December 29, 2006
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If the world were a logical place, men would ride side saddle.
“What is not good for the swarm is not good for the bee.”
TheGreenPanther here, still lurking among you guys. Do you ever wonder where Dan goes when he’s “traveling”? Perhaps he’s really a secret service agent? Maybe he’s run off to Mexico to fight crime? Or maybe he’s just off gambling in Sin City? Where do you think Dan is? Do you guys read his posts or do you just answer the question?
A man was visiting his sister’s house for the holidays in Florida. A bunch of bees were swarming around the swingset. He was concerned that the bees might sting the children. They first tried throwing a big tennis ball at the bees.They then thought a ”40lb trailer hitch for a Dodge Caravan.”When that didn’t work, they only had one good option left. They had to start a big fire to burn the bees out. This is when the project gets fun; You have to take a look at this link: Link .Do you think men should just be banned from the use of fire in general?
Comments (114)
Yes.
That actually looked pretty scary.
haha hey! it was a good idea! got the job done!
Haha I do read the posts.
Considering that it would be very difficult to ban the use of fire, I’ll answer no. However, I think that the men in question should have DEFINATELY taken better precautions if they were going to do what they did – they could have seriously hurt someone. However, those fire pictures are really very beautiful.
brilliant
I think Dan is somewhere in Europe…
what a singularly feminist touch to this post.
hahahha
hmm… that might solve a lot of problems!!
perhaps…
Fight Mental Illness Stigma
no fire is fun tho…and w/o fire, and firemen, there’d be no fireworks
no, that was freakin’ awesome. At school we get in trouble for messing fire all of the time, but it’s usually for a good cause- self preservation from spiders, bees, ants, and other various creepy crawlies or burning my sorority’s sign into the commons after another one tried to one-up us. We won. Fire= good
what a bunch of complete morons…the fire was pretty cool though
god bless america.
That’s awesome!!! FIRE BALLS RULE!!!
Definitely
I believe Dan is covert CIA. He is infiltrating sleeper cells to keep all us safe.
wow. i wish i had thought of that.
i really do read the posts. i wonder where dan is sometimes too.
As long as nobody or nothing major gets hurt… I say, let them play with fire.
I think Dan is up at some Ski resort with his family enjoying the slopes and the warm fire…. while planning a covert spy operation against Washington in his spare time.
meh, some people are just retarded
My cat just sneezed on my arm so I wiped it on him. HA!
Crazy stuff. I don’t think they should be banned, just umm think a little more before they do something?
That was FREAKIN HILARIOUS.
I should not be allowed near fire. I am able to make water burn when I boil a couple of cups of water. I have been known to make electrical tools explode, even screwdrivers. I was born to live more safely in a stone-age world before fire was discovered. You know, that must be it! I bet Dan has found a time machine somewhere. 1968! We would all like to go back to 1968 and have a good laugh at all the problems that we thought were so serious then.
Fire to kill bees?
that’s a little excessive I think!!!!
That was pretty darn sweet.
“Maybe he’s run off to Mexico to fight crime?”
Yes, I can imagine Dan in his spandex supersuit, flying around and beating the crap out of evil-doers.
“They first tried throwing a big tennis ball at the bees.”
Wow.
Actually that was pretty awesome….
And I think Dan is taking a bunch of buisness trips to open up a chain of stripubs across the country. Oh dan, you big perv.
Not necessarily banned ….but supervised would be nice. Men always seem to thing bigger is better!
So many people try to treat the symptom and not the problem… When bees are flying out of their home in a house that you are living in… KILL THE BEES THAT ARE INSIDE THE HOUSE! Sure, taking out hundreds on the swingset definitely alleviates some of the immediate dangers, but the queen bee can still lay hundreds more eggs and your problem is back. Blow some bee killer stuff into the hole, stuff it with a wet rag and let them die in there. It’ll cost you $3 and one of your brother-in-law’s old t-shirts. Sheesh! Not to mention your “swingset” is now just a bunch of pipes and chains since you toasted the seats.
I read all of his posts…whether I respond or not is a different story.
