One of you is gonna fall and die, and I'm not cleaning it up!

Mal ,'War Stories'


Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam  

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.


dcp - Jun 09, 2009 5:39:53 pm PDT #23491 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

cockroaches...flashing neon saying "Eat at Joe's"

Y'all have probably avoided the movie Joe's Apartment. I did originally, then I happened across it while channel surfing, and it was surprisingly good, funny, and not so creepy/crawly/icky.

And who didn't love Wall-E's cockroach sidekick?


Juliebird - Jun 09, 2009 5:42:08 pm PDT #23492 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

I actually quite liked that movie!

"Fellow cockaroachies, we must save Joe!"

Now that I know these are wood roaches that don't breed indoors, the gross, greasy, filthy feeling I have is gone. Sorta.


dcp - Jun 09, 2009 5:44:58 pm PDT #23493 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

Arachnophobia was less horrifying and more funny than I expected, too.


billytea - Jun 09, 2009 5:46:02 pm PDT #23494 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

I have to tell you, this discussion was confusing me immensely. I thought that by waterbugs, you meant waterbugs. Which I'm sure you wouldn't want in your home. [link]


DavidS - Jun 09, 2009 5:47:25 pm PDT #23495 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I thought that by waterbugs, you meant waterbugs. Which I'm sure you wouldn't want in your home.

Annie Dillard's Pilgrim at Tinker's Creek opens with a long and horrifying discussion of the water bug.


Juliebird - Jun 09, 2009 5:49:20 pm PDT #23496 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

Arachnophobia was less horrifying and more funny than I expected, too.

Says you!

I actually have to cover my eyes for the last part of the Land of the Lost trailer with the giant bugs. Despite the horrid CGI.


amych - Jun 09, 2009 5:49:40 pm PDT #23497 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

I'm fairly certain that when bt's waterbug eating a FROG link says "Napa County, California", it actually means the Napa Co, CA in AUSTRALIA.


sarameg - Jun 09, 2009 5:52:21 pm PDT #23498 of 30000

Aus has the truly scary uncrushables.


billytea - Jun 09, 2009 5:56:14 pm PDT #23499 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

it actually means the Napa Co, CA in AUSTRALIA.

I don't really see many waterbugs in Melbourne. We do have them in Australia, and apparently the Sydneysiders grow up to 7 cm long. I've still always thought of them as an American thing.

Oh, in South-East Asia some of them can reach 12 cm long. That's one impressive waterbug.


Atropa - Jun 09, 2009 6:02:48 pm PDT #23500 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Arachnophobia was less horrifying and more funny than I expected, too.

twitches violently

I was taken to that movie on a first date. There was no second date.