BikeBookBread Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 I just got a message from Dragon Academy. (She had asked me to send it to her son for his 4H project - the package arrived today.) I think you can guess when I'm about to tell you. THE BUG WAS PLASTIC! It has "China" stamped on the bottom. Her son recognized right away that it wasn't real. He said that it should not be so shiny. So, either I was duped by some diabolical worker in a rice packing plant in either Thailand or China, or my DH or kids played a horrible joke on me. I can rule out the girls because I had knotted the bag tightly shut with a piece of ribbon so I know neither of the girls didn't do it. DH PROMISES he didn't do it either (I just called him at work to confirm). I promise you all: I DID NOT POST THIS AS A JOKE! And YES, I am THAT gullible, especially when it comes to bugs. I was so terrified of the thing that I never touched it with my hands. I used a large serving spoon to scoop it along with the rice into the Gladware container that I used to ship it. Additionally, I'm not an attention hound -- I really DON'T like attention, especially this kind. But I am scrupulously honest and would always think about the fake bug every time I came onto the Board, so I had to tell. So now I'm going to go sit in a corner and be embarrassed for a while. See you all later...it may be a few days before I'm back... :auto: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Perhaps we should change your moniker to BikeBookBreadBug, LOL.... Hope there was no lead in that plastic bug..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny_Weatherwax Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Perhaps we should change your moniker to BikeBookBreadBug.... :lol::lol: Oh, don't leave. It's not that bad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Oh my gosh that cracks me up! I've been thinking for days about linking that thread to mine about the thread/hair I found in the canned soup I was using, to defend myself against the people who said I deserved it for using processed foods. I've been gloating privately all weekend that you w/ your unprocessed foods found an even bigger, scarier surprise. Darnit. Now it's just me & my cream of cr@p soup again. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraGB Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 BAWAAHHAAAHHHAAAAA!!!:smilielol5::smilielol5::smilielol5: Oh, BBB, I'm sorry, but that's...:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomsintheGarden Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Thank you - you made my day! I now feel that there is someone else in this world as gullible as I am! :001_smile: GardenMom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Oh, that is hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXMary2 Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Hahahaha! That is hilarious! I wouldn't have noticed either.....I get major heebie jeebies with bugs and never would have gotten close enough to take note. Don't feel bad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Love it!!! Maybe it wards off real bugs. :lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Oh, wait, I know! It's like the prize in the cereal box! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJB Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 I just got a message from Dragon Academy. (She had asked me to send it to her son for his 4H project - the package arrived today.) I think you can guess when I'm about to tell you. THE BUG WAS PLASTIC! It has "China" stamped on the bottom. Her son recognized right away that it wasn't real. He said that it should not be so shiny. So, either I was duped by some diabolical worker in a rice packing plant in either Thailand or China, or my DH or kids played a horrible joke on me. I can rule out the girls because I had knotted the bag tightly shut with a piece of ribbon so I know neither of the girls didn't do it. DH PROMISES he didn't do it either (I just called him at work to confirm). I promise you all: I DID NOT POST THIS AS A JOKE! And YES, I am THAT gullible, especially when it comes to bugs. I was so terrified of the thing that I never touched it with my hands. I used a large serving spoon to scoop it along with the rice into the Gladware container that I used to ship it. Additionally, I'm not an attention hound -- I really DON'T like attention, especially this kind. But I am scrupulously honest and would always think about the fake bug every time I came onto the Board, so I had to tell. So now I'm going to go sit in a corner and be embarrassed for a while. See you all later...it may be a few days before I'm back... :auto: This is great. This is a reason for you to post *more* not less. :grouphug::D:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Oh, wait, I know! It's like the prize in the cereal box! :lol::lol::lol: I feel so much better knowing that sucker wasn't real :001_smile:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 :lol::lol::lol: I feel so much better knowing that sucker wasn't real :001_smile:. Me too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 :lol: I am vastly relieved that wasn't real because I was seriously about to have rice "issues" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Me too! Speaking of feeling better about things---did you ever find out what was playing your piano when you weren't looking :D? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Governess Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 It only makes the story that much better. :D :lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmy Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 that is so, so, SO funny!!!!!!!!!!! No worries I don't think anyone thinks you did this as an attention getting ploy LOL - seriously who would think of it???? I agree with the above posters - I feel so much better knowing it wasn't real. The idea just freaked me out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny_Weatherwax Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Here's the culprit, displaying submissive posture to the Hive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Speaking of feeling better about things---did you ever find out what was playing your piano when you weren't looking :D? No, it eventually stopped on its own? