Saturday, August 25, 2012

Potentially Deep thoughts for 8/25/12


 ** The thoughts expressed within this post are not shared with the majority of sane and rational folks, and are merely the opinion of the author. Please be advised.**

I sat outside on my patio yesterday, the weather being fantastic (not too hot for Late August… clear blue Skies above…) as I was all alone, the sounds of nature were my music. Crickets chirping in the overgrown grass. I watched small butterflies twirling around. Even the bees made me smile.

Until the thought hit me… What if they attacked?

Yes, I asked the question. What if the grasshoppers and ants and bees and all the other insects met one evening, decided to put aside their differences, and take over the world?

We. Would. Be. Screwed.

While we go around living our human lives, we pay little mind to the insects nearby. We see an ant and, for no reason really, we step on it. Our children (or husbands) see a spider. They panic! We grab a shoe and whack it to death. What if the insect world decides “Enough is enough! We’re not gonna take it anymore!”?

Okay, I know what you’re thinking… she’s crazy! With tiny brains, insects can’t form the needed battle plans…

Oh really?

A plague of locusts wipes out entire crops. Sure, it’s their nature… probably… 
West Nile Virus and Equine Encephalitis are just illnesses that happen to be carried in mosquitoes, yet they don’t get sick.

What if the war has already begun? We all have had bugs buzzing around our heads while at a bbq or picnic, maybe they’re scouting the location? Next comes the moths. Their mission: destroy any and all items, such as clothing, that can keep the humans protected from us. The third wave of attack is the garden bugs, attempting to wipe out of food supplies. Then, they activated the Special Forces of the bug world- insects that carry disease. The next wave, almost in sync with the IGB (Insect Green Berets) would be those insects, like wasps and bees, that carry allergy inducing substances in their tiny bodies, and closely following behind is the venom bearing bugs- poisonous spiders and the like.

The Bug World uses scare tactics, too… creeping around in your house, lurking in the shadows, waiting…. 

Who hasn’t seen a movie with giant spiders, or worse than that? TONS of spiders (like in Harry Potter). We’ve seen video footage of swarms of bees, thousands of them, buzzing around. The noise alone sends shivers up one’s spine.

The next time a pesky little ant goes marching by with a crumb in his grip, maybe, just maybe, we should step to the side… give them a wider berth, and let then carry on with their ant lives.

 We have no way of knowing which action- DEET filled repellent, garden spraying, or just smushing one lonely ant, will be the spark to ignite the Insect Revolution.  We have two choices- rectify our ways now, or prpare for the war that lies ahead.

Viva la Bug-olution!

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