Thursday, July 02, 2009

I For One Welcome Our Insect Overlords   [Jonah Goldberg]

Yes, yes, like a zillion readers, Andrew's post below about the globe-spanning Argentian ant colony competing with humanity for conquest of the globe immediately made me think of the Simpsons episode — "Deep Space Homer" — in which newscaster Kent Brockman thinks earth is being attacked by giant ants:

"Ladies and gentlemen, uh, we've just lost the picture, but what we've seen speaks for itself. The Corvair spacecraft has apparently been taken over — 'conquered' if you will — by a master race of giant space ants. It's difficult to tell from this vantage point whether they will consume the captive earth men or merely enslave them. One thing is for certain: there is no stopping them; the ants will soon be here. And I for one welcome our new insect overlords. I'd like to remind them that as a trusted TV personality, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar caves."

I would have said something earlier, but I was looking all over the place for video of the scene. Apparently, the clip is closely held by the producers so they can accrue even more filthy lucre.

Anyway, as several readers suggested, perhaps Mark Sanford's trip to Argentina wasn't a booty call after all. Perhaps he was promising eternal fidelity to the Queen in her Argentinian sugar cave?

Update: Badabing. Reader Ronny sends this along.

07/02 12:45 PMShare