Ever fly a June Bug?

scooter · Postby **scooter** » September 27th, 2006, 2:43 am

I would just like to know?

Midge · Postby **Midge** » September 27th, 2006, 2:48 am

I have but I don't see any of them anymore.
Maybe cause I'm not outside playing.

I'm on this puter.

Gerald Creasy · Postby **Gerald Creasy** » September 27th, 2006, 2:49 am

Why do I get the feeling this should have a tagline:

It's a Southern thing, you would'nt understand.

RamboPreacher · Postby **RamboPreacher** » September 27th, 2006, 3:00 am

southern thing? I thought it was a "guy thing". I haven't done this recently, but have on numerous occasions in my youth.

Also, I normaly don't go to myspace or link there, so I am not responsible for content outside and around the video I am going to link, but it is an example of junebug flying. I personally would have used a bit finer thread, but hay, whatever you have that works.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea ... =710638263

Postby **Shellie** » September 27th, 2006, 3:29 am

Rambo wrote:

southern thing? I thought it was a "guy thing".

I do declare, kind Sir, it is but the lady in me that refrains from calling' you a sexist pig.

Ladies can fly June bugs quite well, I assure you.

Shellie curtseys, pops open parasol, gathers skirts and turns away.

Postby **Shellie** » September 27th, 2006, 3:34 am

Midge,

I LOVE that elephant. He's a cutie.

Brenda · Postby **Brenda** » September 27th, 2006, 3:34 am

They were one of my favorite toys as a kid.

I hated it tho when they would lite and crawl on you.. their legs were scratchy when they would crawl up u.

Bless their little hearts sometimes their legs would break loose from their body. :cry:

Paully_44 · Postby **Paully_44** » September 27th, 2006, 3:35 am

I picked No Clue,

I wasnt sure what a June Bug is, so I looked it up on Wikipedia and guess what...?

There was a real aircraft called a June Bug back in 1908

Then I found the link that referred it to a beetle. We have beetles here, but I have never flown one.

dolfan · Postby **dolfan** » September 27th, 2006, 3:44 am

I'm waiting for next summer when my little gal will be patient enough to tie one up and fly it.

Ilovebigcats · Postby **Ilovebigcats** » September 27th, 2006, 6:47 am

I was just talking about this the other day! I told my kids about it. I never see June Bugs anymore... the shiny emerald green ones.

My Daddy always put them on the string. It gimme the heebie jeebies to touch them. EEK!!! We liked flying 2 at a time to get them tangled up and watch them bang off of each other. LOL!!!!

Good memories.

Brenda · Postby **Brenda** » September 27th, 2006, 7:12 am

Maybe they all flew off to a place that is not so sadistic. :lol:

Susie Hamilton · Postby **Susie Hamilton** » September 27th, 2006, 11:47 am

One of the pleasures of being a child, yes, flew many a June bug and enjoyed every minute of it.

Paully_44 · Postby **Paully_44** » September 27th, 2006, 1:40 pm

After looking in here again, I had aboslutely no idea that people would tie a string to an insect and fly it. but then, we don't have any insects big enough to do that with.

Jennifer Smith · Postby **Jennifer Smith** » September 27th, 2006, 5:21 pm

Maybe they all flew off to a place that is not so sadistic. Laughing

Only in the South, LOL :lol:

Linda · Postby **Linda** » September 27th, 2006, 6:54 pm

I loved flying June Bugs. Mom would give me some thread and Daddy would help me hold the bug while we tied the thread on its back leg. If you tied the thread to tight, the leg would come off and we would have to catch another one. Life was so simple back then.

Jude 2