Well, at least they're cheap to feed...

m. L. Briggs wrote:
On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 13:49:07 -0400, "Larry Osborne"
wrote:


"Duke of URL" wrote in message
...
Peking, Red China (Peking Morning Post) -- Police were alerted
after a lonely widower was found to be keeping 200,000 cockroaches
as pets.
A horrified neighbor saw the insects swarming across the floor of
the man's house. The pensioner told police he had begun breeding
the cockroaches as a hobby after his wife died. It took health
officials two hours to kill the insects and disinfect the man's
home. --
The One-and-only Holy MosesT



I guess it takes all kinds. Only two hours to kill them? I
would've bet that couldn't be done in that time withouth torching
the whole building. Larry Osborne

Maybe they used flame throwers.

Or Napalm leftover from the 'Nam stockpile.

Jill

m. L. Briggs wrote:
On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 13:49:07 -0400, "Larry Osborne"
wrote:


"Duke of URL" wrote in message
...
Peking, Red China (Peking Morning Post) -- Police were alerted
after a lonely widower was found to be keeping 200,000 cockroaches
as pets.
A horrified neighbor saw the insects swarming across the floor of
the man's house. The pensioner told police he had begun breeding
the cockroaches as a hobby after his wife died. It took health
officials two hours to kill the insects and disinfect the man's
home. --
The One-and-only Holy MosesT



I guess it takes all kinds. Only two hours to kill them? I
would've bet that couldn't be done in that time withouth torching
the whole building. Larry Osborne

Maybe they used flame throwers.

Or Napalm leftover from the 'Nam stockpile.

Jill

Duke of URL wrote:

Peking, Red China (Peking Morning Post) -- Police were alerted after a
lonely widower was found to be keeping 200,000 cockroaches as pets.
A horrified neighbor saw the insects swarming across the floor of the man's
house. The pensioner told police he had begun breeding the cockroaches as a
hobby after his wife died. It took health officials two hours to kill the
insects and disinfect the man's home.

OK, it's gross, and a health hazard, and I don't think officials could
have (or should have) done anything else, but if this guy thought of them
as his pets, it must have been pretty upsetting for him to see them all
killed... poor guy.

Joyce

PS - I haven't heard mainland China referred to as "Red China" in
decades! (Neither have I heard Beijing referred to as Peking in quite
a long time...)

Duke of URL wrote:

Peking, Red China (Peking Morning Post) -- Police were alerted after a
lonely widower was found to be keeping 200,000 cockroaches as pets.
A horrified neighbor saw the insects swarming across the floor of the man's
house. The pensioner told police he had begun breeding the cockroaches as a
hobby after his wife died. It took health officials two hours to kill the
insects and disinfect the man's home.

OK, it's gross, and a health hazard, and I don't think officials could
have (or should have) done anything else, but if this guy thought of them
as his pets, it must have been pretty upsetting for him to see them all
killed... poor guy.

Joyce

PS - I haven't heard mainland China referred to as "Red China" in
decades! (Neither have I heard Beijing referred to as Peking in quite
a long time...)

Duke of URL wrote:

Peking, Red China (Peking Morning Post) -- Police were alerted after a
lonely widower was found to be keeping 200,000 cockroaches as pets.
A horrified neighbor saw the insects swarming across the floor of the man's
house. The pensioner told police he had begun breeding the cockroaches as a
hobby after his wife died. It took health officials two hours to kill the
insects and disinfect the man's home.

OK, it's gross, and a health hazard, and I don't think officials could
have (or should have) done anything else, but if this guy thought of them
as his pets, it must have been pretty upsetting for him to see them all
killed... poor guy.

Joyce

PS - I haven't heard mainland China referred to as "Red China" in
decades! (Neither have I heard Beijing referred to as Peking in quite
a long time...)

"Seanette Blaylock" wrote in
message ...
itty (Sherry ) had some very interesting things to
say about Well, at least they're cheap to feed...:

Peking, Red China (Peking Morning Post) -- Police were alerted after a
lonely widower was found to be keeping 200,000 cockroaches as pets.
A horrified neighbor saw the insects swarming across the floor of the
man's
house. The pensioner told police he had begun breeding the cockroaches
as a
hobby after his wife died.
Breeding cockroaches for fun. Now I've heard it all. And I thought DH's
fascination with honeybees was weird.

Makes the tarantula my DH had when I met him seem like a downright
normal pet. :-)

Eeek! I could deal with the roaches (stomp stomp stomp) more than I coudl
deal with a tarantula. *shudder*.

I thinkyou are very brave marrying a man who had a spider as a pet, don't
know if I could even if he looked like Viggo Mortenson!

Yowie

"Seanette Blaylock" wrote in
message ...
itty (Sherry ) had some very interesting things to
say about Well, at least they're cheap to feed...:

Peking, Red China (Peking Morning Post) -- Police were alerted after a
lonely widower was found to be keeping 200,000 cockroaches as pets.
A horrified neighbor saw the insects swarming across the floor of the
man's
house. The pensioner told police he had begun breeding the cockroaches
as a
hobby after his wife died.
Breeding cockroaches for fun. Now I've heard it all. And I thought DH's
fascination with honeybees was weird.

Makes the tarantula my DH had when I met him seem like a downright
normal pet. :-)

Eeek! I could deal with the roaches (stomp stomp stomp) more than I coudl
deal with a tarantula. *shudder*.

I thinkyou are very brave marrying a man who had a spider as a pet, don't
know if I could even if he looked like Viggo Mortenson!

Yowie

"Seanette Blaylock" wrote in
message ...
itty (Sherry ) had some very interesting things to
say about Well, at least they're cheap to feed...:

Peking, Red China (Peking Morning Post) -- Police were alerted after a
lonely widower was found to be keeping 200,000 cockroaches as pets.
A horrified neighbor saw the insects swarming across the floor of the
man's
house. The pensioner told police he had begun breeding the cockroaches
as a
hobby after his wife died.
Breeding cockroaches for fun. Now I've heard it all. And I thought DH's
fascination with honeybees was weird.

Makes the tarantula my DH had when I met him seem like a downright
normal pet. :-)

Eeek! I could deal with the roaches (stomp stomp stomp) more than I coudl
deal with a tarantula. *shudder*.

I thinkyou are very brave marrying a man who had a spider as a pet, don't
know if I could even if he looked like Viggo Mortenson!

Yowie

"Yowie" had some very interesting
things to say about Well, at least they're cheap to feed...:

Makes the tarantula my DH had when I met him seem like a downright
normal pet. :-)
Eeek! I could deal with the roaches (stomp stomp stomp) more than I coudl
deal with a tarantula. *shudder*.
I thinkyou are very brave marrying a man who had a spider as a pet, don't
know if I could even if he looked like Viggo Mortenson!

The spider was actually pretty cute. DH's buddy the snake collector
would have been a problem for me, though. :-)

--
"Don't mess with major appliances unless you know what you are doing
(or unless your life insurance policy is up-to-date)." - John, RCFL

"Yowie" had some very interesting
things to say about Well, at least they're cheap to feed...:

Makes the tarantula my DH had when I met him seem like a downright
normal pet. :-)
Eeek! I could deal with the roaches (stomp stomp stomp) more than I coudl
deal with a tarantula. *shudder*.
I thinkyou are very brave marrying a man who had a spider as a pet, don't
know if I could even if he looked like Viggo Mortenson!

The spider was actually pretty cute. DH's buddy the snake collector
would have been a problem for me, though. :-)

--
"Don't mess with major appliances unless you know what you are doing
(or unless your life insurance policy is up-to-date)." - John, RCFL