Ants In The Fridge!!!
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Topic: Ants In The Fridge!!!
Posted By: Badabec
Subject: Ants In The Fridge!!!
Date Posted: October 22 2006 at 17:00
Sorry if this poll is too stupid, but I have a friend who has a
terrarium with ants and he seriously argued that these twee, busy
insects have to be put into a fridge because if they are not, they lose
their copiousness.  As I heard that I was laughing about 10 minutes or something because this was simply one of the most stupid things I have ever heard.  I simply can't believe it, but on the other hand I have never had any experiences with ants in my live, so who knows if he was still right (I hope someone who has a terrarium with ants either knows it)...  So, what do you guys think? Do ants become more copious when you put them into a fridge for some time? By the way, my friend said that the vegetable cooler would be the best place to store the ants in the fridge... I think he is just off his rocker... And by the way, wouldn't that be cruelty to animals?! P.S.: Please don't ban me for this stupid poll...  ------------- Mesmo a tristeza da gente era mais bela E além disso se via da janela Um cantinho de céu e o Redentor - Antônio Carlos Jobim, Toquinho & Vinícius de Moraes - Carta ao Tom 74 |
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: October 22 2006 at 17:02
Trust me, there have been many, many, MANY, more stupid polls than this.  ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: Badabec
Date Posted: October 22 2006 at 17:04
I am relieved to hear that... ------------- Mesmo a tristeza da gente era mais bela E além disso se via da janela Um cantinho de céu e o Redentor - Antônio Carlos Jobim, Toquinho & Vinícius de Moraes - Carta ao Tom 74 |
stonebeard wrote:Posted By: heyitsthatguy
Date Posted: October 22 2006 at 17:10
Do you remember all those DT polls?..... ------------- 
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Posted By: Badabec
Date Posted: October 22 2006 at 17:13
Yes, that sucked... And some members still create new ones...  ------------- Mesmo a tristeza da gente era mais bela E além disso se via da janela Um cantinho de céu e o Redentor - Antônio Carlos Jobim, Toquinho & Vinícius de Moraes - Carta ao Tom 74 |
Posted By: heyitsthatguy
Date Posted: October 22 2006 at 17:14
That's why we have Tony R This seems to have something pertaining to this topic: http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1420-9101.1994.7040403.x - http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1420-9101.1994.7040403.x -------------
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Posted By: tardis
Date Posted: October 22 2006 at 19:24
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By copious do you mean they have sex more? Because I believe putting them in a fridge will make them frigid... HA HA HA HA HA! HAAAA HAAA...ha... *groan* |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: October 23 2006 at 06:31
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I believe they become more copious when you take them out of the
fridge, which of course requires putting them in the fridge so they can
be taken out, so the answer is YES, YES, YES! (I know nothing about ants, nor have I ever heard the word 'copious'). |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: August 30 2007 at 16:23
| After 11 months of reconsidering this question I've come to the conclusion that it depends on the temperature of the fridge and the species of the ants. (I still don't know what 'copious' means, though.) |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: August 30 2007 at 16:38
No more so than using a magnifying glass on them.
Besides they are just insects and cruelty to insects is just fine. I'd like to destroy them all. Of course, then all plant life would die, followed by all animal life on the planet, but hey, it'd be worth it if I didn't have to deal with bugs. ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: August 30 2007 at 20:32
Copious indicates a profoundly large number.
e.g. "I love prog for the copious number of notes in any given song, but much less for the copious number of hot girls who don't show up to prog concerts"
HTH ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow">  https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: August 30 2007 at 20:35
I'm starting to think that you may not be, in fact, a real doctor.  ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow"> https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: August 30 2007 at 20:44
What was your first clue?
