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Crickets are FUN!
I seem to have an infestation of crickets. I suppose it is due to the
changing of the seasons. But these are not normal crickets; they are big pale brown ugly suckers with striped thoraxes. They live in my built-in storage room off the patio; I open the door wide and try to let the birds who eat bugs have a party with them. But sometimes they find their way into my apartment. The storage room adjoins my master bedroom closet; oh uh... no! Persia finds them in my bathroom and even in the bathtub. She chases them all around. Has a big time batting them around; oooh look! A hoppy toy! Get'em, girl! Please??? They are just gross. I don't mind regular crickets but these things are just too big and ugly for words. Sic'em, Persia! Get them out of my house! Jill -- I used to have a handle on life...but it broke off. |
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Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 10:25:29 -0500, "jmcquown" wrote: I seem to have an infestation of crickets. I suppose it is due to the changing of the seasons. But these are not normal crickets; they are big pale brown ugly suckers with striped thoraxes. They live in my built-in storage room off the patio; I open the door wide and try to let the birds who eat bugs have a party with them. But sometimes they find their way into my apartment. The storage room adjoins my master bedroom closet; oh uh... no! Persia finds them in my bathroom and even in the bathtub. She chases them all around. Has a big time batting them around; oooh look! A hoppy toy! Get'em, girl! Please??? They are just gross. I don't mind regular crickets but these things are just too big and ugly for words. Sic'em, Persia! Get them out of my house! Jill These sound like what my family always called "cave crickets", although I don't know if this is the usual name for them. They live in dark places, such as caves or house basements, or your storage room. At my father's house, the crickets would climb up the water pipes into the bathroom. He accidentally discovered that they apparently can't jump straight up, only at an angle, so he kept several open wide-mouthed glass jars on the floor under his sink to serve as cricket traps. He would then carry the crickets out to the bushes at the rear of his yard and let them go. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use http://www.pgp.com iQA/AwUBQVWQyDMYPge5L34aEQID6gCfRadm5tr8Q7hgTo9qfMBPi0 wpi0EAn1xY JQhSd12OnwhoExu7s8FF0Gu4 =Re+M -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- John F. Eldredge -- PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria |
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Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 10:25:29 -0500, "jmcquown" wrote: I seem to have an infestation of crickets. I suppose it is due to the changing of the seasons. But these are not normal crickets; they are big pale brown ugly suckers with striped thoraxes. They live in my built-in storage room off the patio; I open the door wide and try to let the birds who eat bugs have a party with them. But sometimes they find their way into my apartment. The storage room adjoins my master bedroom closet; oh uh... no! Persia finds them in my bathroom and even in the bathtub. She chases them all around. Has a big time batting them around; oooh look! A hoppy toy! Get'em, girl! Please??? They are just gross. I don't mind regular crickets but these things are just too big and ugly for words. Sic'em, Persia! Get them out of my house! Jill These sound like what my family always called "cave crickets", although I don't know if this is the usual name for them. They live in dark places, such as caves or house basements, or your storage room. At my father's house, the crickets would climb up the water pipes into the bathroom. He accidentally discovered that they apparently can't jump straight up, only at an angle, so he kept several open wide-mouthed glass jars on the floor under his sink to serve as cricket traps. He would then carry the crickets out to the bushes at the rear of his yard and let them go. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use http://www.pgp.com iQA/AwUBQVWQyDMYPge5L34aEQID6gCfRadm5tr8Q7hgTo9qfMBPi0 wpi0EAn1xY JQhSd12OnwhoExu7s8FF0Gu4 =Re+M -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- John F. Eldredge -- PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria |
