Conference back40::soapbox

    
    
    Poison in the Canadian beer???
    

    Just curious... are toads experiencing the same decline?  Does the UV
    exposure on their skin have as much effect?
    
    I seem to recall that there was a concern in Australia about 5 years
    ago that there was an over-abundance of Cane Toads.

    
    Hmmmm... should witches be concerned then???
    

RE: 661.2 by TROOA::BUTKOVICH "g'day mate, eh"

> are toads experiencing the same decline?

Amphibians,  including frogs and toads,  are generally declining.


> Does the UV exposure on their skin have as much effect?

Didn't read,  did you?  UV is the known cause of the decline of exactly one
species.  Might be the cause of some others,  but not most others.

While this is a general decline,  some species of amphibians are holding
their own or increasing.  Some species (like desert frogs) vary too much to
say one way or the other.  I don't know anything about cane toads.


Phil

    The cane toads were introduced to control bugs and having no natural
    enemies, the population went out of control.  They secrete a
    powerful toxin that can make humans or pets very sick.  Good example of
    what can happen when you mess with Gaia.

    How about habitat destruction as another contributing factor?  The
    farmlands with ponds and pothole that are being turned into housing
    developments, etc.  In the mountain and southwest there are toads that
    depend on temporary bodies of water to reproduce.  I am seeing fewer
    and fewer of those temporary bodies of water that used to be around,
    the short-grass prairie here has given way to miles of tract homes,
    bluegrass(ick) and pavement.  Not to mention the numbers of adult frogs
    killed when they are dug up.
    
    Another contributing factor, pesticide useage on and near ponds and
    waterways.  Along with making more resistant bugs, amphibians eat same. 
    Could it be that they are suffering the plight that raptors did in the
    60's and early 70's?
    
    meg

    <-  True.  This is what happened to the Natterjack toad, native of
    Britain.  The toads migrate en masse to the nearest pond and
    get squashed in their thousands on highways.
    
    Conservationists established toad road crossings to enable
    the toads to get to whatever ponds were still available.
    
    Colin 

Any relation to Nattering Jack Martin?

    
    my guess is they are winding up in chef's kitchen's as an appetizer,
    filet of frog, and my favorite, frog legs.

    Frogs legs taste just like alligator. Top Notch, as Mr Cook would say.

  i've had frog's legs.  all my life.

    
    It's amazing how they can attach themselves to Bud trucks.
    
    
    

    From what I hear from Andy, you have anything BUT frogLegs!

    
    .11
    
    agagagagaggag

    How does Andy know Di's legs don't taste like chicken?  

    > From what I hear from Andy, you have anything BUT frogLegs!
    
    Did he take her to a hop?

  hmm.  i didn't think i would end up regretting that entry i made,
  but i'm starting to. ;>

RE: 661.6 by CSC32::M_EVANS "cuddly as a cactus"

> How about habitat destruction as another contributing factor?  Another
> contributing factor, pesticide useage on and near ponds and waterways.

Sure to both,  some places.  But even in remote areas without land use
changes or significant pesticide usage seem to have a declining populations.


Phil

    <husky frog accent> Non, no regrets...

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    hmmmm, nice legs.

  another mystery solved.  Ron's confused.  Andy's never seen
  my legs.  he meant 'tine.  phew.

    
    .22
    
    yeahbut, has Andy ever seen you in spandex??? hmmmmm

    
    re: .22
    
    >another mystery solved.  Ron's confused.  Andy's never seen
    >my legs.  he meant 'tine.  phew.
    
    'scuse me????
    
    Were those stumps you were walking on, on the occasions I did see you??
    

   i don't do spandex, so most definitely not.

    
>    Were those stumps you were walking on, on the occasions I did see you??

  ;>  no, but i was in pants.  you know.  you can't tell very much from that.
    

    
    	Oh, but you can if the pants are skin-tight.
    

WIKTF?  Frog leg poachers?? I know I like em.   :)

    Andy:
    shes tryiiing to geta leg up on ya

      I think its that halucinogen???

