On Fri, Dec 27, 2002 at 05:11:55PM -0800, Deborah Harrell wrote: > They were roaches, called by some locals 'water bugs.' When we lived > in Baton Rouge, I remember pulling the sheet over my head to keep the > ones crawling on the ceiling from dropping onto me. They can fly, > too; their natural high-rise towers are the water oaks (hence the > moniker, I guess), but in the winter they find houses more cosy. Mom > used gallons of Raid before discovering Roach-Pruf, which is boric > acid with an attractant (dessicates the creepies from the inside out, > as they ingest it while grooming). <shudder>
Have you seen that ad for Expedia, "every bed equipped with mosquitoe nets" and the image that invokes in the mind of the lady reading it? -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
