I think they should get the BNP do something about this 'foreign invasion'.

Screw you termites, and screw you pine beetles.

Britain... tis a silly place.

I wonder if I can come in and use your phone, my car broke down and....is that oak? (new window)

It has an ottoman

stirfrybry: It has an ottoman

are we......dipping skinny?

The article is a whole lot funnier if you substitute "Jews" for "termites" and "pogrom" for "programme."

Well the problem with Scotland is that is full of Scots. Or have we moved passed that already?

They will greet us as ant-eaters...

Almost eradicate all termites from your country for £190,000? Seems pretty cheap.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s1MspmfEwg

Duh.

Korovyov: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s1MspmfEwg

Duh.

it's the only way to make sure.

Based on the description they are subterranean termites, possibly formosans(which are farking hard as hell to totally eradicate but they're generally not found that far north). Subs have enormous colonies(easily in the millions) and are hard to kill because you have to wait for them to take the bait because they live in the ground. Bait stations, which is what they're using, are pretty ineffective and don't even have poison in them until they get a hit, so you have to hope they come back for more.

Here in CA, we just trench around the foundation and drill in to the foundation on a grid with Termidor, essentially creating a barrier. If they hit it, they bring it to the colony and wipe out most of the colony, and as a bonus it has a 10 year residual, which is pretty damn good. Bait stations are still sold for people that are afraid of Termidor, but they're double the price to install and require monthly maintenance to boot(which is a recurring charge). Termidor is a lot more effective in wiping out a colony than an IGR as well since it leaves the insect alive long enough for it to bring it back to the colony, and it's kind of an interesting death since the insect dies by brain overload rather than just prohibiting it from reproducing.

By the way:

Hey 2xhelix:
What in the holy fark is going on in that picture? How did this picture come to be? How did this pic come to be in your possession? I, myself, have googled some strange things in my life but "passed-out ardvarkian sweater-rape" pictures are not in my ballpark. They are not even in the same barnyard. What sort of sadist encloses wild animals for the sole purpose of outlawed crochet practicing? Who in the fark even made those...coverings?

WHO IN THE HELL KNITTED THE farkING BUTTERFLY HEART THINGY?!?!?!

WHAT MADMAN HAS UNLEASHED HIS VERSION OF HELL UPON US ALL?!?!?!

Oh, wait a sec. Heh, I thought there were poor defenseless animals trapped in a room with a superior sound system and hot and cold water on a bed made of jelly-beans...

Then I just realized it was a picture of me and some hairy chick back in college...

bhcompy: Based on the description they are subterranean termites, possibly formosans(which are farking hard as hell to totally eradicate but they're generally not found that far north). Subs have enormous colonies(easily in the millions) and are hard to kill because you have to wait for them to take the bait because they live in the ground. Bait stations, which is what they're using, are pretty ineffective and don't even have poison in them until they get a hit, so you have to hope they come back for more.

Here in CA, we just trench around the foundation and drill in to the foundation on a grid with Termidor, essentially creating a barrier. If they hit it, they bring it to the colony and wipe out most of the colony, and as a bonus it has a 10 year residual, which is pretty damn good. Bait stations are still sold for people that are afraid of Termidor, but they're double the price to install and require monthly maintenance to boot(which is a recurring charge). Termidor is a lot more effective in wiping out a colony than an IGR as well since it leaves the insect alive long enough for it to bring it back to the colony, and it's kind of an interesting death since the insect dies by brain overload rather than just prohibiting it from reproducing.

Premise 75 gives you a 13 year buffer, and doesn't fark with your water system. :P

cbcs: Premise 75 gives you a 13 year buffer, and doesn't fark with your water system. :P

Doesn't double for ant control either, though.

/goddamn argentine ants NEVER GO AWAY

They could have spent 190 million trying to exterminate them and in the long run it's money well spent. I think most people underestimate exactly how much uncontrolled termite infestation can damage your infrastucture. I've seen houses that literally fall apart in your hands because of termites.

Ok people, slow the fark down. 20 posts, and the thread has gone rule 34 and has been Godwined? You have to build up to it people, take your time.

NUKE THE ENTIRE SITE FROM ORBIT.

/it's the only way to be sure

Damn you, Peagrenboy!!

/hope I don't get jpeg swapped

Good thing that's not in the U.S. where the damn things would be declared endangered and a breeding program would be started.

WelldeadLink: Good thing that's not in the U.S. where the damn things would be declared endangered and a breeding program would be started.

It's becoming way to easy to find idiots to ignore on Fark these days...

The main problem is the type of chemicals they're using for eradication. Quite frankly they simply aren't strong enough to do the job. Before all the environmental PC nuts got involved, we in the business used the "hard stuff": Chloronated Hydrocarbons. The flavor of choice for Subterranean termites was Chlorodane. It worked like a charm everytime.

"No, I'm simply saying that life, uh... finds a way. "

Indolent: Urinal Gum: The article is a whole lot funnier if you substitute "Jews" for "termites" and "pogrom" for "programme."

You know who else did that...

The Hutus?

You've all got it wrong. Forget all these chemicals. Just nuke it from space. Problem solved.

/either that or you end up with radioactive mutant termites
//at least then health and safety would have bigger things to worry about than rolling cheese...