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A little girl said monsters were in her bedroom. It was 60,000 bees (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 159 points 6 months ago (2 children)

She said her homeowner's insurance won't cover anything pest-related because they deem it preventable.

So the real monster was the insurance company. What a twist!

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Meanwhile, the Beekreeper escapes the scene unnoticed and prepares to summon its apian horde elsewhere.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Too soon to watch Bee Movie?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Always. Always too soon.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

Oh man, just heard about this in my beekeeping class.

[–] [email protected] 59 points 6 months ago (8 children)

well, that's one way to get a kid to be afraid of bees.

Poor kid. hope she never got stung? doesn't sound like she did.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

So she was obviously lying and maligning the bees.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 6 months ago (1 children)

So she was basically correct.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 months ago (6 children)

Bees aren't monsters.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 6 months ago (3 children)

60,000 of anything is basically a monster. I wouldn't even want to be confronted by 60,000 koalas.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 months ago (1 children)

So. Much. Chlamydia.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 6 months ago (2 children)

What if 60,000 of them collectively formed the shape of another creature for the express purpose of terrifying a child? 🤔