katydid

• On a leaf in pre-Columbian Chile, as a katydid, George had roughly elbowed aside an aphid, which led by a clear and uncontestable chain of cause and effect to the cup of hemlock that killed Socrates, the earthquake of Lisbon, and the reelection of Richard Milhaus Nixon. —  FSF,September2006
• A katydid has been very friendly with me to-night, and is now sitting on the paper as if to read what I have written. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Citizen-soldier, by John Beatty.
• Every time I consider dismissing something like Atlantis, I simply walk to my shed where the crudely flaked figurine of a reclining Upper Paleolithic bison sits, or I look at the very orange carpenter bee, pink katydid, and tiny pecten from Florida which hadn't "existed" until I found them. —  Magazine - Aeon Authors - 2006 - Issue 07 - Aeon Seven
• Thanks to stylurus for the photo of this happy little katydid, and Birds Etc. for the tip! —  Bug Girl's Blog
• MstrLance: Can I hang out with the cool kids now? dagwood: I don't care what katydid, what will you do grasshopper? bobacus: not the uncle jim story again. —  LinkSwarm.com

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