I will scream and pretend it doesn't exist to the point of where I become dillusional.
Just like how I solve all my problems.
Just like how I solve all my problems.
Poll: Cockroach
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I take a cup and move the creature outside.
Actually, I recently proved that spiders do in fact have a sense of patience/impatience. I saw this huge spider walking across my room (like sub tarantula large) so I drain my drink stand up and start walking toward the thing. He notices immediately and runs underneath my bookcase. I could see the thing sitting there but I couldn't get at it so I just sat there staring at the thing.
After about 10 minutes it started to get fidgety and after 15 minutes it moved to the very edge of the bookcase (as if to see if I would react). After waiting there for a minute, he made a run for it and gave me the chance to catch it!
...Yeah! That's my long pointless story of the day!
Actually, I recently proved that spiders do in fact have a sense of patience/impatience. I saw this huge spider walking across my room (like sub tarantula large) so I drain my drink stand up and start walking toward the thing. He notices immediately and runs underneath my bookcase. I could see the thing sitting there but I couldn't get at it so I just sat there staring at the thing.
After about 10 minutes it started to get fidgety and after 15 minutes it moved to the very edge of the bookcase (as if to see if I would react). After waiting there for a minute, he made a run for it and gave me the chance to catch it!
...Yeah! That's my long pointless story of the day!
I used to chuck them outside, but my girlfriend has a fierce hatred for bugs, so she always insist they must die.
So now I kill them with a magazine and cry a little bit inside every time.
So now I kill them with a magazine and cry a little bit inside every time.
You should do tech support with that kind of patience.Khedive Rex post=18.69006.647899 said:
I hear they are actually very nutritious, if you can get past the initial "crunch--squish."ninja chicken post=18.69006.647878 said:
Anything that isn't a fly or a roach is left to its own devices, unless it crawls too near my wife, who's bug-phobic after living in a roach-y apartment in Philly.
Flies either get the swatter, or if there are several of them I get out the vacuum, put on the hose attachment and *schwoop!* It works pretty well because once you get the hose close enough that they figure it's time to fly away, the suction does an even better job at pulling them out of the air.
Roaches. Ugh. It used to be the old boot followed by paper towel. Once however, we caught one on a table under a cup. We couldn't figure out how to be sure we squished it if we lifted the cup (I could hear the legs working in there.) So, we slid a piece of paper under it, flipped it over and put it in the microwave. It was all we could think of. It was also very late at night. Abe, her roomate said that if he didn't know that was a roach, he'd probably want to eat it based on the smell of cooking.
Flies either get the swatter, or if there are several of them I get out the vacuum, put on the hose attachment and *schwoop!* It works pretty well because once you get the hose close enough that they figure it's time to fly away, the suction does an even better job at pulling them out of the air.
Roaches. Ugh. It used to be the old boot followed by paper towel. Once however, we caught one on a table under a cup. We couldn't figure out how to be sure we squished it if we lifted the cup (I could hear the legs working in there.) So, we slid a piece of paper under it, flipped it over and put it in the microwave. It was all we could think of. It was also very late at night. Abe, her roomate said that if he didn't know that was a roach, he'd probably want to eat it based on the smell of cooking.
I drop stuff on it. I recall one time that I actually dropped the spare bed onto one (it's a simple camp bed, not a proper bed).
I'm glad there's no cockroaches in Britain (that i have seen, at least) You could subject them to 20,000 rads of radiation, that'll kill them.
I propose a strategy for getting rid of roaches once and for all:
I build the little critter a raft out of packing peanuts and toilet paper. After coaxing him onto the boat, I set him adrift in a half-filled bathtub, tossing coins at him. Should the raft sink, I let out all the water and the roach with it, his navigational skills were simply not up to my high standards. However, should I run through my roll of pennies, I assume that this bug has the nautical expertise required to avoid projectiles and survive on the high sea. I release him back into the wild to rejoin the roach community and breed. Now, if I know anything about heredity, then several generations later, we will get a large population of roaches capable of sea-borne travel. With minimal encouragement, I think we can get the bugs onto raft-colonies and send them out to sea. There they flourish upon their arks and we never have to see them again. It's a win-win situation.
I build the little critter a raft out of packing peanuts and toilet paper. After coaxing him onto the boat, I set him adrift in a half-filled bathtub, tossing coins at him. Should the raft sink, I let out all the water and the roach with it, his navigational skills were simply not up to my high standards. However, should I run through my roll of pennies, I assume that this bug has the nautical expertise required to avoid projectiles and survive on the high sea. I release him back into the wild to rejoin the roach community and breed. Now, if I know anything about heredity, then several generations later, we will get a large population of roaches capable of sea-borne travel. With minimal encouragement, I think we can get the bugs onto raft-colonies and send them out to sea. There they flourish upon their arks and we never have to see them again. It's a win-win situation.
I throw stuff at it. Sharp, pointy and very precise stuff.
I've got darts board in my room, the accompanying darts and the motor-skills to use them.So every time something crawls into view I skewer it.
I'm not very good at darts though, so I usually end up throwing a couple of darts at it, only to resort to my trusty boot
I've got darts board in my room, the accompanying darts and the motor-skills to use them.So every time something crawls into view I skewer it.
I'm not very good at darts though, so I usually end up throwing a couple of darts at it, only to resort to my trusty boot
yeah i guess the "mighty boot" beats roaches every time.
34 internets to whoever knows where that name came from.
34 internets to whoever knows where that name came from.
I've never had seen a roach outside an "enclosed environment", I guess they just don't like it here in Sweden...
but to other insects I will let my cats deal with them or if they're the flying kind, I'll just nail them to the wall with darts from my blowgun, now that's fun I tell ya!
but to other insects I will let my cats deal with them or if they're the flying kind, I'll just nail them to the wall with darts from my blowgun, now that's fun I tell ya!
I'm terrible when it comes to bugs. I usually just squish them and leave them there, later to be found by my puppy. He's got a newfound love for me.
My basement appears to be a haven for False Widows, hence I always overreact and kill the things.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/00630/news-graphics-2006-_630461a.jpg
No roaches here in my house ^^
Wasps/bees get grabbed with a towel or flushed outside, flies get backhanded, ants get ignored, spiders scare the shit out of my mum, so they have to go.
I think that just about covers it.
Wasps/bees get grabbed with a towel or flushed outside, flies get backhanded, ants get ignored, spiders scare the shit out of my mum, so they have to go.
I think that just about covers it.
