Comments on: Minkbeer and Moths http://thegurrier.com/2008/09/11/minkbeer-and-moths/ Wed, 08 Dec 2010 14:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Neil http://thegurrier.com/2008/09/11/minkbeer-and-moths/comment-page-1/#comment-35883 Neil Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:16:27 +0000 http://thegurrier.com/2008/09/11/minkbeer-and-moths/#comment-35883 They go straight for the face. That's what I don't like about moths. Straight for the face. And when you bat them out of the air they leave scales everywhere. Scaly wings are a big no-no in my opinion. They go straight for the face. That’s what I don’t like about moths. Straight for the face. And when you bat them out of the air they leave scales everywhere. Scaly wings are a big no-no in my opinion.

]]> By: Donal http://thegurrier.com/2008/09/11/minkbeer-and-moths/comment-page-1/#comment-35882 Donal Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:49:32 +0000 http://thegurrier.com/2008/09/11/minkbeer-and-moths/#comment-35882 This thing was at least a handspan across. A bloody great hairy handspan too. I'm no lepidopterist, but I think it was some mutant variety of the Hawk Moth. It does not fill me with joy to report that this species includes the Death's Head Hawk Moth known in Poland as 'the wandering death bird'. I'm lucky to be alive I tell you. This thing was at least a handspan across. A bloody great hairy handspan too. I’m no lepidopterist, but I think it was some mutant variety of the Hawk Moth. It does not fill me with joy to report that this species includes the Death’s Head Hawk Moth known in Poland as ‘the wandering death bird’.

I’m lucky to be alive I tell you.

]]> By: Sarah http://thegurrier.com/2008/09/11/minkbeer-and-moths/comment-page-1/#comment-35879 Sarah Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:50:49 +0000 http://thegurrier.com/2008/09/11/minkbeer-and-moths/#comment-35879 I should clarify that I have an irrational dislike of moths. Why? I don't know. Childhood moth trauma, perhaps. I should clarify that I have an irrational dislike of moths. Why? I don’t know. Childhood moth trauma, perhaps.

]]> By: Sarah http://thegurrier.com/2008/09/11/minkbeer-and-moths/comment-page-1/#comment-35878 Sarah Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:50:11 +0000 http://thegurrier.com/2008/09/11/minkbeer-and-moths/#comment-35878 So, one time, I seriously saw a moth the size of a small bird. It was perched near our porch light. I did not care for it. So, one time, I seriously saw a moth the size of a small bird. It was perched near our porch light. I did not care for it.

]]> By: Neil http://thegurrier.com/2008/09/11/minkbeer-and-moths/comment-page-1/#comment-35876 Neil Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:32:24 +0000 http://thegurrier.com/2008/09/11/minkbeer-and-moths/#comment-35876 This Minkbeer you speak of must be squeezed from the famous psychedelic mink of the Congo basin, <i>mustela dementis</i>, thought to have given Early Man his first taste of expanded consciousness. It also gave him his first taste of The Fear, as he was high in a jungle full of tree-snakes and whooping monkeys with nowhere to sit down and get himself straight. "Slurping at the night's dark shore" is a classic line, and a perfect title for your audiobook. This Minkbeer you speak of must be squeezed from the famous psychedelic mink of the Congo basin, mustela dementis, thought to have given Early Man his first taste of expanded consciousness. It also gave him his first taste of The Fear, as he was high in a jungle full of tree-snakes and whooping monkeys with nowhere to sit down and get himself straight.

“Slurping at the night’s dark shore” is a classic line, and a perfect title for your audiobook.

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