NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/alt/callahan/17537

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From: [e-mail] (Speaker-to-Minerals)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Antsy
Date: 25 Jan 1993 08:22:47 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Aileen Cho) writes:
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=  From the depths of the hallways they come marching inexorably, ruthlessly,
=coldly. She has locked the door but they will not be fazed. They have waited
=for her to leave and they know it when she does. And then they strike. They
=invade the shores of her carpet, they scale her desk, they infiltrate her
=closet.  They have done it before. They will do it again.
=  "Like hell you will, little fuckers!" She plunges into the room, paper
=towels in hand.  She drops to attack form--hands and knees--and swipes
=inexorably, ruthlessly, coldly.  They scatter. She flushes them out of
=the crevices. She holds up the Ultimate Weapon.
=   "You raided me and by gawd, I'm going to Raid you."
=   She aims and fires.

Well, that tends to happen when it rains in Southern California.  One good
storm, and all the ants decide that ANY human habitation looks like Noah's Ark.
Of course, Raid only gets rid of the ones already in the place, and perhaps the
ones that show up for the next few days.  A better strategy is to find their
entrance, and wipe the surrounding area liberally with a rag soaked in ammonia.
This removes the trails left by the earlier invaders, so the next wave no
longer has a path to follow.