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SaveABug Donating Member (289 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-03 10:41 PM
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What bugs bug you the most?
skeeters. I hate'em, but remember the 11th commandment:

Thou shalt never squish a bug.
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AnnabelLee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-03 10:42 PM
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1. Fleas
Fleas fleas fleas fleas fleas fleas. Every summer is a battle--an expensive battle.
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SilasSoule Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-03 10:47 PM
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3. The pest things in life are flea!!!
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SaveABug Donating Member (289 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-03 11:04 PM
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13. That IS funny!
:)
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Avalux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-03 10:44 PM
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2. scorpions
sends shivers up my spine...and I WILL kill them! :evilgrin:
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Don_G Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-03 10:47 PM
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4. There Were A Couple Of Trees In My Yard
And I just hate having "tree branches" slither out of the yard before I pick up the branches before I decide to mow the lawn.

I'm not a big fan of snakes to say the least....
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Systematic Chaos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-03 10:48 PM
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5. The five inch long FLYING ground beetles
that we get here every summer in parts of Vegas.

If one ever lands on me I'll go into cardiac arrest, I just know it.

When I was moving to a new place a month ago I saw one near my route from the car, where I was loading stuff, to the front door of my old apartment. It looked like half its guts were hanging out its backside so I assumed it was dead. As I was coming back out to the car with my last couple of boxes I noticed it was nowhere to be found. There was no wind that day and the neighbors' cats were all inside.

:scared:
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dolo amber Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-03 10:51 PM
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6. Here's my take on it
I hate spiders. HATE them. They're just so far beyond gross, I want to hurl everytime I see one, regardless of size. (Although, ask any spider-hater, they're all ENORMOUS!!) But anytime I mention this, it never fails that some smartass nature loving jerk bring up this argument:

"Spiders eat loads of other insects. If it weren't for spiders, the world would be overrun with them."

FINE.

I propose a moratorium on ANYTHING WITH MORE THAN 4 LEGS. Yes, that includes octopi and squid. I care not. Any creature with more than 4 legs is an abomination in the eyes of God. (Ok, I made that part up, but still, eh?) ;)
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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-03 11:25 PM
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18. Yep, I agree....
One of my friends has one of those fuckin' tarantula "things".

Everyone keeps wanting me to let it crawl on me and such...HA!

I know damn well if I ever had the courage to let the thing on me, it would go for my throat, tear half of it out and
everybody would stand around saying "Gee, that's strange, it never did that before".
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blackcat77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-03 10:51 PM
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7. The mosquitoes around here are ridiculous
You simply cannot go out after dusk or you'll be devoured alive. And our city govt doesn't want to spray for them because they're saving the chemicals in case of a West Nile outbreak. Yeah right -- as if getting all your blood sucked out isn't a good enough reason.
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Alenne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-03 10:52 PM
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8. The cricket outside of my window that has been making noise for 3 hours
It is so loud. I just want him to die or shut up.
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short bus president Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-03 10:52 PM
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9. chiggers
ain't nothin' good about chiggers. Eat me alive for days every time I step out in the tall grass. Little bastards.

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roughsatori Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-03 10:54 PM
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10. Spiders
I use non-lethal bug control: Pre-emptive cleanliness and a device that sends a signal through the wiring of my house that disturbs the bugs and causes them to leave. I rarely see a bug, but I do see spiders and hate them.
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Ilsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-03 10:56 PM
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11. Cockroaches.
Didn't have to think twice about it. They make asthmatic kids sick. You can't f____king kill them.
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shanti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-03 11:55 PM
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19. nasty buggers, ain't they?
i agree with you
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Wonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-03 11:01 PM
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12. Rainbows ;-)
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pansypoo53219 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-03 11:04 PM
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14. toss up
Edited on Mon Aug-25-03 11:05 PM by pansypoo53219
tie between earwhigs and centipedes.
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Kathy in Cambridge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-03 11:04 PM
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15. Centipedes and Big Spiders
and Mosquitos
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Nomad559 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-03 11:17 PM
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16. Spiders
And ReBUGlicans :evilgrin:
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Tom Kitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-03 11:17 PM
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17. Bloodsucking vermin...
nt
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newyawker99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-03 11:48 AM
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20. Congrats countfloyd!! 200 posts
:toast:
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