At my grandfathers place a while ago there were always a few leopard frogs
around.  Was a fairly good place for frogs, a rural wet area on a river.
One year there was a real population explosion, frogs EVERYWHERE.  Walk
anywhere near bushes, tall grass, wood pile, rocks, any place that could
be a hiding place and frogs would jump out of your way to their safety.
The roads had lots of frog roadkill.  Ever since that year there has been
hardly any frogs around.  Weird.

    same thing happened in cottage country in the Laurentides. The roads
    were covered with frogs leaping for their lives, and some committing
    suicide I fear.

 .33 this phenomenon occurs every four years, on Feb. 29th.
     i think.

re .33:

Where are the Laurentides?  This may be the same thing since the place I
mentioned is on the St. Lawrence River.

    
    well, you all believe what you want. I think the trilateral commission
    is behind this frog napping, and frankly it's driving up the price
    of frog leg's.

                     
    they're using frog juice in the LCD of the HN Ultra

    <- You am fibbin'

    
    >well, you all believe what you want. I think the trilateral commission
    >is behind this frog napping
    
    
    	I support it as well, especially if the extra rest makes it easier
    	for the frog to spend its day productively.
    

    tHat's why they're So translucent

  toadal nonsense

    That's why we're able to hoP past the competiTion!

This is a clear cut case of reptilianism!

    dO u want your HN in a Froggy GReen?

    I blame newt and his toadies.

    The Laurentides are north of the fleuve St. Laurent and La Rivi�re Des
    Outaouais.
    
    Madman, was this like in the early 80's?

    The frogs are being assassinated by the Trilateral Commission.

re .46:

Late 70s early 80s, somewhere around then.  Don't remember any closer.

    Must be the same one. It was something else wasn't it? I think it was
    81.

    I'm new to notes. this is actually my first.I think we should
    forget about these frogs and have a welcome aboard party for
    me.
    
    
                                  Madhatta

   cslall?  that's dascomb.  must be a loony tune, then.

    
    Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzztttt!!!
    
    Do not pass GO.. do not collect $200
    
    Go to note 19 and introduce yourself properly. A real name will do for
    starters...
    

    ok. I told ya I'm new!! You could be a little cordial you know.
    I'll check out note 19. Sorry I breached the soapbox procedures.
    
    
    
                                    regards, 
    
    
                                        Madhatta
    

    
    
    >You could be a little cordial you know.
    
    
    I prefer Vodka... Smirnoff Blue Label (100 proof)

    .53  that's what they _all_ say.

    |Smirnoff Blue Label (100 proof)
                         ^^^^^^^^^^^
    
    Yowza!

    
    >Yowza!
    
    Indeed!!!
    
    But.... smooth as a baby's bottom...
    

    I'm in note 19 now, but there's nothing there that I couldn't have
    told you here. If I'm crashing some exclusive party, tell me and I'll
    go hang out in the ARTS topic or something.  But I feel I can say
    some worthwhile things occassionally and if you're as open minded
    as you present yourselves in the soapbox topics regarding racism
    and sexism and all the other ism's, you'll let me hang out.
    
    					Madhatta

    {rushes to cover Jack Martin's eyes}

    
    >ok. I told ya I'm new!! You could be a little cordial you know.
    >I'll check out note 19. Sorry I breached the soapbox procedures.
    
    
    	Had anyone in here attempted a little cordiality, THEY would
    	have breached SOAPBOX procedures/protocol.
    

    I didn't know,I tell you!!! I've apologized and tried to rectify my
    mistake!!! Just give me another chance!!!
    
    				Madhatta

    
    	Ahhh, don't worry about it.
    
    	Stick around and join in on the fun.
    

    There will be no rectumfying anything here!

    Scott Kimbel... is that you?!?!

    Thanx. I hope to provide some insight of my own, which is pretty 
    unique as far as I can tell.
    

    zz  	test
    
    
    	Test? it's not a urine test, is it?

    
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    re.69
    
     So can the madhatta!!!!

