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Splatometer Results In

Posted by michael on from the kills-bugs-dead dept.

Ximbiot writes "The results from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds's "splatometer" are in. BBC news has the scoop. The "splatometer" was featured in this earlier /. article."

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  1. "milometer"? by wowbagger · · Score: 5, Funny

    "milometer"? What kind of abuse of the English language is that? The proper term is "odometer". Cannot these Englishmen speak English?

    And I invite them to drive through southcentral Kansas in the summer - we need no puny "splatometer" - we need an "thudometer":

    June Bug - THUD
    Grasshopper - THUD
    Cicada - THUD

    And then you find that by some quirk of biochemistry, these bugs seem to be converting plant sap into some form of epoxy resin that resists removal, even with 1600PSI hot water and surfactant.

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