Radikalskippy's Random Banter #85 of lost ideas and where to find them... - Page 5

ZombieRockStar · 07-15-2007, 06:08 PM

Never seen giant roaches...I've seen more than my fair share of millipedes crawling around in various places, and a couple of scorpions when I was in Nicaragua a few years ago, but those are all on the ground, so no problems with them flying at my face. Besides, scorpions are cool.

I get a little disconcerted when I see those large mosquitoes...I hate those things. *swats mosquito*

Saithis Bladewing · 07-15-2007, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by mikoto

What colour does a smurf turn when you choke it.

I have a bright blue T-shirt that says that.

EmeraldRose · 07-15-2007, 06:12 PM

Hmm...I seem to remember my dad stomping on the giant roaches with very large boots when I was a kid in Louisiana. Nothing else really worked. You could hit them with fly swatters and they kinda laughed it off...or else picked them up and hit you back...

I never really stepped on them after the first time I stepped on one...AND NOTHING HAPPENED!!!! I swear the thing kept right on truckin'...after it HISSED AT ME!

I can still remember the horribly loud crunch sound when my dad would stomp on them...

*shudders*

Malmagor Andrigal · 07-15-2007, 06:27 PM

when don't have such big roaches around here...and we used to crush them, or let the cat have some fun while torturing them...

well, now i live on a fourth floor, so there's smaller chances to bump into one.

Rawhide · 07-15-2007, 06:33 PM

Warning: Contains spider. May contain traces of nut.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syc6GnoOBA8

EmeraldRose · 07-15-2007, 06:33 PM

Sooooo not clicking the link!

*makes Will Save*

ZombieRockStar · 07-15-2007, 06:36 PM

Spiders are cool. They're all furry and stuff. Spiders I like.

The only bugs I really find disgusting are the huge, fat flies and also earwigs. Earwigs are probably in the top five most disgusting things on the planet. Right behind colossal squid.

Thes Hunter · 07-15-2007, 06:38 PM

MA Maybe you live in high enough elevation where it's cool enough to keep them out. Also these guys haven't spread worldwide quite yet. The originated in Africa, but were named the "American Roach" because they were first characterized here.

But yeah, they tend not to go higher than the first couple of floors even in the southern parts of the US.

Emerald Rose, I think when I lived in LA for a bit, I expected them more... and not here in Ohio. Though it appears that they have established some population in Toronto (coughs in ZRS general direction) but that far north, they need to house themselves in building over winter, since they can not tolerate temperatures under 15 deg F. But still even my couple months down there, they weren't as much of a problem as they have been here for the last week. But it appears that I have fixed their little red wagon. *And you can tell I read a lot of websites about these guys, I find comfort in knowledge*

I just need to make sure I walk around the apartment in socks and not bare feet. Socks may be AC: 0 but they are +5 vs. cockroaches.... at least keeping them from touching me. Which is really the source of all the fear I have of them.

--- Back to smurfs ----

Since they are blue... that means their oxygen carrying pigment has to be copper and not iron, like most other 'higher' organisms. Oxyidized copper is blue/green which is why bugs 'blood' is blue, since they do have copper as their oxygen carrier.

So a choked smurf would look like non-oxidized copper.... which would be I guess copper colored?

Malmagor Andrigal · 07-15-2007, 06:42 PM

I don't like bugs, in general...well except for those...hmmm can't remember their name in english...

*wikies* Pillbug! yeah, like Tuck & Roll...it was easy to find those in my own house...

SweetLikeLemons · 07-15-2007, 06:43 PM

ewewew...
Fortunately, I've never had to deal with cockroaches. There was a rumor that one of the dorms I lived in was infested with them, but I never saw them. My parents' old house had a thriving centipede community, though. My room was in the attic, and I woke up to find one of those creepy-crawlies (a rather large one) hanging on the sloped ceiling directly above me, about a foot from my face. Talk about a rude awakening...

Ego Slayer · 07-15-2007, 06:44 PM

Spiders are fine as long as they're not on me, or too close to comfort. I don't like the little black ones that jump. >_>

Yeah, I have to agree... earwigs are gross.

If I came by the last earwig on the planet I'd stomp on it mercilessly.

A colossal squid sounds awesome, though... assuming it's not going to kill me, or something.

Dispozition · 07-15-2007, 06:48 PM

Anything giant and slimy is pretty awesome assuming it's not gonna kill me...Like a giant geleton cube!

Spiders are also awesome from afar...Not so cool when they're crawling all over you.

Errrmmm...More stuffs on topic...Yeah...Not filler 'cause I'm bored...

ZombieRockStar · 07-15-2007, 06:48 PM

Giant squid are cool. They have all the awesomeness of regular squid, just with being giant. Colossal squid, on the other hand, are disproportionate and just plain ugly.

The only roaches I've ever seen have been small. There's more of a bedbug problem here...*shudder*

Also, that talk of Smurf skin pigmentation is bordering on physics and fantasy...and I'm not letting you kill my catgirl.

Ego Slayer · 07-15-2007, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by ZombieRockStar

Giant squid are cool. They have all the awesomeness of regular squid, just with being giant. Colossal squid, on the other hand, are disproportionate and just plain ugly.

Yeah, smaller squid are definitely cooler looking. So, yeah, ugly... but still cool.

Never seen a roach in my life.

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Also, that talk of Smurf skin pigmentation is bordering on physics and fantasy...and I'm not letting you kill my catgirl.