What a dumb one to throw a tennis ball at some bees.
o and when he travels? sometimes he visits other xangans. sometimes he goes on buisnis. lol
ahahah omg you are my hero…only because i did the same stupid shit 2 years ago but got 26 stings on my arms and legs.
i have to say the paint thinner was a good idea….. i used bacardi 151 and a blowtorch to get rid of a nest in my nieghbors pool .
haha amazing
no men should not be banned from fire ..cuz its cool
<3
So many people try to treat the symptom and not the problem… When bees are flying out of their home in a house that you are living in… KILL THE BEES THAT ARE INSIDE THE HOUSE! Sure, taking out hundreds on the swingset definitely alleviates some of the immediate dangers, but the queen bee can still lay hundreds more eggs and your problem is back. Blow some bee killer stuff into the hole, stuff it with a wet rag and let them die in there. It’ll cost you $3 and one of your brother-in-law’s old t-shirts. Sheesh! Not to mention your “swingset” is now just a bunch of pipes and chains since you toasted the seats.
Posted 12/29/2006 12:26 PM by This_Is_Important
but important…ITS NOT HIS HOUSE! its the neighbors house that has the bees in it…and guess what? the lady who lives there doesn’t care!
read more closely next time!
HAHAHA
that’s awsm
and your theories on dan’s whereabouts are rather interesting.
well i have no clue where he is, and it looked like fun, but very dangerous
are you kidding me? that’s one of the best stories i have ever read.
I loved those pics…what a great story…. I wonder if we will see him in the Darwin awards in the years to come.
That was really funny…yes.
Dan went to go find Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory…I don’t know!
LOL! My husband would try that!
Maybe Dan just needs a break from all of us! He probably has ulcers and digestive problems from reading some of his comments.
Dan is most likely, some kind of MI6 dude living in the US illegaly.
Yes I read all of Dan’s posts. No, I really don’t wonder about where Dan is while he is on vacation, however I do wonder why he is brave enough to give out his password to his site to others. I am a password freak! No one knows my info except my hubby. I can’t see the link you posted because it is filtered at work.
Oh that was hilarious! I don’t know about men and fire but I sure did learn something about how men think….hilarious…just hilarious!
ROFL!
That was hilareous! Yes some men should be banned from the use of fire, at least the “redneck intervention” kind
Men / Boys and Fire never cease to amaze me : ) They love it, Girls don’t seem to operate on that same wave length. As the only sister to 3 wild and rowdy brothers; the past 31 years have taught me much about staying away from the bon fires, fireworks, explosives, etc ……. An open fire can turn a 54 year old man into a 10 year old like the Fountain of Youth.
you are reading this, because, this is my last and finale xanga. You may have known me before as one of the following xanga name’s: “punk_rocker_princezzz” – “proud_biotch” or “endlezz_pain”. I just thought, that i’d worn you of the new xanga name, so you don’t go all “omg… who is this person? i hate random people”
=]
x-posted, in more then one comment, on one xanga.
lol wow. I do kinda wonder were he goes. Don’t care too much though and I do read his posts..
um well..I think certain people shouldn’t use it…I mean that was really stupid but nobody got hurt. Some people do but hey. Its just natural to turn to fire I think.
Although notice that they didn’t want to spend money on buying any kind of replent but they torched the swings under the bee’s.
Absolutely brilliant!
Maybe an excessive use of fire against the bees, but all the same it was pretty damn awesome.
It’s idiots like this who make me appreciate my intelligence a whole lot more.
poor bees. they weren’t hurting anyone. As for the question.. who knows? lol
I dunno, but that’s the funniest thing I’ve seen in a while
Well, it worked, didn’t it? I don’t see a problem. Now, if they’d caught the whole neighborhood on fire…well, that would be a different story.
I’m surprised the swing-set didn’t melt or something…
That bee thread is absolutely amazing. . . I don’t think I’ve ever laughed so hard at one of the articles linked to at this xanga. Awesome.