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Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 10:25:29 -0500, "jmcquown" wrote: I seem to have an infestation of crickets. I suppose it is due to the changing of the seasons. But these are not normal crickets; they are big pale brown ugly suckers with striped thoraxes. They live in my built-in storage room off the patio; I open the door wide and try to let the birds who eat bugs have a party with them. But sometimes they find their way into my apartment. The storage room adjoins my master bedroom closet; oh uh... no! Persia finds them in my bathroom and even in the bathtub. She chases them all around. Has a big time batting them around; oooh look! A hoppy toy! Get'em, girl! Please??? They are just gross. I don't mind regular crickets but these things are just too big and ugly for words. Sic'em, Persia! Get them out of my house! Jill These sound like what my family always called "cave crickets", although I don't know if this is the usual name for them. They live in dark places, such as caves or house basements, or your storage room. At my father's house, the crickets would climb up the water pipes into the bathroom. He accidentally discovered that they apparently can't jump straight up, only at an angle, so he kept several open wide-mouthed glass jars on the floor under his sink to serve as cricket traps. He would then carry the crickets out to the bushes at the rear of his yard and let them go. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use http://www.pgp.com iQA/AwUBQVWQyDMYPge5L34aEQID6gCfRadm5tr8Q7hgTo9qfMBPi0 wpi0EAn1xY JQhSd12OnwhoExu7s8FF0Gu4 =Re+M -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- John F. Eldredge -- PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria |
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John F. Eldredge wrote:
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 10:25:29 -0500, "jmcquown" wrote: the changing of the seasons. But these are not normal crickets; they are big pale brown ugly suckers with striped thoraxes. They live in my built-in storage room off the patio; I open the door wide and try to let the birds who eat bugs have a party with them. But sometimes they find their way into my apartment. Persia finds them in my bathroom and even in the bathtub. She chases them all around. Has a big time batting them around; oooh look! A hoppy toy! Get'em, girl! Please??? They are just gross. I don't mind regular crickets but these things are just too big and ugly for words. Sic'em, Persia! Get them out of my house! Jill These sound like what my family always called "cave crickets", although I don't know if this is the usual name for them. Yeah, I think that's what they are. And they are totally gross! They live in dark places, such as caves or house basements, or your storage room. At my father's house, the crickets would climb up the water pipes into the bathroom. He accidentally discovered that they apparently can't jump straight up, only at an angle, so he kept several open wide-mouthed glass jars on the floor under his sink to serve as cricket traps. He would then carry the crickets out to the bushes at the rear of his yard and let them go. Hmmmm, I'll have to get some canning jars and try that. Persia loses interest after a while. But they are making me crazy! I stepped on one (squoosh) in the middle of the night the other night while going to the bathroom and was completely grossed out. I had to take a bath (after making sure there were none in the bathtub) to get over the shuddery ewwww! feeling. Jill |
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John F. Eldredge wrote:
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 10:25:29 -0500, "jmcquown" wrote: the changing of the seasons. But these are not normal crickets; they are big pale brown ugly suckers with striped thoraxes. They live in my built-in storage room off the patio; I open the door wide and try to let the birds who eat bugs have a party with them. But sometimes they find their way into my apartment. Persia finds them in my bathroom and even in the bathtub. She chases them all around. Has a big time batting them around; oooh look! A hoppy toy! Get'em, girl! Please??? They are just gross. I don't mind regular crickets but these things are just too big and ugly for words. Sic'em, Persia! Get them out of my house! Jill These sound like what my family always called "cave crickets", although I don't know if this is the usual name for them. Yeah, I think that's what they are. And they are totally gross! They live in dark places, such as caves or house basements, or your storage room. At my father's house, the crickets would climb up the water pipes into the bathroom. He accidentally discovered that they apparently can't jump straight up, only at an angle, so he kept several open wide-mouthed glass jars on the floor under his sink to serve as cricket traps. He would then carry the crickets out to the bushes at the rear of his yard and let them go. Hmmmm, I'll have to get some canning jars and try that. Persia loses interest after a while. But they are making me crazy! I stepped on one (squoosh) in the middle of the night the other night while going to the bathroom and was completely grossed out. I had to take a bath (after making sure there were none in the bathtub) to get over the shuddery ewwww! feeling. Jill |
