Ways to make your boring office job fun #1. Blatent animal cruelty.

semi-pro waster · 26 Mar 2010 at 11:14

britboy4321 said:
Cynics arn't really nice people are they?

Cynics aren't nice people and yet you're apparently getting animals to fight to the death purely for your entertainment? Mr Pot meet Mr Kettle, you share similar characteristics.

mr tommo · 26 Mar 2010 at 11:17

I honestly don't care whether or not you did it but it does sound cool!

Gilly · 26 Mar 2010 at 11:24

hilly said:
Go away and take your Fujitsu nonsense with you!

Crap Gemini scum

Mr Jack · 26 Mar 2010 at 11:31

That's an awesome story.

As for being cruel. They're flippin' ants! You can't be cruel to ants they don't have the brains for it. Anyone who drives and cares about a few ants is a hypocrit.

Tefal · 26 Mar 2010 at 11:37

Awesome but next time film the final siege of the queen chamber

jamief · 26 Mar 2010 at 11:43

Which ant farm did you buy and where from?

Hilly · 26 Mar 2010 at 11:44

Gilly said:
Crap Gemini scum

Next time you're in St James, I demand you buy me a beer, you northern Monkey

Gilly · 26 Mar 2010 at 12:20

It's Partnership/Boyd/Matheson I go to. Usually wherever I can park

I'll get you a coffee though, no probs.

You are a bird, right?

SubFocus · 26 Mar 2010 at 12:20

I lol'd. Don't care if your lying.

Hilly · 26 Mar 2010 at 12:25

Gilly said:
It's Partnership/Boyd/Matheson I go to. Usually wherever I can park

I'll get you a coffee though, no probs.

You are a bird, right?

I'm based in Partnership, so that's fine by me. Parking is even worse that normal at the moment. Roof works at St James means they've closed half the car park!!

I can be a bird for the day. I'd do anything for a coffee

haha.

RobotXander · 26 Mar 2010 at 12:40

What a great post! and a fantastic idea

Shame you didn't take a photo or 2 every few days though

-Ad- · 26 Mar 2010 at 12:45

Meh too slow.

Came up with a similar idea at uni about 3 years ago.

My mates thought I was completely bonkers, and I never bothered to set it up.

Well played though, Sounds amazing, would love to do this at work, but more than likely we would get fired for some silly reason, or the ants would join a damn union here and strike for their rights

Bubo · 26 Mar 2010 at 13:27

Presumably if you set up the same kit but with ants of the same species then they wouldn't fight and just go about their business? Then I suggest a similar version of this based on capture the flag. You have your same species ant farms connected to a central hub, in that hub you drop something the ants like and can eat and carry, say coloured rice krispies. You either drop one in and whichever colony gets it back to their base after a time period wins, or you drop a load in and tot up how many make it back to each base, the base with the most wins. This way it is less cruel and you won't need to replace your colonies.

Le_Petit_Lapin · 26 Mar 2010 at 13:30

Takes too long.

Purchase Ants, pour down female colleagues top.

Gilly · 26 Mar 2010 at 13:32

Bubo said:
Presumably if you set up the same kit but with ants of the same species then they wouldn't fight and just go about their business? Then I suggest a similar version of this based on capture the flag. You have your same species ant farms connected to a central hub, in that hub you drop something the ants like and can eat and carry, say coloured rice krispies. You either drop one in and whichever colony gets it back to their base after a time period wins, or you drop a load in and tot up how many make it back to each base, the base with the most wins. This way it is less cruel and you won't need to replace your colonies.

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taz488 · 26 Mar 2010 at 13:33

this is excellent, but i want pics!

4p · 26 Mar 2010 at 13:36

Mr Jack · 26 Mar 2010 at 13:52

Bubo said:
Presumably if you set up the same kit but with ants of the same species then they wouldn't fight and just go about their business? Then I suggest a similar version of this based on capture the flag. You have your same species ant farms connected to a central hub, in that hub you drop something the ants like and can eat and carry, say coloured rice krispies. You either drop one in and whichever colony gets it back to their base after a time period wins, or you drop a load in and tot up how many make it back to each base, the base with the most wins. This way it is less cruel and you won't need to replace your colonies.

Many ant species will attack ants of their own species just as violently as ants of other species. Some form "supercolonies" which can span entire continents (seriously). I think for the most fun you should get some slave-driver ants that steal ants from other colonies and use them as slaves.

Hank_Marvin · 26 Mar 2010 at 14:07

sounds ace, but you say your office was boring, if it was that boring you wouldn't even be able to build a ant battle arena, my it office is dull and we aint ever gonna get an ant battle arena lol so count yourself lucky.

dude, surely you can take a photo on your phone or something.