Topic: Stuff You Got In The Mail (Read 8586 times)

HammyDavisJr · « **on:** 02 Jul 2009, 06:10 »

1500 Live Lady Bugs....I don't want to talk about it.

Thomas Edison · « **Reply #1 on:** 02 Jul 2009, 06:20 »

Quote from: HammyDavisJr on 02 Jul 2009, 06:10

1500 Live Lady Bugs....I don't want to talk about it.

Yet you made a thread about it?

allison · « **Reply #2 on:** 02 Jul 2009, 06:21 »

This thread is now about contradictions.

ViolentDove · « **Reply #3 on:** 02 Jul 2009, 06:25 »

I wish someone would send me 1500 ladybugs.

Thomas Edison · « **Reply #4 on:** 02 Jul 2009, 06:26 »

Shuuuush. We're not talking about the ladybugs! Pay attention, Dove!

Inlander · « **Reply #5 on:** 02 Jul 2009, 06:49 »

For the time being this thread is about trying to figure out why they're called ladybirds or ladybugs when they're clearly neither a bird nor a bug, but a beetle.

Damn, and me 700 kilometres from my Shorter Oxford English Dictionary.

Thomas Edison · « **Reply #6 on:** 02 Jul 2009, 06:56 »

Actually they're called coccinellidae, or atleast thats their family name.

And this is how they do it.

Will · « **Reply #7 on:** 02 Jul 2009, 07:12 »

This thread is now about close-up photography of bugs fuckin'

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #8 on:** 02 Jul 2009, 07:16 »

Isn't there enough bugfucking going on in this forum without dedicating a whole thread to it?

Reed · « **Reply #9 on:** 02 Jul 2009, 07:19 »

Did somebody say bug fuckin'?

ledhendrix · « **Reply #10 on:** 02 Jul 2009, 07:22 »

Screw all you guys derailing this.

HammyDavisJr you clearly want to talk about this. I'm very curious as to why someone would send you that.

pen · « **Reply #11 on:** 02 Jul 2009, 07:26 »

Ladybugs are good for gardens as pest control.

http://www.wisegeek.com/can-you-really-mail-order-ladybugs.htm

Thomas Edison · « **Reply #12 on:** 02 Jul 2009, 07:36 »

Quote from: ledhendrix on 02 Jul 2009, 07:22

HammyDavisJr you clearly want to talk about this.

Quote from: HammyDavisJr on 02 Jul 2009, 06:10

I don't want to talk about it.

redglasscurls · « **Reply #13 on:** 02 Jul 2009, 07:40 »

I seriously wish I got things in the mail interesting enough to top a box of ladybugs, but all I've got here at work is a mystery brown box and a book called "The Backyard Lumberjack"

ledhendrix · « **Reply #14 on:** 02 Jul 2009, 07:45 »

Quote from: Thomas Edison on 02 Jul 2009, 07:36

Lets look at his reasoning.

HammyDavisJr "I don't really want to talk about this, I guess an Internet forum is probably the best place to put this."

Now if he really does think that people are just going to leave this, this can be a lesson in how the internet works.

Edit: Ok Ok we aren't talking about this.

Will · « **Reply #15 on:** 02 Jul 2009, 07:48 »

Quote from: redglasscurls on 02 Jul 2009, 07:40

I seriously wish I got things in the mail interesting enough to top a box of ladybugs, but all I've got here at work is a mystery brown box and a book called "The Backyard Lumberjack"

Send a fan letter to Chuck Palahniuk, he's famous for sending boxes of random and strange things in reply.

redglasscurls · « **Reply #16 on:** 02 Jul 2009, 07:51 »

See, the problem there is that I am not actually a fan of his work!

Mostly I want an odd thing from the mail so I can add it to this thread and people will stop being bitches and just go ahead and post silly mailed things instead of stomping all over this thread idea.

Will · « **Reply #17 on:** 02 Jul 2009, 07:52 »

Quote from: redglasscurls on 02 Jul 2009, 07:51

See, the problem there is that I am not actually a fan of his work!

Mostly I want an odd thing from the mail so I can add it to this thread and people will stop being bitches and just go ahead and post silly mailed things instead of stomping all over this thread idea.

