Why it’s advisable to switch the bathroom light on when you have to go in the night

[Ryda Wong, EBfCo.]

Originally Posted by Phaedra

I top your 7" roach next to your bed with with waking up in Aden to find a 1/2" roach resting just inside my mouth. << shudders>>. I soooo wish your post had not evoked that memory Cervus.

I will not sleep tonite. I grew up with the type of Roaches of which Cervus speaks. They are the only creature on the planet which I fear.

[Spamamander]

Whyyyy did I read this thread? Why why whyyyyyy?

That picture officially cured me of my "I want to emigrate to Australia" urge...

[Jay Tea]

Originally Posted by Ryda Wong, EBfCo.

I will not sleep tonite. I grew up with the type of Roaches of which Cervus speaks. They are the only creature on the planet which I fear.

Any chance of some elaboration, you know, afore ye sleep?

How does a big greasy roach outweigh the fear factor of dangerous arachnids, or other insects? Is it the liklihood factor? A childhood factor? I'd love to know, as an amateur entomologist and phsychologist - I'm kinda feartless when it comes to bugs but have my own deep-seated fears - roaches? Psht. Cook em and eat em, especially if 7 inches long, taste like BBQ shrimp - i'm guessing at a noise/movement aversion, but even so, if they're harmless?

Come now - why is the roach your only fear of it's kind? - tell me to sod right off by all means

[Cervus]

Originally Posted by Ryda Wong, EBfCo.

I will not sleep tonite. I grew up with the type of Roaches of which Cervus speaks. They are the only creature on the planet which I fear.

Ryda, the ones in Costa Rica are far, far bigger and more freakish than anything here in Florida!

[Wicked Tinkerbell]

Originally Posted by SatansHobbit

So astrology is right? Scorpio-Scorpio doesn't work?

But levitating off the bed? What a lover! I hopes he calls

Scorpio-ScorpioN definately doesn't work!

[Lainie]

Originally Posted by unbroken

Right, that's it, I'm never leaving this country again. Jesus H Christ.

Make room for me. I can handle bugs and spiders (in moderation), but a land without snakes would be my dream come true.

[frogpond]

Originally Posted by Jay Tea

Any chance of some elaboration, you know, afore ye sleep?

How does a big greasy roach outweigh the fear factor of dangerous arachnids, or other insects? Is it the liklihood factor? A childhood factor? I'd love to know, as an amateur entomologist and phsychologist - I'm kinda feartless when it comes to bugs but have my own deep-seated fears - roaches? Psht. Cook em and eat em, especially if 7 inches long, taste like BBQ shrimp - i'm guessing at a noise/movement aversion, but even so, if they're harmless?

Come now - why is the roach your only fear of it's kind? - tell me to sod right off by all means

I can't speak for Ryda, but many of us associate roaches with filthy nasty living conditions. I'm not really that bothered by most bugs (as long as they aren't on the bath towel I'm about to wrap around myself) but I do have something of a oh yuck reaction with confronted with roaches. This was really fun when I lived in Macon, Ga where larges roaches would congregate in huge living masses on the sidewalks. My mom thought if a roach was in the house it reflected very poorly on her house-keeping skills. I've also heard people blame roaches for carrying diseases (which isn't true as far as I know).

Another reason is the stupid bugs do seem to walk across faces and end up in people's ears and mouths (without BBQ sauce) at night. Maybe other bugs do this as well and we just don't hear about it as much. I remember a huge outcry about the conditions at a local apartment complex after a baby choked on a roach not too long ago. Horrors.

[Morrigan]

Originally Posted by Lainie

Make room for me. I can handle bugs and spiders (in moderation), but a land without snakes would be my dream come true.

So when are you moving to Antartica, then?

Morrigan

[ganzfeld]

There's nothing that will cure arachnophobia like six-inch, poisonous centipedes, I always say. I never walk around our home barefoot at night, from March to October. But I'm not afraid of spiders any more.

[Little Galaxy]

Another Aussie who's seen these leggy buggers quite a lot. The pic in the OP isn't unlikely at all - they get into all sorts of places. I've had the bejesus scared out of me by them hiding in such places as:

- a freshly-washed frying pan that was in the dish rack
- inside a washing-up glove
- behind a piece of cardboard stacked against the wall - the bloody thing ran over my hand before I threw the cardboard (and it) across the room!

If it's any consolation, a) they're not considered dangerous, and b) if you throw them outside the kookaburras will eat them.

...I may never sleep again thanks to this thread. >.<

[Em]

My cat has a nasty habit of bringing mice home from somewhere over the back fence and I always confiscate them when I catch her with one. I once spent five minutes chasing her around the laundry to rescue what I thought was a mouse but which turned out to be a spider. It was the right size, the right colour, and was appropriately furry, but on closer inspection it had far too many legs. I'm just glad it didn't bite her.

[Morrigan]

Small Hijack: My mom's dog (she's 9) and my girl (she's 3) both eat June Bugs. Both live & dead.

mmmm...crunchy.

Morrigan

If I seen one perched on the toilet paper like that, at least I'd be in the right postion for what I would do next! I can't say I'd get the paper work done after with that thing there!
yuck!
I'm gonna have the crawlies all day now.

[Saluki Worship]

Aww, I think Huntsmans are cute. Sure, seeing one can startle me at first, but then I just get the overwhelming urge to pat them. Which I sometimes do. They're not poisonous (at least not to humans, but I'm sure they must have some venom?), so I don't worry about them. It's the damn white tails we get that freak me out. Much smaller spider, but rather dangerous. *shudder*

Thanks a lot! Now I'm gonna be paranoid all night! *shudders* Hate. Spiders. Hate. creepy-crawlies. ICK!!!!