In the metro today

[Sparx]

Saw this in the Metro (free newspaper in the UK)

Fuck me never want to see one of these

Tarantula Hawk Wasp

 

[Ezteq]

woah cool, I would like to see one...wouldn't like to get stung by one (if they do sting that is) a normal diddy wasp sting is bad enough lol.


[edit] after doing some research, no I certainly do not want to be stung by one:

http://www.desertusa.com/mag01/sep/papr/thawk.html
One researcher described the tarantula hawk’s sting this way: "To me, the pain is like an electric wand that hits you, inducing an immediate, excruciating pain that simply shuts down one’s ability to do anything, except, perhaps, scream. Mental discipline simply does not work in these situations. The pain for me lasted only about three minutes, during which time the sting area was insensitive to touch, i.e., a pencil point poked near the sting resulted only in a dull deep pressure pain."

 

[old.Tohtori]

That's a cool beast, they need to supersize it though.

We have metro paper in finland too, the funny thing is that it's usually found in the subway and a subway is called metro in finland

Probably different freepaper though.

 

[Raven]

Nothing a rolled up newspaper or a shoe wont sort out.

 

[Lethul]

We have metro paper in finland too, the funny thing is that it's usually found in the subway and a subway is called metro in finland

Isn't that the general idea of Metro?

ps. The company is Swedish I believe!

edit: But ye you seem to be right, U.K seem to have their own Metro. Don't know if they got the "green standard" Metro

 

[Ch3tan]

You guys know that it's a common name for papers distributed in sub-ways and transport systems throughout the world yes? They have nothing to do with each other.

 

[old.Tohtori]

Yeah the green standard metro is ace, especially the txt message sections

My point was more towards the metro most likely referring to motropolis then subway, while in finland subway IS metro. Just a funny tidbit.

 

[pikeh]

Thats a seriously cool beast.

 

[Lethul]

You guys know that it's a common name for papers distributed in sub-ways and transport systems throughout the world yes? They have nothing to do with each other.

Yes, but Metro (the swedish owned is the biggest news paper in the world!, outside of japan according to wiki ). So I would guess most people refer to the green Metro in the world.

Yeah the green standard metro is ace, especially the txt message sections

My point was more towards the metro most likely referring to motropolis then subway, while in finland subway IS metro. Just a funny tidbit.

A Metro is a rapid transit rail system, also known as a subway or underground

 

[Ch3tan]

I've never heard of the green metro, nor seen it or mention of it on my travels.

 

[old.Tohtori]

A Metro is a rapid transit rail system, also known as a subway or underground

Ah, then it's just a case of us calling it a metro.

 

[Sparx]

Ours is blue

 

[Lethul]

I've never heard of the green metro, nor seen it or mention of it on my travels.

If you ever traveled to eihter of these countries you could've seen it

Brazil
Canada
Chile
China
Czech Republic
Denmark
Ecuador
Finland
France
Greece
Holland
Hungary
Italy
Korea
Mexico
Portugal
Russia
Sweden
USA

I know Sparx, thats why i refereed to this as Green

 

[Wonk]

Metro is great I never really travel without a free newspaper.

 

[Zenith.UK]

I went "Whoa!"
Mrs.Zenith went "EEEK!", then hid behind me.

 

[TdC]

when I was in the Kalbarri Nat. Park in western Australia I got hit in the face by a flying insect that looked like a giant wasp, except it was completely dark coloured like a black ant. it was at least half again as long as my thumb o0

Kalbarri National Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

where do those hawk things live? they scare the heck out of me tbh

 

[Lamp]

Would you sooner get stung by that wasp....or....wake up in the morning finding Gok Wan in bed with you?

 

[sayward]

Looked at this thread cos I thought you'd been visiting Paris!

 

[Moriath]

Paris is a dumb fuck who wants to visit her and be her BFF