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I was just minding my business chatting with a few friends in the hallway(mostly about useless stuff because I had nothing else to do until class started. You know, filler stuff like Harry Potter [Am I the only one who likes Snape...?], our hair, and who makes the worst cookies. Probably me. >_>)

Anyways, we were just chatting aside when a few guys pass by and decide to throw a bunch of dead cockroaches :eek:, near us.

I mean seriously. What the-? Dead cockroaches? Dead cockroaches are even worse than live cockroaches. I wouldn't have screamed if they were live cockroaches. And they (about two or three) were giant! I mean, they were like monster cockroaches. In all honesty, what kind of weirdo would even carry around giant monster dead cockroaches?

Dead cockroaches are terrible. If I see a cockroach, I refuse to allow it to be killed. Cockroaches become ten times more terrifying dead. They're like Obi-Wan. If you strike them down, they become more powerful than you can even imagine. I mean, anyone would have freaked out at these giant monster cockroaches.

Plus, one of them had a spider. This was clearly the last straw for me. If he had thrown that spider (he probably wasn't, but I am NOT taking chances with spiders), I would have died right there. I ran as fast as I could outside. I refused to go back inside until class had started and I decided to sit on the opposite side of the class of the guys.

Anyways, we had an interesting debate on who screamed first. None of us (except me, I knew I was first), knew who it was. I still insisted it was someone else. >_>

:eek: I feel uneasy just typing this...I'm terrified of a super giant monster dead zombie cockroach ambushing me. >_>

Is this the sixth grade?

I would rather dead then alive.

The ones here can and will FLY towards you.

Dead ones don't fly.

and technically, a Zombie Cockroach isn't dead. :p

You need some kind of...Blessed Raid. Y'know, for undead cockroaches.

Is this the sixth grade?

This brings me to another point. If you're an adult and still throwing cockroaches at people, you fail at life. I mean, seriously, what was up with them? :mad:

You know, now that I think about it, I don't think I've ever seen a cockroach except on TV.

I like Snape too. Like, a lot. Serious fan girl here. :p

I like Snape too. Like, a lot. Serious fan girl here. :p

Yay! I absolutely adore him as well! Same here!

Yay! I absolutely adore him as well! Same here!

Excellent! You're the only other person besides me, so far, that I've spoken with. I definitely think he's one of the most well-developed characters in the series. And. The ending of the 7th book, omg, I knew it all along... I was so sad though. :(

...Snape and cockroaches

what a lovely discussion ;)

here we have GIANT palmetto bugs which Don't DIE - its really annoying. and they're like 3 inches long...

Excellent! You're the only other person besides me, so far, that I've spoken with. I definitely think he's one of the most well-developed characters in the series. And. The ending of the 7th book, omg, I knew it all along... I was so sad though. :(

The naming of Albus Severus at the end was a nice touch. Snape was the only character that made me sad in seven books of Harry Potter. :( Not only is he well-developed, but his story is absolutely heart-rending. Not to mention he's the best looking guy in the movies. >_>

here we have GIANT palmetto bugs which Don't DIE - its really annoying. and they're like 3 inches long...

That's one reason I like living in Michigan. The rather chilly climate kills a lot of the really nasty bugs you guys get down south.

Cock-a-roach? I've never even heard it before. I say new-cue-ler. >_>

Can you guys stop with the spoilers? I came to this thread for cockroaches.

The only problem I have with cockroarches are guys who say 'cock-a-roach'. It's dumb.

If this was an adult, that guy fails life.

If this is high school, consider revenge.

It was an adult. -_-

If this was an adult, that guy fails life.

If this is high school, consider revenge.

I was just minding my business chatting with a few friends in the hallway(mostly about useless stuff because I had nothing else to do until class started. You know, filler stuff like Harry Potter [Am I the only one who likes Snape...?]

Am I the only one who congradulates him for killing Dumbledore and, in general, loathes the Harry Potter series?

I'm a guy and I freak a little with roaches. Having had one crawl UNDER my foot in the middle of the night(we actually take OFF our shoes in our own homes here), and another crawl over my foot while washing dishes, and yet another one flying for my face while I was reading, I'm fully justified in wanting them extinct. They add zero value to the world. Some might argue that they help break down rubbish. I say bullshit. Ants, rats, and even bacteria do a much better job, without being greedy bastards who will break into your house and nibble your books so that the page edges look like swiss cheese. The only cockroaches that should be in this world are dead ones. Halfway down my toilet pipes heading towards the sewers where they can be munched on by rats.:upyours:

Doesn't really help that the lizards around here are kind of pussies. I mean, the average adult lizard is maybe 3 inches long, and the roaches themselves are the ones with yellow bands and about an inch and a half long.:mp5:

...and after throwing the cockroaches at the little scaredy girls, I spent the rest of recess on the swings trying to go over the top.

once i found the bacK half of a cockroach (don't know what happened to the front) anyway i swept it onto the front porch and noticed it legs were still moving. A few days later i went past it and just nudged it out of interest and its legs moved again. Now i know dead things have nerve endings that still twitch sometimes, but 3 days later....pretty freaky! So then i felt a bit sorry for it and ending up squashing it properly and in a fit of guilt actually buried it in the garden.

