[Groop] Its Them or Me

[Grossmann, Gary (DOR)]

>From Anil:
Can you share some photos of your ant-killing adventures? I am following this drama with great interest, and want to see it before my eyes.

>From Gabe:
Anyway you could videotape your EPIC FRAY this weekend and upload it to youtube? 

Sorry guys, I can't get anyone in my family to go near the place.   Too freaked out after seeing Indiana Jones #4 I guess...

>From Kaytee: 

We have "multi-queen colonies" here in S. Calif... and they may have spread up the coast to Washington by now.... They're "Argentinian ants". 

Actually, I think they are native Thatching Ants, little red headed guys; and mean...

>From Greg:

Heya Gary - sounds like you need some patio paving slabs, a BBQ, some deck chairs, a few waterproofed tiles and a whole heapum water and your'e gonna have a dandy pool in that old ant nest by the time you finish digging it out.

No a bad idea.  And maybe a little fountain/statue in the middle symbolizing my triumph.  Of course, if it's covered in ants a few weeks later, it'll take away from the whole effect...

>From Larry: 

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, Larry, Larry.  Mr. Grooism for crying out loud.  You of all people, you, who were crazy enough to go to Los Angeles with me to hunt for 15 year old newspapers, I thought you would understand.  Never mind that the ant colony is almost directly over my relatively shallow well and so drenching the ground in pesticide doesn't sound very good.  That's just an excuse.  This is an Epic Confrontation.  This is Man vs. Beast.  This is The Lone Homesteader vs. The Marauding Invaders.  Groo vs. the Hordes of Pipal Khan.  (Ok, Ok, so it's just me trying to kill a bunch of frickin' ants.)  But you get the idea.  

And now that I have announced my intentions to Groo Nation, I must follow thru or face the ignominity of failure before my peers!  How could I handle that?  And would Groo give up?  Would Groo lose his determination to triumph?  Would Groo have the brains to know when to quit?  No, No, and again I say No!  And am I not the equal of Groo in determination and brains?  Yes and Yes, as any fool can plainly see!! 

So the die is cast, the stage is set, and any other cliché you want to throw in there.  The ants will die and I will emerge victorious!!  (At least I hope so.  I saw Indiana Jones 4 too...shudder... )  

Gary G. 

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