COLD DARK ROOM

[Tidgy's Dad]

Hello Adam and everyone else. Sorry I haven't been popping in too much the past few days. It's been kind of crazy lately...anyways I hope that everyone has a great Tuesday and stays safe

Hurrrrrraaaaaayyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!
Someone's here!!!
Morning, Shannon, It's okay, I know you've been incredibly busy and not sleeping well.
Hope you're feeling better this week.
Have a great day.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Next question for bonus points.
Why butterflies ?

 

[dmmj]

why not?

 

[jaizei]

PG-13 ish

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

why not?

Welcome, David.
Hope your operation this afternoon goes swimmingly and you are back with us this evening.
Why are they called butterflies and not sausageflies, for instance ?

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

PG-13 ish

Very nice and relevant clip, a good find worth points, but not really the answer I was looking for.

 

[jaizei]

Welcome, David.
Hope your operation this afternoon goes swimmingly and you are back with us this evening.
Why are they called butterflies and not sausageflies, for instance ?

It's really a testament to our advances in food production, because I know first hand they don't taste anything like butter as it is now. Though I'd imagine that if it's all you'd ever known, it wouldn't have been that bad. Probably would go quite nicely with the way corn used to taste.

tl;dr butter used to taste disgusting

 

[jaizei]

Very nice and relevant clip, a good find worth points, but not really the answer I was looking for.

Really is a shame that they cut it off before the 'spirit world' part.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

It's really a testament to our advances in food production, because I know first hand they don't taste anything like butter as it is now. Though I'd imagine that if it's all you'd ever known, it wouldn't have been that bad. Probably would go quite nicely with the way corn used to taste.

tl;dr butter used to taste disgusting

I ate one once.
The body is okay, but the wings are horrid and scaly and these scales get stuck all over the inside of your mouth.
We still have 'old' style butter in Morocco, an it is a bit rank, but as you say, the people who eat it are use to it and like it.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Really is a shame that they cut it off before the 'spirit world' part.

I love this film, it's terrific fun!!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Hmmm.
My student is late!
is she going to arrive ?

 

[stojanovski92113]

Next question for bonus points.
Why butterflies ?

Because they are stunning, tremendous amount of beauty and species, and they are good for the ecosystem

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Because they are stunning, tremendous amount of beauty and species, and they are good for the ecosystem

All absolutely true!
But why are they called butterflies ?

 

[stojanovski92113]

All absolutely true!
But why are they called butterflies ?

Because they fly like butter glides lol

 

[Lyn W]

Hello, Kathy!
Yes, and no.
Neither moths nor carpet beetles themselves eat clothes, it's their larvae.
The common clothes moth, Tineola bisselliella , only a quarter of an inch long, does not feed as an adult, it's only goal is to reproduce..But the larave,(or caterpillars) eat natural fibres, their favourite being wool, but also like grain. There are fewer of them today due to synthetic materials, which they don't eat, and dry cleaning which works as well as moth balls in keeping them away from clothes.

The varied carpet beetle, Anthrenus verbasci , is a pollen grazer as an adult, but the larvae can feed on natural fibres including clothes, carpets and furnitureas well as insect collections so they are a problem for museums. The larvae are known as woolly bears and are almost impossible to eradicate from a normal house, though vacuuming regularly keeps the numbers down

My old house had lots of trees around it and I once had moths in a wool carpet but I didn't know until I moved my piano to clean under it (not something done on a regular basis as the piano is heavy). I ran the vacuum cleaner over it and couldn't believe my eyes when the carpet disappeared and all I was left with was a bare track of the hessian backing, and more disappeared as I continued! Closer inspection revealed moth larvae under the carpet. I was cutting it up and burning it well into the early hours of the morning.

 

[Momof4]

Hello, Kathy!
Yes, and no.
Neither moths nor carpet beetles themselves eat clothes, it's their larvae.
The common clothes moth, Tineola bisselliella , only a quarter of an inch long, does not feed as an adult, it's only goal is to reproduce..But the larave,(or caterpillars) eat natural fibres, their favourite being wool, but also like grain. There are fewer of them today due to synthetic materials, which they don't eat, and dry cleaning which works as well as moth balls in keeping them away from clothes.

The varied carpet beetle, Anthrenus verbasci , is a pollen grazer as an adult, but the larvae can feed on natural fibres including clothes, carpets and furnitureas well as insect collections so they are a problem for museums. The larvae are known as woolly bears and are almost impossible to eradicate from a normal house, though vacuuming regularly keeps the numbers down

Wait a minute! I think I have those moths! If so,I always see them on the walls! I suck them up with the vacuum.

 

[Lyn W]

All absolutely true!
But why are they called butterflies ?

I have actually seen butter fly.
One really hot summers day when I was little my older brother annoyed my mother so much that she lost her temper and threw the butter she was using at him, It flew across the room, hit a door with a splat and then slowly slid down it in the heat. Luckily everyone saw the funny side of it and humour saved the day - sadly not the butter!

 

[Moozillion]

My old house had lots of trees around it and I once had moths in a wool carpet but I didn't know until I moved my piano to clean under it (not something done on a regular basis as the piano is heavy). I ran the vacuum cleaner over it and couldn't believe my eyes when the carpet disappeared and all I was left with was a bare track of the hessian backing, and more disappeared as I continued! Closer inspection revealed moth larvae under the carpet. I was cutting it up and burning it well into the early hours of the morning.

WOW!!! That must have been SURREAL!!!

 

[Moozillion]

I ate one once.
The body is okay, but the wings are horrid and scaly and these scales get stuck all over the inside of your mouth.
We still have 'old' style butter in Morocco, an it is a bit rank, but as you say, the people who eat it are use to it and like it.

Ummmm... not judging, just curious: why did you eat a butterfly????

 

[Lyn W]

All absolutely true!
But why are they called butterflies ?

Cause they used to think they ate buttercups?