ants in my pants update - not for the squeamish
Published by Lesley June 22nd, 2007 in news & gossip.Alrightie…
The uprising has been put down, but I think I’m permanently damaged from it. If you don’t know about the original “ants in my pants” incident, then by all means go read up. It was truly and completely traumatizing.
So I finally got up the courage to give the scooter a nice detailing. The first thing I did was unscrew the taillight cover. ::cringes in horror at the sheer memory of it:: A mass of wiggling squirming ants and larva or eggs or whatever they were fell out. It looked something like this…
I have a video too, but I don’t want to shock and horrify anyone that throughly. I thought I’d die. In fact, I was much too disgusted to continue. So I screwed the cover halfway back on and ran away. Yes, I fled like a scared little girl!
Sometimes you gotta run. I was living to fight another day and all that.
This worked to my advantage, however, because the next day, when I went back to finish, all the ants had abandoned their posts and taken their creepy little larva with them.
So in the end I conquered. After two retreats, I won the war. 
9 Responses to “ants in my pants update - not for the squeamish”
- 1 Pingback on Jun 25th, 2007 at 3:18 pm
O.M.G.
I seriously don’t know whether to laugh or throw up, although I’m leaning toward the latter. That is the nastiest thing ever, and now I’m all itchy!!
I actually clicked on the close-up and, my, what parents those little ants were, carrying their larvae to safer pasture, or a safer vehicle. No casualties, so the tree-hugger types who are glad you didn’t spray chemicals on them (possibly ruining your scooter’s insides) are happy that everyone lived to tell the tale, including the ants. Smart buggers, aren’t they? Thanks for the follow-up.
PS: I heard squirrels like to make nests in cars, so with your moyo you’d better check all the vehicles, esp the ones you keep outside!
That is one of the most disgusting things I’ve ever seen! If I were you I might have to sell my scooter and get another one!
I would’ve died.
Lesley
OMG you really handled this very gross situation well….
What a story! The Metropolitan Ant Farm.
Grusome indeed. But upside and thank god it wasn’t flies and their….well we won’t go there.
Happy and safe riding. Sunny days out here in Los Angeles with a cool breeze makes for good riding. Keep up the good posts…
Lesley! So utterly revolting! I had EXACTLY Crystal’s reaction. Word for word what she said. Plus: bleccccch (with gagging sound). Completely impossible that I might ever click on that close-up.
Crystal: I still itch thinking about it!!!
Lisa: You know I consider myself a tree hugger. Actually my daddy refers to me as a Bambi hugger. Not that I have anything against hunting. I know its a necessary evil, but I couldn’t ever kill a cute little deer! Now despite my Bambi hugger standing…I HATE ants! And I wage full out chemical warfare against them every year! It just so happens that these particular ants lucked out and I was out of ant spray. hehehe
Lisa: If I could afford a pink Buddy this one would be out the door! hehe
Omily: I very nearly did!
Soozn: Interesting idea… I wonder if we could market Metro Ant Farms hehehe
Charles: OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No just OMG! I’d just have left it on the side of the road!!!
Wendy: Yeah, the close requires a seriously strong stomach!