I am The Doctor, not a doctor. But I do have a J.D. ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: August 31 2007 at 07:44
In that case I suppose the amount of ants inside the fridge increases and the amount of ants outside the fridge decreases. |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: September 01 2007 at 00:47
Unless, of course, the fridge is not on and it is very cold outside the fridge. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow"> https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: November 27 2007 at 07:42
| I want to revive this thread. Everyone, please share your experiences about putting ants in the fridge to make them more copious. |
Posted By: Guzzman
Date Posted: November 27 2007 at 07:55
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Well, of course they get more copious in the fridge, because in the cold they tend to snuggle a lot more and everybody knows where that leads to! But I could be wrong of course! It sure isn't cruelty against animals to put them in the fridge, e.g. for turtles it is a great way to hibernate in a fridge. Just don't put them into the freezer! ------------- "We've got to get in to get out" |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: November 27 2007 at 09:44
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Insects metabolism slows down when their body temperature drops and they become inactive, so I can only assume that it is when you remove them from the fridge they get frisky and start increasing the size of the colony. This possibly mimics the winter/spring cycle within the terrarium and they get more numerous in readiness for the increased food supply in spring. But why would anyone want to purposefully increase the number of ants in this world?
Better to stop them breading than to invest in thousands of tiny ant-traps, which everyone knows are useless because the ant just chews it's leg off and escapes on the remaining five.  ------------- What? |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: November 27 2007 at 19:43
Freezer makes ants nice and crunchy, mmm. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: November 28 2007 at 03:21
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If you put them in the fridge first and then in the freezer, you'll get copious crunchy ants.
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: November 28 2007 at 08:39
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Don't put your aunt's in a fridge, that's not cool. Oh, wait a second, actually it is. You must have a walk in or something.
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Posted By: MonkeyphoneAlex
Date Posted: November 28 2007 at 08:49
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It depends on how copious they are in the first place, I would guess. What if the ants are so copious that the fridge could do nothing to increase their copiousness. Is that even possible? ------------- "Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music is THE BEST." -FZ |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: November 28 2007 at 08:53
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I wonder if they'd be able to tell you if the light goes out when the door shuts? ------------- What? |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: November 28 2007 at 09:01
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Even if the ants told you that the light goes out, would you have any reason to believe them? In fact, how do you know the ants and the fridge even exist? If I imagine putting ants in the fridge, do they become more copious? What if I've misunderstood the terms 'ants' and 'fridge', so that when I think I'm putting ants in the fridge I'm really putting golf balls in the hat? |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: November 28 2007 at 09:29
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I think you'll find that footprints in the butter are a dead give-away. ------------- What? |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: November 28 2007 at 09:44
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I thought you're supposed to put them in an empty fridge.
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: November 28 2007 at 10:06
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It depends upon your concept of empty - in a truly empty fridge they would die of asphyxiation. ------------- What? |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: November 28 2007 at 16:26
| No they wouldn't, because there can't be any ants in an empty fridge! |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: November 28 2007 at 17:59
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What about the refrigerant? ------------- What? |
Posted By: Guzzman
Date Posted: November 29 2007 at 03:32
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What about it? It's cool, isn't it?
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: November 29 2007 at 05:04
| But is there anything cooler than a cooler? |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: November 29 2007 at 05:57
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Chuck Norris ------------- What? |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: November 29 2007 at 14:42
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Posted By: Guzzman
Date Posted: November 30 2007 at 05:20
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Chuck Norris the Anteater?
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: November 30 2007 at 08:17
No, Chuck Norris the Aardvark, I think. Which, by the way, sounds cooler than Anteater. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: November 30 2007 at 09:01
Aardvarks kick ass, just like Chuck.  ------------- What? |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: December 01 2007 at 12:53
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I'll put a colony of Siafu up against any aardvark.
