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MicaelS

(8,747 posts) Tue Apr 4, 2017, 09:45 PM Apr 2017

If we ever destroy ourselves with nuclear weapons.... [View all]

I know for a fact that roaches will survive.

I know this because a small roach got into the microwave, I did not see it, and nuked a frozen pot pie. After 3 minutes, I opened the door and the roach was still running around.

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If we ever destroy ourselves with nuclear weapons.... [View all] MicaelS Apr 2017 OP

but u r ok with the dead chicken u 8 jpak Apr 2017 #1

I don't waste food. MicaelS Apr 2017 #7

How's that pie taste? Callmecrazy Apr 2017 #2

Well then, "go roaches", I guess, cuz - I don't know wtf is about to happen w/NK or - anything. Leghorn21 Apr 2017 #3

Great science experiment! dhol82 Apr 2017 #4

I've known that since watching Damnation Alley in 1978! csziggy Apr 2017 #5

You do know that microwave ovens do not use nuclear radiation, right? Wounded Bear Apr 2017 #6

List of creatures that would probably survive a nuclear war Kaleva Apr 2017 #8

(you left out Republikans.......) lastlib Apr 2017 #9