27 thoughts on “Ever Been Bested by a Cockroach?”

  1. How many bales of hay did you stack in other farmers’ barns before you graduated from high school?

    How many more bales did you add to that total before graduating from college?

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  2. When I was living in Hawaii, I was staying at a hostel in a room with 3 other young women. On this particular night, only two of us were there, and the other girl was asleep. I was washing my hands in the bathroom when the biggest cockroach I have ever seen went scurrying across the floor: the thing had joints in its legs. I am not exaggerating.It was about the size of the palm of my hand. I screamed, and lept out of the bathroom, which woke the other girl up. At first, she was very annoyed with me, but when I told her about the cockroach, her eyes grew wide, and she said “Oh my God.”

    I made sure to close the door behind me, so the thing couldn’t escape. Neither the other girl nor me were from Hawaii, and neither of us was used to dealing with cockroaches, but there was a third girl staying there, who did come from Hawaii, and we knew that she would be back soon. We assured each other that she would deal with it, and that she would probably laugh at both of us for being such girls.

    No such luck. When the third totally Hawaiian girl came back, I explained the situation to her, while laughing at myself, and suggested to her that because she was from Hawaii, and far more used to cockroaches than we were, that she would probably have no problem killing it? Her eyes grew wide as saucers. She shook her head, and said “Oh, no. You are much braver than I am.”

    There were a bunch of young surfer dudes next door whom I was friendly with. I could have and should have asked one of them to kill it. But for some reason I can’t explain, I decided to do it myself. I took a cast iron skillet into the bathroom, and mercifully, the thing had situated itself in the middle of the shower floor-and ideal location. I whacked the thing as hard as I could, but after the first whack, the thing was still alive, or at least intact. I had to whack it a second time to really kill it. The Hawaiian girl cleaned everything up, thank God, because I’d had enough by that point.

    I swore to myself after that, that I would never kill a bug again while there was a man around, and I never have. I will only kill a bug if there isn’t a man withing 50 miles. If there is a man around, he will kill it, not me. No apologies, no regrets 🙂

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      1. LOL 🙂 OMG. Did I succeed where Simon failed? I never thought that possible! 🙂

        Don’t be deflated, Simon. As my Dad used to say when his dog would come home all beat up, “You can’t win them all, Rex” 🙂

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      2. Is this cockroach in your house?!? I think that is probably a dumb question. I think that it probably is in your house. OMG. I am so sorry.

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      2. Joking about the hamstring.

        It was my little bro’s signature move whenever he failed at something. It was hilarious because some of us knew when he was faking it!

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      5. He should have claimed to have thrown his back out-that would be more convincing. When people have a bad back, it really doesn’t take much to throw it out, but pulling a hamstring while playing pool? LOL. So cute 🙂

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      1. We are here for you, Simon. I bet you will get this cockroach in the end 🙂 This story is still being written 🙂

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      3. My furnace has gone out again. My furnace is 42 years old. So far, I have spent over 1000 dollars on repairs, hoping that those repairs could get it through till spring. They have not: every time one thing is repaired, another problem appears. The furnace guy assures me that at this time of year, frozen pipes are not something I need to worry about.

        I am blessed to still have my mother, and I am blessed that I can live with my mother until the weather warms up. Please pray for me, please pray that I do not drive my mother crazy, or vica versa. 🙂 If all goes according to plan, I will replace the furnace over the summer, so I should only have to live with Mom for the next month or two. I am on my way over there now.
        Signed,
        Shivering in Massachusetts 🙂

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