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- From: Scottl@mot.com (Scott Lindsey)
- Subject: Re: lizards vs. roaches (long)
- Organization: Motorola Land Mobile Products Sector
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- Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 18:32:27 GMT
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- In article <1992Oct7.032116.8013@phx.mcd.mot.com>, saj@phx.mcd.mot.com (Steve James) writes:
- >
- > Someone recently inquired in this group about using pet-shop geckos
- > to control household roaches. I tried this approach after reading
- > an editorial letter published in section A of the Wall Street Journal
- ........
- > If you have enjoyed this account, and wish to hear other epics
- > of "human vs. roach", let me know by return EM. If enough
- > interest is expressed, I have two more tales to tell. One is
- > about a bizarre experiment with boric acid, and the other
- > is about the "final solution".
- > thx/saj
- >
- >
- I am curious. When I lived in Chicago, I found that boric acid WAS the final
- solution for taking care of roaches.. Let's hear some tales. Here's one from me.
-
- At Californial Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, an experiment was performed
- in the early 60's on some Cuban roaches which were supposed to be one of the largest in
- existence. Apparently, some droppings were placed in a trash can, and now they
- are underneath the science building. As of 1983, they were still there, at least a zillion
- of them, scaring the crap
- out of students who walk into the labs at night to work on a project, only to find them
- dropping off of counters, etc. Fast critters, they were. At any rate, one Thanksgiving,
- a roach got stuck on some duct tape in the physics labs. Physicists being the curious
- types, placed him in a mayonaisse jar, poked a few holes in the top, and left him...
- over Christmas break. When they came back, Enrique (his adopted name) was still as
- active as a hungry roach in mayonaisse jar, to coin a phrase. When they droppered some water
- in the jar, Enrique ran over and immediately sucked up the entire amount. So they dropped
- in a small chunk of peanut butter.... Same results... So they left a huge chunk in the jar,
- along with plenty of water.. Went home for the day. Then next day.. Guess what????
-
- Enrique had eaten until his stomach exploded.. Perhaps the solution to the roach
- problem is to place open jars of peanut butter around the house. Sort of like a
- Roach Cafe........
-
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