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Clear hollow tubing bannisters with an ant
farm inside them, with one end connected to
the outside world so that they can get out to
forage around.
Pause to reflect on the industry of the
humble ant as you trudge up the stairs in
your home, or office building when the
elevator is out
of action.
watch out for the finial
extreme_20banisters...perimental_20phase)
[po, Feb 12 2008]
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You could run power up them as well... |
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If you connected the ant farm to the real world, wouldn't they just move out? |
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Though I have seen a bee (or maybe wasp?) hive in a museum, the innards visible, and the insects flying in and out via a plastic corridor to the window. So the technology exists. |
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Leave honey at the top. Or breadcrumbs. |
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Don't talk about my Aunt Poune like that. |
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I don't want ants in my house. In fact, I go to great measures to ensure ants stay out of my house... |
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At least it's not worm farm bannisters. |
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When we lived in a wooden house we used to keep termites. |
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The greatest irony is that the entire Earth is but a Human farm belonging to a pupae of one of our galactic Ant overlords. |
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sp. "banister", unless you are referring to Sir Roger. |
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And 'newel', looking at it. Amazing that I've got those both wrong considering how many banisters, newel posts and balustrade I've dealt with. |
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<I'm A Pedant But I Can't Think Of The Right Word> Banisters are the upright posts. The bit you slide down is called something else. </IAPBICTOTRW> |
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The upright posts are balusters. Banister (or bannister) started out as a variant of baluster, but has now come to mean the handrails as well, as immortalized in: |
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"As Rose collects the money in a cannister
Who comes sliding down the bannister?
The vicar in a tutu
He's not strange
He just wants to live his life this way."
-- The Smiths, "Vicar in a Tutu" |
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Bannister is also correct. At least according to the old www.dictionary.com. |
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