Caption Contest! (or, LOLbugs)

[triadruid]

The first half of this post is content-free. The second half explains the first half. Choose your own adventure... (both halves contain bugs, if that flips you out)


Take the above picture. You can recaption and repost it, a la LOLcats, or just post a caption in comments. If it helps, the building behind that sucker is a federal government building in downtown KCMO.

So the backstory: yesterday morning I rolled into work and found my coworker staring at the window. "Is that a bug?" We've had some roach problems in the kitchen, so I'm looking around the floor, the windowsill, etc. "No" she says, and points what looks like a chip of bark stuck to the window. I get closer and it still doesn't look like anything, until I step off to the right. At which point I realize that it's not a chunk of wood at all, but a 6" long praying mantis. I've never seen one in real life, so I snapped some pictures of him/her/it with the office's digital camera.


http://pics.livejournal.com/triadruid/tags/giant+bug/ for bigger versions of the images...

Comments

[duriyah.livejournal.com]

6 inches is huge for a praying mantis! What is even more surprising is how high up it is!

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I assume they fly, otherwise it was a long walk up (even though we're only on the 4th floor, it's about 7 floors for a normal building).

[biscuitgod.livejournal.com]

Caption: MMMMM...those are federal bureaucrats down there, since I eat heads of my victims, nothing there to feast on. Ohhhh. . . wait. . . there's one with an Democratic party pin on, flee. . . flee for your lives you smart little morsel.

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

*snicker* Timely and political, well done.

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

Faith-based Monster Prevention Program: Failure.

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

Heh. Nice tie-ins...

[matchgirl42.livejournal.com]

Wayt...Leeder Not Here? Iz told this federal building...

or...

Haive come fir yur leeeeder.

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

*snort* Very nice. :)

Caption

[lilia-blackbear.livejournal.com]

While you cheer USA gold medal gymnist, we attack -- praying mantis style!

Re: Caption

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

Heh, timely and funny.

[loraca.livejournal.com]

I have personally seen three praying mantis' in the last two weeks, and just about a month ago, there was one in our bathroom, just a teeny, tiny little thing, no more than an inch and a half long. I think they have some kind of plot going on...

[druidevo.livejournal.com]

Caption: My Mantis sense is tingaling, evildoers must be eaten.

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

How does Mantis Sense work? Are you overtaken with a sudden desire to pray fervently when evildoers are around?