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| Llamadance |
Posted - 04/24/2006 : 07:03:06
If they're flying insects I quite like to use a squash or badminton racket - fairly decisive, but the downside is sometimes you've got multiple parts to clean up. An empty Kleenex box is good too, if you swing it hard enough with the hole towards the insect, it'll stun/kill it, while making it easy to dispose of.
For non-flying insects, boiling water is pretty good.
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That which does not kill me postpones the inevitable.
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| Carl |
Posted - 04/25/2006 : 21:42:30
I hate walking at night in/after the rain....*crunch* *crunch* *crunch*
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| Llamadance |
Posted - 04/25/2006 : 01:00:08
On a snail related thing, when we lived in Norwich, the summer nights were balmy and there were loads of snails. On occasion, we'd get drunk and have snail races, where we put them in the middle of a circle and see whose snail was first to reach the edge. Awesome, but only when drunk.
That which does not kill me postpones the inevitable.
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| starmekitten |
Posted - 04/24/2006 : 15:52:51
We used to get loads of slugs in the kitchen of my dads old house, when he got in from a drinking session he would take the lid of the bin, line it with newspaper and dump all the slugs on top of the paper, he'd then sort of shake salt like rainfall all over them until they were a pile of goo.
I dissected a snail once, inside was all green and purple and orange. They have a penis twice the length of their body, an anal cavity on top of their head and shoot love darts while mating to decide who gets to be butch and who gets to be bitch. This was a science thing though, not for fun.
Not that I'm saying it wasn't fun.
About a week after I did this at uni I went back down to visit the ex in Oxford to see FB play at the zodiac. We were going with a friend of his from uni and her husband who was an animal rights kind of guy. He asked me if we did dissection at uni and I thought I'd be safe with the snail story but noooooo.
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| remig |
Posted - 04/24/2006 : 14:06:06
quote:
Originally posted by Llamadance
I remember in my sadistic youth I used to burn lots of insects to death with a magnifying glass, I feel kind of bad about that now. I once managed to trap a wasp in a cassette box, and then submerged it in water for hours, trying to drown it. It survived.
I like the salt ring, evil.
That which does not kill me postpones the inevitable.
I was doing the magnifying glass thing to with ants, but I was ashamed to say it . It was funnier than with a lighter, the ant had its chance to escape. |
| Llamadance |
Posted - 04/24/2006 : 13:51:16
It's an insect larva....KILL IT!!!!
That which does not kill me postpones the inevitable.
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| Carl |
Posted - 04/24/2006 : 13:44:10
Yeah, I was wondering about that! I think it's just an erm...snooze bubble.
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| fbc |
Posted - 04/24/2006 : 13:30:48
(is that a snot bubble coming out of pikachu's nose?) |
| Carl |
Posted - 04/24/2006 : 13:24:44
Oh, here we go again with the 'what computers do The Simpsons' creators use?' thing!
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| BLT |
Posted - 04/24/2006 : 13:05:14
Forward slashes in DOS? Proof that the makers of The Simpsons use Macs. |
| Carl |
Posted - 04/24/2006 : 12:32:37
Sorry.
Now toodle-loo.
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| PixieSteve |
Posted - 04/24/2006 : 12:28:48
well, you know... after i posted that, i began to doubt myself and spent about 15 minutes trying to find out if she did actually die or not... i hoped you wouldn't say anything. damn :( |
| Carl |
Posted - 04/24/2006 : 12:14:21
Helllloooo, she wasn't killed, she was just badly wounded by Sam, so ha!-In your face Mr. "I'm not a pendantic nerd" PixieSteve!!
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| PixieSteve |
Posted - 04/24/2006 : 12:07:01
do you remember the bit when the spider was killed and frodo escaped |
| Carl |
Posted - 04/24/2006 : 11:56:51
Remember what happended to Frodo when he tortured a spider with a light! ;)
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| Carolynanna |
Posted - 04/24/2006 : 11:50:48
Actually my fave method is my cat.
She'll eat any insect.
I just hold her up and point her towards it until she locks on and then I let her go.
