The Continuing Adventures of Tim (Supermantis) - Page 15

rogerwells · #**351** 08/24/2005, 09:03 PM

what kind of crab is that? and where did you get it from?

Scalare102079 · #**352** 08/24/2005, 09:23 PM

DM, you can charge advertising space as well.... i though i doubt you could get the $$$ the superbowl gets, but you could televise it as the Fishbowl.

Herbert T. Kornfeld · #**353** 08/24/2005, 10:29 PM

Nah..."Tim's Thunderdome"...Tim, ruler of the tankland.

DensityMan · #**354** 08/24/2005, 11:20 PM

This whole train of threads has made Tim nostalgic. Hence the retelling of his dinner with the snail trio below...

Snails at the door, so of course, I knock. It seems backwards to you?... that is because you do not have the enbiggened brain like I are having.

Their spokessnail enters while the other two seem a bit nervous and hide out under a rock. This behaviour is rude to me. I make note of where they hide with my superior vision and do not let them know I sees them move under my favorite sopt for short-time roommates...

Nostalgia makes me hungry. Hungry makes me condense story time for non-enbiggened-brained meatbags. I call this move "the handshake."

After I close the 'door' by moving the weightstone out of the clear-annoying-shield-box I 'meet' the rest of the trio...

The end...

*BURP*

Have to go ready the "guestroom" again now...

Herbert T. Kornfeld · #**355** 08/25/2005, 01:18 AM

Just remember Tim, your next roomie could always be an octopus...

Wocka · #**356** 08/25/2005, 05:26 AM

hahahhaa an octopus! ya tim would get owned by one.

ejls · #**357** 08/25/2005, 06:02 AM

I was just in my LFS and they've got a red hermit crab in. It must be 10+" across and currently using a piece of plastic piping as a "shell". THe first thing I thought was TIM!!!!!

If you were on this side of the pond it would almost have been worth the Â£20 to see what would have happened!

Love the thread by the way!

Ed

DensityMan · #**358** 08/25/2005, 12:45 PM

If we could find a tiny (same mass as Tim) octopus I might (might) try that out; he's gotten much more adept at capturing prey. Otherwise I defer to the octopus as having the advantage by size alone (and hunting specialization).

The 10" hermit crab I'll pass on trying though. I still suspect a hermit-meal of taking his redundant sensory receptor (that's an eye to you and me, Russ). /shiver

Tim's even been psyching himself up to bigger prey items though. Just this week he has repeatedly attacked the filter intake and the cleaning magnet.

My boy...

mikehulen · #**359** 08/25/2005, 03:25 PM

Bigger you said? Here's the guy that is currently sharing space with 2 of my N. Wennerae's in the refugium.

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Florida stone crab, about 3 inches across now after molting Saturday night. Came in on my first shipment of TBS rock and was only 1/2 diameter in April.

He's a mean sucker too.

BrianPlankis · #**360** 08/25/2005, 03:39 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by mikehulen
Bigger you said? Here's the guy that is currently sharing space with 2 of my N. Wennerae's in the refugium.

Florida stone crab, about 3 inches across now after molting Saturday night. Came in on my first shipment of TBS rock and was only 1/2 diameter in April.

He's a mean sucker too.

Heck, that crab scares me, Tim is probably wetting his tank

DensityMan · #**361** 08/25/2005, 04:33 PM

Nonsense!... Tim could totally take that guy out (now).

Herbert T. Kornfeld · #**362** 08/25/2005, 10:36 PM

I dont know...Tim might loose something else in that fight...something else that wouldnt grow back.

graphixx22 · #**363** 08/30/2005, 11:59 AM

I have got to say I have spent the past 2 days reading this entire thread and I have enjoyed the heck out of it. Tim if you can hear me I think the world is a safer and better place with you in it. I sleep better knowing that Tim the super mantis watches over us all. Keep up the good work my friend.

Herbert T. Kornfeld · #**364** 08/30/2005, 12:54 PM

Watching over us like a fat man overlooks his his steak on the grill...

DensityMan · #**365** 08/30/2005, 03:17 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by graphixx22
I have got to say I have spent the past 2 days reading this entire thread and I have enjoyed the heck out of it. Tim if you can hear me I think the world is a safer and better place with you in it. I sleep better knowing that Tim the super mantis watches over us all. Keep up the good work my friend.

Tim replies:

"Hi tasty-looking meat-bag... uh... I mean new friend."

*Tim eyes Herbert suspiciously... perhaps he suspects too much of Tim's true motivations...*

graphixx22 · #**366** 08/30/2005, 06:20 PM

blessed be to me to be on the "good list" Tim you have given me and I would guess all the others who follow the astonishing tales of the super mantis a little shine of light in an otherwise dull and drab world and for this I thank you

, I can only hope that my peacock will one day aspire to such greatness as you, yourself have achieved

Herbert T. Kornfeld · #**367** 08/30/2005, 09:21 PM

Just so you know...Tim's "Good List" is remarkably similar to his "Tasty List".

maxxII · #**368** 08/31/2005, 01:50 AM

Ya sure its not a "Good and Tasty" list?

Nick

Herbert T. Kornfeld · #**369** 08/31/2005, 01:56 AM

I wonder how a pistol shrimp would fare with Tim...

Wryknow · #**370** 09/01/2005, 01:52 PM

Very nicely with some fava beans and a nice chianti :-)

rogerwells · #**371** 09/03/2005, 01:10 AM

NICE call

Engine 7 · #**372** 09/04/2005, 09:36 PM

hehe

Scalare102079 · #**373** 09/05/2005, 01:20 PM

"I'm having an old friend for dinner."

Treevore · #**374** 09/05/2005, 04:02 PM

The only way Tim could ever be more badass or cool would be if he had a patch for his missing eye.

This is just about the best thread I have ever read, thanks Density and Tim!

graphixx22 · #**375** 09/05/2005, 07:03 PM

So destiny, today is labor day did Tim take the day off from ridding the world of ninja crabs??? Or is a super mantis allways vigil in the ways of goodness and the fine dining????