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04-13-2004, 06:37 AM
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| Re: Cycling and cicada emergence "Sandy Christmus" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message news:g2Iec.178$uF3.59@lakeread04... > I searched Google and I'm amazed this hasn't come up, yet. If it has, I > apologize in advance. > > I commute to work by bike and I wonder what that's going to be like when > the cicadas come out in the next few months. Raw, they taste like pork. Cooked, they taste like crunchy butterscotch. If you inhale one, you will die, as it will instinctively attempt to crawl down your windpipe. However, the greatest danger is striking one, because their peculiar aerodynamics cause them to fly backwards, and if you hit one with your eye, it will get stuck in the gooey part. Safety glasses and ski goggles are indicated. On the plus side, a live cicada makes an _excellent_ cat toy. |
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04-13-2004, 06:37 AM
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| Re: Cycling and cicada emergence "Sandy Christmus" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message news:g2Iec.178$uF3.59@lakeread04... > I searched Google and I'm amazed this hasn't come up, yet. If it has, I > apologize in advance. > > I commute to work by bike and I wonder what that's going to be like when > the cicadas come out in the next few months. Raw, they taste like pork. Cooked, they taste like crunchy butterscotch. If you inhale one, you will die, as it will instinctively attempt to crawl down your windpipe. However, the greatest danger is striking one, because their peculiar aerodynamics cause them to fly backwards, and if you hit one with your eye, it will get stuck in the gooey part. Safety glasses and ski goggles are indicated. On the plus side, a live cicada makes an _excellent_ cat toy. |
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04-13-2004, 06:37 AM
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| Re: Cycling and cicada emergence "Sandy Christmus" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message news:g2Iec.178$uF3.59@lakeread04... > I searched Google and I'm amazed this hasn't come up, yet. If it has, I > apologize in advance. > > I commute to work by bike and I wonder what that's going to be like when > the cicadas come out in the next few months. Raw, they taste like pork. Cooked, they taste like crunchy butterscotch. If you inhale one, you will die, as it will instinctively attempt to crawl down your windpipe. However, the greatest danger is striking one, because their peculiar aerodynamics cause them to fly backwards, and if you hit one with your eye, it will get stuck in the gooey part. Safety glasses and ski goggles are indicated. On the plus side, a live cicada makes an _excellent_ cat toy. |
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04-14-2004, 01:58 PM
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| Re: Cycling and cicada emergence Pete <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote: > > In Cincinnati, we're about a month from the 17 year cycle. Estimated about 5 > billion of the little biggers will come out, get it on, and die. About 100 > cicadas per sq meter in the right areas. Hmmm, right in time for my visit. They never came out while I was living there, so this shall provide an opportunity to see them. > They don't bite, but I imagine riding through a swarm of them might not be > the nicest. A hat or helmet cover might be in order. Hopefully I'll get the chance to test this. I'm really working on having a bike while I'm there. I think if I go a whole week without riding I might perish. -- Dane Jackson - z u v e m b i @ u n i x b i g o t s . o r g This door is baroquen, please wiggle Handel. (If I wiggle Handel, will it wiggle Bach?) -- Found on a door in the MSU music building |
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04-14-2004, 01:58 PM
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| Re: Cycling and cicada emergence Pete <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote: > > In Cincinnati, we're about a month from the 17 year cycle. Estimated about 5 > billion of the little biggers will come out, get it on, and die. About 100 > cicadas per sq meter in the right areas. Hmmm, right in time for my visit. They never came out while I was living there, so this shall provide an opportunity to see them. > They don't bite, but I imagine riding through a swarm of them might not be > the nicest. A hat or helmet cover might be in order. Hopefully I'll get the chance to test this. I'm really working on having a bike while I'm there. I think if I go a whole week without riding I might perish. -- Dane Jackson - z u v e m b i @ u n i x b i g o t s . o r g This door is baroquen, please wiggle Handel. (If I wiggle Handel, will it wiggle Bach?) -- Found on a door in the MSU music building |
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04-14-2004, 01:58 PM
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| Re: Cycling and cicada emergence Pete <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote: > > In Cincinnati, we're about a month from the 17 year cycle. Estimated about 5 > billion of the little biggers will come out, get it on, and die. About 100 > cicadas per sq meter in the right areas. Hmmm, right in time for my visit. They never came out while I was living there, so this shall provide an opportunity to see them. > They don't bite, but I imagine riding through a swarm of them might not be > the nicest. A hat or helmet cover might be in order. Hopefully I'll get the chance to test this. I'm really working on having a bike while I'm there. I think if I go a whole week without riding I might perish. -- Dane Jackson - z u v e m b i @ u n i x b i g o t s . o r g This door is baroquen, please wiggle Handel. (If I wiggle Handel, will it wiggle Bach?) -- Found on a door in the MSU music building |
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