There was a giant cockroach in my history class today...

[BreweryYardRat]

It was roughly 3 inches long and probably 1.5 inches wide, and showed up about a foot from where I was sitting. I relocated precipitously.

No one had the courage to squish it though, and it vanished shortly before the end of class. A couple people figured it wound up in someone's bag.

Not in mine, fortunately, but I'm phobic of roaches (capable of controlling myself in public, thankfully) and could use some cheering up/calming down.

[Richardo]

1. Was it the new kid, Gregor Samsa?

:)

[northzax]

3. that took me 30 seconds...

:rofl:

[tigereye]

15. good one!

[Richardo]

17. :-)

:hi:

[Hand]

25. OUTSTANDING!

:yourock: :rofl:

[northzax]

2. oh that kind of roach

I figured maybe Paul Wolfowitz was guest lecturing.

[hfojvt]

4. "What makes the Hottentot, so hot? What puts the ape in apricot?

What do they got, that I ain't got?"
"Courage?"

It takes courage to squish a cockroach? Well, if I see a damsel in distress, then I might even take on a five inch cockroach! :patriot:

[MN ChimpH8R]

5. What was * doing in your history class?

Oh, never mind... :evilgrin:

[Ellen Forradalom]

6. Kafka made a guest appearance?

How delightful!

[LaraMN]

7. I have never seen a real cockroach.

Nor do I care to. I don't even think that we HAVE three inch long bugs, here. :scared:

[Lochloosa]

10. Here is a Big one for you

[LaraMN]

11. Whoa! How does they fit into cereal boxes and drawers?

:P

[lag bolt]

33. I'd be happy to send ya one

[TimeChaser]

8. I have a similar phobia of centipedes

:scared: :scared: :scared:

Roaches though... I like the madagascar hissing ones :)

[Left_Winger]

9. Just be glad you don't live where I do...

We have a "breed" of cockroaches which can fly. No kidding!

[BreweryYardRat]

18. I'm IN Florida, dude.

Fortunately this one didn't decide to take to the air or I'd have fled screaming and cursing for the door, knocking over desks and fellow students as I went.

[Left_Winger]

26. I did not see anything to know of your location

I had a flying roach land on me once and run down my t-shirt and over my chest. To keep the story short, I invented a new dance as I pulled off my clothes (in public) trying to get this thing off of me. Needless to say, I attracted quite an audience with my performance.

Looking back I can laugh about this, but at the time it was not funny at all.

[Divameow77]

12. I had a 3 inch hissing cockroach on my head once

I was at a park for my sons birthday and there was guy from a nature center there, he asked to put something on my head and I try to guess what it was, I though he was gonna put a tarantula on my head, nope it was a big bug, I freaked. I don't know why I thought I could handle a big spider, I probably would have freaked about that too.

I do have a picture of it, but not on my computer.

[Taverner]

14. Do they really hiss?

I've never seen one up close...

[yellowcanine]

16. Yes they do. Here ya go.....(link to pic and description)

http://www.key-net.net/users/swb/pet_arthropod/hiss.htm

[Sequoia]

22. Sigh, why did God make cock roaches?

They're so scary and useless. The ones in Texas are huge, huge, huge and some fly. When my kid was little and she was watching Power Puff Girls' eposide about the roaches crawling over people I fled in terror.

[yellowcanine]

27. Cockroaches are a good argument against Intelligent Design.

[Sequoia]

29. Touche'

Aardvarks and Sloths also. Totally weird.

[yellowcanine]

34. Duck billed platypus, all marsupials, the Panda's "thumb",,,,,, "Ad hoc"

design is everywhere. Just what one would expect if natural selection were driving "design".

[lag bolt]

32. some religions believe

cockroaches are reincarnated republicans (yep , look it up )

[Sequoia]

37. I can believe it !!

Even those cavemen had Repubs among them, but back then they were called Neandrethal. (sp)

[BreweryYardRat]

20. Jesus!

Remind me never to do anything like that without getting assurances that it won't be a roach first.

I think I would've puked.

[Taverner]

13. Where is this? University of Hawaii?

The roaches eat kittens over there ya know!

[BreweryYardRat]

19. Nope. USF

University of South Florida.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

21. Yep. Palmetto bug

you should see them come out and party in the middle of the night in your kitchen. Little Sombreros and ponchos... guitars.

[mykpart]

23. Go rent "Joe's Apartment."

Then you'll REALLY be phobic!

[TheMightyFavog]

24. Lemme guess, you were doing a chapter about the regan years?

End of Line.

[WCGreen]

28. How Kafkaesque

[obxhead]

30. Since you're in FL you better get used to this kind of thing

It doesn't matter how clean you keep your home there, you will find the occasional roach.

[lag bolt]

31. in Florida ......yep

get used to them . Sometime they'll run across your face while you're sleeping or crawl on your tooth brush when the lights are out or crawl out of your cereal box or get in you shoes during the night or be in your kayak and crawl up your leg when you cant reach them. Get a dog or cat they will eat them.

[Callalily]

35. He's clearly lost.

Give him directions to the Entomology lab. He's late now, so he'll need a pass!

[Samurai_Writer]

36. They are called 'tree roaches'

Oh, and one other thing? Those suckers have WINGS too. The first time I tried to kill one (which is futile, btw), the thing flew at my face! Ack!

I'm so glad I don't live in Florida or Texas anymore.

[-..__...]

38. Roachs are cute!

http://joesapt.warnerbros.com/dld/funkytowel.mov