Perhaps a resurrection of the old Pen Pals thread from days of old, with a new theme of silliness? I'm game!

redglasscurls · « **Reply #18 on:** 02 Jul 2009, 08:34 »

Hey if there is one thing I have access to at work, it's mailing supplies. Anyone want me to mail them some assorted BS?

Josefbugman · « **Reply #19 on:** 02 Jul 2009, 08:36 »

If you have the time and inclination I could use a copy of the I-ching. Plus its been ages since I got anything through the mail.

allison · « **Reply #20 on:** 02 Jul 2009, 08:45 »

Quote from: Will on 02 Jul 2009, 07:52

Perhaps a resurrection of the old Pen Pals thread from days of old, with a new theme of silliness? I'm game!

Oh. My goodness. I would be good at this game. So good at it.

Will · « **Reply #21 on:** 02 Jul 2009, 08:48 »

Let's do this thing...

(PM me yr address if you want, I'm so down for this!)

David_Dovey · « **Reply #22 on:** 02 Jul 2009, 09:06 »

I had no idea that bugs fucked! I mean I guess it makes sense and all but I guess I just thought they produced some other way? I don't know I'm silly.

redglasscurls · « **Reply #23 on:** 02 Jul 2009, 09:13 »

We spent several days discussing how bugs fuck in an evolutionary biology class I took. Did you know that bugs have lots of methods to make sure another bug doesn't bugger their lady bug after them? SOME OF THESE WAYS INVOLVE BREAKING OFF THEIR BUG-DICK INSIDE HER SO ANOTHER DUDE CAN'T ACCESS THAT SHIT

I am so glad I'm not a ladybug.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #24 on:** 02 Jul 2009, 09:17 »

Bug sex is freaky but it least it ain't arachnid sex i.e; frequently fatal

Thomas Edison · « **Reply #25 on:** 02 Jul 2009, 09:23 »

Are we still discussing being pen pals or is this all about the finer points of sex within the insect world?

Because I'm up for both.

Liz · « **Reply #26 on:** 02 Jul 2009, 09:28 »

Only if you will be my pen pal, Ryan.

Johnny C · « **Reply #27 on:** 02 Jul 2009, 13:15 »

Did anyone else read the first post and instantly want to eat some spaghetti?

Caleb · « **Reply #28 on:** 02 Jul 2009, 14:22 »

Today we have a lovely Fettuccini medley with 1500 ladybugs. It's garnished with a sponge for some reason.

Also for your dining enjoyment we will show you random pictures of bugs fucking each other during your meal.

Bon appetit

Nodaisho · « **Reply #29 on:** 02 Jul 2009, 14:32 »

Quote from: David_Dovey on 02 Jul 2009, 09:17

Bug sex is freaky but it least it ain't arachnid sex i.e; frequently fatal

They break it off. It might as well be, unless it grows back. Even then, that would hurt like hell.

kemon · « **Reply #30 on:** 02 Jul 2009, 14:51 »

maybe it's just detachable. he can get it back when the lady comes to term.

Boro_Bandito · « **Reply #31 on:** 02 Jul 2009, 14:55 »

I believe that does in fact happen with drones in at least a few ant species. They do in fact die afterwards.

ViolentDove · « **Reply #32 on:** 02 Jul 2009, 15:38 »

I have an electron micrograph of a beetle penis somewhere. It's pretty hectic.

ViolentDove · « **Reply #33 on:** 02 Jul 2009, 15:39 »

Found it!

supersheep · « **Reply #34 on:** 02 Jul 2009, 15:40 »

oh wow

a pack of wolves · « **Reply #35 on:** 02 Jul 2009, 17:48 »

Quote from: Inlander on 02 Jul 2009, 06:49

For the time being this thread is about trying to figure out why they're called ladybirds or ladybugs when they're clearly neither a bird nor a bug, but a beetle.

Damn, and me 700 kilometres from my Shorter Oxford English Dictionary.

Apparently it comes from the phrase "our lady's bird", the red representing Mary's cloak and the seven spots representing her seven sorrows and virtues. Apparently the naming comes from the middle ages, which would account for it not being terribly accurate when it comes to classification since it's been mangled a lot over the years. Maybe someone just thought "our lady's beetle" just didn't sound right. Apparently entomologists refer to them as ladybird beetles so at least somebody's getting it right, and these are people for whom looking at pictures of bugs fucking is a legitimate workplace activity. Anyone choosing a career on that basis is a person I can get behind.

nickyandthefuture · « **Reply #36 on:** 02 Jul 2009, 19:39 »

Man that is not how you make spaghetti. Ya'll eating pasta and bugs off your floor. Ya'll gross.

