Where are all the men?

[Nomadic_1]

OK, men, help me out here.

Yesterday, I talked to a man, a grown man, who told me he had seen a cockroach in the bungalow he’s staying at and was so freaked out and scared he couldn’t sleep all night. Dude, it’s a cockroach not a Bengal tiger. Get over it.

Has the man train left the station, never to return? Seriously, I’m seeing it more and more. What’s going on?

Personally I would have killed it myself. Other bugs, on the rare occasions I find them in the house I will pick up and put them outside.

The bigger question is why would you want to deal with a man that has roaches? Is he that big of a slob, or do you live in a hot climate and they were actually palmetto bugs?

Either way one roach that he transplants to your place is going to be hell for you once eggs are laid. Run from him for many reasons.

 

[graceanne]

I'm not 'tough'. I hated dodge ball, I duck when balls come flying near me (doesn't matter the game, I duck). When I got hit with a ball in the thigh and another time in my back I cried like a baby. And I guarantee if I broke my nose or was knocked out playing soft ball (which is very unlikely to happen, since I WON'T and no one can make me), I would go home and stay in bed for a couple of days.

On the other hand, I've had three cesareans and was out of bed within hours after each. And I didn't cry. I was in labor with my oldest for 16? hours, and I didn't cry. I threw a birthday party for my oldest four days after having a cesarean, and didn't whine. (I was gonna yell the next time someone told me to sit down, though.) My last child I had a cesarean, a tubal ligation, AND a hernia repair in the matter of a little more than a half an hour. I have to admit, they made me stay in bed for about 8 hours that time, but then I was up. And, I did not cry.

I've had chronic pain in my back since I was 14. I pull a muscle in my back two, three times a year (i pulled one yesterday, actually) and I still do what needs to be done. Nothing in my day changes. K (and anyone else I know), on the other hand, stop everything when they pull a muscle in their back and complain about how much it hurts to stand up. Wah.

I am not afraid of bugs, worms, or snakes. We have an agreement, they don't bite/pinch/sting/crawl on me, I leave them alone. If anyone in my house is freaking out over one, I put it outside. I like spiders, because they eat flies and flies irritate the hell out of K, and he (in turn) irritates the hell out of me. My kids bring in bugs/worms/snakes to keep as pets, I find them a cage and spend the day talking them into letting them go free. I'll even pet them if they ask.

My point? Crying cause you got hit with a ball, and/or avoided dodge ball like the plague (amazing how often my period would set in when we had to play that game), doesn't make you a sissy or a wuss.

 

[Keroin]

Personally I would have killed it myself. Other bugs, on the rare occasions I find them in the house I will pick up and put them outside.

The bigger question is why would you want to deal with a man that has roaches? Is he that big of a slob, or do you live in a hot climate and they were actually palmetto bugs?

Either way one roach that he transplants to your place is going to be hell for you once eggs are laid. Run from him for many reasons.

Oh, I should clarify, I have no interest in this person and he is not staying with me; it was just a casual conversation.

I live in a tropical environment. Roaches are common, common, common. My house is screened but far from sealed. Only tourists and rich folk have sealed, air conditioned homes. You just learn to cohabitate with critters. At least I have cats here and they keep the rats and mice away.

November/December is fun because that's when the land crabs migrate, by the thousands, to the beach to drop their eggs. They're very determined and will often scuttle through a house rather than around it. I have woken many times to the "scritching" of crabs in my bedroom and once woke to see one about two inches from my toe.

 

[Dhalgren150]

Fear nothing for we do not remember death.

And it comes for us all Male and Female.

Death is like birth.

 

[Nomadic_1]

Oh, I should clarify, I have no interest in this person and he is not staying with me; it was just a casual conversation.

I live in a tropical environment. Roaches are common, common, common. My house is screened but far from sealed. Only tourists and rich folk have sealed, air conditioned homes. You just learn to cohabitate with critters. At least I have cats here and they keep the rats and mice away.

November/December is fun because that's when the land crabs migrate, by the thousands, to the beach to drop their eggs. They're very determined and will often scuttle through a house rather than around it. I have woken many times to the "scritching" of crabs in my bedroom and once woke to see one about two inches from my toe.

It almost sounds like you live in a hut on the beach. Do you collect the crab for food or is it not allowed since they are in migration?

If it was a casual conversation then they guy needs to spend some more time with some men.

 

[Keroin]

Fear nothing for we do not remember death.

And it comes for us all Male and Female.

Death is like birth.

Huh?

Dude, put down the crack pipe, we're talking about dodgeball and cockroaches.

 

[Dhalgren150]

Huh?

Dude, put down the crack pipe, we're talking about dodgeball and cockroaches.

No crack.

Weed yep.

And I am a LPCO so I know roaches better than you ever will.

Death comes for us all. is all I was speaking.

Roach, Human.

And so you can piss off.

 

[Keroin]

It almost sounds like you live in a hut on the beach. Do you collect the crab for food or is it not allowed since they are in migration?

If it was a casual conversation then they guy needs to spend some more time with some men.

1. I live on the beach but my hut is made of cinderblocks - much better for cyclones.

2. I don't eat any crustaceans on this island as they are all endangered here. The locals do collect and eat the land crabs, though. Easy pickin's, as it were.

3. Um, not sure about the last bit. Do you mean he shouldn't be talking to me or that he needs to learn what kind of things not to say to a woman? If the latter, you have a point. Mind you, I'm spoken for and I don't fly the "Available" flag, so maybe he felt comfortable sharing with me? Still, even I wouldn't have admitted that story to a stranger.

