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SheepLass vs. Mothra
Apr. 17th, 2001 01:48 pmWe just defeated an immense hornet-like insect that had invaded our apartment. I first saw it over by the window, and would have killed it then, but I lacked sufficient firepower... it was obvious that a simple magazine or fly swatter would not do for this task.
So I got a big pad of graph paper with a thick cardboard backing... small enough to swing with force, large enough to give me a wide margin of error, and heavy enough to score a one-hit kill. Duly armed, I returned to the living room.
However, the devious giant insect managed to defeat me once more... it landed between a drinking glass and one of Anjela's sheep bookmarks, sometimes standing on the sheep bookmark. The glass would get in the way of hitting the devil fly (that or break on impact), while the sheep provided a different sort of obstacle... I can't go getting bug guts on one of Anjela's sheep.
I told Anjela of this battle, and she came up with another weapon to use against the big bug menace of the skies -- the vacuum cleaner. Ours has a detachable hose with an extension tube, making it a weapon of deadly sucking with a four-foot range. She assembled her weapon, pointed it at the insect horror, and I stomped the "on" pedal.
The bug flew immediately into the vacuum, and so did the sheep bookmark! Luckily, the sheep bookmark was far too big to fit down the tube, so Anjela extracted it from the tube, the insect was defeated, and the apartment is made safe for sheep everywhere. Victory at last.
So I got a big pad of graph paper with a thick cardboard backing... small enough to swing with force, large enough to give me a wide margin of error, and heavy enough to score a one-hit kill. Duly armed, I returned to the living room.
However, the devious giant insect managed to defeat me once more... it landed between a drinking glass and one of Anjela's sheep bookmarks, sometimes standing on the sheep bookmark. The glass would get in the way of hitting the devil fly (that or break on impact), while the sheep provided a different sort of obstacle... I can't go getting bug guts on one of Anjela's sheep.
I told Anjela of this battle, and she came up with another weapon to use against the big bug menace of the skies -- the vacuum cleaner. Ours has a detachable hose with an extension tube, making it a weapon of deadly sucking with a four-foot range. She assembled her weapon, pointed it at the insect horror, and I stomped the "on" pedal.
The bug flew immediately into the vacuum, and so did the sheep bookmark! Luckily, the sheep bookmark was far too big to fit down the tube, so Anjela extracted it from the tube, the insect was defeated, and the apartment is made safe for sheep everywhere. Victory at last.
