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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>It is actually funnier if you say it to
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
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groop-bounces@groo.com [mailto:groop-bounces@groo.com] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Grossmann, Gary (DOR)<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, 20 June 2008 11:46
p.m.<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> groop@groo.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Groop] Its Them or Me</span></font><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:blue'>From Anil:</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:blue'>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.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:blue'>From Gabe:</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:blue'>Anyway you could videotape your EPIC FRAY this weekend and
upload it to youtube? </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:red'>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…</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:blue'>From Kaytee: </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:blue'>We have "multi-queen colonies" here in <st1:place
w:st="on">S. Calif.</st1:place>.. and they may have spread up the coast to <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Washington</st1:place></st1:State> by now....
They're "Argentinian ants". </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:red'>Actually, I think they are native Thatching Ants, little red
headed guys; and mean…</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:blue'>From Greg:</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:blue'>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.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:red'>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…</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:blue'>From Larry: </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:blue'>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!</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:red'>Larry, Larry, Larry. Mr. Grooism for crying out
loud. You of all people, you, who were crazy enough to go to <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Los Angeles</st1:place></st1:City> 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. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:red'>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!! </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:red'>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…<i><span
style='font-style:italic'>shudder</span></i>… ) </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:red'>Gary G. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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