you know, in all the other crap i work on, i think that NOTHING drives me half as mad, angry, frustrated to the point of ironic laughter as those bloody little insects.

about a week ago they suddenly appeared eVERYWHERE in my room, then they were in the bathroom, then the kitchen.

I couldnt figure out WHAT THE HECK was causing them. Today I found a plant in my room with the start of root rot.

Thats the culprit/

couple a days ago my roomates walked in the kitchen to find me whipping a towel at the little buggers, until i knocked my glass of juice over all over me, the cat and the stove.

The fruit flies one that one. Its all a deliberate plan, you know, to get food and annoy me.

I tested this theory the other day, I was laying on my bed, and three of them were whizzing about. Of course just out of range and too fast to catch. Well I grabbed the mousepad and armed myself and assumed an anti-fruitfly stance.

Of course, all of a sudden, there were no fruitflies to be seen.. I SWEAR IT. when i put it down - whizz, right by my nose.



I can hear there whizzing little laughter as they win the game.

LOL.



Tonight, part two of The Bedroom is Not Enough, with Mandie Bond..

*plays james bond track*

[cherybery]

LOL......I am having a HUGE problem with Junebugs this year!!! Never in my life have I seen so many!!!!!!! At night it sounds like hail hitting the window! But sometimes I like to go outside and use a racket and swat them like a tennis ball....good tension release....hehe

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww omg omg omg omg ew ew ew

*does the heebie jeebie dance*

I dont hate much.
But I HATE june bugs.

And cockroaches. Even the word makes me shiver.

lol

[wi_fighter]

hahahahaha I never thought of hitting them with a tennis racquet. I don't get many of them around here. I saw one outside the back door last month already, and usually a couple in the basement, but that's about it.

Fruit flies on the other hand, I was overrun with them last year. I got some of those hanging fly strips to help cut down the population but they weren't very useful. Spraying didn't help much either. The breed too darn fast.

I am now staying in until july.
EYUCK

(not like i go anywhere anyways :P)

Does anyone remember that line from the Lion King where the heyenas were saying mufasas name to give a jolt?

Thats me with the word cockroaches.

"Cockroaches"
" oooh, say it again"

"Cockroaches"

"oooohhh" *shiver*

[wi_fighter]

My "mufasa" word would be "centipede." Ewwwwwww, I hate those bajillion-legged creepy crawlies.

OK, so it's only 100 legs, but they're still creepy.

[Sabrina]

For whatever reason, I have no idea why, I am terrified of a praying mantis.

As for flies - I have a major problem with them - the regular big fat green flies. Those really really gross and very very clever big fat ugly dirty flies.

I have also carried on like a circus clown in my kitchen, trying to get rid of them.

They have the nerve to descend on my when I am preparing food or cooking.

I burn citronella candles all around but they arn't even repelled, they just fly right through the flame with a snigger and a snear.

I quite agree that they have plenty brain cells when it comings to winning!

makes one wonder if there is something to having a simpler mind after all.

:P

[LMo]

ugh - cockroaches - thank god I left them behind when I moved to Oregon from Philly.

Fruitflies - I have had really good luck eradicating them using a glass of apple cider vinegar, and making sure that I take the compost out to the bin daily instead of waiting for the kitchen container to fill up.

theres def less since I got rid of that plant ( well, i stuck it outside in the sunshine till i can repot. I suspect it may have been the unlucky recipient of a terretorial marking by my fluffbuckets as the soil was... rather yellowy looking too)

Cockroaches - my friends apartment used to be full of them. horrid horrid horrid creaters. I cannot think of one redeeming quality to a cockroach.

Anyways sitting on her couch one day i saw this HUGE black thing pop up over the end of the arm of the couch, well I jumped I screamed, five minutes later i was in her loft crying.

.... It was the tip of her cats tail.

[SeptemberMorn]

After having fought several rounds with the nasty little critters last year, I thought I had finally won. Now I've got them back!!!! You can't swat them because they're too fast and insect spray doesn't seem to bother them. You throw out every bit of food and get rid of everything remotely damp and the little buggers still seem to find SOMETHING to exist on!!!!! ARGH!!!

So far, there's only a few whizzing about my kitchen sink... which BTW is empty and clean!!

Now talk to me about their larger cousins, THE FLY!! I have a swarm floating about in my front room... ONLY because I left the screen door open for about five minutes!! Right now, I have enough insect spray to get rid of these, but next time I open the door, I'll have a fresh, new batch! WHERE ARE THEY COMING FROM?????

Someone asked not too long ago who you would like to have dinner with, dead or alive. I vote for PANDORA! Why in the bloody hell did she have to go open that box?????????

[Sabrina]

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LOL!! Absolutely!!

[Maven]

I now have the song, "The Cockroach That Ate Cincinnati" going through my head, LOL!

[cherybery]

Ok but for me what topped the cake was when I found my first scorpion in my house!!!!!!! Being a northern transplant to Texas I only thought they exsisted on National Geographic!!!!.....YIKES!

[Maven]

A scorpion??? Eek!

[cherybery]

ok! I jinxed myself because I have not seen a scorpion in ages and believe it or not I just found one in my living room!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sabrina]

My son keeps a scorpion sting in a bottle in his room!

I have had a crab take a walk towards me in my living room a couple of months back. Totally freaked me out.

a CRAB??!!

weeeeeird

do you live near the water?

lol!
I think id keep him.

[Sabrina]

Yes, I live at the coast.

My son doesn't mind catching them. There was one that kept me prisoner in my kitchen for a day. It kept watching me and hovering around outside my kitchen door and I refused to go outside.

We also get loads of frogs. I can't say I am scared of them but I also prefer not to have them near me if you know what I mean.

Once again, dear son comes to the catching rescue.

I can almost see MR crab, every so often waving his claw menacingly......outside your screen door lol

I know it probably wasnt very funny, but the image made me giggle.

Your in africa i beleive you said is that right?

I bet seeing all the creatures you have would be amazing compared to the ones we have.

[Sabrina]

Yup, I'm in South Africa. And yes, we are blessed with wonderful wildlife, not to mention creatures and critters. Speaking of which, there have been plenty spiders around lately ......

ok those, I can do without
Yerg.

lol

[Maven]

My dad's hobby was fishing, and sometimes he bought crabs, too. There were a couple of times when he had a bushel of crabs in our home, when I was a little girl, and it fell over, spilling out all the crabs, and I was barefoot! I didn't get snapped, but that made for a few adventurous moments!

Sabrina, I know it probably wasn't a fun situation, but I can see the headlines: "Woman Held Hostage By Crab." LOL!

[cherybery]

hehe...Sabrina, I thought where I live was wild!!!! Phewwwwwww......We have only had 2 rattlesnakes in our backyard. A neighbor had a coral....YIKES!

[Maven]

Yeesh! Besides bugs and spiders, the only critters I've seen around here are cats, rabbits, deer and squirrels!