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John F. Eldredge wrote:
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 10:25:29 -0500, "jmcquown" wrote: the changing of the seasons. But these are not normal crickets; they are big pale brown ugly suckers with striped thoraxes. They live in my built-in storage room off the patio; I open the door wide and try to let the birds who eat bugs have a party with them. But sometimes they find their way into my apartment. Persia finds them in my bathroom and even in the bathtub. She chases them all around. Has a big time batting them around; oooh look! A hoppy toy! Get'em, girl! Please??? They are just gross. I don't mind regular crickets but these things are just too big and ugly for words. Sic'em, Persia! Get them out of my house! Jill These sound like what my family always called "cave crickets", although I don't know if this is the usual name for them. Yeah, I think that's what they are. And they are totally gross! They live in dark places, such as caves or house basements, or your storage room. At my father's house, the crickets would climb up the water pipes into the bathroom. He accidentally discovered that they apparently can't jump straight up, only at an angle, so he kept several open wide-mouthed glass jars on the floor under his sink to serve as cricket traps. He would then carry the crickets out to the bushes at the rear of his yard and let them go. Hmmmm, I'll have to get some canning jars and try that. Persia loses interest after a while. But they are making me crazy! I stepped on one (squoosh) in the middle of the night the other night while going to the bathroom and was completely grossed out. I had to take a bath (after making sure there were none in the bathtub) to get over the shuddery ewwww! feeling. Jill |
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"jmcquown" wrote in message news I seem to have an infestation of crickets. I suppose it is due to the changing of the seasons. But these are not normal crickets; they are big pale brown ugly suckers with striped thoraxes. They live in my built-in storage room off the patio; I open the door wide and try to let the birds who eat bugs have a party with them. But sometimes they find their way into my apartment. The storage room adjoins my master bedroom closet; oh uh... no! Persia finds them in my bathroom and even in the bathtub. She chases them all around. Has a big time batting them around; oooh look! A hoppy toy! Get'em, girl! Please??? They are just gross. I don't mind regular crickets but these things are just too big and ugly for words. Sic'em, Persia! Get them out of my house! Jill Persia, Moe says that crickets are fun to eat as well as play with. They don't taste that good, but they are very crunchy! |
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"jmcquown" wrote in message news I seem to have an infestation of crickets. I suppose it is due to the changing of the seasons. But these are not normal crickets; they are big pale brown ugly suckers with striped thoraxes. They live in my built-in storage room off the patio; I open the door wide and try to let the birds who eat bugs have a party with them. But sometimes they find their way into my apartment. The storage room adjoins my master bedroom closet; oh uh... no! Persia finds them in my bathroom and even in the bathtub. She chases them all around. Has a big time batting them around; oooh look! A hoppy toy! Get'em, girl! Please??? They are just gross. I don't mind regular crickets but these things are just too big and ugly for words. Sic'em, Persia! Get them out of my house! Jill Persia, Moe says that crickets are fun to eat as well as play with. They don't taste that good, but they are very crunchy! |
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"jmcquown" wrote in message news I seem to have an infestation of crickets. I suppose it is due to the changing of the seasons. But these are not normal crickets; they are big pale brown ugly suckers with striped thoraxes. They live in my built-in storage room off the patio; I open the door wide and try to let the birds who eat bugs have a party with them. But sometimes they find their way into my apartment. The storage room adjoins my master bedroom closet; oh uh... no! Persia finds them in my bathroom and even in the bathtub. She chases them all around. Has a big time batting them around; oooh look! A hoppy toy! Get'em, girl! Please??? They are just gross. I don't mind regular crickets but these things are just too big and ugly for words. Sic'em, Persia! Get them out of my house! Jill Persia, Moe says that crickets are fun to eat as well as play with. They don't taste that good, but they are very crunchy! |
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