Some things should NOT be bigger in Texas
The current contents of my crockpot include one gigantic cockroach and a generous dousing of poison.
He (she?) was hanging out on the wall of my kitchen, threatening the cookies I’d left out on the stove and just generally being enormous. Like, not as big as my cell phone, but PRETTY DAMN CLOSE. I know I’m being such a girl, but ohmygod ewewEW.
I didn’t have any Raid because my bad-at-planning self doesn’t usually keep the apartment stocked with the necessities of comfortable living. I ran out to SuperTarget to fetch some, and when I got back he was still there, thank goodness. So I sprayed him, he fell into the crockpot, there was more spraying, etc.
He’s finally stopped writhing. I mean, I haven’t looked, but there aren’t any more scrabbly noises coming from the kitchen.
The problem now, of course, is how to get his buggy body from crockpot to trash without looking at it or touching it. I might have to rethink this whole no-boys-allowed thing; it’d be handy to have one around for crises like this one.
I think I’ll have to throw those cookies out now, too. Damnit, roach, not only do you make me kill you, you have to take my cookies down with you. Bastard.
Tags: miscellany
June 25th, 2006 at 7:20 pm
Eeeeeeeeeew.
I would take the lid off of my trash can and lift up the edges of the bag (like you’re getting ready to take it out). Then, I’d grab the crockpot, close my eyes, and tip it upside down over the trash can. I’d hit the bottom a bunch of times…and then peeeeeeeek my eye (singular) barely open to see if I saw a black body in the trash. Then I’d set the crockpot down, close my eyes, pull the edges of the trash together and close it shut. Then take it out.
Also, I would buy roach traps/motels because where there’s one, there’s likely more and EWEWEWEWEWEWEW.
June 25th, 2006 at 11:42 pm
Sounds like a plan. I think instead of looking, though, I’ll just listen for the sound of dead body hitting trash and hope it doesn’t come back to life and start scrambling around. I’ll try it in the morning. Ew, not looking forward to it.
June 26th, 2006 at 8:33 am
I have been finding little beetles around my apartment. They are not moving when I see them, but still, ew. I also see some spiderwebs that I am pretty sure were not there when I got here.
June 29th, 2006 at 10:04 pm
Ahh, mahogany birds. So much fun. You could move north– we still have em, but they’re much much smaller, and pretty rare. I’d be more conerned about how you’ll clean the poison out of your crockpot. Cockroaches are actually pretty meticulous about how they keep themselves. Sure they swim the sewers… but you bathe in that water too (just before it’s hit the sewer). Vaccuum cleaner for getting the bugger out of the crockpot. If it’ll fit.