sage advice (sorta): kill de ants!!!

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my office is located in a basement, but it’s actually not quite as dreary as you may imagine because we at least have windows and i was quite happy about that ’cause, i mean, gee, we all need a little sunshine. but one little problem that we have is ants. ants all along the window sills, ants gathering granules of sugar that was left by the person who was making a cup of coffee and didn’t bother to clean up behind themselves, ants dropping by to say hello… you get the picture. but my southern coworker knew just what to do about these pesky little insects.

instant grits.

yep, grits. that great breakfast treat well-loved by those in the southern region of the country. so here my coworker was with her packet of instant grits in hand going around to everyone’s cubicle and dropping grits in their window sills. so just how the heck do grits eliminate ant problems? well, apparently (and i mean, who knew this because i sure didn’t), ants love grits. but what they don’t know is that they’ll bloat up and die once they eat them.

poor ants. seems kinda cruel, eh?

but my coworker isn’t the only one hip to this idea, the old farmer’s almanac suggests putting instant grits into ant hills.

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