Okay, so I'm trying to clean up my apartment after being stuck in a depression that left me unable to do any sort of rudimentary housekeeping.
There was an enormous pile of dishes. I mean, it spilled over onto the counters and stove. And as I got to the bottom of it all, I found an ENORMOUS BUG. Drowned. I have no idea what sort of bug it is. I don't have a garbage disposal. I have to pick it out of the drain. I find myself completely unable to do this. The thing is as long as my pinky finger, and it has antennae, and creepy legs, and I CAN SEE ITS DEAD EYES.
Yuck, Allyson! I'm going to recommend a pile of paper towels and a plastic bag as a glove. So you don't have to see it or feel it.
In other bug news, could the fruit flies seriously be living in my coffee maker??? Why god why.
Allyson, as bad as that is, try finding a DROWNED MOUSE in your soup pot that you left to soak in the sink overnight.
Jumbo the elephant was bought by P.T. Barnum for $10,000. He made Barnum over a million and a half dollars before he was hit by a train and killed. Then Barnum had him stuffed, and people still paid to see him.
There will never be bluebirds over the white cliffs of Dover, because there are no bluebirds in England. The songwriter was American.
NO ONE UPSMANSHIP ON THE GROSS!
Or ita will show up with the one true link to rule them all.
In other bug news, could the fruit flies seriously be living in my coffee maker???
Yes. I don't know what they're eating, though. It must be whatever's in coffee that grows that bright blue mold when you leave the coffee for a week or so.
YUCK. If I wrap it in a bag overnight will that kill them? Because I swear to god, my apartment does NOT need to be overrun while I'm gone for T-day.
Edit: ... huh. I can't believe I didn't think of that before.
Jesse, easy solution for the fruit fly problem:
Pour some apple cider vinegar into a wide mouthed bowl with a drop of dishwashing liquid. Cover the bowl tightly with plastic wrap and punch a bunch of small holes in the plastic. Leave the bowl out on the counter.
Your flies will eventually all fly inside and die.
Allyson--probably a waterbug. They come out when it's hot and go after water. If it's any comfort, our office has them and we only get them rarely, as they prefer living away from humankind.
