(01-11-2019, 11:55 PM)Mystic Wanderer Wrote: Officials asked that the insects be identified as “black grasshoppers”.
Did the word "locusts" sound too much like what the King James Bible stated in Revelations? That would go against the Koran, right? We can't have any Muslims switching sides because they start seeing things and thinking for themselves, so let's call them black grasshoppers. The masses are too dumb to notice the word play.
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I noticed in the Twitter link that 'cockroaches' were also mentioned instead of locusts!
CNN's 'alternative' name doesn't really help, Black Grasshoppers (Romalea microptera) are also known
as 'Devil's Horse' too!
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