Another ridiculously hectic day at work, the highlight of which was a member of the NY City Council asking the Commissioner of Health what he plans to do about the 17-year cicada problem we're going to have this year, because kids are scared of them. Since the commissioner is not Moses, I'm not sure what the expected answer was, and neither was the
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And here's the thing: Those kids can't possibly be more scared of cicadas than I am. I hate them so much it would require interpretive dance to fully explain my hatred. I hate and fear them and their very existence makes me ill.
But they *are* actually harmless and as long as they stay out of my house, they're safe from me.
I'll just be, y'know, hiding under my bed.
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Oh well, I suppose it was less eyerolling than last year, when one of them voiced some conspiracy theory about fluoride in the water.
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Back when I was a wee!Kita, we had an invasion that coincided with one of the Jewish holidays that typically is celebrated with outdoor festivities. I will never ever forget the feeling of a dozen cicadas in my hair and up my skirt. Needless to say, the festivities were cut short and there were a whole lotta Moses jokes.
OTOH, it does beat boils and the water turning to blood.
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