Stupid bug.

JennaGlatzer · Apr 24, 2006

I've been sitting here reading a book and just reached over for my now-cold cup of coffee, and there's a bug in it.

It's just a small bug. A gnat, perhaps, or what my husband calls a mayfly-- I don't know what that is (the thing he calls a mayfly looks like a gnat to me).

I really don't want to make another cup of coffee.

So...

Do I do it?

DamaNegra · Apr 24, 2006

I've heard bugs are rich in proteins

aruna · Apr 24, 2006

JennaGlatzer said:
I've been sitting here reading a book and just reached over for my now-cold cup of coffee, and there's a bug in it.

It's just a small bug. A gnat, perhaps, or what my husband calls a mayfly-- I don't know what that is (the thing he calls a mayfly looks like a gnat to me).

I really don't want to make another cup of coffee.

So...

Do I do it?

Yes.

dahmnait · Apr 24, 2006

This late at night, a little protein can't hurt.

DamaNegra · Apr 24, 2006

If you don't want it, you can always give your coffee to me.

But now that I think of it... I'm overloaded with coffee. My hands are shaking and I'm about to throw up.

You can have your protein.

JennaGlatzer · Apr 24, 2006

Wow! I forgot the thread goes up before the poll. You people are fast.

DamaNegra · Apr 24, 2006

JennaGlatzer said:
Wow! I forgot the thread goes up before the poll. You people are fast.

No, we're just bored. Loool.

A. Hamilton · Apr 24, 2006

well..do gnats regurgitate when they eat? and did this gnat, if it's a gnat, have time to regurgitate before it died? and do bugs ooze any body fluids as they die or does the cold prevent that? you know, it's all about the backwash.

dahmnait · Apr 24, 2006

Now I have a dilemma. I was going to go with "drink it," but then you threw in the option to send it to Haskins. I have to think about this.

mdin · Apr 24, 2006

This sounds like a job for What's that Bug?

http://whatsthatbug.com/

here's the section on gnats:

http://whatsthatbug.com/gnats.html

and mayflies:

http://whatsthatbug.com/mayfly.html

mayflies have a long tail thing.

JennaGlatzer · Apr 24, 2006

P.H.Delarran said:
well..do gnats regurgitate when they eat? and did this gnat, if it's a gnat, have time to regurgitate before it died? and do bugs ooze any body fluids as they die or does the cold prevent that? you know, it's all about the backwash.

Yyyyyyyyyyyup. Forget the poll. I'm not quite sure I'm ever going to drink anything ever again.

madderblue · Apr 24, 2006

Drink, as is. Just be sure you check between your teeth when you pass a mirror.
(how lazy am I?) :Coffee:

madderblue · Apr 24, 2006

Monkey slug caterpiller freaked me out.

JennaGlatzer · Apr 24, 2006

Okay, definitely not a mayfly. Maybe I meant fruitfly. Hang on, I'll be back. And in the meantime, this seems like a good time to ask... what the heck is your avatar now, Nav?

DamaNegra · Apr 24, 2006

That's the symbol for the flying spaghetti monster

mdin · Apr 24, 2006

Be careful. That website is addicting.

My avatar is the Flying Spaghetti Monster's version of the Jesus fish.

JennaGlatzer · Apr 24, 2006

I'm going to be so mad at myself if CaoPaux makes this her next profile photo...

http://www.treknature.com/gallery/Europe/Romania/photo46764.htm

AAAAAGH!

I can't do it. I'm a wuss. Excuse me, I have to go make some tea. Be back.

DamaNegra · Apr 24, 2006

JennaGlatzer said:
I'm going to be so mad at myself if CaoPaux makes this her next profile photo...

http://www.treknature.com/gallery/Europe/Romania/photo46764.htm

AAAAAGH!

I can't do it. I'm a wuss. Excuse me, I have to go make some tea. Be back.

You're giving him ideas....

aruna · Apr 25, 2006

JennaGlatzer said:
Wow! I forgot the thread goes up before the poll. You people are fast.

I was wondering where the poll was!

aruna · Apr 25, 2006

So Jenna, by now the coffee is either cold, drunk, or tossed. What did you finally do?

JennaGlatzer · Apr 25, 2006

Actually, I'm really lazy, and it's still sitting here next to me. But I'm tossing it. Made that decision soon as I saw the words "regurgitate," "ooze," and "bodily fluids" in P.H.'s post.

Goodbye, poor dead gnat. Down the sink drain you go!

MacAllister · Apr 25, 2006

If you just nuke it for a couple of minutes, then it sterilizes any dead bug goo. Also, your coffee would be hot.

DamaNegra · Apr 25, 2006

What really surprises me is to see I'm not the only loon that's awake at 2 a.m.

Well... for Aruna its 10 a.m., unless I'm mistaken. But for people of the US its still a obscenely early hour.

MacAllister · Apr 25, 2006

I'm on the west coast, Dama--it's only a bit after midnight, here.

JennaGlatzer · Apr 25, 2006

Oh, sure, now you come here with your instructions. Ten seconds ago, you might have saved a perfectly good cup of coffee.

On the promising side, now I have tea, and there's a moth in the corner. History could repeat.

Stupid bug.

What do I do with my bug coffee?

Scoop the bug out and drink the coffee.

Bugs are good protein. Drink it down, baby.

Eew, gross. Toss that cup, and I can't believe you're even asking this question.

Send it to Haskins, Parcel Post. (Oh, screw Orlando Bloom!)

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