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Hordes of hungry grasshoppers invade Utah
guardian. ^ | June 29 2009

Posted on 06/29/2009 7:10:30 AM PDT by JoeProBono

An ambitious director might look at Mitch Halligan's property and see an instant B-movie classic: "Invasion of the Grasshoppers." The place is overrun with the greasy little bugs. With each step you take on his property, the squirmy inch-long grasshoppers jump for cover in every direction. Those that don't crunch under foot perch themselves atop tall grass stalks, crawl up pant legs or munch through gardens.

(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Gardening; Miscellaneous; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: grasshoppers; utah
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1 posted on 06/29/2009 7:10:31 AM PDT by JoeProBono
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Grasshopper, grasshopper why do you stay? Oh, my young friend, because it is so tasty here. But, grasshopper, how can that be—it is foul to, but thee.


2 posted on 06/29/2009 7:13:29 AM PDT by devane617 (Republicans first strategy should be taking over the MSM. Without it we are doomed.)
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To: JoeProBono

I have never seen grasshoppers that look like your picture. Maybe because the wild turkeys eat them like candy : )


3 posted on 06/29/2009 7:15:56 AM PDT by LeGrande (I once heard a smart man say that you canÂ’t reason someone out of something that they didnÂ’t reaso)
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To: JoeProBono

Should we be on the lookout for sea gulls in UT?


4 posted on 06/29/2009 7:15:58 AM PDT by pgkdan ( I miss Ronald Reagan!)
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To: JoeProBono

Where are those sea gulls when you need them?


5 posted on 06/29/2009 7:16:09 AM PDT by svcw (Barry: mentally deficient & narcissistic misogynist megalomaniac psychopath w/ paranoid delusions)
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To: JoeProBono
The US used to have serious locust outbreaks similar to Africa/Middle-East. See here.


6 posted on 06/29/2009 7:17:18 AM PDT by blam
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No, it's not possible. In order to prove globull warming we have to establish that this is the first time for all calamities
7 posted on 06/29/2009 7:20:19 AM PDT by The_Victor (If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
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To: JoeProBono
I thought this story was referring to welfare and illegal alien locust fleeing bankrupt MexiFornia to go to Utah.
8 posted on 06/29/2009 7:22:07 AM PDT by Frantzie (Boycott ABC News and their parent company The Walt Disney Company)
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9 posted on 06/29/2009 7:23:49 AM PDT by paulycy (Liberal DOUBLE-STANDARDS are HATE crimes.)
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To: JoeProBono

Time to go into the fish bait business.


10 posted on 06/29/2009 7:32:53 AM PDT by bgill (The evidence simply does not support the official position of the Obama administration)
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To: JoeProBono

As everyone knows, lawyers are reincarnated as sea gulls. After all, gulls spend their lives squawking all the time, sh*tting all over everything, and they steal everything not too heavy to fly off with.

History also tells us that sea gulls once before appeared in large numbers to save Utah from a grasshopper invasion.

We know that if Utah is to be spared the devastation this grasshopper invasion will cause, Utah needs a large number of sea gulls.

Remember, lawyers are reincarnated as lawyers? Logic thus tells us how to help our fellow Americans in grasshopper besieged Utah.

Save Utah - Kill All The Lawyers!


11 posted on 06/29/2009 7:52:05 AM PDT by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon freedom, it is essential to examine principles,)
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To: JoeProBono

Too many grasshoppers? :)


12 posted on 06/29/2009 8:13:18 AM PDT by toomanygrasshoppers ("In technical terminology, he's a loon")
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To: JoeProBono

Sea gulls saved Utah from an early grasshopper invasion (actually, locusts). Thus we know gulls eat grasshoppers.

We also know lawyers are reincarnated as sea gulls because:
1. Sea gulls call angrily all the time.
2. Sea gulls quarrel continuously.
3. Sea gulls sh*t all over everything and every one.
4. Sea gulls steal anything not too heavy to fly away with.

Utah is threatened by a swarm of grasshoppers and only lots of sea gulls eat the grasshoppers and thereby save Utah.

Therefore, Logic 101 tells us the following:

SAVE UTAH - KILL ALL THE LAWYERS!


13 posted on 06/29/2009 8:13:23 AM PDT by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon freedom, it is essential to examine principles,)
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To: JoeProBono

Too many grasshoppers? :)


14 posted on 06/29/2009 8:14:10 AM PDT by toomanygrasshoppers ("In technical terminology, he's a loon")
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To: JoeProBono

Grasshoppers (locusts, actually) were about devour all the crops of the early inhabitants of Utah when a flock of sea gulls came and ate the grasshoppers.

Utah is now again at risk of devastation because of grasshoppers beyond number.

We also know that lawyers are reincarnated as sea gulls because:
1. Sea gulls scream at each other all the time.
2. Sea gulls sh*t all over everything and everyone.
3. Sea gulls quarrel all the time.

Logic 101 thus provides the answer to the Utah grasshopper problem.

SAVE UTAH - KILL ALL THE LAWYERS ! ! !


15 posted on 06/29/2009 8:50:07 AM PDT by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon freedom, it is essential to examine principles,)
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To: The_Victor

Exactly, zero will even claim this as a historic event...and of course President Bushs fault..


16 posted on 06/29/2009 9:24:14 AM PDT by JoanneSD
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To: JoeProBono
Mmmmm.. chocolate grasshoppers.....


17 posted on 06/29/2009 9:32:05 AM PDT by tflabo (Truth or Tyranny)
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To: JoeProBono
Mmmmm.. chocolate grasshoppers.....


18 posted on 06/29/2009 9:33:06 AM PDT by tflabo (Truth or Tyranny)
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19 posted on 06/29/2009 9:38:06 AM PDT by Daffynition ("If any of you die, can I please have your ammo?" ~ Gator113)
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To: pgkdan

Lotsa sea gulls in Utah. Been to the Great Salt Lake?


20 posted on 06/29/2009 11:02:01 AM PDT by tbone56
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