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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.

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TOPICS: Gardening; Miscellaneous; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: grasshoppers; utah
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To: JoeProBono

Bush’s fault.


21 posted on 06/29/2009 11:03:08 AM PDT by DogBarkTree (Support The American Tea Party)
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To: pgkdan

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


22 posted on 06/29/2009 11:03:25 AM PDT by tbone56
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To: JoeProBono

I read somewhere that grasshopper plagues — way back when — were what caused the Mormons to institute the rule about keeping a year’s supply of food around.


23 posted on 06/29/2009 11:34:00 AM PDT by AZLiberty (New York flyover: America, you're pwned -- Love, Barack and Michelle)
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To: JoeProBono
Arm all the 11-yr old boys with fully automatic BB guns and wheelbarrow loads of ammo.
24 posted on 06/29/2009 11:39:21 AM PDT by Max in Utah (A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)
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To: JoeProBono

25 posted on 06/29/2009 11:45:25 AM PDT by Daffynition ("If any of you die, can I please have your ammo?" ~ Gator113)
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To: JoeProBono

26 posted on 06/29/2009 11:47:34 AM PDT by Daffynition ("If any of you die, can I please have your ammo?" ~ Gator113)
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To: toomanygrasshoppers

27 posted on 06/29/2009 11:48:40 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: Daffynition

28 posted on 06/29/2009 12:07:18 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: JoeProBono

29 posted on 06/29/2009 12:16:12 PM PDT by Daffynition ("If any of you die, can I please have your ammo?" ~ Gator113)
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To: JoeProBono
HAHAHA! As you can see, I've had a bit of a problem posting...........


30 posted on 06/29/2009 12:17:54 PM PDT by Daffynition ("If any of you die, can I please have your ammo?" ~ Gator113)
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To: JoeProBono
I have come back to the Western US where I spent so many good years:


31 posted on 06/29/2009 12:24:12 PM PDT by Defiant (I'd love to live in America, but I'm being forced to live in Obamastan against my will. HELP!)
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To: Defiant

32 posted on 06/29/2009 12:40:40 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: tflabo

33 posted on 06/29/2009 12:43:29 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: Daffynition

34 posted on 06/29/2009 12:45:18 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: JoeProBono
THIS is a grasshopper!


35 posted on 06/29/2009 1:45:30 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER
Father?


36 posted on 06/29/2009 1:54:19 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: JoeProBono

37 posted on 06/29/2009 2:46:12 PM PDT by Daffynition ("If any of you die, can I please have your ammo?" ~ Gator113)
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To: Daffynition
GAY PRIDE


38 posted on 06/29/2009 3:02:56 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: JoeProBono
Product of the union?


39 posted on 06/29/2009 3:04:51 PM PDT by Daffynition ("If any of you die, can I please have your ammo?" ~ Gator113)
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40 posted on 06/29/2009 3:22:12 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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