Well that's all fine and good. In the face of a recent invasion of ants in my kitchen, I've been considering them a lot. And I'm trying to be wise (at least, wise to the ways of the ants). I've studied -- and restudied -- their penchant for empire building.
But I guess I forgot to ask why they hate me . . .
posted by Eric on 03.28.06 at 06:10 PM
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My kitchen was once invaded by ants, but they were fatally attracted to the smell of the refrigerant in the freezer or something like that, so they found a tiny crack in the lining of the freezer door, and crawled one by one into the freezer, and freeze-dried themselves in there, and died, every last one of them! I came home from a vacation and found a freezer full of dead ants. Ugh.
I noticed your post because of the proverb about the ants - I'm working my way through all the proverbs I can find in Latin about animals in general. All the ant proverbs I have found so far are here:
My kitchen was once invaded by ants, but they were fatally attracted to the smell of the refrigerant in the freezer or something like that, so they found a tiny crack in the lining of the freezer door, and crawled one by one into the freezer, and freeze-dried themselves in there, and died, every last one of them! I came home from a vacation and found a freezer full of dead ants. Ugh.
I noticed your post because of the proverb about the ants - I'm working my way through all the proverbs I can find in Latin about animals in general. All the ant proverbs I have found so far are here:
http://bestlatin.net/zoo/formica.htm
You might enjoy them.
Good luck in your battles! And, as the proverb warns, don't spit on those ants or you'll get bit! :-)