Comments on: A Plague of Locusts Descends Upon the Holy Land, Just in Time for Passover

By: Stan

Stan — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:43:45 +0000

What about a radiant energy weapon? Cook ‘em on the wing, ready-to-eat as they fall. A good way to test terahertz laser weapons. Or microwave.

By: DANIEL JAMES FREBURG

DANIEL JAMES FREBURG — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 05:16:58 +0000

Very interesting report – I wondered and wanted to learn about biblical plaques and phenomenon. Your report is very educational and easily read and understood.
~ very good job!

D.J.F.

By: David Lloyd-Jones

David Lloyd-Jones — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 21:29:35 +0000

Locusts are of course edible, indeed they’re a high protein nosh. Small problem: they’re not kosher.

A rabbi back in the early days solved this problem by ruling that locusts were indeed kosher if the wrinkles on their stomachs spelled out the word “truth,” “emet” in Hebrew.

The good news is that “emet” is pretty much a bunch of slightly bent up-and-down lines, so pretty much any bunch of wrinkles on a bug’s tum will be as clear and legible as a Circle-O hecksher kosher symbol.

-dlj.

By: Louise

Louise — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 18:20:43 +0000

Another thing — why not import the seagulls that saved the Mormons in Utah?

By: Louise

Louise — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 18:15:36 +0000

If you mean from good to bad, it’s Dr. Jekyll to Mr. Hyde, not the other way around. Also, you should have said “the Israelis have SMITTEN the swarm.” Smithsonian needs a copy editor.

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 16:56:10 +0000

I’d try it….heck, John the Baptist ate the little suckers…must have used a little wild honey, though….