Oh! I also had the tiny ants in SF. (But, yes, very few mosquitos was a dream!)
And don't you ever stand for that sort of thing. Someone ever tries to kill you, you try to kill 'em right back! ... You got the right same as anyone to live and try to kill people.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 53: We could just avoid making tortured puns
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
lisah - Aug 24, 2007 8:17:34 am PDT #6608 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
DavidS - Aug 24, 2007 8:20:26 am PDT #6609 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Oh! I also had the tiny ants in SF.
Emmett's mom had tiny ants, and we had a brief bout with them ten years ago. Also, I once had a yellowjackets build a nest in the frame of our building. Still an exterminator got rid of them and that's about the sum total of negative bugivity over 21 years here.
Daisy Jane - Aug 24, 2007 8:20:36 am PDT #6610 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I consider their existence to be proof of the universe's inherent malevolence. Those fuckers should not be able to fly. It's just mean
And they're not the frightend, scattering types either! Those mother fuckers will fly right at your face.
juliana - Aug 24, 2007 8:21:49 am PDT #6611 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
This is the most bug-free place I've lived ever. I've seen a couple roaches, but they are wee compared to even the MN ones. Fleas, yes. Ants, yes. But those are eradicable, and not nearly the bother of some other insects I could name.
Cashmere - Aug 24, 2007 8:23:35 am PDT #6612 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I just could not live somewhere where mosquitos are a big problem. I welt up and am miserable. Ants, roaches, I'll take.
Daisy Jane - Aug 24, 2007 8:23:42 am PDT #6613 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
some other insects I could name.
But won't so that I don't have to spend the rest of the day sitting on my feet, right?
Dana - Aug 24, 2007 8:25:20 am PDT #6614 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
And they're not the frightend, scattering types either!
Nope. They have attitude.
juliana - Aug 24, 2007 8:26:58 am PDT #6615 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
But won't so that I don't have to spend the rest of the day sitting on my feet, right?
Exactly. And so I don't creep myself out, and miss squeeing about hats! Yay!
I cannot. stop. yawning. Gah.
askye - Aug 24, 2007 8:27:43 am PDT #6616 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
Ah, yes, my childhood summers at the beach. Not just fun and games, but also yellow fly bites that left welts (and usually on the ankle bone), mosquito bites, the appearance of freaky flying roaches, and horse flies. The rule for the cousins playing in the water was if you saw a horsefly you had to yell "Horsefly!" so everyone could dive under the water to temporarily escape it so it would fly off. Of course there were more false alarms than actual horseflies...I don't ever remember being stung by one (maybe once) but it became a weird game.
askye - Aug 24, 2007 8:29:01 am PDT #6617 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
And they're not the frightend, scattering types either!
That's why you arm yourself!