I have no idea where he is. I’ve often wondered it. I also wonder if one day, he’s going to have one of his poster people come onto his site and totally wreak havok on his html. That would be exciting/amusing…
And no, definitely not… men should be allowed to keep their fire. If they decided to take it away from men, then women would probably be next… and then, after that, who is left?… the animals?… that could get bad… *imagines animals running around with fire, burning down buildings*…
Please tell me large amounts of alcohol was involved in this…if not, they are so up for the Darwin awards-most of which are men I noticed.
Lol. It would of been better if their house went on fire.
He adapted and overcame his foe….well done!!! He even avoided burning down the house although the swing set might bee a casualty.
I love how you associate all men wanting to do this -__-
But it does look fun.
xD
Dan’s a woman. Enough said.
-Jacob
haha thats awesome, i think they just need to be monitored
That’s freaking brilliant!
Why didn’t they just go and use another swingset?
that was utterly amazing. Don’t ban guys from fire…the rest of us wouldn’t be entertained if they lacked fire.
and Dan…I think he’s a circus ringmaster. actually, I don’t know. I usually do read his posts though…I read fast.
i think it’s hilarious
I KNOW where he was but I ain’t telling. I am a firebug so nobody should be banned, only taught how to be safe with it (haha as if)
lol, heck yes. unless it is confined to a grill…..
This is a stupid post. Nonsensical questions and a link that requires membership. I know where dan goes when he’s not posting here; he’s in lame question rehab. And he left you in charge.
hahaha….my high school boyfriend tried to light a bonfire in his backyard with gasoline and the gas can caught on fire. He threw the gas can (over my head, mind you), and the gas spilled out over his lawn, catching a 5 by 20 foot patch of grass on fire. It was probably my nearest-death experience.
Yes, men should be banned from using fire.
I think they should have put toxic cleaning products in massive water guns and shot ‘em dead. :]
Hmm, where does Dan go… He’s probably on vacation with his family. Duh. But maybe he’s a secret agent or something on the side of professional blogger.
My dad once tried to kill a spider with his grill lighter. Maybe just certain men should be banned.
I love fire!
And I youse it very safelly!
NOT!!!
But I do love fire!
I love fire!
And I youse it very safelly!
NOT!!!
But I do love fire!
I prilly would have done the same thing as that guy!
(IN THE LINK)
I prilly would have done the same thing as that guy!
(IN THE LINK)
heck no that was amazing!
…Hahahahaha.
Poor bees.
Rofl.
yay fire, boo bees. men should not be banned from the use of fire, because then we wouldn’t have lovely posts like this one. besides, fire’s fun. heck, what do I care, I’m a woman, so, I wouldn’t be banned. And then there’s another point, there are women that like to blow stuff up too. haha. the fire pictures were awesome. the bee pictures… made me nauseous and feel all creepy crawly… gee I hate bees. and I do read the posts. and, I think that “Dan in his spandex supersuit, flying around and beating the crap out of evil-doers.” would be super awesome. Maybe we should draw up a costume for him. Somebody who can sew can make it for him, and we’ll mail it to him. But first… he needs a super-hero name. And what would his superpower be? Now that I’ve made my reply almost entirely irrelevant…
No way. I saw this about a week ago. God bless America.
Haha………what a dumbass, lol.
-KrIsTiN-
Nope. I’m a libertarian!
Most definately. =P
If you put hand sanitizer on your hand and proceed to light it, the hand sanitizer will burn up without burning your hand. And no, I haven’t tried that, but I know someone who has.
No, fire shouldn’t be banned. It’s cool . . . Or should I say hot? Sorry, bad pun . . .
hahahaha if I said yes, it’d be hypocritical because I’d probably do the same thing… LOL
I do read all of what Dan types. I wonder if he’s a comedian on tour or something?
We had a recycling bin full of bees once (it sat under an orange tree). I called some bee guy and he came out for free. He wanted the Queen for his hives. He promised me a 5 lb jar of honey…but I never got that.
Great pictures. Those bees were much more dangerous than the fire. That man was apparently concerned about his family.
wow that was crazy. really good pictures.
Well that was certainly entertaining.