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| fbc |
Posted - 04/24/2006 : 11:37:44
I had a friend who'd catch the spiders in his room and put them in a plastic see-thru container. Then he'd catch moths and feed them to the spider. During the spider's captivity, it would be subjected to nightly "smoke box" rituals.
I'm trying to think if it was the moths or spiders he used burn with a magnifying glass. Weird boy. |
| Llamadance |
Posted - 04/24/2006 : 11:19:44
I remember in my sadistic youth I used to burn lots of insects to death with a magnifying glass, I feel kind of bad about that now. I once managed to trap a wasp in a cassette box, and then submerged it in water for hours, trying to drown it. It survived.
I like the salt ring, evil.
That which does not kill me postpones the inevitable.
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| Carl |
Posted - 04/24/2006 : 11:09:32
quote:
Originally posted by floop
quote:
Originally posted by fbc
best way to catch fly, use chopstick
you mean a "fry"?
"I don't have any money to buy new clothes and if they paid me to get some I'd probably buy more hoodies." - Mark Wainfur
What, he eats them?!
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| fbc |
Posted - 04/24/2006 : 10:54:08
Ha, floop! I was actually debating how to type the language of miyagi. "fry" was definately up there with "fwy". Down my local Take-Away "fry" (not to be confused with "fly") is "fwaa", as in "egg fwaa waa". |
| ObfuscateByWill |
Posted - 04/24/2006 : 10:39:35
If a flying insect gets into the house I just try to guide it out of a window or door.
Crawling insects get scooped up and sat outside.
No joy or amusement in killing something.
*Take a bite of the chocolate coffin. |
| floop |
Posted - 04/24/2006 : 10:37:03
quote:
Originally posted by fbc
best way to catch fly, use chopstick
you mean a "fry"?
"I don't have any money to buy new clothes and if they paid me to get some I'd probably buy more hoodies." - Mark Wainfur |
| fbc |
Posted - 04/24/2006 : 10:30:05
best way to catch fly, use chopstick
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| Steak n Sabre |
Posted - 04/24/2006 : 10:25:42
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| Cult_Of_Frank |
Posted - 04/24/2006 : 10:15:08
And Nia Vardalos' father, Floop?
I don't really go out of my way to torture insects, just don't like it, but hey, when they're on my turf, they die.
"If we hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominos will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate." |
| Carolynanna |
Posted - 04/24/2006 : 09:45:13
I hate wasps and a little shot of hairspray freezes them up right good.
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| floop |
Posted - 04/24/2006 : 09:44:08
if you want to kill a bunch of ants but don't want to spray poisonous chemicals in your house, Windex® is a good alternative.
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| fbc |
Posted - 04/24/2006 : 09:35:39
boiling water, that's hilarious. so cruel yet so effective.
I once poured a salt ring around a slug, more of a psycological approach to death.
It's come back to haunt me tenfold. |
| Carolynanna |
Posted - 04/24/2006 : 09:24:25
The electric flyswatter is no good because it takes a strong strong person not to zap themselves or their wives...
Those freaking things hurt like a damn.
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| two reelers |
Posted - 04/24/2006 : 09:21:47
this one is certified - the electronic mosquito sqatter !
I joined the cult of Souled American / 'cause they are a damn' fine band |
| Carolynanna |
Posted - 04/24/2006 : 09:11:58
My brother used to like to pour salt on slugs,
and pull off just one wing of various insects and watch them try to fly.
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| PixieSteve |
Posted - 04/24/2006 : 08:38:10
dave told me that insects are animals too. i wouldn't harm a fly these days |
| starmekitten |
Posted - 04/24/2006 : 08:19:40
I load them into my wasp factory and use them to predict the future.
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| Cult_Of_Frank |
Posted - 04/24/2006 : 07:50:49
My answer would be the same.
"If we hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominos will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate." |
| vilainde |
Posted - 04/24/2006 : 07:25:19
Can I start a "Preferred method of baby seals annihilation" thread?
Mmh, better not
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| Cult_Of_Frank |
Posted - 04/24/2006 : 07:19:16
Yelling out, "Stupid bug, you go squish now!" and clobbering.
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