A Tribute
US President George Bush, Vice-President Dick Cheney and Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld were all named after three new species of beetles last week by two American scientists. Seems like a nice thing to do for your leaders. But these were slime mold beetles! Gross things I’m sure! Hahaha! They named them Agathidium bushi, Agathidium cheneyi and Agathidium rumsfeldi.
Although it looks like they were mocking them, they were actually honoring them. Very weird.
Other names for the other 62 new beetle species included the Greek words for “ugly” and “having prominent teeth”, Darth Vader, and the scientists’ wives!
If my husband names an ugly mold-eating beetle after me, I’d be ticked off!
April 24th, 2005 at 8:30 am
Congrats on the new template
Looks good
April 24th, 2005 at 2:22 pm
thx
the other one looked too gloomy.. i like this one. looks clean
April 24th, 2005 at 5:57 pm
April 24th, 2005 at 6:36 pm
7ada..
April 25th, 2005 at 2:29 am
As Shakespeare said: “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” So whatever anyone names this trio from hell - George B, Cheney and Rumsfeld - they would still stink to high heaven!
April 25th, 2005 at 2:36 am
if they named a new species of beetles after you, you’d be ticked off?
what if they named a new species of tics after you? Then you’ll be beetled off?!
ha ha ha ha *e7im*
/me hides under the table
April 25th, 2005 at 2:37 am
HAHA! 7ilwa minik ;p
April 25th, 2005 at 2:39 am
Shorof, i think these scientists were subconciously mocking these dudes.. afterall, they are stink mold beetles!! haha..