Trade is good ... but it does have downsides

Lost User

eh[^] I had a couple of huntsmen as pets when I was a kid

Christian Graus

Our house is lousy with them. I keep putting htem out b/c the cat kills them. I wish she'd just kill the scorpions. The dogs killed a snake the other week.

Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.

Ilion

miss the point much?

Lost User

Ilíon wrote:

miss the point much?

Well how would I know smarty pants?

kmg365

I read a similar article on drudge. They threw in that the spider might be some other species that is non-lethal, but they did not keep the spider carcass because it was too dangerous and were advised against it. My suspicion is it was whole foods. Who caider to the Starbucks crowd. You know the kind, work in some political constituency or law firm and paint their nails (doesn't matter if they are man or women) sue at the drop of the hat. So I can see were interjection of a red haring might be interjected. But as you can see I'm of the more suspicious crowd.

Lost User

Ilíon wrote:

Yet, you can't help but wonder whether there are colonies of such critters getting a foothold in supermarkets.

These 'Spider in Bananas' stories have been reported quite frequently over the past 50 years. As each female can regularly produce hundreds of offspring, a colony would pretty soon make itself known.

Bob Emmett

Ilion

:rolleyes: [^]

Lost User

kmg365 had already posted that it was a Whole Food store, wasn't that the point? Seems ironic at first, until you think for a minute or two - Whole Food - Organic Produce - fewer pesticides - more likelihood of pests. B.i.n.g.o! Presumably that is why "the store regularly checks its goods and that's how the spider was found." (If you can believe a lying, leftie, liberal, that is.) Oh, and Googling the UK found (in the 1st 5 pages of each): spiders found bananas supermarket - 4180 hits The Tulsa story, plus Asda(4), Co-op(1), Tesco(2), Morrisons(1), Sainsbury(1), Somerfield(1). spiders found bananas "whole food" store - 279 hits The Tulsa story spiders found bananas wholefood store - 252 hits The Tulsa story

Bob Emmett

Ilion

Bob Emmett wrote:

kmg365 had already posted that it was a Whole Food store, wasn't that the point?

"Trade is good ... but it does have downsides" You know: zebra mussels, fire ants, "killer" bees (though there was a bit more involved than merely international trade), SARS, the Plague, and so on.

Lost User

Ilíon wrote:

You know: zebra mussels, fire ants, "killer" bees (though there was a bit more involved than merely international trade), SARS, the Plague, and so on.

And that's it?

Bob Emmett

Ilion

:rolleyes:

Lost User

So, the subject of your post is Trade is good ... but it does have downsides and you illustrate that with the fact that an (allegedly) poisonous spider has been imported along with the bananas. And the great 'point' of your post is: "Trade has its downsides because you may inadvertently import hazardous wildlife"? :| An analogy. Say I posted the image of an elephant, to which your response was 'I remember having a ride on one when I was a kid.' Suppose I then replied, :rolleyes: 'Miss the point much?', causing you to examine the image more closely. You notice that the elephant has been gelded. You post: 'Is this some dig at the Republicans? Is that the point?' To which my response is: :rolleyes: It's an elephant! Would you be impressed?

Bob Emmett

modified on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 8:04 AM

Chris Maunder

SARS was imported via a load of bananas? I never knew...

cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP