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Do you hate cockroaches?

Roach-Busters
20-05-2005, 21:20
Obviously, I do. Hence, my name.
Drunk commies reborn
20-05-2005, 21:21
I'd rather not live with them, but on occasion I've had to.
Potaria
20-05-2005, 21:25
Out on their own, they should be able to live their meaningless, mindless lives. However, if they invade my house, that's the end of them.
The Vuhifellian States
20-05-2005, 21:28
If they're in some strangers house, dont give,

But if their anywhere where i spend a lot of time (sotres, school, houses) then they become the bastards of the world!
Iztatepopotla
20-05-2005, 21:30
They're crunchy, salty. What's to hate?
Fass
20-05-2005, 21:40
If I ever got cockroaches at my place, I would not be able to live there anymore. I would move immediately.

It's the only animal I have a true phobia about. Just thinking about them makes me ill. I don't hate them, though. It's just I'd go nuts if I saw one.
Drunk commies reborn
20-05-2005, 21:41
They're crunchy, salty. What's to hate?
They actually taste nasty. Kind of a sour flavor from what I remember, but that was 22 years ago. I put a live one in my mouth on a bet as a little kid.
Dempublicents1
20-05-2005, 21:41
If I ever got cockroaches at my place, I would not be able to live there anymore. I would move immediately.

It's the only animal I have a true phobia about. Just thinking about them makes me ill. I don't hate them, though. It's just I'd go nuts if I saw one.

Remind me never to tell you about my old bio prof then. =)
Glorious Lizards
20-05-2005, 21:46
YEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Burn Burn Burn! They crunch when you step on them and get all over your food and can withstand 200 times more radiation than humans, meaning that they would be the only organisms to survive a nuclear war. Kill them. An they also taste gross, trust me. :mad: :mad: :mad: :mp5: :mp5: :eek:
Liskeinland
20-05-2005, 21:47
I sort of think about them in the same way as the monster from Alien... disgusting, but holding a dark fascination. Ever since I saw the film "Mimic"... God that had horrible giant cockroaches... Roach-Busters, you have to see this film!
Potaria
20-05-2005, 21:50
YEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Burn Burn Burn! They crunch when you step on them and get all over your food and can withstand 200 times more radiation than humans, meaning that they would be the only organisms to survive a nuclear war. Kill them. An they also taste gross, trust me. :mad: :mad: :mad: :mp5: :mp5: :eek:

Scorpions can survive intense radiation, too.
Roach-Busters
20-05-2005, 21:52
Roach-Busters, you have to see this film!

Do roaches die in it?
Fass
20-05-2005, 21:52
Remind me never to tell you about my old bio prof then. =)

Never tell me about your old bio prof. Ever!

Ugh, I can just feel the ickyness of them now. I'm just twitching at the moment and feel like I need a shower, my skin's all tingly with revulsion. Filthy creatures!
Iztatepopotla
20-05-2005, 21:53
They actually taste nasty. Kind of a sour flavor from what I remember, but that was 22 years ago. I put a live one in my mouth on a bet as a little kid.
It all depends on the dressing you use.
Roach-Busters
20-05-2005, 21:55
Filthy creatures!

Agreed. If I were President, I'd start a Department of Cockroach Extermination, to kill as many of them as possible.
Fass
20-05-2005, 22:00
Agreed. If I were President, I'd start a Department of Cockroach Extermination, to kill as many of them as possible.

I never thought I'd have a reason to make you want to be president, ever, but this is seriously swaying me into subscribing to your newsletter.
Liskeinland
20-05-2005, 22:00
Do roaches die in it? They're horrible giant roach mutants that disguise themselves as humans... not corny, actually. Yes, they are all blown away by a gigantic underground fireball. Oh, and shot. Very carthartic, I'd say.
Ariddia
20-05-2005, 22:01
I've got no problem with cockroaches. When I was living in Australia in a communal residence, there were roaches. I used to put them outside. I don't really like them being indoors, but I would never hurt them. They've got as much right to wander around as anyone else. Besides, human standards of disgust when dealing with other living beings just reflect poorly on humans' reactions, not on the objects of their disgust.
Riconiaa
20-05-2005, 22:08
I think they are alright, but if I ever see them, or touch one (pleaasssee save me from that experiance :eek: :eek: ), it's time to get out the Raid spray. :gundge: :gundge: :mp5: :mp5:
Roach-Busters
20-05-2005, 22:09
I never thought I'd have a reason to make you want to be president, ever, but this is seriously swaying me into subscribing to your newsletter.

