B.C. by Mastroianni and Hart for April 29, 2023

Army ants

So you know which anthills to hold. And which ones to fold and walk away from. You might write a country and western song about that.

Wonder if that turret can rotate. So it can cover all approach angles.

Lesson learned Putin? It’s been a big ouch so far!

Exactly what happened to the Maginot Line in ‘39-’40…..

The Maginot Line of Antdom. It’s pointing the wrong way.

Smart move. Hopefully, Putin will realize the cost is too great for the prize, too. That’s assuming he’s not completely crazy.

Looks like a pill box. Actually, a pill box is what we used to call roly-poly bugs when I was a kid. At lease the kids I hung out with did. Sort of an odd sequitur there, but here we are.

Discretion is the better part of valor.

That’s a well-defended anthill.

He needs to find a mortar and learn how to use it. It may be a gun emplacement, but it’s built on sand.

The sargeANT, lieutenANT, and adjutANT general are all accounted for.

Its those ants delivering messages to the other anthills that have to be careful. They don’t want a repeat of Gallipoli

Russia didn’t.

I had an anthill in my front yard. It got large (for where I live) and I tossed in some small pellets of ant poison. I checked a few days later and they had thrown out all the pellets. I gave up. Further attempts to dig them out, etc, didn’t work, either. I left that house years ago and I expect the ants are still there somewhere. The people who bought the house had all the professional landscaping that I maintained and updated on my own for many years ripped out and put nothing in to replace it. It’s just grass yard going right up to brick house. I am not sure if they left a place for the ants, but I am sure they didn’t give up. Maybe they moved inside.

♬ When I can tell at sight a Mauser rifle from a javelin,… ♬ … sorry, G&S flashback there

Baa, sit atop the gun, hang on tight, and let your tongue do the rest to fill your tummy with formic.

Looks like he’s not up for a challenge. Yip yip yip yip yip

From the movie " The Ant That Roared"…

it’s a Maignot line – come in from the other way quick

Milit-ants!

The Roman dictum comes to mind, Si vis pacem, parabellum. If you want peace, prepare for war

Pretty solid hint.

That explains that Argyle Sweater with the ant that had the heads mounted on its wall — anteaters, an aardvark, a bird and a frog.