MoseyWalker
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Wed Oct-04-06 04:06 PM
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I just caught a fly in my hand and set it free |
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the other day, I was patted on the back by coworkers from Santa Fe who applauded the fact that I took a cricket outside by putting it on a spoon and setting it on the grass.
I have also set previous friends and lovers free, and have seen them, at least some of them, blossom like flowers in the rain.
Have you set anything free lately?
(my last - hopefully - string of consiousness thread. thanks for reading!)
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Wed Oct-04-06 04:08 PM
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1. There's a damn fly in my office that's driving me nuts |
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I'll bet he's the one who escaped from your hand. Thanks for nothin pal :)
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Wed Oct-04-06 04:11 PM
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I thought he was a good fly!
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Wed Oct-04-06 04:14 PM
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5. Don't think, it'll only hurt the ball club |
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Didn't you learn anything from Bull Durham?
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Wed Oct-04-06 04:10 PM
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I get a lotta Daddy Longlegs in here, and a week or so ago I went to take a shower and there was one in the tub. I enticed him to crawl onto a piece of toilet paper, then put him down on the sink counter.
I felt good about that. :7
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Wed Oct-04-06 04:12 PM
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4. did you at least let him say his spider prayers first, or |
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speak to his 2 hundred thousand children?
If not, the horror remains in my mind.
Oh, the horror!
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Wed Oct-04-06 04:16 PM
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He scurried away — a bit frightened, perhaps, but quite alive.
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Wed Oct-04-06 04:18 PM
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when you said you put him down, that you "put him down".
good job!
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Wed Oct-04-06 04:27 PM
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or almost any other creature. I'll kill flies because they serve no beneficial purpose and they're like the AOL of germs.
I figure most creatures have just as much right to live as I do.
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Wed Oct-04-06 07:06 PM
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23. Hehe... if flies are the AOL of germs, |
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Wed Oct-04-06 07:11 PM
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24. Roaches are better saved |
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and smoked than eaten.
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Wed Oct-04-06 04:17 PM
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7. I kill flies with a vengeance. |
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Wed Oct-04-06 04:17 PM
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8. A string of profanities. |
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Wed Oct-04-06 04:26 PM
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10. You put a previous friend or lover in a spoon? |
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That must've took some balancing skills.
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Wed Oct-04-06 04:31 PM
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Wed Oct-04-06 04:28 PM
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12. I evict bugs and creepy crawlies from my apartment whenever it is possible |
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I do not believe in harming creatures without need.
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Wed Oct-04-06 04:34 PM
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15. completely understandable |
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they probably have friends and relative bugs they can stay with. Why should they be sitting there listening to your music when they are NOT your friends?
:hi:
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Wed Oct-04-06 04:37 PM
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they are certainly making no contribution to the housekeeping.
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Wed Oct-04-06 04:41 PM
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Wed Oct-04-06 04:33 PM
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14. Maybe you are on on the verge of developing super hero powers like Spidey. |
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Time to think of a cool name.
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Wed Oct-04-06 04:36 PM
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16. My son has been setting many things "free" this week |
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he is five years old and REALLY into insects/spiders.
So we have been letting him catch them, put them in a jar.
He then, by himself, puts twigs, leaves in the jar to make the critters "comfortable".
He caught a caterpillar the other day, the next day he woke up, came running to me and said, "Daddy, the caterpillar had babies last night!" So I looked in the jar, and told him, "Wow, that is really neat!" He then said, "I should let it go so that it can take care of her babies." I said, "I think that is a great idea."
I guess I didn't want to ruin his moment and tell him the "babies" were really caterpillar poo.
What a great kid.
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Wed Oct-04-06 04:38 PM
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18. that really is a cool story |
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Wed Oct-04-06 06:11 PM
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20. I wish I could recommend non-OP posts. |
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Wed Oct-04-06 06:12 PM
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21. that is excellent! n/t |
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Wed Oct-04-06 06:21 PM
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22. I kill every one of the fuckers I can. Flies are vile. |
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Crickets? I let them hang around in the house if they want to; they don't bother me.
(Not to whizz on the meaning of your post; sorry.)
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