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Kathleen Weber's avatar

These folks are a lot like cockroaches. For something that obviously does not have a brain they are amazingly smart.

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Mike Hammer's avatar

But cockroaches will outlive us. At least according to Gregor.

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Sharon C Storm's avatar

And Keith Richards! 🤣😂

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un poco loco's avatar

I'd be fine with Cher and Keith outliving us; it's just the cockroaches I wish would go away... the MAGAt cockroaches, the Heritage cockroaches, the KKKockroaches...

I lived in Houston for 30 years, where the local model of cockroach was a monster "palmetto bug". (They look like normal cockroaches but on 'roids.) They were everywhere, completely impervious to any pesticide -- they even got into the bathroom linen closet in our 1930s house and consumed an entire bag of Halls mentholyptus cough drops and were just fine. I think I'd put up with them again, though, if it was the price for getting rid of the Texas GQP.

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Sharon C Storm's avatar

I’ve seen palmetto bugs in Florida. They give me the creeps!

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RV maxima's avatar

On a trip there in my childhood I saw a patch of "carpet" moving in the light of the TV. I took my father's shoe and smacked it! Not hard enough as it kept moving. It seemed 4 or 5 inches in memory, is that right?That was scarier than whatever sci-fi tv show I was watching. Mom, Dad....!

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

I believe that is what is called "Feral cunning,"

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RV maxima's avatar

Yes, until the lights are turned on. And back to eating your lunch when they are left alone, in the dark.

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