Guest guest Report post Posted September 26, 2006 Hi Jo He is nice to watch! We hadn't seen him for a few days and I was wondering where he went off to. Then on Saturday as Zak and I were leaving to go grocery shopping, George must have been on the edge of the screen door because when Zak opened it to go out the house, George landed on his arm. I never heard Zak scream that loudly before. LOL Once he realized who it was tho he calmed down quite a bit. BB Nikki , " heartwerk " <jo.heartwork wrote: > > Hi Nikki > > He hasn't said his name yet - Maybe he will be my familiar :-) I will > call him George ........ > > How big is the praying mantis. It must be interesting to watch. > > BB > Jo > Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted September 26, 2006 Hi Peter > >Has the toad told you his name yet? If not, may I suggest calling him > >George? > Well, there's a surprise ;-) Shocking, isn't it? > > >We have the loveliest praying mantis that has been visiting all summer > >(his name is George). He started out in my cucumbers but now that they > >are all dead, so he has opted for the tomatoe plants across the yard. > >Towards the end of the day he grabs the last rays of sun on the > >drainspout from the garage. > > So.. I have to ask.... how come Zak didn't end up called George? :-) Because he had a name, Zak. It is only " things " without a name that are George. So now whenever we discover something new, Zak immediately tries to come up with a name for it quickly before I start calling it George. Then he just rolls his eyes at me. BB Nikki Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted September 26, 2006 Hi Anouk, It is pretty neat! I wish I had a digital camera so that I could show you a pic of George. We had a lot of little baby walking sticks this year hanging out in the Strawberry beds in spring. But I have not seen any adults at all. I almost forgot too. Jo asked how big George was. He is 6 1/2 inches long. Nikki , " Anouk Sickler " <zurumato wrote: > > hi nikki, > > i have never seen a praying mantis in person. > it's nice that you have one > Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted September 26, 2006 Hi Nikki > > >Has the toad told you his name yet? If not, may I suggest calling him> > >George? > > Well, there's a surprise ;-)> Shocking, isn't it? Very - I need a little time to recover now ;-) > > So.. I have to ask.... how come Zak didn't end up called George? :-)> Because he had a name, Zak. What - he already had a name before you knew him???? ;-) > It is only " things " without a name that are George. That's a harsh way to talk about toads ;-)>So now whenever we discover something new, Zak immediately tries to >come up with a name for it quickly before I start calling it George. >Then he just rolls his eyes at me. He has my sympathy - if I could roll my eyes that far, I'd do the same - but they'd probably get lost at sea :-) BB Peter Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted September 26, 2006 Hi Nikki I'm not surprised that Zak jumped! I think I would have screamed too :-) BB Jo - " earthstrm " <earthstorm Tuesday, September 26, 2006 11:42 AM Re: Toad > Hi Jo > > He is nice to watch! We hadn't seen him for a few days and I was > wondering where he went off to. Then on Saturday as Zak and I were > leaving to go grocery shopping, George must have been on the edge of > the screen door because when Zak opened it to go out the house, George > landed on his arm. > > I never heard Zak scream that loudly before. LOL > Once he realized who it was tho he calmed down quite a bit. > > BB > Nikki Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted September 26, 2006 Hi Nikki > Then he just rolls his eyes at me. LOL - I know the feeling :-) BB Jo > > BB > Nikki Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted September 26, 2006 Hi Nikki OMG !!!! We don't have insects that big here. BB Jo > I almost forgot too. Jo asked how big George was. He is 6 1/2 inches long. > > Nikki Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted September 30, 2006 Hi Peter > > > So.. I have to ask.... how come Zak didn't end up called George? :-) > > Because he had a name, Zak. > What - he already had a name before you knew him???? ;-) Yep, his name was picked out on the Cubs bleachers before I was married. His sister's name is Ashley. That is if he were to have a sister. > > It is only " things " without a name that are George. > That's a harsh way to talk about toads ;-) Who said I was talking about toads specifically? Any " thing " (thing encompassing everything/one) without a name is