I just hope the top half isn't living on somewhere in the house.:eek:

here we have GIANT palmetto bugs which Don't DIE - its really annoying. and they're like 3 inches long...
Nothing compared to the dreaded.... MIDGIE!!!!

Am I the only one who congradulates him for killing Dumbledore and, in general, loathes the Harry Potter series?
Not at all.

I don't even know who Snape is. :p

el trotto you must have some super bugs where you live.......the burial is slightly worrying too!

erm, right....:confused:

Have things really got this bad round here?

i hate cockroaches,but im like the freakin exterminator of them in my house,someone sees one,GETA SHOE,smash it,and a proper beriual...a flush down a toliet and i piss on em hehehe:mp5:

but is noone amazed by its supernatural ability to stay alive without its head!!!! i think it is bizaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrio

erm, right....:confused:

Have things really got this bad round here?
We've run out of politics!

The only things left to discuss are cockraoches and Harry Potter.

Quick! Someone start an abortion thread!

i think cockroach abortions happen on a regular basis

Let's discuss the technical problems with Harry Potter magic!

Like Avada Kedavra. Is it a cone? Can it kill anything beyond something placed in front of it if the blast is big enough to go around the object? Like, would I be protected from the spell if I wore live insects around my neck?

It was an adult. -_-

now that i have stopped believing your story...

if it was an adult, you go to the principal, the superintendant and the school board to get the asshole fired. that is seriously creepy behavior that is out of bounds for adults to do to students.

now that i have stopped believing your story...

if it was an adult, you go to the principal, the superintendant and the school board to get the asshole fired. that is seriously creepy behavior that is out of bounds for adults to do to students.

University student-ness is a possibility

now that i have stopped believing your story...

if it was an adult, you go to the principal, the superintendant and the school board to get the asshole fired. that is seriously creepy behavior that is out of bounds for adults to do to students.

It wasn't a teacher, it was a student...

now that i have stopped believing your story...
Um, adults can be students too.

Like my good self.

It wasn't a teacher, it was a student...

you go to school with adults?

this is not adult behavior.

assuming you dont find this psychotic form of flirtation flattering. (if you do you need to talk to the school psychologist), you either go to the principal, superintendant or school board to get it stopped or if they arent interested, talk to the cops.

this is seriously sick behavior for an adult.

you go to school with adults?
College or University, surely.

If they arent interested, talk to the cops.

this is seriously sick behavior for an adult.
It's stupid behaviour all right, but not exactly worth bothering the police with.

Just immature.

Um, adults can be students too.

Like my good self.

do you throw dead things at people?

do you throw dead things at people?

Well, there was that one time....

I'm not so sure if it was thrown AT us because they kinda dropped it like ten feet away from us...it might not have been intentional. I just got out of there because I wasn't taking the risk to see if it was. There are somethings you don't take risks with.

do you throw dead things at people?
No, but whether or not someone throws dead things at people doesn't mean they are biologically an adult or not, obviously.

In fact, I have wiggled the shell of a crab at someone fairly recently...

What that hell kind of place do you live in? Throwing cockroaches for fun? The fuck?

do you throw dead things at people?

I accidentally threw bits of a dead person at someones mouth once. Does that count?

University student-ness is a possibility

you are attendinging a university.

you are standing around the hallway talking to some friends when a young man throws dead cockroaches at you.

what is wrong with this story?

the part where she didnt deck him or the part where she screamed like a jr high student?

in what university do girls hang out in the hallways like they do in highschool?

in what university do girls hang out in the hallways like they do in highschool?
None - they all hang around the common areas.

you are attendinging a university.

you are standing around the hallway talking to some friends when a young man throws dead cockroaches at you.

what is wrong with this story?

the part where she didnt deck him or the part where she screamed like a jr high student?

in what university do girls hang out in the hallways like the do in highschool?

I lived in university accomodation for my first year of uni and plenty of people hung out in the halls. I've also done much worse to them than throw dead cockroaches and they took it as the joke it was. No punching required

No, but whether or not someone throws dead things at people doesn't mean they are biologically an adult or not, obviously.

In fact, I have wiggled the shell of a crab at someone fairly recently...

you throw scary things at girls to make them scream when you are 12 years old.

if an adult is interested in a girl, he asks her out. if he isnt, he doesnt throw dead things at her.

I lived in university accomodation for my first year of uni and plenty of people hung out in the halls

so we're supposing she was in the dormitory?

so we're supposing she was in the dormitory?

T'is a possibility

you throw scary things at girls to make them scream when you are 12 years old.

if an adult is interested in a girl, he asks her out. if he isnt, he doesnt throw dead things at her.
Someone got out of bed the wrong side this morning... :p

We all agree that it was an immature thing to do. I'm just taken aback that you feel the need to call in university staff or the police.