    If it makes anybody feel better, I just read note 233 on what makes a
    good boxer.
    

    
    	Whew.  Sleep WILL come easily to me tonight.
    

           HEY, get back to the subject! What's the deal with the frogs? 
    Every time people in this conference start on something, they end up
    rambling on and sending useless notes back and forth. Tell that
    "MAD"-whatever clown to go to the FRIENDS conference if he likes 
    noting about stupid irrelevant *&$#. Some of us came here to learn
    about frogs. 
    
    
    
    

    I'm sorry. We were talking about frogs. Well, they're croaking.
    
    
    
    
    							tee-hee-hee
    	
    
    							MAD-whatever clown

	Ed's rearing his ugly head again!

           What is this about frogs, and who gives a dam?

re .49:

Now that I think of it I think it was earlier than '81, more like '75 or so. I
wasn't that old at the time. Could be two such biblical plagues, or maybe it
took the swarm of frogs a few years to move down the river.

Regardless, it was pretty weird...

         Why is it that every time I get involved in a conference you
    people have to insult me? I only wanted to learn more about the frog
    problem, and I thought you losers would have enough spare time to give
    me some information. I can't even try to be serious without being
    ridiculed. You net-thugs have gone too far. This is pure harrassment.
    

    On the contrary, I think there's a lot of good frog info up until
    .30 or so. I learned some things.
    
    				Madhatta

    huh?

              eh?
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         Nice frog. Try making some more animals; I want to see somebody
    make a giraffe.

    re .82
    
    I want to see somebody make a giraffe.
    
    I don't even think boxers are that demented, or at least you couldn't
    afford the price of a front row seat.
    
    meg

    I think this E_WALKER person is yanking our chains.  Who is insulting
    you and who is ridiculing you?  Are you paranoid or something?
    
    I can't draw those ASCII critters very well, but even if I could, I
    wouldn't draw you a giraffe cuz you wouldn't appreciate it. 
    
    8P

>    I think this E_WALKER person is yanking our chains.

He's been spotted in several other conferences spouting the same tired old 
crap.  Must be an AOL user.

Chris.

    Another useful thing about frogs is that they can regenerate nerves.
    I think it was Galvani who first connected a frog's leg to an early form of
    lead acid battery, making the muscles contract.  Whoever it was, he
    proved that nerves worked by electrical forces.  (I believe the
    experiment was the inspiration for Mary Shelley to write Frankenstein.)
    
    Since then, frogs have been very useful to neurologists in working out
    how nerves function and grow.  One of the best experiments I've read of
    was the work done on visual perception.  In the paper "What the Frog's
    Eye Tells the Frog's Brain", the experimenter disconnected the frog's
    eyes and reconnected them upside-down.  fascinating stuff, and you can
    always dine on your subjects when the experiments are done.
    
    Frogs are truly useful creatues.
    
    Colin
    
     

http://osprey.erin.gov.au:80/projects/frogs/frogs.html
http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/sjl/froggy.html

    
    this new security person reminds me of Teekama, and or kimball scott,
    either way it is not complimentary.

    
    	::WALKER, if you've come here to learn something ... anything,
    	for that matter, you've come to the wrong place.
    
    	I'd suggest checking out the WWW sites that were posted a few
    	replies ago.  Use LYNX if you don't have Mosaic/Netscape cap-
    	abilities.
    

    As far as being insulted goes, I wasn't the first to hurl an insult.
    being referred to as the Mad-whatever clown certainly wasn't
    complimentary.
    
    	as far as reminding anybody of somebody you didn't like, it would
    be a pretty  boring conference if everybody agreed.
    
    					Dave
    

    water snakes
    beer trucks
    kids with bb guns

    
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    	If that was a beef pun, it was a very bad 1.
    

    
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    -1 looks like a nose hit.

    
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    I think what's killing the frogs is dog $#!+. At least, that's
    my guess having been to Paris.
    
    -b

    
    Country dropper.
       

    
    >Country dropper
    
    is that anything like a manure spreader???
    

