Hi, my name is John (but I'll still answer to beldar). Some of you already know me, and some of you don't. So how do I entertain both groups, while giving you an insight into me
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A noble distinction! And much better than the time someone told me to hold my hand out as a kid and then put a ground puppy into it. So much screaming and crying.
It literally just occurred to me that I have NO IDEA what those are actually called. I've never stopped to consider that they have a real name that isn't that, because that's all I've ever heard people call them. I did a search for 'ground puppy' and came up with, well, puppies, which are adorable and did not make me weep as a small child.
But I have done a horrific google search and can tell you that what I actually mean is Potato Bug? Also sometimes called a sand puppy or Jerusalem Cricket. I will refrain from posting photos, but they get kind of big and they look terrifying and you should not throw them in the faces of young girls. It doesn't end well. I can tell you from experience.
These are of course different from sand fleas, which were also a staple of my childhood.
At first I thought you meant a "mud puppy" which is a sort of amphibian, either related to or same thing as a hellbender. The sliminess of that would also incite screaming. Puppy-sized bugs, tho, I'd scream!
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But I have done a horrific google search and can tell you that what I actually mean is Potato Bug? Also sometimes called a sand puppy or Jerusalem Cricket. I will refrain from posting photos, but they get kind of big and they look terrifying and you should not throw them in the faces of young girls. It doesn't end well. I can tell you from experience.
These are of course different from sand fleas, which were also a staple of my childhood.
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Yeah, I'm not making sense to me either. I have a respiratory infection and am a little loopy, don't mind me. :-)
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