The naming of Albus Severus at the end was a nice touch. Snape was the only character that made me sad in seven books of Harry Potter. :( Not only is he well-developed, but his story is absolutely heart-rending. Not to mention he's the best looking guy in the movies. >_>

Agreed, agreed. It also helps that I absolutely love Alan Rickman no matter what. :p

Someone got out of bed the wrong side this morning... :p

We all agree that it was an immature thing to do. I'm just taken aback that you feel the need to call in university staff or the police.

she could wait until the next time he does something creepy but what is NEXT?

if it wasnt an adult, you dont really have to worry, its just immature but she insisted that this was an ADULT. throwing dead things at girls is out of bounds for adults. its not immature, its sick.

in any case there are things that you dont have to put up with and having dead things tossed at you is one of them.

once she makes the mistake of shrieking like a 12 year old she is going to have trouble being taken seriously by the asshole who now must assume that she secretly loved the attention. unless she wants it to continue and perhaps escalate, she needs to take a serious step by informing someone who he will listen to when they tell him to knock it off.

once she makes the mistake of shrieking like a 12 year old she is going to have trouble being taken seriously by the asshole who now must assume that she secretly loved the attention. unless she wants it to continue and perhaps escalate, she needs to take a serious step by informing someone who he will listen to when they tell him to knock it off.

Or perhaps just say to him personally that she didn't appreciate it. Give the guy a chance.

Or perhaps just say to him personally that she didn't appreciate it. Give the guy a chance.

no

he had to pick the things up and save them for the right moment.

im not saying he has to go to jail or be kicked out of school, but he needs to be talked to since as an adult he doesnt know that its wrong.

whats next? a dead cat?

whats next? a dead cat?
You're joking, right?

so we're supposing she was in the dormitory?
I stand around outside the classroom and talk to people if we arrive before the class in our room before us hasn't left yet.

You're joking, right?

OK now you just have to be kidding

why would i be?

she says these are ADULTS.

why would an adult throw dead cockroaches on girls talking the the hallway?

thats not the way adults flirt.

thats not the way adults behave.

there is no innocent answer to the question of why. if he starts with dead bugs he doesnt stop there unless someone firmly points out to him that its unacceptable behavior.

I'm not a girl...

I'm not a girl...

oohhhhhh

nevermind

you should have decked him.

why would i be?

she says these are ADULTS.

why would an adult throw dead cockroaches on girls talking the the hallway?

thats not the way adults flirt.

thats not the way adults behave.

there is no innocent answer to the question of why. if he starts with dead bugs he doesnt stop there unless someone firmly points out to him that its unacceptable behavior.

Because he (and a significant number of other people) would find this kind of thing to be nothing more than a prank. Something to be laughed at and taken lightly. Why do my flatmates clingfilm everything in my room or cover the door in shaving foam? For a laugh.

Fair enough though that not everyone will take it as such and it is necessary to know a persons sense of humour before trying it but all that is needed is to point out to him that it wasn't taken as a joke.

oohhhhhh

nevermind

you should have decked him.

Why is it only an issue if he had been a she?

Decking is the mature response to an immature prank? Personally i'd say they're both immature

Can you guys stop with the spoilers? I came to this thread for cockroaches.

The only problem I have with cockroarches are guys who say 'cock-a-roach'. It's dumb.

Tony Montana could kill you for saying that.

Why is it only an issue if he had been a she?

because its even more obviously a lie.

he was hanging about the hallways talking about his hair, his cookie making skills, his love of snape when some big boys tossed cockroaches on him.

its not a matter of "what is it with guys and cockroaches?" now is it?

Because he (and a significant number of other people) would find this kind of thing to be nothing more than a prank. Something to be laughed at and taken lightly. Why do my flatmates clingfilm everything in my room or cover the door in shaving foam? For a laugh.

Fair enough though that not everyone will take it as such and it is necessary to know a persons sense of humour before trying it but all that is needed is to point out to him that it wasn't taken as a joke.

back to before the big reveal...

its NOT FUNNY and any adult thinking its funny has a big problem that needs to be dealt with in the firmest way.

what you and your friends do are generally agreed upon between you. what you do with strangers (or aquaintences) is entirely different.

when you are in fact an adult you dont have to put up with any shit that happens to you.

I'm totally unequipped to answer or even to comprehend the question posed in the thread title.

Most species of roaches can fly. They usually don't fly, they do it only when it's mating season.

More reason to not want them flying at you, wouldn't you say?

back to before the big reveal...

its NOT FUNNY and any adult thinking its funny has a big problem that needs to be dealt with in the firmest way.

I think your the one with a problem here...

I would rather dead then alive.

The ones here can and will FLY towards you.

Dead ones don't fly.

and technically, a Zombie Cockroach isn't dead. :p
Most species of roaches can fly. They usually don't fly, they do it only when it's mating season.

Cockroaches don't really bother me. They have 6 legs, they are all right. Spiders I'm fine with. In fact, I love spiders. Anything with more than 8 legs, though, can go straight to hell. Having two hungry lizards that need to be fed twice a day pretty much takes away any fear of touching bugs.

And OMG, am I the only one who can't WAIT for the last Harry Potter movie to come out just so people will finally shut the fuck up about the whole thing?!