 

[Keroin]

No crack.

Weed yep.

And I am a LPCO so I know roaches better than you ever will.

Death comes for us all. is all I was speaking.

Roach, Human.

And so you can piss off.

Yes, but do you know penguins as well as I do? Didn't think so Mr Smarty Pants!

 

[EmpressFi]

OK, men, help me out here.

Yesterday, I talked to a man, a grown man, who told me he had seen a cockroach in the bungalow he’s staying at and was so freaked out and scared he couldn’t sleep all night. Dude, it’s a cockroach not a Bengal tiger. Get over it.

Has the man train left the station, never to return? Seriously, I’m seeing it more and more. What’s going on?

so... because he's afraid of creepy, crawly, disease-carrying bugs, he's not a man??? How fucked is that???

Im sorry, but Malin will take on anything but centipedes, he's as terrified of them as I am of spiders. Yet I would say his manliness is defined not in his fear of bugs but in the way he loves.

 

[Keroin]

so... because he's afraid of creepy, crawly, disease-carrying bugs, he's not a man??? How fucked is that???

Im sorry, but Malin will take on anything but centipedes, he's as terrified of them as I am of spiders. Yet I would say his manliness is defined not in his fear of bugs but in the way he loves.

Ooo, I'm getting some string reactions to a mostly tongue-in-cheek thread.

Whoa, everyone. Keroin was playing. Chillax, it's cool.

Seriously, I get that lots of people are scared of bugs. Groovy. But it does seem extreme to stay awake all night because of one roach. Chances are the thing spent the night nibbling on crumbs in the corner. And, really, get a shoe and whack the thing if it's that scary.

 

[Dhalgren150]

Yes, but do you know penguins as well as I do? Didn't think so Mr Smarty Pants!

Maybe do you know this?

You do not know as i do not know?

flightless they are.

Maybe I know more, maybe not.

But Roaches I know more this I say.

I can smell them.

I can kill them.

tis my realm.

 

[graceanne]

My niece recently convinced my son that moths will skin you while you sleep.

Maybe roaches will suck your blood.

 

[Keroin]

*Public Notice*

We here at the Keroin Group take your concerns seriously. You have our assurances that our members are mostly smart asses who like to poke a little fun now and then and do not actually judge people based on...

a. Fear of insects
b. Aversion to dodgeball
c. Choice of recreational drugs

We thank you for your continued patronage and encourage you not to throw rocks at the nice lady on the boat.

Sincerely,
The Keroin Group

 

[graceanne]

*Public Notice*

We here at the Keroin Group take your concerns seriously. You have our assurances that our members are mostly smart asses who like to poke a little fun now and then and do not actually judge people based on...

a. Fear of insects
b. Aversion to dodgeball
c. Choice of recreational drugs

We thank you for your continued patronage and encourage you not to throw rocks at the nice lady on the boat.

Sincerely,
The Keroin Group

Can we throw them at the lady in the cinderblocks?

Huh? Huh? Huhhuhhuh?

 

[Keroin]

Maybe do you know this?

You do not know as i do not know?

flightless they are.

Maybe I know more, maybe not.

But Roaches I know more this I say.

I can smell them.

I can kill them.

tis my realm.

Oh, I'm pretty sure I trump you in the penguin department. Frozen herring butt plug anyone?

 

[Nomadic_1]

Maybe do you know this?

You do not know as i do not know?

flightless they are.

Maybe I know more, maybe not.

But Roaches I know more this I say.

I can smell them.

I can kill them.

tis my realm.

A lot of roaches in Ohio are there? I can't imagine why, seems like even a roach could get bored in Ohio.

 

[graceanne]

Oh, I'm pretty sure I trump you in the penguin department. Frozen herring butt plug anyone?

Ew. Seriously. Just, ew.

 

[Nomadic_1]

Oh, I'm pretty sure I trump you in the penguin department. Frozen herring butt plug anyone?

Is that why women smell like fish down there?

 

[Keroin]

Is that why women smell like fish down there?

I thought we smelled like cupcakes "down there".

Can we throw them at the lady in the cinderblocks?

Huh? Huh? Huhhuhhuh?

Only if they're tied to cookies.

(Can you believe that dude who thinks he knows penguins better than me. Please).

 

[graceanne]

Only if they're tied to cookies.

Hah! Dream on.

 

[ChuckEPenguin]

Maybe do you know this?

You do not know as i do not know?

flightless they are.

Maybe I know more, maybe not.

But Roaches I know more this I say.

I can smell them.

I can kill them.

tis my realm.

K, you want I should rough this guy up a bit?

Always have to bring up the "flightless" thing, don't they?

 

[graceanne]

K, you want I should rough this guy up a bit?

Always have to bring up the "flightless" thing, don't they?

Yeah, don't you guys prefer aerodynamically challenged?

 

[ChuckEPenguin]

Ew. Seriously. Just, ew.

Ah, the lovely Miss Grace. A pleasure, to see you awake and feisty. K does so appreciate your company on her sleepless nights.

But really, my dear, don't knock the herring until you've tried it. Frozen fish, K's favorite dish!

*Licks beak*

 

[graceanne]

Ah, the lovely Miss Grace. A pleasure, to see you awake and feisty. K does so appreciate your company on her sleepless nights.

But really, my dear, don't knock the herring until you've tried it. Frozen fish, K's favorite dish!

*Licks beak*

Um. I think I'll take a rain check. Thanks, though.