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   Bruno Zeigerts said, 4 months ago

   Horrible pun … (ie good one) but … not to be pedantic … they are too high for a shin-dig.
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   win said, 4 months ago

   That must tick him off.
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   margueritem said, 4 months ago

   UGH, hate ticks!!
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   pouncingtiger said, 4 months ago

   What a corny Lyme that is.
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   orinoco womble said, 4 months ago

   @margueritem

   Me too…they’re always buried in their work…
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   J K said, 4 months ago

   @margueritem
   What you meant to say is today’s comic ticked you off, no?
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   Linux0s said, 4 months ago

   This has the makings of a real knee slapper.
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   Nabuquduriuzhur said, 4 months ago

   re: margaritem

   AMEN!

   I’ve had lymes twice and babeosis once. (When with the USFS in 1988, in college in 1998, and in 2002 with NMFS)
   .
   Ticks essentially exist to spread disease. Lizards will sometimes eat them, but as a food source, they are inconsequential. Wonder if we could engineer a virus that only affects ticks? Wouldn’t get them all, but it might thin them out considerably.
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   SusanSunshine said, 4 months ago

   Bruno — that’s the shin they’re digging… it’s just a bit plump.

   
   Hope they don’t kill the fatted calf.
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    Kylie2112 said, 4 months ago

    cringe
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    Notsoastute said, 4 months ago

    Hickory,dickory, dock
    The ticks climbed up his sock.
    His leg did swell, he didn’t feel well
    Now his ashes are in a crock.
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    Bruno Zeigerts said, 4 months ago

    @SusanSunshine

    Sorry, I thought the shin was the side of the foot!
    Maybe I should Google before I nitpick!
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    Nabuquduriuzhur said, 4 months ago

    You know you’ve spent time in northern Calfornia when you realize that you automatically look down every time a shrub brushes your pants. (And wear light colored pants so the little armies show up and can be removed before they get ideas. Wasn’t uncommon to find three or four ticks just from brushing a grass blade. The shorts fad had some real consequences with tourists not realizing they needed pants in the forest.)
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    dheine1971 said, 4 months ago

    What is the meaning of “GREAT SHINDIG”?
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    jimmyh43105 said, 4 months ago

    That’s one thing I don’t miss about Summer!
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