Hey, is that a spider in yer ear...

All they had to do was put a scorpion in her ear & the scorpion would have
killed and eaten the spider straightaway.

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Originally Posted by adgy-san

I would've just put a bullet in my ear.

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May I be of assistance my good man?

I'm SO glad I read this before I go to bed.

i saw a news story a long while back about a little boy who had a spider or two in his ear. he said he heard a crackling in there (as they moved around). blegh.

i've also heard about cockroaches in the ear. my husband's law school roommate did an internship representing disadvantaged people who basically lived in slums and said that one of the little boys had to have hot oil poured into his ear to kill or chase out a cockroach. after hearing that and then staying in a nature friendly (not my choice) inn in maui where they don't spray the spiders, roaches and other little critters that thrive in humid tropical weather, i spent the entire night slapping my ears afraid to death something would crawl in. i seriously saw little roaches running around the table tops and floors all night so it wasn't just my imagination.

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Originally Posted by lunchbox

i saw a news story a long while back about a little boy who had a spider or two in his ear. he said he heard a crackling in there (as they moved around). blegh.

i've also heard about cockroaches in the ear. my husband's law school roommate did an internship representing disadvantaged people who basically lived in slums and said that one of the little boys had to have hot oil poured into his ear to kill or chase out a cockroach. after hearing that and then staying in a nature friendly (not my choice) inn in maui where they don't spray the spiders, roaches and other little critters that thrive in humid tropical weather, i spent the entire night slapping my ears afraid to death something would crawl in. i seriously saw little roaches running around the table tops and floors all night so it wasn't just my imagination.

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There is/was, (haven't been there in years), an hotel down near Cabo that would just bring up and let loose more geckos in your room if you called and complained about bugs.

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Originally Posted by x-wingcamewest

May I be of assistance my good man?

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If this ever happens to me, you will be the first person I call.

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Originally Posted by x-wingcamewest

There is/was, (haven't been there in years), an hotel down near Cabo that would just bring up and let loose more geckos in your room if you called and complained about bugs.

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Many years ago the wife and I were in Puerto Vallarta and our room must have had ten or more geckos in it. We called the front desk to complain and the guy on the other end asks us if we had seen any bugs or spiders in our room. When we replied no he offered to come down and collect the geckos but then we would have lots of bugs and spiders. We kept the geckos and now ask for rooms that are known to have plenty of geckos. Besides, after looking at them more closely they are pretty cool looking.

Why am I itchy all of a sudden?

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Originally Posted by adgy-san

If this ever happens to me, you will be the first person I call.

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You should! X-wing has good aim, lol, despite being a lefty.

But if you do it Adgy, you might end up like that dude from the Preacher comics, whatever his name was... ;)

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Originally Posted by x-wingcamewest

There is/was, (haven't been there in years), an hotel down near Cabo that would just bring up and let loose more geckos in your room if you called and complained about bugs.

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this is a great solution. better than spraying. i've stayed in many hotels in vietnam. there were geckos aplenty and i rarely encountered many bugs in the room. the only time there were undesirable pests were when we stayed in some super questionable small town inns that barely had running water. even then, i had mosquito netting to enclose myself in.