I'd appoint you Secretary of Cockroach Extermination. ;)
The Noble Men
20-05-2005, 22:09
I hate roaches. Although I remember this man on T.V who climbed into a tank, had roaches poured on him, and the feeling of them crawling over him gave him an erection. He is one sick mo-fo! (first time I've used that word)

DIE Mr. Cockroach Hard On Man!

Mr. Cockroach Hard On Man-> :eek: :mp5: <- Me
Pharoah Kiefer Meister
20-05-2005, 22:10
If I ever got cockroaches at my place, I would not be able to live there anymore. I would move immediately.

It's the only animal I have a true phobia about. Just thinking about them makes me ill. I don't hate them, though. It's just I'd go nuts if I saw one.

My phobia's spiders, *shudders*, cockroaches deserve to die, but I can tolerate them. Spiders are incideous creatures and I hate them with a passion. *screams like a little girl as one falls on me*
Fass
20-05-2005, 22:11
I'd appoint you Secretary of Cockroach Extermination. ;)

Oh, heavens no! I'd never be able to have anything to do with them... maybe I could be first man in a Jackie O kind of way? ;)
Potaria
20-05-2005, 22:11
I hate roaches. Although I remember this man on T.V who climbed into a tank, had roaches poured on him, and the feeling of them crawling over him gave him an erection. He is one sick mo-fo! (first time I've used that word)

Ehm... Gross? I dunno what to think.
The Noble Men
20-05-2005, 22:12
My phobia's spiders, *shudders*, cockroaches deserve to die, but I can tolerate them. Spiders are incideous creatures and I hate them with a passion. *screams like a little girl as one falls on me*

Nah, I like Spiders. Kill the roaches, you see.
Yupaenu
20-05-2005, 22:13
they're just as alive as any other organism, why segregate them? just hate them all! :sniper:

no, just jokin' about the second sentance there.
The Noble Men
20-05-2005, 22:13
Ehm... Gross? I dunno what to think.

Then don't. Think of a calm scenic beach, possibly in Australia. And me, with a large shotgun chasing Mr. Cockroach Hard On Man.
Kzuu Mai
20-05-2005, 22:19
They never used to bother me that much, until on a holiday to the US one jumped straight onto my shirt, which seriously creeped me out. For several years after that I enjoyed feeding them to scorpions and tarantulas, and they are one of the few insects I have a deep loathing for.
The Parthians
20-05-2005, 22:22
I sometimes used to toss them into this chiminea I have on my porch. I was that way with insects, I used to burn anthills too... lol
Botswombata
20-05-2005, 22:26
Kind of disgusting but can survive a nuclear blast
The Noble Men
20-05-2005, 22:38
Kind of disgusting but can survive a nuclear blast

Then lets put this property of theirs to good use. Rather than line shelters with several meters of concrete or several inches of lead, get scientists to develop a material identical to their nuclear-radiation protecting skins! Imagine it; within 100 years we could have umberellas that protect us from nuclear bombs.
Gartref
20-05-2005, 23:12
Obviously, I do. Hence, my name.

I assumed you were a narc.
The Noble Men
20-05-2005, 23:20
I assumed you were a narc.

How, exactly?
BlackKnight_Poet
20-05-2005, 23:27
Obviously, I do. Hence, my name.

good point there RB.
Funky Beat
21-05-2005, 00:23
Wow, anti-God and anti-cockroach... :D
Czardas
21-05-2005, 00:50
I live in a small apartment high up and rarely have to deal with the nasty things. For a while I didn't care about them. NIMBY, I always said. Until just a few nights ago.

