And--what may be an ominous sign for the Bored--they're called "crazy rasberry ants".In what sounds like a really low-budget horror film, voracious swarming ants that apparently arrived in Texas aboard a cargo ship are invading homes and yards across the Houston area, shorting out electrical boxes and messing up computers.
Real computer bugs in Houston!
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Real computer bugs in Houston!
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Raspberry ants in Texas, and Goliath beetles in Philadelphia, sent in a package marked as "toys, gifts and jellies".
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Hey, at least they eat fire ants.
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- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.