http://pro.corbis.com/">
 http://pro.corbis.com/">  ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow"> https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: March 01 2008 at 16:28
| If Chuck Norris and a new race of radioactive super ants would fight, who would win? |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: March 01 2008 at 17:51
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It depends on who they are fighting I guess... ------------- What? |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: March 02 2008 at 06:02
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Now that would make an amazing movie: First a mad scientist creates a new race of radioactive super ants and puts the ants in the fridge to make them more copious. Then Chuck Norris teaches the ants martial arts, and for the last part of the movie Chuck and the ants fight against ninjas. The soundtrack consists of songs by Adam Ant. |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: March 02 2008 at 06:38
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: March 28 2008 at 17:09
I love this thread more than Walerian Borowczyk and almost as much as Ludwig Wittgenstein.  (EDIT: Wittgenstein really really really loves this thread, while Borowczyk thinks it needs more eroticism.) (SECOND EDIT: In my opinion B < this thread < W.) |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: March 28 2008 at 19:04
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Oh, no! Not more ants in the fridge... This thread is really beginning to bug me. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: March 28 2008 at 19:09
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what about the workers! ------------- What? |
Posted By: debrewguy
Date Posted: March 28 2008 at 19:34
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Does Adam know about this ?
------------- "Here I am talking to some of the smartest people in the world and I didn't even notice,” Lieutenant Columbo, episode The Bye-Bye Sky-High I.Q. Murder Case. |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: March 29 2008 at 12:11
| I thought he was deep-frozen, waiting for a comeback. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: March 29 2008 at 14:39
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Quick, get some smoke and drink in him.
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: April 03 2008 at 05:29
| I thought he don't drink, don't smoke. |
Posted By: Petrovsk Mizinski
Date Posted: April 03 2008 at 05:38
Whiskey or wine? ------------- 
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: April 03 2008 at 07:08
Something strong, I'd think. I just noticed, three pages of commentary, yet only six votes, whatsamadda you people? ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: April 03 2008 at 13:32
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It seems I've already voted, but I've no idea whether I voted yes or no. If I had the chance to vote now, I'd vote yes. BUT: I think it's cruel to put ants in the fridge. In fact I think it's cruel to put ants anywhere. Ants should have the freedom to not be put anywhere by anyone or anything. I can't understand the people who sit on an ant hill. This whole idea about ants and putting them somewhere or sitting on them troubles me immensely. Why is the world like this?  |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: April 03 2008 at 15:55
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Having ant angst Vom? ------------- What? |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: April 03 2008 at 16:04
| In this moment I have every angst imaginable. |
Posted By: Petrovsk Mizinski
Date Posted: April 04 2008 at 00:48
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Next time the ants invade the household I live in, perhaps I will actaully put some in the fridge and see what happens. Not quite sure if mother would approve though.
Or maybe just before hand, I will, like Vompatti, decide it's too cruel to do such a thing.
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Posted By: Sacred 22
Date Posted: April 04 2008 at 01:01
Oh ya baby.........and you are not kidding. I seem to recall a poll done some time ago and it envolved Yes and Dream Theater. I believe it was a poll having the band Dream Theater vs Yes' album 'Tales from Topographic Oceans'.....
 . From memory I seem to recall Dream Theater being rather badly beaten on this comparison.............................anyway............... |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: April 04 2008 at 15:29
| I prefer Adam Ant to Dream Theater. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: April 06 2008 at 11:32
Cops at the door!!! No cops at the door.
