Re: Bees.

On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:14:24 +0000,
Tanuki <mailer-daemon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
<9c4RcDAAS+SJFwp4@xxxxxxxxxxx>:

It's amazing what you find living in the underground ducts that house
steam/hot-water pipes on sites that have been in continuous .gov.uk
occupation for a few hundred years.
These were "scorpion-like insects" - close enough to real scorpions
for unionised workforces to try delaying the job significantly while
negotiating extra payments.

Me? I know the difference between arachnids and insects.

Vinegaroons? (a.k.a. "whip-scorpions") Neat critters.

Apparently your lot's pipefitters/steamfitters/plumbers/electrickers
are so pussified they'd run if confronted by a mole cricket.

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insist on GMT+1 just to annoy the British.
-- Seen in a newsgroup thread on Daylight Saving Time
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