George. You met George the aloe plant while here, did he look like a toad to you? > >So now whenever we discover something new, Zak immediately tries to > >come up with a name for it quickly before I start calling it George. > >Then he just rolls his eyes at me. > He has my sympathy - if I could roll my eyes that far, I'd do the same - but > they'd probably get lost at sea :-) LOL! BB Nikki Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted September 30, 2006 Hi Jo Me too! Adding in a hysterical little dance. LOL BB Nikki , " jo " <jo.heartwork wrote: > > Hi Nikki > > I'm not surprised that Zak jumped! I think I would have screamed too :-) > > BB > Jo > > - > " earthstrm " <earthstorm > > Tuesday, September 26, 2006 11:42 AM > Re: Toad > > > > Hi Jo > > > > He is nice to watch! We hadn't seen him for a few days and I was > > wondering where he went off to. Then on Saturday as Zak and I were > > leaving to go grocery shopping, George must have been on the edge of > > the screen door because when Zak opened it to go out the house, George > > landed on his arm. > > > > I never heard Zak scream that loudly before. LOL > > Once he realized who it was tho he calmed down quite a bit. > > > > BB > > Nikki > Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted September 30, 2006 GASP! Do you roll your eyes at me often? BB Nikki , " jo " <jo.heartwork wrote: > > Hi Nikki > > > Then he just rolls his eyes at me. > > LOL - I know the feeling :-) > > BB > Jo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted October 1, 2006 Hi Nikki > > > > So.. I have to ask.... how come Zak didn't end up called George? :-) > > > Because he had a name, Zak. > > What - he already had a name before you knew him???? ;-) > Yep, his name was picked out on the Cubs bleachers before I was > married. His sister's name is Ashley. That is if he were to have a sister. My goodness - you made your mind up rather early, didn't you? ;-) > > > It is only " things " without a name that are George. > > That's a harsh way to talk about toads ;-) > Who said I was talking about toads specifically? *looking around* I don't know? Who did say anything about toads specifically? > You met George the aloe plant while here, did he look like a toad to > you? Nope - but I'm not quite sure why you have this fixation with things looking like toads. You said that everything that didn't have a name was called George... presumably that encompasses toads since many of them don't have names (like the one in the subject header!!!), but I never said everything called George was a toad!!! BB Peter Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted October 2, 2006 Hi Peter > > > > > So.. I have to ask.... how come Zak didn't end up called George? :-) > > > > Because he had a name, Zak. > > > What - he already had a name before you knew him???? ;-) > > Yep, his name was picked out on the Cubs bleachers before I was > > married. His sister's name is Ashley. That is if he were to have a sister. > My goodness - you made your mind up rather early, didn't you? ;-) Sure did. I always knew from early on if I had a girl her name would be Ashley, but was never sure about a boy until that day. Zak was supposed to be Zachary Sosa, but we changed it to Zachary James after my father's first name. > > > > It is only " things " without a name that are George. > > > That's a harsh way to talk about toads ;-) > > Who said I was talking about toads specifically? > *looking around* I don't know? Who did say anything about toads > specifically? You did when you commented on it being a harsh way to talk about toads (see above). Exactly what did you mean by that seeing as you cannot remember writing it and I never said anything about toads after I said she could call the toad George? > > You met George the aloe plant while here, did he look like a toad to > > you? > Nope - but I'm not quite sure why you have this fixation with things looking > like toads. I have no fixation, you brought the toads back into this conversation and you said it was a harsh thing to say about toads. >You said that everything that didn't have a name was called > George... presumably that encompasses toads since many of them don't have > names (like the one in the subject header!!!), Ah, but if we went with everything the header said in every post on VC we would all be lost. The subjects always change here and the headers usually remain the same. Did you not see that this subject had changed? >but I never said everything > called George was a toad!!! To this we do agree BB Nikki Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
