Bugs don't bother me that much. The mouse that ran across my forehead in my old apartment... yeah, that kind of had me awake and swearing vociferously for a while...
Eek - your new house is haunted! After you find some way to drive off the little beasts, maybe you can use your post for the first line of a drabble.
When I first moved to Texas, I was driven out of my first apartment by a dive-bombing giant flying roach. After emptying a whole can of Raid into the place, I spent what seems in memory most of the night standing the parking lot waiting for it to be safe to enter. I was young and foolish then and trust you to think of something less dramatic.
I haven't seen but a few of the little visitors, not two of which have matched so far, and they ain't cocker-roaches, or I'd be a lot more vociferous. And the bug spray would probably kill me, whereas the bugs is just a nuisance. A squishy nuisance to be sure, but livable.
Yes, but what a lovely way to come up with a "hobbity" term to sneak into a story. A flap on a stick to chase flies with!
I'll admit to a certain fascination with what happens when words are translated literally piece for piece instead of for the whole meaning. I was told once that the Icelandic word for "lawn mower" means "thing you push to make it cut the grass shorter"... I don't know how true that is, but it's a great story!
icky! I was awoken to the dog slobber on my face from a constantly licking dog. And yesterday by a spider, so wonderfully taking a chunk out of my foot.
EAT SPIDERS! *chants* *dog shakes head and looks away in shame* She already eats the bees...and that's a mistake... the poor thing's lips are swollen from eating so many.... *she doesn't learn not to eat them after GETTING STUNG MORE THAN I CAN COUNT TIMES*
THAT IS NOT TRUE!! SHE IS NOT DUMB! SHE SHAKES HANDS, OPENS DOORS, WAVES BYE, UNDERSTANDS WORDS, PLAYS CROQUETTE, PLAYS SOCCER, PLAYS FOOTBALL, AND MORE.
Actually I like dogs too. But they are not bright bunnies, no matter how many tricks they know. I've never met one yet who learned a thing by eating a bee. Heck, the dog I had when I was a kid never learned better than not to try to eat soap bubbles, and he used to get the funniest expression when he tasted the soap!
I think dogs are smart, and can learn. That depends on what breed it is actually. But I think that she has also learned, despite the fact that they sting her, that they taste like honey! Hi...I...lowered my cholesterol. *hint honeynutcheerios commercial* Sorry I was so gruff before, I'm just really tired from going back and forth and back and forth over the last year. :)
and this is for the dog thing...read it, it's very interesting
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Date: 2004-06-18 03:52 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-06-18 05:31 am (UTC)Bugfeet
Date: 2004-06-18 04:52 am (UTC)When I first moved to Texas, I was driven out of my first apartment by a dive-bombing giant flying roach. After emptying a whole can of Raid into the place, I spent what seems in memory most of the night standing the parking lot waiting for it to be safe to enter. I was young and foolish then and trust you to think of something less dramatic.
Re: Bugfeet
Date: 2004-06-18 05:34 am (UTC)Re: Bugfeet
Date: 2004-06-18 05:56 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-06-18 07:05 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-06-18 11:49 am (UTC):6
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Date: 2004-06-18 01:27 pm (UTC)*offers you a fly flap*
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Date: 2004-06-18 07:38 pm (UTC)I have, alas, graduated from fright to, "oh, &^%$# not again!"
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Date: 2004-06-18 07:45 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-06-18 08:40 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-06-18 11:38 pm (UTC)I'll admit to a certain fascination with what happens when words are translated literally piece for piece instead of for the whole meaning. I was told once that the Icelandic word for "lawn mower" means "thing you push to make it cut the grass shorter"... I don't know how true that is, but it's a great story!
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Date: 2004-06-18 01:33 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-06-18 07:39 pm (UTC)On the other hand, when I had a cat, nothing lived long enough to challenge his place of honor on top my sleeping form anyway.
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Date: 2004-06-18 08:27 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-06-18 05:46 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-06-18 07:40 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-06-20 10:35 pm (UTC)*dog shakes head and looks away in shame*
She already eats the bees...and that's a mistake... the poor thing's lips are swollen from eating so many....
*she doesn't learn not to eat them after GETTING STUNG MORE THAN I CAN COUNT TIMES*
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Date: 2004-06-21 01:48 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-06-21 02:03 am (UTC)Cat person.
THAT IS NOT TRUE!! SHE IS NOT DUMB! SHE SHAKES HANDS, OPENS DOORS, WAVES BYE, UNDERSTANDS WORDS, PLAYS CROQUETTE, PLAYS SOCCER, PLAYS FOOTBALL, AND MORE.
(no subject)
Date: 2004-06-21 03:18 am (UTC)Actually I like dogs too. But they are not bright bunnies, no matter how many tricks they know. I've never met one yet who learned a thing by eating a bee. Heck, the dog I had when I was a kid never learned better than not to try to eat soap bubbles, and he used to get the funniest expression when he tasted the soap!
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Date: 2004-06-21 03:26 am (UTC)That depends on what breed it is actually.
But I think that she has also learned, despite the fact that they sting her, that they taste like honey!
Hi...I...lowered my cholesterol. *hint honeynutcheerios commercial*
Sorry I was so gruff before, I'm just really tired from going back and forth and back and forth over the last year.
:)
and this is for the dog thing...read it, it's very interesting
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/06/10/dog.language.ap/index.html
and this proves how strange animals and ppl can react,
http://cnn.aimtoday.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?flok=FF-RTO-reodd&idq=/ff/story/0002%2F20040611%2F0727476998.htm&sc=reodd
Two Words...
Date: 2004-06-19 02:34 pm (UTC)*faints just thinking about it!*
Re: Two Words...
Date: 2004-06-19 10:55 pm (UTC)