Ant Rant!

I know y'all are aware of the gift I have for meeting colorful characters. Lessee, there was Bubba and 'em dawgs. And my own personal dream team. And who could forget Grandpa Cradle and his plans for the pulpit? Now, now. No need to covet. Apparently I just have a knack. And so the good gift continues.....

We were checking out groceries at Kroger the other day. Have you seen Napoleon Dynamite?



OK, well, he works at my Kroger (Sniz can vouge for me). So Napoleon noticed we were buying ant traps. He began.

" 's only way to get 'em, ya know."

Dh, coming out of his grocery line stupor, responded in question.
"Come again?"

"Ants. There's only one way to get 'em. Basically, ya gotta spray 'em dead."
Dh, not wanting to debate unsolicited but friendly advice, simply nodded.

"Well?"

I could see the confusion-induced droplets of sweat beginning to form on dh's brow. He was heistant to take on our local version of Napoleon, especially where God's tiniest creation was concerned. So he stood there staring blankly, obviously confused by what it was, exactly, that he was supposed to be answering, when Napoleon broke the ackward silence and continued.

"Course, if you spray everything down, your dog might die."

"Huh!" dh mused, obviously considering how our dog might be impacted when, in fact, we don't even have a dog.

"And nobody wants dead pets." (Yes, Napoleon, I believe we can safely agree on that one. Most folks definitely do prefer to co-habit with the live version.)

"Plus if you spray, they come for their dead and take them back to their little hive," a slight pause for consideration, then he added, "or whatever."

At this point, I was wondering if I should be helpful and dab dh's brow. Conflicted about how to handle the strange stand-off, I overcompensated by frantically packing groceries (think Edith Bunker).
Back to Napoleon...

"So really, spraying'll just bring more ants, which really is the opposite of what you're trying to accomplish. So if I were you, I'd just set out some ant traps."

Dang, that boy's got some skills! ;)

Btw, you might know that we recently cruised to the Bahamas with our dear friends, Miss Sniz and Big Doofus. What you might NOT know though, is that Big Doofus, he's got some pipes. Check him out HERE and be sure to let him know you stopped by.

Toni