Loathsome Things

Cielingcat · Post by **Cielingcat** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:45 am

What does negative air pressure do to roaches?

Count Arioch the 28th · Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:10 am

Nothing in particular.

However, negative air pressure means that air is flowing in Crissa's house, not out. Which means that it's harder to smell things in her house. Which means that the neighborhood roaches won't smell all the tasty food she has in her cabinets.

CatharzGodfoot · Post by **CatharzGodfoot** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 2:29 am

What do the diatom corpses do?

Count Arioch the 28th · Thu Jul 24, 2008 3:17 am

If roaches are anything like me, they hate the feel of that crap. (Previous job had me doing tests with diatomaceous earth to test the accuracy of our testing. I'm not making that up.)

Calibron · Post by **Calibron** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 10:15 am

According to wikipedia it effectively turns them into little roach mummies. This really sucks if your Brendon Fraiser, but is good for most other people.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:14 am

Count_Arioch_the_28th wrote:I used to have phobias involving earwigs and centipedes, but I trained myself to not have them anymore.

My landlord has arachnophobia, and won't enter the room where I keep my tarantulas.

have you considered moving it into the front room of your home? then he won't even entire the building/apartment/whathaveyou.

calibron wrote:Also developed a fear of dogs after a similar experience, apparently nature hates his legs.

I got overly worried when I saw dogs for awhile after three of them decided that me riding by was a threat to their territory and decided to chase me... one of them bit me in the ankle, and though it didn't get through my boot (go combat boots) did actually break the skin, but fortunately not badly enough that I couldn't just be bandaged up without stitches. I had the option, and was encouraged by a family member, to sue, and presumably get the dogs put to sleep, but I understood they were just protecting their territory and didn't want them put down. I like animals, even the ones that attack me. I'm over it now, but I did shudder whenever I saw a loose dog I didn't know. And now I guess there are remnants of it, but I know that I could fuck most dogs up if the need actually arrose, as I weigh twice to three times as much as most any large dog.

crissa wrote:My spouse carries a colony of brown widows or false widows whereever she moves to.

She believes they help defend her from roaches.

makes sense, presuming they're not poisonous(to you/pets).

ubernoob · Post by **ubernoob** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:36 am

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:42 am

ubernoob wrote:I used to fear dogs. Those were back in the days before I decided to just dominate things. Now I just stare them down.

I tend to bark back at them...

ubernoob · Post by **ubernoob** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:43 am

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 2:16 am

ubernoob wrote:
Prak_Anima wrote:
ubernoob wrote:I used to fear dogs. Those were back in the days before I decided to just dominate things. Now I just stare them down.
I tend to bark back at them...
I do that too. Usually works too.

So what the hell am I doing wrong? Cuz when I bark it just escalates.

ubernoob · Post by **ubernoob** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 2:31 am

Prak_Anima wrote:So what the hell am I doing wrong? Cuz when I bark it just escalates.

Probably your scent.

Count Arioch the 28th · Fri Jul 25, 2008 3:11 am

Get some mace. They make mace specifically for dogs.

And don't feel bad for kicking them one for defending their territory. A dog needs to know that they have no say over humans, and if they think otherwise they need to be beaten.

I'm not phobic of dogs, I just hate them.

Talisman · Post by **Talisman** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 3:19 am

Most dogs want to be submissive. They seriously want humans to be the "pack leader" and tell them what to do. The problem comes in when their "pack leader" is percieved as weak, and the dog decides that he has to take over just so there is a strong pack leader.

Of course, if you intrude on what is legitimately a dog's territory, you've got only yourself to blame.

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I used to be mildly afraid of dogs. I once had a dream in which I was "attacked*" by a hybrid of a black-furred English sheepdog and Mr Snuffle-Uphagus from Sesame Street. I've since gotten over it, though.

*By "attacked" I mean "knocked down and snuffled at." Scared the hell out of me in the dream.

ckafrica · Post by **ckafrica** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 7:25 am

You guys should come to asia.

Because pretty much everything your scared of if available on a platter. What better way to get back at what creeps you out than by eating it?

Dog and field mouse are supposed to be excellent, succulent and tender. Like Lamb. Snake is nice and lean but too many bones. Crickets and grasshoppers are pretty good but you got to be careful with the legs as they got spines that can hurt. Arachnids are are apparently pretty gooey in the middle though my friend said the spider legs weren't bad.

Count Arioch the 28th · Sat Jul 26, 2008 5:42 am

Ah, I remember, I actually DO have a phobia.

Horses. Can't stand the big stupid things. I just haven't thought of it for a while because while spider phobes probably see spiders enough that it's on their minds, I just don't come into contact with horses very often.