Yeaah!...

Spoiler

EmeraldRose · 07-15-2007, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Malmagor Andrigal

I don't like bugs, in general...well except for those...hmmm can't remember their name in english...

*wikies* Pillbug! yeah, like Tuck & Roll...it was easy to find those in my own house...

You mean Rolli-pollies? Those're great! Flick'em and they'll roll forever!!!

Thes Hunter · 07-15-2007, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Dispozition

Anything giant and slimy is pretty awesome assuming it's not gonna kill me...Like a giant geleton cube!

Spiders are also awesome from afar...Not so cool when they're crawling all over you.

Errrmmm...More stuffs on topic...Yeah...Not filler 'cause I'm bored...

You're from australia, the land of giant poisonious things.

You're opinion on this doesn't count.

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Originally Posted by Ego Slayer

Yeah, smaller squid are definitely cooler looking. So, yeah, ugly... but still cool.

Never seen a roach in my life.

I hadn't either until I went college. Darn student housing!

Trog · 07-15-2007, 07:00 PM

Yeah. All I can say is the boxes of stuff need to be sprayed with extreme prejudice before they enter here.

Oh... I guess she didn't actually SAY where she was moving too. Oops. Let the cat outta the bag.

ZombieRockStar · 07-15-2007, 07:00 PM

Only two poisonous spiders here (widows and recluses) and both are exceedingly rare, so I never worry. I like spiders...those little tiny blood ones are cool, though impossible to avoid squishing...

@^: AWWWWWW!!!! (That was an attempt at payback...not really effective, is it?

)

Dispozition · 07-15-2007, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Thes Hunter

You're from australia, the land of giant poisonious things.

Your opinion on this doesn't count.

Well...Erm...SHUSH!!!

Lucky · 07-15-2007, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by ZombieRockStar

Spiders are cool. They're all furry and stuff. Spiders I like.

The only bugs I really find disgusting are the huge, fat flies and also earwigs. Earwigs are probably in the top five most disgusting things on the planet. Right behind colossal squid.

Spiders are great. I have nothing against spiders.

These are a completely different story. I hate, hate, hate these things.

SMEE · 07-15-2007, 07:08 PM

No really poisonous spiders around here as well... just the brown spiders, who are nasty.

Oh, and roaches. Never saw those buggers... The thousands of frogs and toads in my home city usually dealt with them.

Btw, I mean thousands... During spring, one could barelly walk outside at night due to the sheer amount of frogs in the streets...

ZombieRockStar · 07-15-2007, 07:10 PM

What? House centipedes are awesome. Kind of annoying when you find them on your bed and have to get them off, but otherwise they're cool.

Found one in my sink once and tried to wash it down. man, those things are amazing swimmers.

Silverfish are creepy and gross.

Skippy · 07-15-2007, 07:13 PM

The only things that invade here where I live are mosquitoes. I hate those things but the weather doesn't seem to affect them as it does with the rest of the fauna... >.<

Malmagor Andrigal · 07-15-2007, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Dispozition

Well...Erm...SHUSH!!!

yeah, this is RB! banter is welcomed!

and you know what do i hate? pidgeons...dirty,dumb birds i tell ya... always running into windows or ruinning your laundry...and, according to an Argentinian Urban Myth...they also consume human beigns

....

EmeraldRose · 07-15-2007, 07:14 PM

BTW Skippy, I finally saw the keyblade guy at some store in the mall. Or a keyblade guy anyway...

Also, they were selling a giant stuffed keyblade.

Lucky · 07-15-2007, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by ZombieRockStar

What? House centipedes are awesome. Kind of annoying when you find them on your bed and have to get them off, but otherwise they're cool.

Found one in my sink once and tried to wash it down. man, those things are amazing swimmers.

Silverfish are creepy and gross.

I've never encountered a silverfish before, maybe because our house has a few too many house centipedes.

I honestly don't know what it is with the house centipedes, I guess it's how big they get compared to what I'm used to seeing. I don't like them, never have.

Doesn't help there case they eat spiders.

Skippy · 07-15-2007, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by EmeraldRose

BTW Skippy, I finally saw the keyblade guy at some store in the mall. Or a keyblade guy anyway...

Also, they were selling a giant stuffed keyblade.

I gotta get me one of those, definitely!!! *sigh*

I gotta get out of this country... Nothing cool can be found here...

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EmeraldRose · 07-15-2007, 07:19 PM

We have waaaaaaaaaaay too many spiders in our house. I try to pretend like they aren't here, because I would probably go nuts otherwise.

Our neighbor was trying to tell me a story about how they get worse in the fall, "They cover the doors with webs so you can't get out, and at night you can shine flashlights through the webs! The kids love it!" This was right after we'd moved in, and she doesn't know me, and has no idea how I feel, so she really has no clue how much she's freaked me out!!

Worse is my in-laws' cabin at the lake....we won't get into that right now....

I have to go to sleep tonight...

EDIT: @ ^ have you tried eBay?

You could probably find one on there?

Lucky · 07-15-2007, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by EmeraldRose

We have waaaaaaaaaaay too many spiders in our house. I try to pretend like they aren't here, because I would probably go nuts otherwise.

Get ladybugs.

Skippy · 07-15-2007, 07:23 PM

Nope, I haven't... Since I've got no credit card (or relatives with credit card near me) it's a little hard... Besides, all I can find are Keyblade-shaped necklaces... And I've got one like that already...