I dont mind admitting it.............................

**KimAZ** · 29th May 2013, 02:32 PM

I am NOT a "bug" lover - but still have trouble killing them. Oscar (RIP) was my kindred sprit - in ten years I never saw him kill a bug! Happily, we don't have many in the Arizona desert but those we do have are rather strange... Scorpions, tarantulas (yikes) and the occasional fly. I do have to say what really makes me squeamish are RATTLE SNAKES or snakes of any kind. They are so creepy! Have had several close encounters and can live without any more experiences!

**KimAZ** · 29th May 2013, 02:37 PM

Oh, the creepiest thing of all to me ... SLUGS! Absolutely disgusting!!!

**KimAZ** · 29th May 2013, 03:21 PM

We are on the subject of insects! Who opened this thread? Chris??? OK, here is something I don't ever want to relive! I once lived in Rio de Janeiro (home of gigantic cockroaches). One day while shopping in Copacabana, I saw something dart out in my peripheral vision. The next thing I noticed there was something trapped between the arch of my foot and my sandal, about 5 to 6 inches long - antenna on one side of my foot and the anterior legs on the other. GROSS!!! I looked down and started madly kicking my foot. Eventually my sandal and the cockroach went flying but in the process, I had managed to gather a rather good sized crowd watching me hysterically trying to free my foot of the cockroach! (Embarrassing!). Once my sandal AND the cockroach were a half a block away, I calmly (and with as much dignity as possible) caught the closest taxi (with one shoe) and went home. I have never forgotten the feeling of that "shell" under my foot!!! I really hate those things! I have sooooo many other bug stories but think I will spare you.....

**Alekto** · 29th May 2013, 04:31 PM

Originally Posted by KimAZ

We are on the subject of insects! Who opened this thread? Chris??? OK, here is something I don't ever want to relive! I once lived in Rio de Janeiro (home of gigantic cockroaches). One day while shopping in Copacabana, I saw something dart out in my peripheral vision. The next thing I noticed there was something trapped between the arch of my foot and my sandal, about 5 to 6 inches long - antenna on one side of my foot and the anterior legs on the other. GROSS!!! I looked down and started madly kicking my foot. Eventually my sandal and the cockroach went flying but in the process, I had managed to gather a rather good sized crowd watching me hysterically trying to free my foot of the cockroach! (Embarrassing!). Once my sandal AND the cockroach were a half a block away, I calmly (and with as much dignity as possible) caught the closest taxi (with one shoe) and went home. I have never forgotten the feeling of that "shell" under my foot!!! I really hate those things! I have sooooo many other bug stories but think I will spare you.....

hahahaha ewwww! :-D cool image!
Something similar happened to me - at a party with people I barely knew and never saw again after that - Chris, close your eyes you're going to have nightmares - something crawls on my hand - I look down just as an ENORMOUS (well, for a country where we don't do tarentulas) spider crawls on my arm inside my jumper's sleeve. So, to the sweet sweet music of Metallica, I started this frantic shake hoping to dislodge the critter while people looked on wondering if I had finally gone completely bonkers - and then when that didn't work and I could feel the thing crawling higher... well let's just say thank God for inventing the bra, without which that evening could have been really embarassing. For good measure I also proceeded to stomp thoroughly on my jumper as it whas laying on the floor.
I think the spider escaped, though.

**Chris** · 29th May 2013, 09:17 PM

Originally Posted by Alekto

hahahaha ewwww! :-D cool image!
Something similar happened to me - at a party with people I barely knew and never saw again after that - Chris, close your eyes you're going to have nightmares - something crawls on my hand - I look down just as an ENORMOUS (well, for a country where we don't do tarentulas) spider crawls on my arm inside my jumper's sleeve. So, to the sweet sweet music of Metallica, I started this frantic shake hoping to dislodge the critter while people looked on wondering if I had finally gone completely bonkers - and then when that didn't work and I could feel the thing crawling higher... well let's just say thank God for inventing the bra, without which that evening could have been really embarassing. For good measure I also proceeded to stomp thoroughly on my jumper as it whas laying on the floor.
I think the spider escaped, though.

Alekto, i looked at my hand when I was reading that !! Oh no I dont think I would have survived, I would have been screaming the place down, they would have carted me of to the funny farm !!! lol Dashed it got away !!! lol

**donnad** · 29th May 2013, 05:11 PM

KIM,
OMG that had to be horrible! yuck thanks I may start having cockroach night mares!

**Chris** · 29th May 2013, 09:14 PM

Originally Posted by KimAZ

We are on the subject of insects! Who opened this thread? Chris??? OK, here is something I don't ever want to relive! I once lived in Rio de Janeiro (home of gigantic cockroaches). One day while shopping in Copacabana, I saw something dart out in my peripheral vision. The next thing I noticed there was something trapped between the arch of my foot and my sandal, about 5 to 6 inches long - antenna on one side of my foot and the anterior legs on the other. GROSS!!! I looked down and started madly kicking my foot. Eventually my sandal and the cockroach went flying but in the process, I had managed to gather a rather good sized crowd watching me hysterically trying to free my foot of the cockroach! (Embarrassing!). Once my sandal AND the cockroach were a half a block away, I calmly (and with as much dignity as possible) caught the closest taxi (with one shoe) and went home. I have never forgotten the feeling of that "shell" under my foot!!! I really hate those things! I have sooooo many other bug stories but think I will spare you.....

KimAZ I would have had a heart attack,.....seriously......just the thought of that made me squirm. My dignity would have gone out of the window to !!! lol

**donnad** · 29th May 2013, 04:40 PM

Originally Posted by KimAZ

Oh, the creepiest thing of all to me ... SLUGS! Absolutely disgusting!!!

Kim, I followed at wet path up my driveway one morning and found a slug? as big as a cigar, it was huge I put it in my garden, duh my neighbor said they eat Hostas so I guess this one had a feast!