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.
There's more than one way to skin a cat. And I happen to know that's factually true.
Mayor ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
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.
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.
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.
Bobbi - Nov 18, 2007 1:31:36 pm PST #2938 of 10001
Dog is my co-pilot.
Allyson, as bad as that is, try finding a DROWNED MOUSE in your soup pot that you left to soak in the sink overnight.
Many years ago, I used to come home from work and make steak fries for a midnight snack. Once night I came home and plugged in my deep fryer. Something smelled funny. Mouse fur smells funny when you deep fry it. He'd fallen in and drowned in the oil.
I never used my deep fryer again.
Kristen - Nov 18, 2007 1:39:33 pm PST #2939 of 10001
I think Bobbi just won the gross stories war.
Vortex - Nov 18, 2007 1:47:47 pm PST #2940 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
...I....what?? WHY?
Because the inventor invented them to clean the ears of his baby daughter, who was named Gay.
sumi - Nov 18, 2007 2:05:47 pm PST #2941 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Vortex - I like that idea. We'll go with that.
Someday my slow connection will give me the adorable Lily Bean and I will die of the cute.
Meanwhile, my cat Ivan is sitting over the keyboard and meowing at me. I'm making beef stew and he assures me that is perfect food for felines. (This was made more difficult to type by the Cat Ivan lying down on the keyboard.) Thanks, Ivan.//////////////////////////////////0
Sue - Nov 18, 2007 2:16:38 pm PST #2942 of 10001
hip deep in pie
I haven't been able to get online all weekend until now. It's been very frustrating.
ChiKat - Nov 18, 2007 2:17:35 pm PST #2943 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Oh dear me. I skip and skim and end up reading all the gross out stories. Serves me right for skipping, I guess.
Vortex - Nov 18, 2007 2:33:57 pm PST #2944 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Zenkitty - Nov 18, 2007 3:13:09 pm PST #2945 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Oh, good loward, people, with the gross bug and mouse stories. I think if I found a mouse or a giant bug in my food-making devices, I'd have to move.
In general I approve and even enjoy the co-opting of words for other purposes, but I sigh that we can no longer use the word "gay" in its original meaning without someone giggling like an adolescent. (Okay, sometimes it is me.)
I'm eating a salad. Willingly, even. I'm not exercising as much now because it's too cold to walk outside, and then there was that awful week sitting with my mom at the nursing home that still casts its pall of misery over my life, and so naturally I've gained about seven pounds, all in my belly of course, undoing most of the weight-loss work I did this summer, and now none of my winter clothes fit. I am distressed over this enough to eat... leaves. Leaves.
I swear, every time I hit post I find a typo.