# Cockroach in my kitchen **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 15, 2003, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cockroach-in-my-kitchen/175358 "2003-05-15T03:46:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cockroach-in-my-kitchen/175358/21 "2003-05-16T00:35:14Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Skopo \* > \*\*We’ve got flying cockroaches in Florida, too, **Prancing puppy**. Ugly motherf_ckers. And BIG. > > I’ve sprayed them before, but then you have to put up with them dancing about in their death-throes, which is never pleasant to watch. I prefer smacking them with an old shoe, or whatever heavy, blunt object is handy. > \*\* We get them in Georgia, too. I can’t bring myself to smear one all over the wall, though, so then you have to mess about getting it to the floor somehow. In England, you don’t have nasty bugs much. If you ever had a cockroach, you a) wouldn’t admit it because of the shame, and b) get someone out to sort them out. In the south of the USA, I soon learned that you get the bug man out before you get the bugs, or you most definitely will get them. In our case, we got scorpions. Not the huge things from the western movies, but they can carry a sharp sting nonetheless. The bug man now comes once a quarter. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cockroach-in-my-kitchen/175358/22 "2003-05-16T01:43:12Z")
I never saw a cockroach till the Navy transferred me to San Diego and my first wife and I moved into a roach infested apartment. The only nice thing about the apartments was we were on the 4th floor with a balcony and it was near Balboa park. One day out of boredom, I made a bunch of mini parachutes out of toilet paper and thread. I then caught a couple dozen of the bigger guys (and gals, I couldn’t tell them apart). I spent the next few hours parachuting cockroaches onto Market Street. About half were hit or run over by cars, the rest landed and attempted to escape. A cat chased a couple down and the rest got away. The last one I released almost caused an accident when it hit the windshield of a car and the driver slammed on his brakes. I could imagine what he would have told the cop if there was a crash. “But officer, a cockroach parachuted onto my car! I feared for my life!!” ---
**Author:** ![irishajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85e7bf/32.png) [@irishajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishajo)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cockroach-in-my-kitchen/175358/23 "2003-05-16T02:32:30Z")
My landlord called, the exterminator will be here next Tuesday. I’m going to spend the weekend with my parents up North. I also bought a can of roach killer and sprayed it in logical places. Here’s hoping I never see another one. ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cockroach-in-my-kitchen/175358/24 "2003-05-16T07:02:33Z")
I love my dog. He not only kills roaches, he kills them DEAD. He has some fierce strength in his forelegs. One swipe and the roach is toast. Once, he killed a roach and the antenae must have twitched, because my boy went to investigate. He then peed on the roach. Let that serve as a warning to roaches out there: Your kind is not welcome at Chez Baboon. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cockroach-in-my-kitchen/175358.md?page=1)