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Oh, now *seriously*

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Plague of 200 billion daddy longlegs heading our way after warm, wet summer. Following drunken German wasps and giant spiders, the warning has gone out that there will be even more daddy longlegs this year.

I said I’d quit this newspaper, didn’t I?

Fortunately, they mean crane flies, not those spooky harvestman arachno-things from my childhood. Brrrr, I hate those bastards.

I remember something about them congregating in stumps. Unfortunately, a tentative Google search turned up this video. I am sorry I watched that.

No, no…I’m not going to fob you off with this lameness a third day in a row. Please enjoy this long, interesting article from the BBC on the relationship between the Underground and plague pits. Wooo! Including bonus map. Hey, we lived near a plague pit!

September 8, 2016 — 8:59 pm
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