cbo111
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So, DW and I have been at leisure in a nice golf community for a few years now. We enjoy many outdoor activities, to include long bike rides in the surrounding neighborhoods (I can ride between golf communities in a big two-hour loop without getting out onto the regular streets. For the life of me I cannot understand the business model that supports so many golf courses (Sarasota/Bradenton) in one area. Anyway, last summer we experienced a bit of a jumbo grasshopper invasion, either Horse lubbers or Southeastern lubbers, I cannot be sure. We found ourselves occasionally running over one of these pests in the street. As the summer progressed, we both found it somewhat pleasurable to hear the “snick” of a clean kill with the front bike tire. We were doing a public service…..right? This kind of behavior is kind of expected for me, but even I was taken aback at my sweet lady’s enjoyment of this activity. She even fell off her bike one time trying to make a quick turn to nail a pair in coitus. Yes, you are correct in understanding that, when the much smaller male lubber mounts the female in the middle of the street for some good lovin’, we crush them. Folks, this presents a sizable target, with some of the females exceeding 4 inches in length. Naturally, we score this as a double.
Well, the lubber season is fast approaching and we found ourselves discussing how to better track our lubber kills; maybe introduce some type of excel spreadsheet that will tabulate M/F, location and time of day, coital state, etc. I find myself wondering if this sort of thing would even be happening if I was still slaving 5 days a week. Please understand, we are gentle people, never fight with anyone, never think about hurting any other animals. For gods sake, we have a lizard in our lanai we consider a pet; he has been there for over a year eating nothing but gnats. Naturally he is quite skinny so we named him Ndugu. I know not why.
But the question lingers, does this make us bad people?
Well, the lubber season is fast approaching and we found ourselves discussing how to better track our lubber kills; maybe introduce some type of excel spreadsheet that will tabulate M/F, location and time of day, coital state, etc. I find myself wondering if this sort of thing would even be happening if I was still slaving 5 days a week. Please understand, we are gentle people, never fight with anyone, never think about hurting any other animals. For gods sake, we have a lizard in our lanai we consider a pet; he has been there for over a year eating nothing but gnats. Naturally he is quite skinny so we named him Ndugu. I know not why.
But the question lingers, does this make us bad people?