An enormous cockroach.
by Will
Last night, I lifted the seat to my toilet to see an enormous cockroach floating in the basin. One quick shriek later I wondered how it GOT there? Did it swim up from the sewer? Did it crawl up the outside of the toilet and squeeze its appalling self through the crack under the seat? Was it that desperate for water? Since it was enormous and I rarely see roaches of ANY size in my apartment I assume it came from the outside.
Separate point: I am Freedying on “Steppin’ Out” by Joe Jackson.
Comments
Catroach.
(I would never pretend to be Linda — I want full credit for all my insightful and clever cat comments.)
what, no picture? hmm…have you eaten any enormous cockroaches lately?
Best way to describe a large roach was by Doug P. I believe he described a roach as the size of a black board eraser.
You just made me listen to Steppin’ Out twice in a row. Thank you.
That’s a good attitude about the roach! I think I’m the kind of person whose first instinct is to assume a roach in my apartment came from the inside.
My uncle once found a poisonous snake in the toilet bowl, almost totally hidden because it was curled up right under the lip of the bowl. it was fortunate he didn’tsit down without looking. his solution was to saran-wrap the toilet and go back to bed and deal with it in the morning.
This was in India.
It’s a good think you live in Brooklyn.
Joe Catson.
Really? “Joe Catson”? … is that really the best I can do?
That’s a good catitude about the roach.
(I’m real.)
“catitude” twice, now? Linda. WTF. Come on.
We have incredibly large “water bug” type cockroaches here in my office (I work in an old monster of a building). They like to hide under the seat, so that when I come in first thing in the morning, I need to check before I sit down. Something about being in a confined space next to a proportionately large ass must be very comforting for these little guys- like a security blanket.
Don’t get me wrong I absolutely hate them. One time I pulled out the toilet tissue roll and one was curled up inside and flew out at me- just horrifying.
I only included “catitude” because I didn’t think people would read the last blog (I didn’t realize there was a new post).
After death and watching Vanilla Sky a second time, my biggest fear is something crawling from the bowl on to me when on the can. I actually check the bowl each and every time I sit down… I think it all come from watching the movie Arachnophobia in my formative years.
Once a year, each Spring, a giant cockroache has appeared in my LIVING ROOM. It’s huge and I have no idea where it enters from. The front door?
This also spurs on my yearly panic attack.
Oh, I spelled cockroach wrong. How catbarrassing.
Now I am going to have to checked under the lip of my toilet every day before I sit down for about a week (and then I will get tired of checking)
Cockroaches, nature’s cab drivers?
Holy crap!
I just googled “enormous cockroach” and this was the first page that came up. Wow, small Net.