I may have mentioned this before, but...  In Budapest, they have dog toilets.
On the sidewalk near the gutter is a painted silhouette of a dog and the
letters "WC."  In the gutter is a little grate.

    In Hungary you have to grate it?
    
    Bluuuuuuuuuuuuuurgh!

Only if you're hungry.

    Whats killing frogs? Allota cars?:)

                          
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    I hate grating doggy doo more than anything, I think.

    
    Velvet, I'm starting to worry about you.
    

    
    	Tom, that's the ugliest llama I've ever seen.
    

    
      llama?  I thought is was a giraffe! I also thought it was a pretty
    ugly giraffe at that!

Llama, giraffe, who gives a damn? I think it booteeful!!

    Did you draw that especially for E_WALKER?

    A m��se once bit my sister.

Where?

    
    	Nashua, probably.
    

Moose in Nashua????

    Figures that Dick would have studied the opening credits to Holy Grail.

    8^)

    <--- That's one of the best parts!

  How true!

  How wonderfully true!

  How wonderfully , bubblingly , frothingly , burstingly true!

  What a truly ecstasy inducingly correct observation!
    

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     What's That in the Fruit Salad?
    by Dave Barry
    December 17, 1995
    from the Boston Sunday Globe
    reprinted without permission
    
      It is getting worse.  When I say "it," I am referring to the world
    wide epidemic of frogs showing up in food, which I documented in a
    recent column describing two worldwide incidents, one involving a frog
    baked onto a pretzel and the other involving a frog in a frozen chicken
    Cantonese dinner.  When I say "is getting worse," I am referring to a
    shocking new development that occurred in California, according to a
    story in the Orange County Register, written by Lori Basheda and sent
    in by many alert readers. The article states that on November 5, a man
    named Patrick McGowan and his family were eating at a chain restaurant
    called El Torito. McGowan had ordered the No. 7 combo and noticed that
    the taco "was chewier than it ought to be." So he spit it out, "and
    there was a frog," McGowan is quoted as saying. "I couldn't believe it.
    I bit the damn head off."
       The McGowans said they asked for a manager, but nobody showed up, so
    Marlaina McGowan started walking around informing the other diners: "I
    wouldn't eat here. There's frogs in the food." A manager then appeared
    and, after a "tug of war" with the McGowans, wound up taking the frog
    away. The McGowans demanded custody of the frog, but the restaurant
    refused to surrender it. "We want to have it checked for diseases,"
    Marlaina McGowan is quoted as saying. "We called our doctor, and he
    said, 'Get the frog."'
       If you know anything at all about the United States of America, then
    you know what happened next; namely, lawyers materialized. According to
    Basheda's follow-up story, the McGowans' attorney sent El Torito a
    letter stating: "The frog pieces will be crucial evidence if this
    matter proceeds to litigation. You are advised to maintain custody of
    the frog and ensure that it is not lost, altered, or destroyed in any
    manner."
       An El Torito company spokesperson told the Register: "We're not
    commenting on the location of the frog. It is undergoing testing at a
    reputable independent lab."
       As of this writing, we do not know the results of the testing. But
    we do know that we now have documented cases of frogs showing up in all
    three major food groups: (1) the restaurant group; (2) the frozen-food
    group; and (3) the pretzel group. Only an idiot would believe this is
    coincidence. This is clearly a case of frogs, acting in concert,
    infiltrating our food supply. And if you are not alarmed about this,
    then you obviously have never had a friend or loved one expire from a
    frog-transmitted disease.
       How can you, the consumer, protect yourself? You can be very
    suspicious, especially if you're eating at a swank restaurant operated
    by French people, who are known to deliberately put frogs, and
    sometimes even *snails*, into food, then disguise them with so-called
    French names such as "*escargot", which means, literally, "They are
    paying to eat this! Ha ha!" When ordering at such a restaurant, make
    sure you ask your waiter probing questions about the menu: "Pierre,
    this so-called *fromage* - any frogs in that?" When your food arrives,
    examine it closely by flashlight and do not hesitate to take
    precautions: "Hey, Pierre. How about *you* take the first bite of these
    so-called legumes?"
       When preparing your own food at home, be sure to check the list of
    ingredients carefully - and not just for frogs. I say this because
    recently an alert reader named Gary Osburn sent me a food product that
    he had purchased in Singapore. It is called- I am not making this up -
    Thick Soup of Snake.
       The information on the Thick Soup of Snake box is printed in both
    Chinese and a language that is sort of, but not quite, English. For
    example, the box states that in addition to "snake meat," the
    ingredients include "hot perfume" and "special doing first-class soup
    material."
       In an act of unselfish journalistic courage for which I should get,
    at minimum, a Nobel Prize, I actually made Thick Soup of Snake, with
    the help of my son, Rob. This was not easy, because the directions (or,
    as the box calls them, the "food of way") include such statements as:
    "Allocate the materials becoming starch shape with the a little cold
    water," and "you will get a pot of heavy fragrance."
       I'll say we did. I do not believe I have ever experienced a
    fragrance that heavy outside of an unserviced portable toilet. "What
    would it take to get you to eat this?" I asked Rob.
       "A new car," he said.
       But I was determined to try it. I got a spoonful of Thick Soup of
    Snake and brought it to my lips. "I'm going to throw up," I told Rob.
       "No, you won't," he said, helpfully. "Just forget it's snake."
       I finally ate a little bit, and so did Rob, and we agreed that -
    once you get past the fact that it smells disgusting and looks terrible
    - it is truly awful. I honestly think I would prefer frog.
       But the point is that we're having an epidemic, and until it's over,
    you should be very careful about what you eat. You should consume only
    those foods that it would be difficult for reptiles or amphibians to
    hide in. Probably your safest bet is to eat nothing but M&M's. And even
    then, you should steer clear of the green ones.

