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.
Giles: I'm sure we're all perfectly safe. Dawn: We're safe. Right. And Spike built a robot Buffy to play checkers with. Tara: It sounded convincing when I thought it.
'Dirty Girls'
Natter 55: It's the 55th Natter
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.
Jesse - Nov 18, 2007 12:25:56 pm PST #2928 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Theodosia - Nov 18, 2007 12:28:19 pm PST #2929 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Allyson, as bad as that is, try finding a DROWNED MOUSE in your soup pot that you left to soak in the sink overnight.
Dana - Nov 18, 2007 12:32:20 pm PST #2930 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
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.
Dana - Nov 18, 2007 12:39:46 pm PST #2931 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
There will never be bluebirds over the white cliffs of Dover, because there are no bluebirds in England. The songwriter was American.
Allyson - Nov 18, 2007 12:40:04 pm PST #2932 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
NO ONE UPSMANSHIP ON THE GROSS!
Or ita will show up with the one true link to rule them all.
Ginger - Nov 18, 2007 12:44:05 pm PST #2933 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
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.
Jesse - Nov 18, 2007 12:55:50 pm PST #2934 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
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.
Kristen - Nov 18, 2007 1:00:08 pm PST #2935 of 10001
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.
Scrappy - Nov 18, 2007 1:01:49 pm PST #2936 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
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.
Jesse - Nov 18, 2007 1:02:58 pm PST #2937 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I've been trapping fruit flies in all kinds of containers for days! And yet, there are more of them. I just vaccumed some, which was satisfying.