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Too funny!!! :lol::lol::lol: Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommee & Baba Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Aww you poor thing!! I'd still be terrified even knowing it was fake..because well that's just a creepie heebie jeebie feeling I get over bugs and snakes..real or fake.... I don't think anyone is gonna think you did it for attention...unless you have a hive member that is your neighbor and heard the screeches :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jujsky Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 :lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikeBookBread Posted March 22, 2010 Author Share Posted March 22, 2010 Here's the culprit, displaying submissive posture to the Hive. Okay, I'm back. I couldn't stay away and not read the replies. It's kind of like reading something with one-eye closed...you're sort of reading it....until you realize all is going to be okay, and then you exhale a big sigh and realize it's going to be okay. Thanks for posting, DA. I guess I'm in laugh mode now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avila Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Oh please come back! We all need a good laugh sometimes, even if it has to be at ourselves. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Oh, that is hilarious. At least you won't have to wonder if it laid eggs...;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newlifemom Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 At least you won't have to wonder if it laid eggs...;) :lol: If you read Imp's thread then you won't have to worry. I'm the one who thought tin foil would make good pot holders to take cookies out of the oven. :D It's all good. Thanks for the laugh and interesting conversation it produced in my home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i.love.lucy Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 I can't wait to tell my husband! He's going to crack up! I hope it doesn't give him ideas... :lol::lol: :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remudamom Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 I love it, and I want to know where I can buy some of those bugs. Can you imagine the fun you could have with a handful of those things? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleWMN Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 I'm so relieved! We eat a LOT of rice! :D :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaMa2005 Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 So I've shared the first part of this story with DH. I just told him that there was something 'off' about the bug. His guess - It was still ALIVE after its arrival to The Dragon Academy. All of this is :lol:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Very funny! I'm glad, too, though, rice is one of the few normal foods I can still eat. My mom and Grandma used to trade back and forth a realistic plastic or rubber cockroach as a joke when they exchanged stuff. They both knew it was fake, but would scream every time, they would wait just long enough that you started to forgot a bit! My dad and Grandpa thought it was hilarious that they screamed at a fake bug every time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babysparkler Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 :lol::lol::lol: That made my day! I can totally see that happening to me :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer in MI Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 :lol::lol::lol::lol: I needed that laugh!!!! Thank you!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheBrink Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 **giggling** Remuda, I bet you could find those at Oriental Trading Post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariannNOVA Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 I just got a message from Dragon Academy. (She had asked me to send it to her son for his 4H project - the package arrived today.) I think you can guess when I'm about to tell you. THE BUG WAS PLASTIC! It has "China" stamped on the bottom. Her son recognized right away that it wasn't real. He said that it should not be so shiny. So, either I was duped by some diabolical worker in a rice packing plant in either Thailand or China, or my DH or kids played a horrible joke on me. I can rule out the girls because I had knotted the bag tightly shut with a piece of ribbon so I know neither of the girls didn't do it. DH PROMISES he didn't do it either (I just called him at work to confirm). I promise you all: I DID NOT POST THIS AS A JOKE! And YES, I am THAT gullible, especially when it comes to bugs. I was so terrified of the thing that I never touched it with my hands. I used a large serving spoon to scoop it along with the rice into the Gladware container that I used to ship it. Additionally, I'm not an attention hound -- I really DON'T like attention, especially this kind. But I am scrupulously honest and would always think about the fake bug every time I came onto the Board, so I had to tell. So now I'm going to go sit in a corner and be embarrassed for a while. See you all later...it may be a few days before I'm back... :auto: Oh, Stephanie! I am just so relieved for you that it wasn't a real bug......it wouldn't matter to me who had done such a mean thing as long as the bug wasn't real! THAT'S how much I HATE bugs (and reptiles, too). Honestly, I'd be so happy it was fake, I wouldn't give too hoots about anything else! I'd be celebrating! