# Bugs must DIE **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 21, 2000, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-must-die/4854 "2000-03-21T09:32:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2000, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-must-die/4854/1 "2000-03-21T09:32:00Z")
That’s it. That is IT. The very last bug that’s going to has come flying out of the infested basement of this shithole apartment and landed on my face without warning. I’m bombing the motherfuckers TODAY. Sure, it’ll kill the upstairs neighbor’s baby, but that’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make. ---
**Author:** ![NothingMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b77776/32.png) [@NothingMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NothingMan)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2000, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-must-die/4854/2 "2000-03-21T10:36:00Z")
You get woken up by a bug and the first thing you do is post to this BB ? Sheesh, a bit addicted aren’t ya ? Seriously though . . . What a way to wake up ! Yikes !! You go Otto ! Bomb those suckers to the ice age ! Does **Roachman** know about this ? What ? OH, **those** kind of roaches, ok . . . * * * I’ll be in the back slapping the big nosed rasta man. ---
**Author:** ![ignatiusjreilly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/2acd7d/32.png) [@ignatiusjreilly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ignatiusjreilly)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2000, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-must-die/4854/3 "2000-03-23T22:22:00Z")
Yes. All bugs must die. Especially if they fly and decide to land on me. Then they must die. I don’t care if they are harmless. They must die. All bugs must die. I hate bugs. All bugs must die. ---
**Author:** ![CalifBoomer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@CalifBoomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalifBoomer)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-must-die/4854/4 "2000-03-24T02:49:00Z")
Otto: Call the landlord. Explain the ‘warranty of habitability’ to him/her. Explain how he/she is in breach. Ask him/her to send the pest control. Follow up in writing explaining that you’ll call the exterminator and deduct same from next months rent. Wait awhile. Then follow up. Either way you’ll get a permanent solution. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-must-die/4854/5 "2000-03-24T03:10:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by CalifBoomer: > \*\*Otto: > > Call the landlord. Explain the ‘warranty of habitability’ to him/her. Explain how he/she is in breach. Ask him/her to send the pest control. Follow up in writing explaining that you’ll call the exterminator and deduct same from next months rent. Wait awhile. > Then follow up. Either way you’ll get a permanent solution.\*\* Who’s this seemingly logical person, and what has he/she done with CalBoom? ---
**Author:** ![CalifBoomer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@CalifBoomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalifBoomer)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-must-die/4854/6 "2000-03-24T03:53:00Z")
After battling both Otto and Esprix, I have developed respect for their persistence, intelligence and patience. That respect is undiminished by the fact that we agree on very little. However, I have **no** (zero, zilch, nada) respect for **slumlords** Peace ---
**Author:** ![Pooch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dbc845/32.png) [@Pooch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pooch)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-must-die/4854/7 "2000-03-24T03:54:00Z")
Darn, I thought this was going to be a rant from Elmer Fudd. ---
**Author:** ![Anti\_Pro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Anti\_Pro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anti_Pro)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-must-die/4854/8 "2000-03-24T04:20:00Z")
Hey, Pooch, that’s the first time I’ve laughed all day, thanks! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-must-die/4854/9 "2000-03-24T14:14:00Z")
Bugs keep me healthy! I have very old, holey window screens, and flies come wandering in regularly (heaven forbid the damn cats ever do more than just stare blankly at them!). So I have become a veritable Billie Jean King of flyswatting. I can knock 'em out of midflight now, which is great for my hand-eye coordination and gets the ticker pumping. Plus, it’s fun to jump up and down yelling, “I have become Death, destroyer of flies!” whenever I get one. ---
**Author:** ![cleosia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@cleosia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cleosia)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-must-die/4854/10 "2000-03-24T16:55:00Z")
I had a friend who visited Thailand and when I questioned her about the bug problem there she stared at me blakly for a second. “I **WISH** they had a bug problem.” Apparently, the real problem where she was, was lizards. They would climb on the ceilings. God forbid if you slept with your mouth open! 😃 * * * Bitch by Birth ---
**Author:** ![SaxFace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SaxFace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaxFace)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-must-die/4854/11 "2000-03-24T20:58:00Z")
Oh, just do your dishes and take out the garbage already! ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-must-die/4854/12 "2000-03-24T23:09:00Z")
Doctor ,doctor,every time I close my eyes I see an insect spinning in front if me. Oh never mind-it’s just a bug going round!