Name that box! - Page 2

Grille · 11-06-2003, 12:48

Quote:

quote:Originally posted by digger760

is that avatar a picture of a fly laying maggots???

What do my avatar and a fly have in common?
Sweet Fanny Adams.

It's supposed to be a cricket (=my nickname "Grille"),
but the pic is somewhat warped to get it into squared
format.
Nobody thinks of a cricket just sitting on a leaf.

At least you didn't assume that there's a dung beetle laying maggots.

WildFire · 11-06-2003, 13:08

For online games, if you click the box, I think the person cant talk to you. Say anarres pressed it against Dr. A in a online game. That means Dr. A couldnt and wouldnt be able to contact anarres. Or I am pretty sure thats how it works. But it is totally useless for PBEM and hotseat.

digger760 · 11-06-2003, 13:11

hmmm, this has exposed my ignorance of the world of crickets.

I typed in crickets into google and seen all these pictures of things that look like flys to me. but with a little reseach i found that the cricket i was thinking of was the southern mole cricket...

17.48KB

and here is one that looks like yours

3.42KB

I always though crickets were black things that lived in cracks and sung tunes at night to keep you awake...since they like warm climates then maybe they don't exist in europe..

Grille · 12-06-2003, 06:47

To be honest, my knowledge about crickets isn't the best either.
The shown cricket is "Gryllus campestris", it's not a mole cricket
but a "field"(?) or "two-point"(?) cricket.
I just know that zoological name because it
was stated next to the pic...

I took the avatar in relation to my nickname which translates to "cricket",
but that's all about it.
Although I do like warm climates, there's no need to call my nightly snoring
"sung tune".

Anyway, maybe I try to find an improved pic. The last one you posted is nice indeed,
but does look like a fly to me...

11-06-2003, 13:08	#12
WildFire Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: USA. Posts: 704	For online games, if you click the box, I think the person cant talk to you. Say anarres pressed it against Dr. A in a online game. That means Dr. A couldnt and wouldnt be able to contact anarres. Or I am pretty sure thats how it works. But it is totally useless for PBEM and hotseat.

11-06-2003, 13:11	#13
digger760 King Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The Fake Dog Poo Factory. Posts: 1,887	hmmm, this has exposed my ignorance of the world of crickets. I typed in crickets into google and seen all these pictures of things that look like flys to me. but with a little reseach i found that the cricket i was thinking of was the southern mole cricket... 17.48KB and here is one that looks like yours 3.42KB I always though crickets were black things that lived in cracks and sung tunes at night to keep you awake...since they like warm climates then maybe they don't exist in europe..

12-06-2003, 06:47	#14
Grille Join Date: May 2003 Location: in a swamp. Posts: 901	To be honest, my knowledge about crickets isn't the best either. The shown cricket is "Gryllus campestris", it's not a mole cricket but a "field"(?) or "two-point"(?) cricket. I just know that zoological name because it was stated next to the pic... I took the avatar in relation to my nickname which translates to "cricket", but that's all about it. Although I do like warm climates, there's no need to call my nightly snoring "sung tune". Anyway, maybe I try to find an improved pic. The last one you posted is nice indeed, but does look like a fly to me...