I've just been for a swim in the Thames....

[Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man]

As it's before 8 am on a Sunday I guess they're 'spiders' or some-such internet-type auto-checking device (losing touch with technology here). What are these critters, and what purpose do they serve?

Oh that'd just be Dubya's cronies, checking up on us trouble makers and organic worm farmers*.

MLCMan

(Similarly ex-Greenpeace activist, and still causing trouble).


*Slightly confusing cross-thread information there, but it keeps the spiders busy.