# Is anyone else having this problem with cockroaches **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 19, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-this-problem-with-cockroaches/663975 "2013-07-19T20:26:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2013, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-this-problem-with-cockroaches/663975/21 "2013-07-20T12:52:03Z")
Years ago I dated a guy who lived in an apartment with a roach problem. We’d take bets on which ones climbing the wall would get to the ceiling first. It’s also where I got into the habit of putting the lid back onto whatever I am drinking before I set it down. I hated going to his place, it’s a wonder I never brought any home with me. ---
**Author:** ![coffeecat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coffeecat/32/3405_2.png) [@coffeecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffeecat)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2013, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-this-problem-with-cockroaches/663975/22 "2013-07-20T13:32:25Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > Have a cat. She believes she is not feed well. Has no interest in bug hunting. When I had roaches, the cat ate one and never did it again. Maybe they taste bad. Get a gecko. They’re supposed to love roaches. ---
**Author:** ![OurLordPeace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e8c25b/32.png) [@OurLordPeace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OurLordPeace)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2013, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-this-problem-with-cockroaches/663975/23 "2013-07-20T14:09:32Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > **Zebra** , your real name wouldn’t happen to be Joe would it? I see what you did there. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2013, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-this-problem-with-cockroaches/663975/24 "2013-07-20T14:39:57Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > **Zebra** , your real name wouldn’t happen to be Joe would it? NO. It’s not that bad people. Actually they just did some demo in the basement of my building and that seems to have driven them upstairs. The problem is this old building is like a sieve. I’ve been plugging entry ways. Goddamn “dumbwaiter” that isn’t used by the people anymore is a roach haven. They’re almost all gone people. I don’t live with thousands of roaches. ---
**Author:** ![Tequila\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a6a055/32.png) [@Tequila\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Party)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2013, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-this-problem-with-cockroaches/663975/25 "2013-07-20T15:06:46Z")
Lol. I figured all of this was simply a humorous take on a recent problem. How could anyone think you were being serious? Really?? ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2013, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-this-problem-with-cockroaches/663975/26 "2013-07-20T15:59:57Z")
Maybe you have Germans? > **[German cockroach](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_cockroach)** > > The German cockroach (Blattella germanica), colloquially known as the croton bug, is a species of small cockroach, typically about 1.1 to 1.6 cm (0.43 to 0.63 in) long. In color it varies from tan to almost black, and it has two dark, roughly parallel, streaks on the pronotum running anteroposteriorly from behind the head to the base of the wings. Although B. germanica has wings, it can barely fly, although it may glide when disturbed. Of the few species of cockroach that are domestic pe The Ge... It can take years to get rid of them. I think I had to call some Russian exterminators. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-this-problem-with-cockroaches/663975/27 "2013-07-21T02:53:01Z")
I think I’ll need a combination of Russian, British, French and then American ones. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-this-problem-with-cockroaches/663975/28 "2013-07-21T03:39:58Z")
You really need to read “The Roaches”, a 1965 story by Thomas Disch included in his anthology “Fun With Your New Head.” Trust me on this. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-this-problem-with-cockroaches/663975.md?page=1)