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mermaid Mama Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 TOO funny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCoppock Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 That is too funny. I was gagging when I read your first post. All I kept thinking was it was at the bottom of the bag and you had ate the rest. Then when someone wrote about eggs it made me even sicker. Yuck! I am so glad to hear it was only a plastic bug. DH and son both know I might kill them if they played that trick on me. I loathe bugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denisemomof4 Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 I just got a message from Dragon Academy. (She had asked me to send it to her son for his 4H project - the package arrived today.) I think you can guess when I'm about to tell you. THE BUG WAS PLASTIC! It has "China" stamped on the bottom. Her son recognized right away that it wasn't real. He said that it should not be so shiny. So, either I was duped by some diabolical worker in a rice packing plant in either Thailand or China, or my DH or kids played a horrible joke on me. I can rule out the girls because I had knotted the bag tightly shut with a piece of ribbon so I know neither of the girls didn't do it. DH PROMISES he didn't do it either (I just called him at work to confirm). I promise you all: I DID NOT POST THIS AS A JOKE! And YES, I am THAT gullible, especially when it comes to bugs. I was so terrified of the thing that I never touched it with my hands. I used a large serving spoon to scoop it along with the rice into the Gladware container that I used to ship it. Additionally, I'm not an attention hound -- I really DON'T like attention, especially this kind. But I am scrupulously honest and would always think about the fake bug every time I came onto the Board, so I had to tell. So now I'm going to go sit in a corner and be embarrassed for a while. See you all later...it may be a few days before I'm back... :auto: :smilielol5::smilielol5::smilielol5: I truly hope you weren't serious about staying away a few days. I've done so much worse than that. I can't believe how REAL that thing looked, but it didn't look like the pictures in the link of a rhino beetle. Oh, we could all share our stories of embarrassment if that would make you feel better. Gee, there are SO many, how do I choose which is the worst? :confused: :lol::lol::grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nd293 Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 (edited) Love it!!! Maybe it wards off real bugs. :lol::lol: Kind of like a scarecrow for smaller bugs? This thread was memorable the first time round - the extra twist makes it unforgettable! And I wouldn't have touched it or looked too closely either! ETA: Is there a date to say when the rice was bagged? Maybe it was April Fool's day. Ot the Chinese / Thai equivalent? Edited March 23, 2010 by nd293 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeefreak Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 :grouphug: OK, I can't help it! :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: I bet Dragon Academy got a kick out of that too. At least you brightened everyone's day! Did you throw out the rice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber in AUS Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 That is so funny! Don't feel bad :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny_Weatherwax Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 I bet Dragon Academy got a kick out of that too. At least you brightened everyone's day! I did! That little guy will become a favorite around here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 I can't wait to tell my husband! He's going to crack up! I hope it doesn't give him ideas... :lol::lol: :grouphug: Mine guessed! Not until the 4th try, but still. :glare: It would never have occurred to me in a MILLION years. It will now, though. I'll be hanging from the light fixture screaming in fear & from the burning sensation in my hands & all of a sudden, I'll wonder... and then I'll make my kids go look. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LG Gone Wild Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 That's an awesome story. Be proud that it is yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuirkyKapers Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 I just got finished reading the original thread and was totally grossed out....It made me shutter just to think of finding a huge bug in a bag of rice..... Than I went to your blog and saw the update and got a good laugh! That is just twisted and funny at the same time. Still eeww.... it very well could have been real......:D BikeBookBreadBug does have a nice cadence to it :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikeBookBread Posted March 23, 2010 Author Share Posted March 23, 2010 Did you throw out the rice? I did... :glare: :lol: :smilielol5: I am feeling much better about it this morning. I'm actually smiling about it now. I know this story is going to go down in infamy in my household...along with my other WORSE EVER story which I may or may not post in the "most gullible" thread. My DH is pretty serious guy (hard not to be in his line of work -- he sees a lot of yucky stuff). He actually snickered quite a bit. BikeBookBreadBUG - does have a nice ring...but I'm not changing my screen name AGAIN! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puma Mom Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 If this had happened to me, I would have been SO happy that it was not a real beetle that I wouldn't have cared that I had been fooled. I'd much rather be embarrassed than nauseous. And scared of rice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhM Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 You know, I wouldn't have gotten close enough to it to discover it wasn't real. I can definitely understand how you could have been fooled! Now the mystery of why it was there is interesting. Wonder if it's a gimmick of that particular brand? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeefreak Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 I did... :glare: :lol: :smilielol5: :lol: Better to be safe than sorry!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuirkyKapers Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 True, changing your screen name again probably isn't ideal. How about your blog title?:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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