I don’t know about being completely banned…uh
scratch that, I’ve never seen good come from any of the fire experiments the men I know have conducted.
So I guess yes, ban them!
=D
They destroyed the swings… idiots.
I think he’s either traveling for business… but more likely it seems he is traveling with family for the holidays. Yes I read his posts and answer his questions, lol. And yes maybe men should be banned from fire!
No, guys + fire = bad idea
that was cool…the fire was amazing…good thing it was under control
I think Dan is part of the French Goreign Legion, myself, but that is just a theory. Only a man would think that he could battle bees with a Dodge Caravan part. I think if I were trying to “defeat the enemy”, I wouldn’t go for a mini-van part as my weapon of choice.
I read his posts = )
And no, I don’t
That looked really dangerous…but still really cool.
Are you serious?! That was beautiful!! That was a journey of artistic genius and bravado and plain ol’ boyish joy!
Yes you are right he never will tell us poor people where he is going!
HE IS IN THE FLIPPIN FBI!!!
I knew it!
OR HE’S FIGHTING CRIME IN MEXICO TEN TIMES COOLER!!!
The fire was awesome!
That was a sad waste of a good hive of bees, though. I would never kill bees. They coulda hosed em off, or something.
YES! I AM DAMN PROUD OF HIM!
Goofy men – LOL – I think Dan works for the FBI (X-Files Division)
That was entirely insane. I actually can’t believe that they didn’t catch the house on fire much less themselves. And I can’t believe that no one was stung in the process. But to answer the question, yes they should be banned from the use of fire in general. They were lucky to have not charred a person.
And as for Dan and his little trips, not sure where he is. Maybe he’s secretly a superhero and heard that Godzilla was raging in Japan again. GO MIGHTY DAN, GO!
My question, why the heck were those bees on the swingset to begin with???
Nah. Men + fire = interesting photo-ops
i agree…i’ve never been so proud to live in america, where we can shoot fiery clouds of death upon bees.
and yes.
dan is in mexico.
he IS Mr. Smith.
Sometimes I think so!
only stupid ones.
Iddiots . why not just go inside and leave the bees go ….or call a pest control to take them where they could be saved.
No, because if they were, I wouldn’t get to see stuff like this.
yes, yes, I do.
honest, that was hilarious. men banned from fire? no way! my dad’s a firefighter, and, in the city that we live in, it’s illegal to, say, make a fire in your backyard, or set off fireworks. does that stop him? ooooh no!! last year, 3 of my siblings were in a piano competition (i’m the only one who doesn’t play piano), and, afterwards, wanted to burn their music. my parents said ok, as long as they were supervised (my older brother was 18 at the time). so, my dad took out some of the bricks in the patio, put the music in the little space left over, doused it in lighter fluid, and put a trail of gunpowder going out of the hole onto the patio. they lit that, and, of course, it worked, and the music went up in flames. it was HILARIOUS!! we may have gotten it on tape-i’m not sure. but, i think, as long as what they do is legal (our only neighbor that could have seen the music, is also a firefighter, so no tattling there), they should be fine. fire is fun!
Yes. Men are stupid.
yeah,. or everything in general, better yet.
Do you know anything about honeybees? I am appalled at those people. Honeybees are valuable and beneficial. We depend on honeybees for every plant we eat. Honeybees follow the queen bee (so that’s why the swarm was on the swingset), they don’t attack unless they are attacked and they only have one stinger to protect themselves. Yellow jackets are the problem, honeybees are rare these days because of yellow jackets. Those people had no reason to attack the honeybees. The children can play somewhere else. Learn to respect nature, people. Really.
haha hilarious and beautiful and amazing…..thanks greenpanther.
Derek
omg!!!!! I love how they make the guy that is severely allergic to bees to get rid of them….wow.
My guess: He’s a government agent.
And that is fantastic! I don’t know why you’d say men should be banned from fire, that looks like fun!!
yes i read the posts…
and since i am a complete pyromaniac, i thought it was cool:)
Only in America
idk.
it is just a part of boys to play with fire. meets a need deep down.