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Ants Invade iBook

xkranda writes "Seriously ... this is off the Apple Discussions site. Apparently some poor sap's iBook became infested with ants. All I have to say is ew! Ew! Ew! Ew!!!"

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  1. What would Ellen Feiss say? by digital_milo · · Score: 5, Funny

    I looked down and saw the ants on my computer.

    I was like... hnuh...

    The ants de-voured my computer.

    It was a really good computer.

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    Ellen, once you feel the ants crawling on your skin, darling, it's time to seek help.

    1. Re:What would Ellen Feiss say? by Myco · · Score: 5, Funny
      It was kind of a...

      ...

      (wait for it...)

      ...bummer...

  2. Ants like Apples . . . by CyberSlugGump · · Score: 5, Funny

    big deal. What's next in the news: Birds fly into Windows server?

    1. Re:Ants like Apples . . . by Xenographic · · Score: 4, Funny

      Not until recently--it wasn't so very long ago that windows finally got transparency in windows :] Only MS could get away with selling windows that weren't transparent for as long as they did ;]

  3. -1 Redundant by PDHoss · · Score: 4, Funny

    Come on, editors, watch those duplicate posts.

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  4. Someone needs to calm down by cicatrix1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    All I have to say is ew! Ew! Ew! Ew!!!

    It's ok, you can get down off of the chair now, Daisy.

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  5. Alternative explanation by Myco · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe the iBook was just on acid.

  6. damn by imsirovic5 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Thats one rotten apple!

  7. Apple Discussion Boards slashdotted by darco · · Score: 5, Funny

    Heh, I was browsing the apple discussion boards when things slowed down to a halt... So I thought, hell, I'll just read slashdot while I'm waiting for this to clear up... Lo and behold, I found the reason. ;)

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    1. Re:Apple Discussion Boards slashdotted by The+Ancients · · Score: 5, Funny

      You and me both - looks like /. are running their own 'Switch' campaign.

    2. Re:Apple Discussion Boards slashdotted by SoupIsGoodFood_42 · · Score: 4, Funny

      It seems like the ants are the ones running their own 'Switch' campaign.

  8. better than roaches. by macsox · · Score: 5, Funny

    i used to have a 7200/120 that housed a roach family. that was pretty fucking gross.

    i eventually had to take everything in my house and shake it out over a plastic tarp that i ringed with roach killer. some stuff had to be submerged.

    moral of the story: never pay $180 a month in rent, anywhere.

    1. Re:better than roaches. by ZaphodCrowley · · Score: 5, Funny

      Well, when I was younger, I left a coke can on my dresser. The next day, I had another coke, put it down somewhere, got the two confused. Next thing I knew I had a mouthful of ants. Ew.

  9. Could be worse... by isomeme · · Score: 4, Funny

    Imagine if it were infested with nmake!

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  10. Instant Karma! by NeuroManson · · Score: 5, Funny

    I just remembered, the second (or was it third?) big game released by Maxis on the Mac, long before the PC, was "Sim Ant"...

    Revenge is a dish best served with mandibles and insect appendages...

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  11. Dude! by NeuroManson · · Score: 5, Funny

    You're getting an infestation!

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  12. Obviously... by PortWineBoy · · Score: 4, Funny
    the ants saw the Switch ads.

    and I was building a new colony in this Thinkpad, and, uh, like someone put a floppy disk in and it was like, beep boop bop, and our colony was, like, gone...

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  13. They're not bugs... by mtec · · Score: 5, Funny

    they're features.

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  14. Better than ... by Eros · · Score: 4, Funny

    Better than finding a worm in your Apple.

    Or half a worm for that matter.

    Ba bum bump

  15. Re:Something like this... by isorox · · Score: 5, Funny

    So traffic lights support genocide? I'll use that next time I go through one on red

  16. What are the odds? by vandelais · · Score: 5, Funny

    Another Steve Jobs company attacked by Antz.

    Is Dreamworks responsible?

    What are the odds?

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  17. Re:Beats roaches by hype7 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I once had a Beige G3 300, and a spider of some description decided that the ethernet port seemed like a pretty attractive living space.

    One day, I could not for the life of me figure out why the ethernet port wasn't working. I got round the back of the computer, and noticed a little bit of what appeared to be plastic thread hanging out. I pulled, and pulled and pulled, and I swear I pulled out the longest fucking piece of spider web you'll ever see.

    -- james

  18. Re:Beats roaches by Myco · · Score: 5, Funny

    You think you were surprised -- I'm envisioning the world's most alarmed spider as you pull thread out of its ass as fast as it can produce it. Now there's an image for ya.

  19. Re:Ants and electronics by inyercells · · Score: 5, Funny

    Never open a burglar alarm panel box in any food establishment if you're the slightest bit squeamish.

  20. Re:you obviously don't live in southern CA by DAldredge · · Score: 5, Funny

    Napalm, daisy cutters, nukes, bio and chem weapons have no effect on Fire Ants. You can't kill them, you can just make them move. It's almost like they are natures version of lawyers.

  21. Simple Extermination Procedure by Alu3205 · · Score: 5, Funny

    1) Power on laptop
    2) Wait for smoke and insect screams to die down
    3) Ventilate Area

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  22. Re:not all that funny by Lars+T. · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe they were stealing his time?

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  23. Re:for anybody wondering who ellen feiss is by aardvarkjoe · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't get it. What's so funny about a button that says "Get Quicktime" on it?

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  24. Re:Ants and electronics by goon+america · · Score: 5, Funny
    I have a hub that apparently runs at the ideal temperature for incubating ant eggs. At least 3 times ants have come in and tried to build an ant-nursery underneath this hub, which is just sitting on the floor.

    Maybe they were feeding the babies my lost packets?

  25. Re:That's funny. by spike+hay · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've been telling those mac weirdos the whole time that apple was buggy. Never believed me.

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  26. They're not bugs... by Grail · · Score: 4, Funny

    They're undocumented creatures.

  27. Re:Ants and electronics by baryon351 · · Score: 5, Funny

    From time to time I've found myself chewing on anything I can find. Pen lids and pencils are one thing, and I caught myself nibbling the corner of a NIC a few months ago. I can't exactly describe the flavour. It wasn't offensive, more "interesting". "Interesting" might just be enough to sucker ants in. -b.

  28. isn't it obvious? by UnixRevolution · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think it's pretty obvious why the ants went for the iBook. Whenever i go on a picnic, the ants always go after the fruit first, especially APPLES. I'm going to get modded off the board for this.

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  29. Re:I knew it all along... by Killall+-9+Bash · · Score: 4, Funny

    thank you for explaining that to me Mr. SmartyMan. you're deffinately smarter than me, cause i didn't know that. teach me more about teh computar.

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  30. Re:The original post by Black+Copter+Control · · Score: 4, Funny
    Does anyone find the irony of this and Pixar producing "A Bug's Life"

    If they get together with The guys from Mainframe, I think we might have a hit.

    Bob! Bob! We've got bugs in Mainfraime!
    Slow down mike. How many of them are there?
    Millions! And some of them all over the diner. -- I can just see the headlines now:
    "Bugs slash Dot's." It'll be the biggest scandal in miliseconds!
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