your new favorite emo-punk band: the light brown apple moth debacle

June 20th, 2008 · 166 comments

spotted in a high foot traffic area of sausalito, california…

god bless the bay area.

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#1 dirty_snowflake

Very brave to identify your house and leave a phone number. That’s the most aggressively passive aggressive note I’ve seen.

Jun 20, 2008 at 12:08 am rating: +4

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#2 zombieBlanco

Calling someone a mad ass-backwards neanderthal is a good opening gambit for neighborhood reconciliation, especially after the light brown apple moth debacle.

Jun 20, 2008 at 12:18 am rating: +40

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- #2.1 Jojo
  
  what is the apple moth debacle?
  
  Jul 11, 2008 at 2:49 am rating: +1
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#3 RunBarbara

Areyou kidding?

Jun 20, 2008 at 12:22 am rating: +2

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- #3.1 Candice
  
  Nope…apparently Areyou is quite serious.
  
  Jun 20, 2008 at 6:59 pm rating: +2
- #3.2 Mishee
  
  Wasn’t Areyou the guy with the white horse in The Neverending Story? (God, I loved that movie!)
  
  Jun 20, 2008 at 9:00 pm rating: +2
- #3.3 changeling
  
  Atreyu
  (me too)
  
  Jun 20, 2008 at 9:23 pm rating: +1
- #3.4 Mishee
  
  *gasp*
  
  u totally ruined my joke!!
  
  (OMG, you think I didn’t know it? http://www.imdb.com is my bible if I have any doubts! )
  
  Jun 20, 2008 at 9:27 pm rating: +1
- #3.5 changeling
  
  sorry
  
  will go hide now
  
  Jun 20, 2008 at 9:44 pm rating: 0
- #3.6 Canthz_B
  
  Happens to the best of us, Mish.
  
  Jun 20, 2008 at 9:51 pm rating: 0
- #3.7 Mishee
  
  changeling I was totally joking.
  
  Jun 20, 2008 at 10:59 pm rating: +1
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#4 zombieBlanco

after you try orange oil, pepppermint, and bay leaves, perhaps we could all join hands and make a chanting circle around the house asking the termites to find a more harmonious place to shelter…..what do you think of THAT?

Jun 20, 2008 at 12:30 am rating: +64

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- #4.1 amazon
  
  What if we hot box the termites, and get them all high? No wait… then they’ll have the munchies!
  
  Jun 20, 2008 at 1:28 am rating: +28
- #4.2 secondsout
  
  And if the termites get the munchies, they’d eat the wood, right? Which might defeat the purpose.
  
  Jun 20, 2008 at 1:35 am rating: +3
- #4.3 bob
  
  it would be one way of solving the problem… no house, no termites to worry about
  
  Jun 20, 2008 at 8:56 am rating: +2
- #4.4 karla
  
  Sounds pretty ass-backward and neanderthal to me. Where’s the Napalm? (Now THAT’s forward thinking!!)
  
  Jun 20, 2008 at 9:33 am rating: +8
- #4.5 Mark
  
  Dust off and nuke it from orbit — it’s the only way to be sure.
  
  Jun 20, 2008 at 10:33 am rating: +15
- #4.6 bob is captain obvious
  
  thanks bob, you’re a real captain obvious to the above person’s comment
  
  Jun 20, 2008 at 11:43 am rating: +1
- #4.7 bob
  
  I rather fancy myself “Master of the Obvious.” I plan to fashion myself a matching cape and unitard to distinguish myself from “captain obvious.”
  
  Jun 20, 2008 at 11:56 am rating: +23
- #4.8 Mark
  
  Maybe the termites need a little thermite for breakfast.
  
  Jun 20, 2008 at 3:31 pm rating: +2
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#5 RunBarbara

I called 1-800-Orange Oil and a Korean house wife told me she was going to spank me with a wooden spoon. It had nothing to do with pest removal, damn it! The worst $1.99 a minute I ever spent…
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except on Mishee’s mom.

Jun 20, 2008 at 12:31 am rating: +27

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- #5.1 secondsout
  
  I bet she’d do something about getting rid of your crabs.
  
  Jun 20, 2008 at 12:48 am rating: +1
- #5.2 RunBarbara
  
  but sout, i thought you liked sea food!
  
  Jun 20, 2008 at 12:52 am rating: +4
- #5.3 secondsout
  
  It might smell like catfish, but that’s not what I meant.
  
  Jun 20, 2008 at 12:54 am rating: 0
- #5.4 RunBarbara
  
  *cries*
  i…thou-thou-though..i thought you liked me!
  
  Jun 20, 2008 at 12:57 am rating: +3
- #5.5 secondsout
  
  Girl, how could I ever be mad at you when you lapdance so freaky?
  
  Jun 20, 2008 at 1:03 am rating: +4
- #5.6 RunBarbara
  
  *sets fire to everything sout has ever given her, including the crabs*
  I am so over you! Just one more lapdance and then we’re finished and I MEAN it this time.
  
  Jun 20, 2008 at 1:05 am rating: +6
- #5.7 secondsout
  
  Promises, promises. You’ll be back. Or maybe Amy_d will just take your place.
  
  Jun 20, 2008 at 1:23 am rating: 0
- #5.8 RunBarbara
  
  good luck getting the bathroom key from amy.
  
  Jun 20, 2008 at 1:29 am rating: +6
- #5.9 Mishee
  
  I had to plus it.
  
  I mean… you dissed my mom!
  
  How could I not?
  
  Jun 20, 2008 at 10:10 am rating: +1
- #5.10 Lurker
  
  But it had a lot to do with “tenting.”
  
