Caterpillar Invasion · 21 February 2006
Update: Tuesday 21st February, 2006
I just had this comment from fellow Aussie scribbler Colin Wicking (who has an excellent blog by the way.)
- There’s got to be a John Howard eyebrows cartoon in that, Jason.
Indeed there is, Col. Indeed there is.
Original Post: Monday 20th February, 2006
Okay, picture this
I walk over to the overflowing bin in the pantry and realise I can’t compact it anymore, so I’m going to have to make the huge 8 metre trek to the wheelie bin outside the laundry.
I switch on the light, open the sliding door and step, bare-foot, on a mammoth pile of light-crazed wriggling caterpillars.
This was followed by a (very macho) leap into the air…
Just look at this!
It’s like they’ve been planning their attack for days, maybe weeks or months, quietly observing from the garden, until 
one humid summer’s evening – BAM! They strike – blocking both side doors and trapping the human inhabitants inside their fully furnished and food-stocked homes with
..for now.