LittleKey · « **Reply #37 on:** 02 Jul 2009, 23:38 »

This thread confuses and scares me.

Lunchbox · « **Reply #38 on:** 03 Jul 2009, 02:06 »

I wonder how you count out that many ladybugs?

calenlass · « **Reply #39 on:** 03 Jul 2009, 02:37 »

Quote from: a pack of wolves on 02 Jul 2009, 17:48

Quote from: Inlander on 02 Jul 2009, 06:49
For the time being this thread is about trying to figure out why they're called ladybirds or ladybugs when they're clearly neither a bird nor a bug, but a beetle.

Damn, and me 700 kilometres from my Shorter Oxford English Dictionary.

Apparently it comes from the phrase "our lady's bird", the red representing Mary's cloak and the seven spots representing her seven sorrows and virtues. Apparently the naming comes from the middle ages, which would account for it not being terribly accurate when it comes to classification since it's been mangled a lot over the years. Maybe someone just thought "our lady's beetle" just didn't sound right. Apparently entomologists refer to them as ladybird beetles so at least somebody's getting it right, and these are people for whom looking at pictures of bugs fucking is a legitimate workplace activity. Anyone choosing a career on that basis is a person I can get behind.

We call them "ladybugs" because it probably started out as ladybird but someone pointed out along the way that they are not, in fact, birds, but are bugs, just like every other air-breathing creature with more than 4 legs. Spiders are bugs, centipedes are bugs, ants are bugs, ladybugs are bugs, etc.

Delirium · « **Reply #40 on:** 03 Jul 2009, 02:42 »

Quote from: ViolentDove on 02 Jul 2009, 15:39

Found it!

Good lorf, at first that looked like a spiky llama

jodizzle · « **Reply #41 on:** 03 Jul 2009, 03:20 »

A bug is an insect that can suck. This is a true fact (courtesy of QI)

Cernunnos · « **Reply #42 on:** 03 Jul 2009, 05:47 »

You mean these guys?

allison · « **Reply #43 on:** 03 Jul 2009, 05:52 »

You know what I haven't gotten in the mail? My new enhanced driver's license so I can go to the States.

Also: bugfucking

Inlander · « **Reply #44 on:** 03 Jul 2009, 06:12 »

Quote from: jodizzle on 03 Jul 2009, 03:20

A bug is an insect that can suck.

This is true. If we're going to be proper and correct and technical about this then ladybugs are not bugs, they are beetles. Bugs and beetles are different kinds of insects. It's like calling a wasp an ant: sure, they're not a million miles apart, but one is not the same as the other.

Also I've heard that ladybugs/birds/beetles aren't ladies at all. I've heard they're straight up hussies and always spread vicious rumours about each other behind each other's backs.

tinysmidgen · « **Reply #45 on:** 03 Jul 2009, 06:31 »

Quote from: kemon on 02 Jul 2009, 14:51

maybe it's just detachable. he can get it back when the lady comes to term.

maybe he hums/sings Detachable Penis by King Missile while he climaxes and break his penis off?

I'll be someone's pen pal

Will · « **Reply #46 on:** 03 Jul 2009, 11:33 »

Guys, if you want to participate in the "Weird Shit By Mail" pen pals deal, post here. No addresses, just where you're from, so we're not having Aussies matched up with Canucks and such...I'll try to match up people from the same countries so shipping doesn't go apeshit insane.

Participants:

Quote

Will (USA)
allison/philhar (Canada, matched!)
tinysmidgen (?)
Misconception (USA)

Who else wants in on this?

allison · « **Reply #47 on:** 03 Jul 2009, 11:37 »

I'm just going to throw it out there that I don't really mind paying postage, no matter where y'alls from.

Liz · « **Reply #48 on:** 03 Jul 2009, 11:45 »

I will pay postage to other countries if my pen pal is WICKED AWESOME.

Otherwise, I am Liz of the U.S.A.

ledhendrix · « **Reply #49 on:** 03 Jul 2009, 11:51 »

Robbie of Scotland, post me your things!

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