I spent the night spamming, er, debating sensibly ( ;) ) on NationStates. At around 1 AM, I stepped into my room to go to sleep, sensed some movement, looked down, and saw right where I was about to put my foot, a 5 cm long roacher. I fled the premises, seized a can of diluted sodium hydroxide, and began stalking the winged bugger, firing salvos at it every few minutes. I finally trapped it under a table and drowned it in poisonous bases, scorching the floor in the process. It sure raised my heart rate.

So my final answer? Kill them all. They must all die! We must not rest until every single cockroach lies dead! We must shoot and burn them, my comrades! DIE! DIE! DIIIIEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!! :gundge: :gundge: :gundge:

*Darn it, I hate that smiley! :headbang:*

~Czardas, SUpreme Ruler of the Universe
Zooke
21-05-2005, 01:15
Roaches have got to be the nastiest, most disease ridden creatures on this earth. I won't share a house with them. Raid makes a roach gel. Put it in dark places and within a week you won't have a roach in the house.
Santa Barbara
21-05-2005, 01:18
I've never really seen a roach infested place, or a roach infesting a place.

Santa Barbara is a nice place to live.
Iztatepopotla
21-05-2005, 01:21
I fled the premises, seized a can of diluted sodium hydroxide, and began stalking the winged bugger, firing salvos at it every few minutes. I finally trapped it under a table and drowned it in poisonous bases, scorching the floor in the process. It sure raised my heart rate.

Why didn't you just step on it? It's not only faster, but environmentally friendly too. And some of them you can get a very satisfying crunch from. Others pop.

And, if you're patient, a few minutes later you can enjoy the miracle of the cockroach returning to life. That's why I used to burn them or wrap them tight in a piece of paper after stepping on them. It's the only way to keep them from becoming roach-zombies.
Czardas
21-05-2005, 03:06
Santa Barbara, you are categorized as a Grade-A asshole. Try taking the test instead of annoying us all. Why didn't you just step on it? It's not only faster, but environmentally friendly too. And some of them you can get a very satisfying crunch from. Others pop.I didn't step on it because I was barefoot at the time, and did not want to have the internal organs of a 5-cm cockroach stuck to my foot.

~Czardas, Supreme Ruler of the Universe
Demented Hamsters
21-05-2005, 16:01
Wow, anti-God and anti-cockroach... :D
Maybe God is a cockroach....
This would mean Roach-busters is only anti-one thing.



As for me, I didn't mind them so much back in NZ. But they're tiddlers there. Here they're fucking huge, the size of small dogs. And they can fly. And they're armour-plated and have laser-beam eyes.

Ok, the last sentence isn't true, but they are bloody enormous. Still I found that Toilet Duck spray kills them immediately. The other day one flew in through the window and finally landed in the lampshade. Lacking flyspray, I figured that if the toilet spray can clean crap off the bowl, it should be able to deal with a 'roach. Sure enough, one spray and it died almost immediately. A few twitches and then on it's back. Fantastic.
Jeruselem
21-05-2005, 16:08
As long as they stay outside, they can live.
Move into the house and it's war.
Cabra West
21-05-2005, 16:25
I don't know really, I've never seen a real live cockroach ever... anywhere.
SimNewtonia
21-05-2005, 16:57
I don't know really, I've never seen a real live cockroach ever... anywhere.

Explain. How is it possible to not have seen a cockroach.

I personally detest the things. If our family sees a spider, though, unless it's venomous, we don't worry about it, and leave it alone. After all, they kill the other insects for us. :p
Calpe
21-05-2005, 17:26
Same here with the spiders...no problem with them....but cockroaches....ahh...the way they crumble under my boot.
German Nightmare
21-05-2005, 23:46
I don't "like" them, but they are kind of interesting - as long as I don't have to share my apartment with them! Scientifically speaking - wow! Personnally? Yikes!
Lokiaa
22-05-2005, 00:08
:mad: Eradicate them. I'm allergic.