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laundry_queen

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25. OMG that is totally me.

Fri Oct 19, 2012, 07:48 PM

Oct 2012

Yes, living in the north has HUGE advantages (says this Canadian prairie dweller). Oddly enough, if you go further north than I am, into the forests, there are huge longhorn beetles that are every bit as disgusting and as big as a cockroach, but they prefer to stay in the forest. Every few years they like to congregate on the outside of your house. When they land on you (they fly) they have sticky feet so it's hard to shoo them off. And when they bite they take a huge chunk of skin with them. Thinking of those things makes me want to faint. I think I'll stay on the northern prairies.

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aeeeeyyyyyyyyyyyiiii! Giant cockroach runs around on reporter's shoulders during live broadcast. [View all] Liberal_in_LA Oct 2012 OP

i guess he didn't notice tk2kewl Oct 2012 #1

I bet he felt it. Liberal_in_LA Oct 2012 #3

it looks like it touched his neck, maybe as a reporter he is trained JI7 Oct 2012 #6

yep Liberal_in_LA Oct 2012 #15

yuk, how does that happen? i hope they killed it JI7 Oct 2012 #2

Charlie made the roach do that slackmaster Oct 2012 #4

How long has this guy been standing there Politicalboi Oct 2012 #5

I lived in Vegas. liberalmuse Oct 2012 #7

I hate those things. One place I lived, they came on to the patio at night, I don't even like Liberal_in_LA Oct 2012 #13

Ack. Habibi Oct 2012 #18

... xchrom Oct 2012 #8

That's not a giant cockroach, guys. Th1onein Oct 2012 #9

It's an American cockroach LadyHawkAZ Oct 2012 #11

Never heard 'em called waterbugs. Atman Oct 2012 #16

I think they're called different things in different places. Th1onein Oct 2012 #28

they're all cockroaches, though. HiPointDem Oct 2012 #47

The bottom two... Atman Oct 2012 #49

Yep - Palmetto bugs Amaril Oct 2012 #48

WTF! Kill it with fire!!! Zalatix Oct 2012 #45

Yuck! LeftofObama Oct 2012 #10

I would thrown the microphone, screamed and ran, flailing my arms Liberal_in_LA Oct 2012 #12

i will vote for any candidate who promises to kill these things JI7 Oct 2012 #14

lol! me too! Habibi Oct 2012 #19

the only way to get rid of them is to cook and eat them. hollysmom Oct 2012 #27

Advice from G Gordon Liddy? gateley Oct 2012 #34

Cockroaches are the most disgusting creatures on the planet Cali_Democrat Oct 2012 #17

Not true. Zalatix Oct 2012 #46

+100 Atman Oct 2012 #50

People ask me all the time how I can stand to live in Northern Minnesota. Brickbat Oct 2012 #20

ROFLMAO! LeftofObama Oct 2012 #22

You ain't seen nothing unless you have lived in South Florida. RebelOne Oct 2012 #23

OMG that is totally me. laundry_queen Oct 2012 #25

Bugs and reporters don't mix very well. -..__... Oct 2012 #26

OMG I was so hoping that was him when I opened your video. I love that dude! lonestarnot Oct 2012 #40

I was going to post that infamous video but you beat me to it Catherine Vincent Oct 2012 #41

Was it Tagg Romney lookin for to kick Obama's ass? Monk06 Oct 2012 #21

He's actually MADE of these, like that mook from Fright Night 2. 2ndAmForComputers Oct 2012 #24

Not a giant cockroach. Just a normal one. MineralMan Oct 2012 #29

a grasshopper would have freaked me out also Liberal_in_LA Oct 2012 #30

OK. Well, I don't understand that, really. MineralMan Oct 2012 #33

I cannot handle that. Liberal_in_LA Oct 2012 #35

Damn that bug gets around! TrollBuster9090 Oct 2012 #31

Seems to me that in Texas Ilsa Oct 2012 #32

While the teabaggers are unpopular, they are everywhere. Dawson Leery Oct 2012 #36

Yuck. Jennicut Oct 2012 #37

How about running into one of these; pic after the jump demlion Oct 2012 #38

ack Liberal_in_LA Oct 2012 #42

EWWWW!!! Odin2005 Oct 2012 #39

I know!!! Liberal_in_LA Oct 2012 #43

Call that a giant insect? This is a giant insect muriel_volestrangler Oct 2012 #44