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Re: UGH!
Intuitively I tend to agree, Kaboom. If I had to chose between a bunch of headless or properly equipped roaches, I'd pick the ones with heads...
posted by
Nautikos
on December 21, 2007 at 3:53 AM
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Ann
I know what you mean...
posted by
Nautikos
on December 21, 2007 at 3:49 AM
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UGH!
What a PLEASANT thought, a headless cockroach is too creepy to comprehend!
posted by
KaBooM62
on December 20, 2007 at 10:45 PM
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Naut
That makes two of us but I don't like being compared to a cockroach.
posted by
Ann_Onimous
on December 20, 2007 at 5:35 PM
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Troosh
Yes, there seems to be some (very inconclusive) evidence for that, stemming from the time of the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution and later, when 'experiments' were conducted with guillotined criminals. I don't think it would be a matter of minutes, though possible seconds...Of course, we don't do that sort of thing any more, so these days we might have to rely on data from our friends with al Qaeda ...
posted by
Nautikos
on December 20, 2007 at 8:15 AM
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Naut
I once read that a decapitated human head continues to think and function for a number of minutes. The very thought is creepy..... and so are cockroaches!
posted by
Troosha
on December 20, 2007 at 7:46 AM
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Good Morning again, Offy hon
Well, somebody has to stand up for those poor, loathed, yet gentle critters, so often exposed to Weapons of Mass Destruction...
posted by
Nautikos
on December 20, 2007 at 6:33 AM
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Re: Naut
You're quite welcome, eyes...
posted by
Nautikos
on December 20, 2007 at 6:28 AM
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Re: Eww!
Sira, I agree, there
is something disconcerting about that...
posted by
Nautikos
on December 20, 2007 at 6:27 AM
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Re: I'm making my bourbon pecan pie.....can you tell?
Krisles, I have put my psyche on the couch and searched - couldn't find any trauma or ecstatic joys in connection with roaches. But there's something fascinating about an animal that has been around for hundreds of millions of years, and will definitely be around long after the human species has shuffled off the stage of terrestrial history...And yes, I can tell you're making your bourbon pecan pie, I can smell it...
posted by
Nautikos
on December 20, 2007 at 5:52 AM
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Good morning Naut! Still defending those headless cockroaches this morning?
posted by
Offy
on December 20, 2007 at 5:48 AM
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Re: Well of course they nuture their young. Nobody else will! Actually being
Kabu, does Wiley know of these...proclivities of yours?
posted by
Nautikos
on December 20, 2007 at 5:45 AM
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Re: I'm so glad there wasn't a picture with this post. LOL
Shelly, I was actually trying to get some videos of headless roaches, but I guess I'd better not...
posted by
Nautikos
on December 20, 2007 at 5:41 AM
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afzal
Thanks!
posted by
Nautikos
on December 20, 2007 at 5:38 AM
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Re: Nautikos, a disgusting story indeed hahaha
It
is kinda, ain't it, Ariala?
posted by
Nautikos
on December 20, 2007 at 5:37 AM
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Naut
Uhmmm an eductaional read. Thanks. Eeeeew although the thought of losing ones head . Take care.
Bless
posted by
UncharteredSoul
on December 20, 2007 at 3:30 AM
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Eww!
I don't like bugs, but I especially don't like the ones that won't die when decapitated!
posted by
Sira890
on December 19, 2007 at 10:25 PM
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I'm making my bourbon pecan pie.....can you tell?
posted by
Krisles
on December 19, 2007 at 8:01 PM
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Nautikos
Actually, a prof I had at UT once had a sideline life a cockroach expert....had a huge government grant (is there any other kind?) to study them or something....and showed my freshman Biology class a film he had mad on the little critters...thousands of them were housed over our very heads as it turns out....one thing I remember about it was the way they thrive in paper..... I gave up an incredible old apartment once because they just couldn't be outwitted once, have resented them since.... I knew you couldn't stay away from them for long....you just had to come back, didn't you......what was it, a childhood trauma or a childhood thrill? Come on, you can tell me......
posted by
Krisles
on December 19, 2007 at 8:00 PM
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Well of course they nuture their young. Nobody else will! Actually being
the disgusting, since I've read it I'll have to try it, amature ,would be scientist Iam, I've tried it on several occassions. It is true, it does work, it's delightfully disgusting to any cocky hater(me) and the best part is that yes since they breathe through different places they can also smell; so place some wet cat food near the headless enemy and watch. Now that's fun!
posted by
Kabu
on December 19, 2007 at 7:25 PM
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I'm so glad there wasn't a picture with this post. LOL
don't get any ideas, either! hahaha
posted by
shelly_b
on December 19, 2007 at 5:49 PM
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posted by
afzal50
on December 19, 2007 at 5:38 PM
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Nautikos, a disgusting story indeed hahaha
posted by
Ariala
on December 19, 2007 at 5:11 PM
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Re: is this a comment or a scrap of data destined for oblivion?
It
did post, Pat! But don't worry, he is probably not among my readership, few people are...And where do I get this stuff? Well, in this case from the
Scientific American, one of my favourite mags...
posted by
Nautikos
on December 19, 2007 at 4:51 PM
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Re: Some politicians
I tend to agree, jeff...
posted by
Nautikos
on December 19, 2007 at 4:48 PM
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Offy hon
Nobody seems to like cockroaches, but they're a) some of the most successful animals around, and b) loving parents, who nurture their young...
posted by
Nautikos
on December 19, 2007 at 4:45 PM
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is this a comment or a scrap of data destined for oblivion?
My last comment didn't post, possibly because it was a mean reference that compared my first ex husband to a headless roach... in any case... where do you get this stuff?
posted by
Pat_B
on December 19, 2007 at 3:23 PM
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Explains some things about my first ex husband...
but I'm not bitter.
posted by
Pat_B
on December 19, 2007 at 3:21 PM
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Some politicians
have been living without a brain for decades.
posted by
jollyjeff
on December 19, 2007 at 3:06 PM
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Yuck double yuck...I so despise cockroaches...remind me to keep my head on my shoulders...
posted by
Offy
on December 19, 2007 at 2:58 PM
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