Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Slaughter of Innocents?

A couple of nights ago, I noticed that several containers of standing water on the grounds of my principle worksite were teeming with mosquito larvae. Mosquitoes lay their eggs in water and the larvae swim around feasting on microorganisms and organic detritus. They look much like our benevolent friends the Sea Monkeys, but they are destined to pursue a career of evil when they mature, at least from our anthropocentric viewpoint. Sure, they may be cute and innocent now, but they'll feast on your blood if you let them get the chance. Not countenancing this sort of thing, I decided to engage in some proactive vengeance, so I dumped several containers of water, sending the little swimming critters to their doom. I then sent a text message to one of the daytime managers to inform him that we would have plenty of wee squatters if we don't periodically change the water in these vessels. It's pretty gratifying to dump larva-infested water onto the ground- let the mosquitoes breed as they will, and send their multitudes of progeny to their doom. Muhuhuhuhahaha!

On a county-wide level, the Department of Health is distributing free fathead minnows, which are native to the region. Our "larvae menace" is confined to containers which can be readily dumped, so we have no need of minnows. As an added bonus, single-handedly destroying a thriving community of tiny, helpless critters allows me to engage in my darkest kaiju fantasies in a constructive manner.

3 comments:

ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...

I like the 'free local minnows to good homes' program.

BTW, I'll bet ants patrol up most of those mosquito larvae.
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Laura said...

Thank god someone is out killing those bastards! ;)

Hey you!!!!!!!
I've been gone a long time, haven't I? Well.. two good reasons.
#1.. I can't get back into my blog. For some reason, it will not let me log on. (this is a very old account I'm on right now). I had to google you to find this blog!!!
#2... About 4 months ago, my Mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer. We've been dealing with "all that". From time to time I think about starting up another blog but my heart really hasn't been in it.
But... I haven't forgotten about "yousguys"!! I think about everyone frequently. :) I'll try to be a better friend and start commenting on a few of my old pals blogs again.
Hope that all have been well with you.

((Hugs))
Laura

Big Bad Bald Bastard said...

BTW, I'll bet ants patrol up most of those mosquito larvae.

That's the dream!

About 4 months ago, my Mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer. We've been dealing with "all that". From time to time I think about starting up another blog but my heart really hasn't been in it.
But... I haven't forgotten about "yousguys"!! I think about everyone frequently. :) I'll try to be a better friend and start commenting on a few of my old pals blogs again.
Hope that all have been well with you.


Oh, Laura, that's so sad about your mom... sexy nonna, right? It's good to see you back, you're always welcome here at Casa diB^4!