  Jun 20, 2008 at 1:27 pm rating: +2
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#6 Matthew Gallant

I like the “no, no, nooooooo” part, it sounds like an Amy Winehouse song.

Jun 20, 2008 at 12:35 am rating: +28

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- #6.1 amazon
  
  Seriously! One of you parody geniuses, get on that asap!
  
  Jun 20, 2008 at 1:15 am rating: 0
- #6.2 Canthz_B
  
  Or write a Mr.Bill script!
  
  Jun 20, 2008 at 1:19 am rating: +5
- #6.3 secondsout
  
  You have to give Amy Winehouse credit. How many other people do you know who can turn an addiction to cocaine into something professionally lucrative?
  
  Jun 20, 2008 at 12:05 pm rating: +2
- #6.4 RunBarbara
  
  Robert Downey Jr?
  
  Jun 20, 2008 at 12:25 pm rating: +19
- #6.5 Sabine
  
  Eric Clapton?
  
  Jun 24, 2008 at 3:16 pm rating: +1
- #6.6 Mishee
  
  Kate Moss??
  
  Jun 24, 2008 at 4:41 pm rating: 0
- #6.7 shane
  
  Tony Montana?
  
  Jun 24, 2008 at 5:09 pm rating: +1
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#7 Canthz_B

I’ve heard that termites cannot stand Gregorian chants.. Dooooooo try that before insecticide!

–Mrs. Howell of Gilligan’s little green isle.

Jun 20, 2008 at 12:45 am rating: +23

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- #7.1 Canthz_B
  
  Crap. zB hit chant in #4.
  Sorry zB
  
  Jun 20, 2008 at 12:51 am rating: 0
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#8 secondsout

Hmm, I could use pesticides to get rid of the house. Or I could have a session where I feel with the insects, talk to them about their feelings, and have commune with nature. I can use my healing energy to cleanse the house.

Jun 20, 2008 at 12:52 am rating: +8

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- #8.1 RunBarbara
  
  don’t forget to do trust exercises where one termite closes his eyes and falls backwards, trusting his friends to catch him.
  
  Jun 20, 2008 at 12:54 am rating: +11
- #8.2 Canthz_B
  
  Maybe call in a midget lady and find Carrie-Ann and exorcise the termites at he same time.
  
  Jun 20, 2008 at 12:57 am rating: +1
- #8.3 RunBarbara
  
  YOU MOVED THE GRAVES BUT YOU DIDNT MOVE THE BODIES!!
  
  Jun 20, 2008 at 12:58 am rating: +7
- #8.4 Quite Contrary
  
  Don’t let the termites forget to let you know if their insurance carrier has changed.
  
  Jun 20, 2008 at 12:10 pm rating: 0
- #8.5 Joyful
  
  Carol-Ann! Step away from the termites!
  
  Jun 20, 2008 at 12:42 pm rating: 0
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#9 Canthz_B

My little white house is yellow because I refuse to use non-organic paints.

Jun 20, 2008 at 1:01 am rating: +5

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#10 Canthz_B

Never a good thing to ask someone to not tent their house while you’re wearing a moo-moo!

Jun 20, 2008 at 1:08 am rating: +5

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#11 zombieBlanco

areyou mad
dark ages tenting
real that

Jun 20, 2008 at 1:08 am rating: 0

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- #11.1 RunBarbara
  
  light brown apple moth (5)
  flutter like wings of the tent (7)
  o! rethink linda (5)
  
  Jun 20, 2008 at 1:10 am rating: +19
- #11.2 zombieBlanco
  
  i luv u
  
  Jun 20, 2008 at 1:12 am rating: 0
- #11.3 RunBarbara
  
  zombie, she is white
  has topiary in need
  “hedge” will be trimmed
  
  Jun 20, 2008 at 1:14 am rating: +3
- #11.4 zombieBlanco
  
  i luv u x2
  
  Jun 20, 2008 at 1:15 am rating: 0
- #11.5 RunBarbara
  
  the feeling is mutual. now get under my desk.
  
  Jun 20, 2008 at 1:18 am rating: +5
- #11.6 zombieBlanco
  
  as you wish
  
  Jun 20, 2008 at 1:20 am rating: 0
- #11.7 secondsout
  
  Casey in HR
  She keeps the old bathroom key
  Please strangle Sandra!
  
  Jun 20, 2008 at 1:32 am rating: +10
- #11.8 Burghardt
  
  “‘hedge’ will be trimmed (4)”
  *buzzer*
  oh, but thanks for playing.
  
  Jun 20, 2008 at 9:43 pm rating: 0
- #11.9 StolenPineapple
  
  “hedge will be trimmed” is 5. Oh snap.
  
  Jun 21, 2008 at 9:19 pm rating: 0
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#12 Canthz_B

Atticus!, Atticus! Bugs are eating my bed!!

Don’t step on them, Scout. They must be given a fair chance to leave here or a trial or something!

Jun 20, 2008 at 1:16 am rating: +14

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- #12.1 Crash
  
  I’m waiting for the follow up note that protests the extermination process,
  claiming that it’s a violent act of genocide instead.
  
  Jun 20, 2008 at 2:03 am rating: +13
- #12.2 unholyghost2003
  
  WOW a TKAM reference not by Mish!
  
  Jun 20, 2008 at 10:17 am rating: +1
- #12.3 AuntyBron
  
  Well, actually, Crash, that would make it a violent act of insecticide.
  
  Jun 21, 2008 at 12:53 am rating: +3
- #12.4 Crash
  
  Jun 22, 2008 at 1:30 pm rating: 0
- #12.5 Canthz_B

painfully polite and hilariously hostile writings from shared spaces the world over

your new favorite emo-punk band: the light brown apple moth debacle

June 20th, 2008 · 166 comments

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