# Ants in the kitchen **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 28, 2015, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants-in-the-kitchen/713886 "2015-02-28T21:36:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants-in-the-kitchen/713886/1 "2015-02-28T21:36:17Z")
Do all women cry, “Die! Die!” when they crush ants in the kitchen? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants-in-the-kitchen/713886/2 "2015-02-28T21:43:37Z")
…well, some wish Opie under their heel too. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants-in-the-kitchen/713886/3 "2015-02-28T21:50:10Z")
Empire of the Ants was on today. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants-in-the-kitchen/713886/4 "2015-02-28T22:04:27Z")
Yes, every woman in the entire world yells “Die, Die”! when they crush ants in the kitchen. Every last one of them. In English, too! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants-in-the-kitchen/713886/5 "2015-02-28T22:08:45Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Yes, every woman in the entire world yells “Die, Die”! when they crush ants in the kitchen. Every last one of them. In English, too! That’s what I thought! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants-in-the-kitchen/713886/6 "2015-02-28T22:28:05Z")
No; my wife prefers to kill silently. And with a slight twisted smile. That make me very nervous. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants-in-the-kitchen/713886/7 "2015-02-28T23:00:10Z")
No, but I don’t kill ants (or any other bug). They get scooped up and put outside. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants-in-the-kitchen/713886/8 "2015-02-28T23:09:21Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > No; my wife prefers to kill silently. And with a slight twisted smile. That make me very nervous. Understandably so. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants-in-the-kitchen/713886/9 "2015-03-01T00:25:01Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > No; my wife prefers to kill silently. And with a slight twisted smile. That make me very nervous. Your wife, your life. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants-in-the-kitchen/713886/10 "2015-03-01T00:26:58Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > That’s what I thought! > 🙂 What’s kind of funny is that I’ve been having an “ant invasion” in my kitchen the last few days. I didn’t yell “Die, Die!” when I smashed them, but I’m a dude so I guess I don’t count. ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants-in-the-kitchen/713886/11 "2015-03-01T01:30:35Z")
I prefer the classic magnifying glass method. Quality over quantity, people. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants-in-the-kitchen/713886/12 "2015-03-01T02:11:05Z")
sounds a bit like Leiningen if they do. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants-in-the-kitchen/713886/13 "2015-03-01T02:14:03Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > What’s kind of funny is that I’ve been having an “ant invasion” in my kitchen the last few days. I didn’t yell “Die, Die!” when I smashed them, but I’m a dude so I guess I don’t count. No, the three women I have been intimate with in the kitchen have yelled, “Die! Die!” while killing ants. There is some goop, I forget the name. One leaves it out, and the ants carry the yummy stuff back to the nest and poison their friends and relatives. Three applications has been the most it took. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants-in-the-kitchen/713886/14 "2015-03-01T02:20:21Z")
Intimate in the kitchen? You salty dog, you! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants-in-the-kitchen/713886/15 "2015-03-01T02:31:56Z")
> [@AncientHumanoid](#): > > Intimate in the kitchen? > > You salty dog, you! Actually shopping garlic and grating ginger with them. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants-in-the-kitchen/713886/16 "2015-03-01T02:33:41Z")
Hot! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants-in-the-kitchen/713886/17 "2015-03-01T05:20:35Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > sounds a bit like Leiningen if they do. William Conrad, or Charlton Heston? ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants-in-the-kitchen/713886/18 "2015-03-01T15:44:05Z")
No, I say “Hahahahahahaha, you little six-legged bastards!” as I kill them with 409\*. \*For non-USA’inans, 409 is a cleaning product in the US. I am not killing ants with integers. (In reality, I’ve only hand ants in the kitchen once. I grew up in Florida in an older house, and we had to keep all food products tightly contained because of “palmetto bugs”. :eek: I still keep food products very tightly wrapped and contained-- NO food on the counters or left unwrapped! – and have no bug problems. However, my northern friends always look at me oddly when they notice that I keep bread in the freezer.) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants-in-the-kitchen/713886/19 "2015-03-01T18:13:14Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Actually shopping garlic and grating ginger with them. > :dubious: Ah, so that’s what the kids are calling it these days! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants-in-the-kitchen/713886/20 "2015-03-01T18:19:30Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Ah, so that’s what the kids are calling it these days! There is also the sesame oil, but that is probably NSFW. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants-in-the-kitchen/713886.md?page=2)