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: April 06 2008 at 12:53
 ------------- What? |
Posted By: Petrovsk Mizinski
Date Posted: April 06 2008 at 21:03
Do they have ants to put in the fridge? -------------
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: April 07 2008 at 04:26
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The cops didn't bring any but the no cops did. But by then the pot head pixies had all run away. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: progaeopteryx
Date Posted: April 07 2008 at 20:19
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I'm still contemplating a vote. I think. Are these the phone cops at the door. I would hide behind a couch. |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: May 01 2008 at 17:33
| Today I noticed it's summer and there's a lot of ants. I thought I'd remind everyone that now it's a good time to catch them and make them more copious. I've been thinking about mating them with mastodons to create a race of really small mastodons that would take over the world. |
Posted By: progaeopteryx
Date Posted: May 01 2008 at 20:12
| Where does one go to get a mastodon these days? |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: May 02 2008 at 04:04
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Amazon ------------- What? |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: May 04 2008 at 16:37
| The forest or the river? Or the river in the forest? Or the forest in the river? |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: June 01 2008 at 18:28
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In the room where I am there are huge (1-2 cm) ant-like creatures. Instead of putting them in the fridge I kill them. If they were bigger, I wouldn't like to look at their bodies, so I'd try to throw them out of the window alive. I wonder, is it the same with people? If people were as small as these ant-like creatures, would I just kill them like ants instead of throwing them out of the house? I think it would be somewhat disgusting to look at ant-sized people walking around the room, so I'd have to get rid of them somehow, and if they were really small, it might be hard to catch them alive. CONCLUSION: 1. I think it's nice that people are relatively normal in size and don't walk around my room directionlessly like these creepy ant-like creatures. 2. I feel bad killing these ant-like creatures that have done nothing bad for me. I wish they didn't exist, so I wouldn't have to worry about them. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: June 01 2008 at 19:09
Hmmm, I'm thinking we don't have enough postings for you to vote yet. |
Posted By: Relayer09
Date Posted: June 02 2008 at 20:22
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Warning!
If seen do not approach this Ant.
Ant has been known to cover his victims in honey and eat them.
 ------------- If you lose your temper, you've lost the arguement. -Proverb |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: September 02 2008 at 18:22
| How copious do ants become in absolute zero temperature? |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: September 02 2008 at 18:49
At that point they are most certainly no longer copious and probably rather brittle. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: September 02 2008 at 19:04
mmmmm... crunchie...
 ...any desires to be copious would have long since abated due to the sudden need for long thermal underwear. ------------- What? |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: September 03 2008 at 18:20
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So sometimes ants can become less copious when you decrease the temperature? This means that sometimes ants can become more copious when you increase the temperature. So the question is: What is the ideal temperature if you want to maximize their copiousness? |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: September 03 2008 at 18:45
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I think the optimum temperature would be something aproaching whatever the ambient temperature minimums are of their natural habitat. However, since ants hibernate at low temperatures I would imagine that their copiousness would be triggered by their emergence from this dormant state as the temperature increases, so the actual temperature is probably not that important as long as it is cold enough for them to enter stasis. ------------- What? |
Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: September 04 2008 at 19:20
I wish they didn't excist so i didn't have to kill them, actually it's quite tiresome to walk behind an ant with my magnifying glass and than having the sun dissappears behind a cloud.
or maybe that's God's way of telling me not to do that.
better use a flamethrower. ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: September 07 2008 at 16:29
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I just got the best idea ever: Why don't I lock myself in the fridge, become more copious and take over the world? Ants can do it, so why can't I? Let C1 be my copiousness in this moment. After I break out of the fridge I'll post C2, which will be my copiousness in that moment. If my calculations are correct, I expect C2 to be roughly 738 342 096 843 times C1. |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: September 16 2008 at 13:06
OK, I've now spent a week in the fridge and C2, signifying my copiousness in this moment, is a whopping 738 342 096 844 copiousness units. This means I'm even more copious than I expected! 
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Posted By: LinusW
Date Posted: September 16 2008 at 13:08
| Fascinating! |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: September 16 2008 at 13:17
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That is indeed compelling evidence Vompatti, however, living as you do, in a climate that for more than six months of the year exhibits an average temperature several degree colder than the average internal temperature of a standard domestic refrigerator, then perhaps the remarkable differential between C1 and C2 copious quotient is attributable to some-other factor, such as the proximity to cheese or other dairy products? Also, there is tertiary refrigerator-related question that you should now able to confirm or deny - did the light go out when you closed the door? ------------- What? |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: September 16 2008 at 13:34
I can't really tell. As soon as I had closed the door I couldn't see the light bulb anymore. |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: September 16 2008 at 13:39
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Ah shame, now we will never know for sure, perhaps next time (if there ever is such and event as "a next time") you could take a small torch with you (I say small, since you wouldn't want any latent heating effects of said torch to corrupt the experiment, like say a candle would do).