                 Actually, *all* giraffes are ugly.

    
    	RE: .127
    
    	Hey, who is that masked man??
    
    	And why'd he give Glen such a hard time about a posting a goodbye
    	when he could've done it himself?
    
    	8^)
    

	groan...... 

    	Reactivated for the next 3 days.
    
    	Will post something better than the last one with this 
    	opportunity.
    
    	End of rathole (frog hole?) to this topic.

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What's Frog for `piss'?

Chris.

    
    	So a Frenchman sounds like Gump when communication the fact that
    	he has to use the toilet?
    
    	"I gotta pay".
    

    personally, i think it's Miss Piggy. this may belong in the Conspiracy
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Smart, though.

    Yes, got quite a jump on this political stuff.

	He's not so smart. He eats flies, but yet Clinton lives!

Time's fun when you're having flies.

    There ain't no flies on us
    Ain't no flies on us
    There might be flies on some of *you* guys
    But there ain't no flies on us

    {sigh}
    
    I guess no one wanted to take my pun-bait...

    time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

>    fruit flies like a banana.

Is this a gay thing or something?

    .149
    
    Methinks the reference was to Drosophila melanogaster, TTom.

Thanks.

All these coming and goings get me confused about what the hail we're
even talking about...

    |All these coming and goings get me confused
    
    oh, remember madelaine kahn in 'blazing saddles'?
    
    zey keep coming and going and coming and going!

    
    > zey keep coming and going and going and coming!
    
    ...and always too soon.  :)

    of playing zee game...

    
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    	That is the 2nd worst giraffe I've ever seen.
    

    
    
    Looks more like le brontosaur

    Aw, he's cute!

    Cute in a paranoid sort of way.

    Still cute, especially the shape of his head.

    
    He's got a pointy nose!
    

    Yeah, but if you take away the ears, it looks like a......um,
    nevermind.  8)

    >    Yeah, but if you take away the ears, it looks like a......um,
    
    Yes? What does it look like?
    
    	{giggle giggle}

    
    A tab?
    

	I'd prefer diet coke

    No, actually a genuine Apache Indian arrowhead artifact comes to mind.
    
