I find that spraying enough of anything will kill most things. When I haven't had any bug spray handy, I've killed bugs with Lysol, Clorox Clean-Up spray, and hair spray (not all at the same time). Make sure to chant, "Die, die, die," if you try this route, because I think that's part of the spell.
Dawn: I think a date should be in a real fancy restaurant, then champagne at a night club with a floor show, then ballroom dancing. Joyce: Unfortunately, we're not dating in a movie from the thirties.
'Get It Done'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Topic!Cindy - Oct 18, 2009 12:38:49 pm PDT #26909 of 30000
What is even happening?
Trudy Booth - Oct 18, 2009 12:41:05 pm PDT #26910 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
How would a hammer and an old magazine work on the waterbugs? We are talking about those nasty-ass giant roaches, right?
Oooh! Hammer and old magazine! Magazine for containment, hammer for death blow! You're a genius. I might be able to work with that. Excellent, Smithers!!!! ::tents fingers::
Yes, giant roaches. Did you know they FUCKING FLY?!?!? That's what prompted the sister calling hysterics. (Until the ariel assault it was plain old hand-flapping and shrieking).
I had no idea scorpions were so fragile!
Jessica - Oct 18, 2009 12:42:24 pm PDT #26911 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The only time I have ever stepped on a roach of my own free will was the one I brushed off of Dylan's foot when he was about 6 months old. And even that wasn't so much "free will" as sheer mama-bear PROTECT THE BAYBEEEEEEE instinct. Pure lizard brain, no higher consciousness involved.
Otherwise I call DH to kill them while I hide quietly in whichever room is farthest away from the terrifying many-legged creature.
Barb - Oct 18, 2009 12:44:10 pm PDT #26912 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Yes, giant roaches. Did you know they FUCKING FLY?!?!? That's what prompted the sister calling hysterics. (Until the ariel assault it was plain old hand-flapping and shrieking).
Palmetto bugs. I remember when I first encountered roaches outside of Florida, I laughed because they were so teeny and wee compared to what I was used to.
WindSparrow - Oct 18, 2009 12:45:26 pm PDT #26913 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
I had no idea scorpions were so fragile!
Killed one with my bare hand once.
In my sleep-addled mind, I thought it was a mosquito tickling my knee, so I threw back the covers and slapped the hell out of it. Then felt the hint of a sting, and turned the lights on. Woo. Dead scorpion, my favorite kind.
WindSparrow - Oct 18, 2009 12:46:40 pm PDT #26914 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
I remember when I first encountered roaches outside of Florida, I laughed because they were so teeny and wee compared to what I was used to.
Palmetto bugs travel alone, but them little cockroaches travel in packs.
Jessica - Oct 18, 2009 12:46:44 pm PDT #26915 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Palmetto bugs. I remember when I first encountered roaches outside of Florida, I laughed because they were so teeny and wee compared to what I was used to.
This, if for no other reason, is why we need to STOP GLOBAL WARMING NOW. I do not want those fuckers moving any farther north than they already are.
Trudy Booth - Oct 18, 2009 12:48:50 pm PDT #26916 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I encountered palmetto bugs the year we lived in Fernandina. I was eight. If my mother had told me they could fly I'd have had a coronary.
I was once dashing across my carpeted apartment and felt something crunch undr my bare foot. I looked down to see a mashed waterbug. After the screaming and running in circles ritual dance was done, I went into the bathroom to get some toilet tissue for the removal procedures.
AND WHEN I GOT BACK TO MY BEDROOM IT WAS GONE.
200+ pounds of me, landing on that thing at a run, and IT SHOOK IT OFF AND WALKED AWAY.
That thing still haunts my dreams.
Trudy Booth - Oct 18, 2009 12:49:40 pm PDT #26917 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I do not want those fuckers moving any farther north than they already are.
I truly fear that's what the flying one was.
Topic!Cindy - Oct 18, 2009 12:50:48 pm PDT #26918 of 30000
What is even happening?
This, if for no other reason, is why we need to STOP GLOBAL WARMING NOW. I do not want those fuckers moving any farther north than they already are.
Right? There are reasons some of us flock to colder climes despite the fact that it, for example, IS SNOWING two weeks before Halloween.