Oh well, at least it confirms another hypothesis of mine. ------------- What? |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: September 16 2008 at 13:44
And what is that? |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: September 16 2008 at 13:51
Couldn't possibly divulge that just yet, more research needed. ------------- What? |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: September 16 2008 at 13:53
| If I can help by entering the fridge again, I'd be happy to. |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: September 16 2008 at 14:01
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Having given this idea a couple of seconds thought... I don't think that would be advisable since it would increase your copiousness by a power of 2, (ie 738 342 096 843²), leading to such extreme levels of copiousness that would render you a danger to yourself and others. ------------- What? |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: September 17 2008 at 01:16
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Fer crying out loud, would somebody just clean the damn fridge?!?!
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: September 17 2008 at 14:09
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Here's a thought: What if you put the ants in the fridge, and then put the fridge in another fridge? (Does a fridge become more copious if you put it in a fridge?) |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: October 01 2008 at 18:20
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Do ants become less copious when you take them out of the fridge? If so, what's the point? |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: October 22 2008 at 18:04
This is indeed the case, but there's a solution: 1. Put the ants in the fridge. 2. Wait for them to become more copious. 3. Instead of taking them out the fridge (which would make them less copious) take the fridge away from around them. Now you have copious ants with no fridge around them! |
Posted By: progaeopteryx
Date Posted: October 26 2008 at 21:16
| What if the ants were wearing pants? |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: October 29 2008 at 20:13
| Pants don't become more copious in the fridge, so we must assume that after the ants have become more copious some of them are wearing pants and some of them are not. This is, of course, a major problem because it may be that the ants with pants don't accept the ants without pants in their social group and the pantless ants are left panting on the very edges of the ant society. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: October 30 2008 at 16:47
Can you really take the risk of pissing of the ants to that extent? Of course ants don't actually piss as far as I know but we have non native fire ants around here that will swarm and sting the beejeusus out of you if you are unfortunate enough to step on one of their nests. They are unwelcome immigrants from South America. Not trying to disparage immigrants from that area or anything... ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: November 03 2008 at 16:37
| It goes without saying that one ought to wear a piss-resistant dress when one tries to make non-native fire ants more copious. The same goes for immigrants as well, but who would want to make immigrants more copious? |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: November 03 2008 at 19:44
I have the solution  
some snazzy uniforms...
 four of these...
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 and lots of this....
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: November 04 2008 at 17:12
| Those uniforms look kind of gay, and not in a good way. |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: November 04 2008 at 17:28
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Ah, well, yes... erm...
...they are made of a special material that shrink-fits when it reaches body temperature
...and changes colour.
...would a Utility belt help??
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: November 04 2008 at 17:40
| The utility belt is ok, but it doesn't cover enough of the uniform. Maybe there could be a robe or something on top of uniform? |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: November 04 2008 at 17:41
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would you be alluding to a 'cape' by any chance??? ------------- What? |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: November 04 2008 at 17:44
What if I was alluding to something like this: ? |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: November 04 2008 at 17:51
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...I think that would put pay to the ants copiousness if they saw someone wearing that ------------- What? |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: December 10 2008 at 21:01
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I think it's once again time to take this thread "out of the fridge". I've conducted some new experiments, not on ants but on milk cartons, and I've come to the conclusion that the fridge not only makes milk cartons more copious, but also affects the milk inside them, changing it's composition in a fundamental way. If the same thing happens to ants - and I have every reason to believe that it does - fridges can indeed be used to develop brand new races of ants, some of which are highly likely to turn out strong enough to take over the world sooner or later.
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