    Gawd, you people and your dirty minds!!

    8^)

  	>That is the 2nd worst giraffe I've ever seen.
  

    HEY!!    :)

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    I see you been in some sort of scrap. Where did you get that shiner?

It's a red eye (in black and white) from rubbing with the back of hoof.

    How much is a hoof of red eye in fingers?

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    .172   Good think he didn't put hoof in mouth!

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    Oh, that's good!
    

    I hereby proclaim:
    
    Binder gives the best giraffe on the planet.
    
    

    Giraffe drawn with ASCIIPaint 1.0 on a Macintosh LC 475.

    Pretty cool.

                          
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    > ASCIIPaint
    
    how do you paint an ASCII?
    
    what colors?

    
    	Binder, that's the best ASCII giraffe I've ever seen.
    
    	Of course, it's also the 3rd worst ASCII giraffe I've ever
    	seen.
    
    
    	RE: a few back
    
    	Sorry, Tom ... but you had to expect that.  8^)
    

    .182
    
    > how do you paint an ASCII?
    
    You get the monkey to look north and hold very still.  Then you walk
    around to his south end.

	I live in the south end in boston

    Do you know of anyone who blew moon?

    >     Do you know of anyone who blew moon?
    
    no, but I knew a guy who blew a faht once..
    
    does that count?

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| Do you know of anyone who blew moon?

	Maddy Hayes

    
       wouldn't that be moon with a capital M?

    
    	Yeah, and blew with a "Blue".
    

    
       the Blue Moon,,,,, of course!!!!!

    
    	Took you long enough.  8^)
    

    Ah yes, the Blue Moon, Tyngsboro's finest strip club...

    I absolutely detest strip clubs.

    What about the Tyngsboro Ballet?

    >     What about the Tyngsboro Ballet?
    
    s'OK, we have the Denver Center for the Performing Arts...
    
    So I'm told..

    Never been to the Tyngsboro Ballet. I'm not real big on strip clubs.
    It gets old fast. The Blue Moon isn't bad, if you can look past the
    $5.00 drafts.
    
    				lunchbox

    Blue Moon is *ok* -- Lamplighter II, now there's a sleezy strip joint!

    Sounds like the Bare Hair here in big D.  8P
    
    Very classy place.

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    > The Blue Moon isn't bad, if you can look past the $5.00 drafts.
    
    yeah, I'll be the $5.00 ARE pretty drafty..
    
    

    > ...sleezy strip joint!
    
    Brought to you from the office of redundancy office. 

    -1
    
    nnttm  8^)
    
    Actually, some are quite nice, like the Doll House in Myrtle Beach!

    Interestingly enough, there was a documentary on HBO the other night
    that spotlighted workers in the sex industry.  Quite enlightening
    actually.  Brings to mind the question, who's exploiting who?

     Interestingly enough, there was a documentary on HBO the other night
    that spotlighted workers in the sex industry.  Quite enlightening
     actually.  Brings to mind the question, who's exploiting who?
    
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    gotta call that a mutual admiration society.. (the audiences admire the
    hardware, the 'workers' admire Ben Franklin's pitcher on the $50 bill
    (I think it's Ben on the $50??)
    
    another question (possibly TTWA):
    
    You're Korean. You work in a factory that makes 'adult toys'.
    you come home from work after assembling ?whatever it is that you make?
    
    "Hi honey, how was your day?"
    
    "Daddy/Mommy, what do you at work?"

    
    >"Hi honey, how was your day?"
    
    	It bit the big one.
    

    re .205
    
    Nope, Ben is on the C-Note (100.00 bill)
    I think U. Grant (NOT Hugh Grant!) is on the 50.00.
    I could be wrong though, been so long since I have seen either 8-(
    
    BS

    
    
    
    .205
    
    
    and I only wonder what goes through their heads when they assemble
    Teenage Mutant Turtles, Gak , insert latest childrens toy.
    

    What is killing the frogs?
    
    Guns. 

    
    Cars.

    Hungry people 
    
    
    
    
    S:*)