night crawlers

alexz commented on the word night crawlers

From the CBC, a description of a night-time storm.

http://www.cbc.ca/vancouverweather/mt/2013/04/rain-round-1-over-round-2-starts-tonight-luckily-the-systems-are-mainly-night-crawlersapril-5th.html

from the tweets, it appears to also mean

'night people'.

and bugs that crawl in the night.

a quick Bing search, reveals night crawlers are earthworms. nightcrawler

April 6, 2013

yarb commented on the word night crawlers

Well that's cool. I always thought night crawlers were hookers or johns, being an amalgam of ladies of the night and kerb-crawlers, We had a little night crawler here tonight, snuck in just after sundown with rugged gusts.

April 6, 2013

alexz commented on the word night crawlers

a further search engine search doesn't seem to have 'night crawler' used much for weather other than this CBC weather report.

April 6, 2013

frogapplause commented on the word night crawlers

I used to help my father collect night crawlers when he wanted to go fishing. They are large, pinkie-thick earthworms that come out at night. To catch them, we used a flashlight and attempted to grab them before they found an escape hole. (I'm not the least bit squeamish about such things; though, I must confess... stroking the leathery ears of a bilby gives me the creeps.)

April 8, 2013

bilby commented on the word night crawlers

A better bait to use for fishing is frogs. Even if you don't catch anything, you'll have the satisfaction of knowing you drowned a carping, wart-ridden hackeysack of pond-slime.

April 8, 2013

ruzuzu commented on the word night crawlers

I knew someone who used to squash lightning bugs onto his bobber when he was fishing at night.

(Not sure whether I'm actually baiting anybody with that comment.)

April 9, 2013

marky commented on the word night crawlers

i dunno what u guys are talking about, these are night crawlers : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8WZfBUo2SA

April 9, 2013