We had an unwelcome guest in the bathroom tonight. I saw a big old cockroach (water bug?) on the shower wall. Great. Now I'll be afraid to shower.
I fled the bathroom and told D about our visitor. Catchwords for D:
calm
stable
even-keeled
relaxed
mellow
He just said, "Oh, I saw him...or maybe his brother? a couple days ago."
"You didn't tell me?!?!?"
"No, you were sleeping. I just opened the window to let the water evaporate."
Which brings us to the next issue. Cockroach...or water bug? I read somewhere that they're one and the same. D thinks waterbugs are a lazy subspecies that like to chill in the water. Which is what they seem to do. Whatever, they terrify me and I don't want them around.
I brought my toothbrush, toothpaste and floss to the kitchen to minimize bathroom time.
I remember my college roommate was visiting a few years ago. She was sleeping on the couch. The next morning, she told me she woke up in the middle of the night and heard me pleading, "Kill it! Throw it out!" I wonder if she thought it was real or thought it was all a dream. It does seem surreal, those words out of context.
Bugs have always scared me. I remember in college enlisting a friend's help to kill a centipede. He lobbed my dictionary at it.
Who kills bugs in your household?
I fled the bathroom and told D about our visitor. Catchwords for D:
calm
stable
even-keeled
relaxed
mellow
He just said, "Oh, I saw him...or maybe his brother? a couple days ago."
"You didn't tell me?!?!?"
"No, you were sleeping. I just opened the window to let the water evaporate."
Which brings us to the next issue. Cockroach...or water bug? I read somewhere that they're one and the same. D thinks waterbugs are a lazy subspecies that like to chill in the water. Which is what they seem to do. Whatever, they terrify me and I don't want them around.
I brought my toothbrush, toothpaste and floss to the kitchen to minimize bathroom time.
I remember my college roommate was visiting a few years ago. She was sleeping on the couch. The next morning, she told me she woke up in the middle of the night and heard me pleading, "Kill it! Throw it out!" I wonder if she thought it was real or thought it was all a dream. It does seem surreal, those words out of context.
Bugs have always scared me. I remember in college enlisting a friend's help to kill a centipede. He lobbed my dictionary at it.
Who kills bugs in your household?
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In Florida, people insist that those roach-looking things are Palmetto bugs, but I had an exterminator tell me that they were just cock roaches.
Kitkat - it's funny how they have euphemisms, isn't it?
Kristen - maybe that's why he gained a pound ;) Just kidding. He looks perfect to me.
Suzy - that's what masters are for ;)
Anyhow, I'm with you, Bearette, I don't like bugs and Dick is the one that has to kill them...actually, he usually tries to bring them outside, but if this isn't practical, then he kills them.
I think they prefer to be called "Asian."
Ron is extremely afraid of spiders, but he usually does the killing for this very reason. Things tend to get broken around here whenever he's going after one. I just usually back out of the way and let him go at it. :)
Whenever the cat brings in a dead critter, I always try to talk someone else into taking it outside. It just creeps me out too much.