Weevils Quotes

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Richard Mabey
“In 1546 a band of weevils were tried for damaging church vineyards in St Julien. Such trials were rife in the sixteenth century, and the distinguished French lawyer Bartholomew Chassenée rose to fame as an advocate for animals. His work is commemorated in Julian Barnes's mischievous short story 'The Wars of Religion', in which excommunication is sought for a colony of woodworm which had gnawed away the supporting legs of the Bishop of Besançon's throne, causing him to be 'hurled against his will into a state of imbecility'.”
Richard Mabey, Weeds: How Vagabond Plants Gatecrashed Civilisation and Changed the Way We Think About Nature

“The rare derpicus man is know to live near the himalayas, in a cave made purely of dead weevils. His native tounge is unknown, but what I've translated contains a grat amount of the words, "pootis, derp, poop, and nnnnyyyyaaaaannnn!”
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Michael Bassey Johnson
“What did the weevils say?
‘We-evil!”
Michael Bassey Johnson, Song of a Nature Lover

Michael Bassey Johnson
“It is easy to remove a weevil from a grain, but hard to reverse the damage it does.”
Michael Bassey Johnson, Song of a Nature Lover