> Hi Folks!
> 
> Well, after seeming to be on a downhill slide, the ants
> have made a big
> comeback.  Everytime I think I've found the border of
> the colony, I
> discover frenzied ant activity deeper into the brush.  The
> hauling away
> of 4-barrels full of ant hill, plus giving them huge doses
> of ammonia,
> sugared borax, and even the grits (!) did not kill them or
> kill them
> all, and obviously didn't kill the queen, who must be
> tucked away in
> some hidden chamber along with a bazillion larve.  
> 
> Determined not to use commercial poison, there is only on
> thing left to
> do.  I must employ the Groo Method.  No, no, not attack
> them with
> swords.  No, I mean I must go on an unfettered rampage of
> wanton death
> and destruction wholely out of proportion to the perceived
> problem.
> This weekend I will take my trusty maddox and shovel
> (better than swords
> for the task at hand) and chop and dig and dig and chop and
> haul away or
> destroy every last little section and chamber of the ant
> colony.  I
> don't care if I end up with a 15 foot wide, 4 foot deep
> crater; the ants
> must die!  Then maybe just for fun, I'll seal it off
> with some old bags
> of concrete I've had lying around for years.  Ha! 
> That'll show 'em.  So
> that's it. This weekend.  It's me or the ants!! 
> (So if you don't hear
> from me, you'll know happenned.)
> 
> Take care, 
> 
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