Nah, if it was a joke, I'd have followed it up with 'When THOSE guys showed up, we were pretty sure we were ... boned.' and then whipped out a pair of sunglasses and air-guitared. _{[... Okay, no, not really. But it illustrates the point, in any case.]}

Anyway, more routine around this time of year would be the bees.

Which are, like. The size of toddlers.