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Killer

Published on 18 April 2007 in cockroach, chihuahua and Paco. 2 Comments
Paco, the Cockroach Killer.
This morning Paco found a cockroach in my study. I think he played with it to death.


Phobia

Published on 16 November 2006 in summer joys, cockroach and phobia. 8 Comments

There’s a dead cockroach in the shower and I am trying to convince myself that I can easily get rid of it using the dustpan so that I can have a shower, but so far the phobia is stronger than my rational mind.

  1. It’s dead. It’s not moving so it is highly unlikely to spring out of the dustpan while I sweep it up.
  2. Even if any part of the cockroach touched me (eg due to my clumsiness, dropping it while sweeping it up), it’s dead and cannot scuttle.
  3. Even if any part of the cockroach touched me (eg due to my dropping it because of extreme discomfort at the thought of holding an implement that is holding a cockroach) my skin is not going to be seared off, permanently scarred or infested by cockroachness.
  4. Baubles the Cat can’t help, although she is very interested in the fact that I keep going to the bathroom and pondering the carcass in the shower.
  5. M’s fast asleep and it would be very cruel to wake him up just to dispose of a cockroach. Especially because it is dead.
  6. I am an accomplished professional who speaks and reads three languages, is widely read, proficient on the computer, writes two blogs, and hosts dinner parties for twenty. And it’s a mere cockroach.
  7. And it’s dead.

Sigh. Damned phobia.

There have been a few Cockroach Incidents already this year. It’s going to be a long cockroach season summer.

45 minutes later, after breakfast and a strong cuppa: I did it! Picked up the dustpan and marched into the bathroom. Prodded the cockroach once - no movement. Scooped it in and straight to the bin. WOOOOT!!!!1