Todays Topic of Discussion
#2
Posted 18 June 2004 - 09:12 AM
Seriously, I don't know what it is, but touching bugs weirds me out. I cannot let them crawl on me, and if one is on me, I'm not the type to pick it off and toss it, I HAVE to flick it. This way, I reduce the amount of Heccubus-touching-bug time, and get it the bloody hell away from me.
#3
Posted 18 June 2004 - 09:37 AM
After being all open-minded about trying them, I was disappointed to find that they tasted disgusting too.
#5
Posted 18 June 2004 - 11:27 AM
#6
Posted 18 June 2004 - 11:53 AM
#7
Posted 18 June 2004 - 02:22 PM
#8
Posted 18 June 2004 - 02:32 PM
But for the rest of the night, I felt all paranoid. I just knew a spider army was coming for me, and everytime something brushed up against me I would freak out. I didn't even take my usual 30 minute shower. The water felt like spiders! ~shudders~ Hate those things.
#9
Posted 18 June 2004 - 03:12 PM
After being all open-minded about trying them, I was disappointed to find that they tasted disgusting too.
Sounds like a macabre parody of my life, minus the bug-eating. And the going to Korea. So probably only ideologicaly similar then...
I have that problem with cockchafers. They're giant suicidal beetles that llike light as much as moths. Only they're as big as small golf balls, and they actually try and batter down windows. You want to squash them, but the soul thing creeps in...
Damn bugs.
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#10
Posted 18 June 2004 - 07:25 PM
It's okay, because the other cat eats them.
#11
Posted 18 June 2004 - 08:32 PM
"I'm not wearing gloves..."
This post has been edited by Jane Sherwood: 18 June 2004 - 08:33 PM
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#13
Posted 19 June 2004 - 07:55 AM
JM's official press secretary, scientific advisor, diplomat and apparent antagonist?
#14
Posted 19 June 2004 - 07:58 AM
But I wouldn't attempt to kill a giant bug either, at least not by normal means, because it would be really messy. Plus, I would be too busy high-tailin' it out of there. Bugs are creepy, soulless beings.
#15
Posted 19 June 2004 - 09:32 AM
Maybe a mirror test could determine this.
Only joking. I don't want to argue that topic with you again, Rory. I think differently from you and the authors of the animal psychology literature you've been reading. We would never change each other's opinions on that.
On the whole concept of killing bugs, for me, the problem is that killing bugs is so time consuming - especially when there's an army of them. When you're trying to kill a squadron of mosquitoes or hold back a coachroach ground assault, it can be very taxing on your time. By the time you've vanquished as many as you can, forced the others to retreat and have done away with the dead, a whole half hour of your life could be lost. That irritates me.
Why can't these things just stay outside? People belong in houses, ants belong in elaborate tunnels under the ground and mosquitoes and coachroaches belong in hell.