In honor of the summer swarms that have begun to descend. My mother taught me this trick a long time ago, and it works very quickly (overnight in fact a few times).
DIRECTIONS:
1.) Find out where they are coming from or at least figure out what line they are following when they move. Ants tend to follow one another in a straightish line back and forth from the food source to their home. So figure out where that line is.
2.) Mix together in a microwavable, closable bowl:
1/2 Cup of Sugar (to attract them)
1/4 Cup of Borax (to Kill Them)
1 & 1/2 Cup of Warmed Water (to mix it all together).
3.) Dip a cotton ball into the mixture and place it in their line of travel.
4.) Wait. The ants will come around to carry the mixture back to their den because it tastes so good (the sugar). This means they will spread to poison around and it will eliminate the group.
5.) Replace the Cotton Balls When They Dry Out. When you need a new one, just re-heat the mixture in a microwave and dip it in there again. Covers pretty much all summer!
Seriously, an honest-to-God sample plot might read:
“Instead of a love triangle, we bring you the love hexagon where two people are murderers (of each other’s parents, though they don’t know that), one is just coming back from America after being falsely accused of the others’ crimes, two girls are sisters but love the same man even though two other men love them better because that one man loves the girl who married his best friend for his money . . . . Oh and there is golden treasure from the ancient Joseon period hidden in a haunted well and protected by a bad guy who knows some badass kungfu and is protected by the mayor.”
Someone brings out a gun and everyone freezes in shock ~ apparently only trigger-happy American-trained people would ever bring a gun to the knife/pipe/bomb/chemical weapon fights that they usually have in the shows. There are two reactions: “Soooo Cool!” or “Do you want to die? Why would you even pack that!?! We’re all going to die!” The number of times I’ve watched a crime drama where all the police run out to a terrorist event with a baton and knife, but NO GUN, amuses me. And the really cool stars don’t need a gun at all. Apparently, it’s still more respected to fight mano-o-mano there.
It doesn’t matter if you are a bad guy or a good guy, no one notices people tailing them. Driving right on my bumper in a giant yellow/orange van with ginormous logos on the side? Don’t see you. Sitting on my porch under a blue umbrella when I walk up into my house? Don’t see you. Wearing a white suit in a dark place hiding behind a skinny pole? Don’t see you. Standing creepily right behind me in the dark glaring? Don’t see you. Walking two feet behind me down seven different streets wearing a purple dress with giant orange polka dots? Don’t see you. It’s like watching a baby hide their face but leave everything else exposed – except the adult actually can’t see them!
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I was born in the Year of the Chinese snake. This means that what I have loved becomes mine. And what is mine I love forever. This is my Kristin, and I loved her since my earliest memories. My Best Friend Forever! For those of you out there with a childhood best friend, say hello to them today if you can!
“She was free in her wildness. She was a wanderess, a drop of free water. She belonged to no man and to no city” ~ Roman Payne
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