Comments on: The right stripes. http://www.tribefive.co.uk/blog/2008/05/11/the-right-stripes/ The rumblings of a few neurons rubbing together Mon, 6 Feb 2012 03:58:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Andrew http://www.tribefive.co.uk/blog/2008/05/11/the-right-stripes/#comment-403 Andrew Mon, 12 May 2008 21:09:59 +0000 http://www.tribefive.co.uk/blog/?p=49#comment-403 Well then, surely the answer is to dress the wasps up as chickens so the foxes eat them. See? Logic in action. Well then, surely the answer is to dress the wasps up as chickens so the foxes eat them. See? Logic in action.

]]> By: Hawthorne http://www.tribefive.co.uk/blog/2008/05/11/the-right-stripes/#comment-401 Hawthorne Mon, 12 May 2008 20:29:20 +0000 http://www.tribefive.co.uk/blog/?p=49#comment-401 Aaaaarrrgggghhhh - I so didn't need to see that, and I only watched the first 5 seconds! I've heard that chickens will eat wasps - so chicken-keeping was my plan until I spent a happy half hour watching Mama fox and her nine half-grown cubs playing in the garden the other night... Aaaaarrrgggghhhh - I so didn’t need to see that, and I only watched the first 5 seconds!

I’ve heard that chickens will eat wasps - so chicken-keeping was my plan until I spent a happy half hour watching Mama fox and her nine half-grown cubs playing in the garden the other night…

]]> By: Andrew http://www.tribefive.co.uk/blog/2008/05/11/the-right-stripes/#comment-400 Andrew Mon, 12 May 2008 20:13:23 +0000 http://www.tribefive.co.uk/blog/?p=49#comment-400 Well, as you know, I've had more than my fair share of run-ins with them in the past too, the nest in my bedroom wall being the most memorable. But she's been quite benign so far, although I'll be interested to see if her progeny also visit the bench for building materials. A seat covered in munching wasps is not the most inviting of buttock receptacles. I'm reminded of Nicholas Cage's gloriously terrible acting in the Wicker Man remake: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmp-SRMwF3E Well, as you know, I’ve had more than my fair share of run-ins with them in the past too, the nest in my bedroom wall being the most memorable.

But she’s been quite benign so far, although I’ll be interested to see if her progeny also visit the bench for building materials. A seat covered in munching wasps is not the most inviting of buttock receptacles.

I’m reminded of Nicholas Cage’s gloriously terrible acting in the Wicker Man remake: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmp-SRMwF3E

]]> By: Hawthorne http://www.tribefive.co.uk/blog/2008/05/11/the-right-stripes/#comment-399 Hawthorne Mon, 12 May 2008 19:33:08 +0000 http://www.tribefive.co.uk/blog/?p=49#comment-399 Erk! While I appreciate the theoretical wonder of wasps, and the good that they do, I have real problems with the practical side of their existence. Then again, our annual 'find where they've built the nest this year' hunt around the garden, peering at the walls of the house, may go some way towards explaining that. Erk! While I appreciate the theoretical wonder of wasps, and the good that they do, I have real problems with the practical side of their existence.

Then again, our annual ‘find where they’ve built the nest this year’ hunt around the garden, peering at the walls of the house, may go some way towards explaining that.

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