I wrote
<http://insects.about.com/od/roachesandmantids/a/10-Facts-About-Cockroaches.htm>
I really need to address those ten points in the article, in order.
1) Apparently the ones that aren't pests aren't on my boat. Or, define
'pest.'
2) Great.
3) So what.
4) Right. I'm aware of that. They wake me up in the middle of the
night, saying 'what about *my* needs...' All I can say is 'Don't touch
me there.'
5) I would like some clarification. Heck, a female Lobster also carries
her eggs around with her. I once bought an entire bucket of lobsters
out of season (out of Human Lobster season, not out of Lobster Lobster
season) many of whom were females carrying egg sacs, and then went 20
miles up the coast and set them free on a nice rocky habitat. So I'm
sensitive to needs other than my own. But, really, when it comes to
cockroaches I have an entirely different perspective. When I smash one
on the galley counter, or do a Mexican hat dance and nail it to the
bottom of my foot, I really would like to do an autopsy and determine
the species. There's a certain sense of satisfaction knowing whether I
only killed one or killed one and a bunch of unborn babies.
6) Great.
7) Well, yes, they make good sailing crew, and provide value
commensurate with this fact.
8) Actually, I'm faster. Perhaps I just know where they're going to
run, and have achieved a zen state when it comes to stomping
cockroaches. 'You can run, but umm actually, you *can* hide.' I'm
training them to come to the poison. I bought one of those little flute
things, and they seem to be responding. I've also constructed a little
trapeze on the fan deck, and perhaps I can make some money out of this
when I start my new job at the circus.
9) Um, actually they come in many sizes, and not just in the tropics.
My High School was built in the 1920's, and was one of those venerable
institutions that we need to cherish. The mascot was a 'Kewpie Doll'
and every year we'd have a high school girl with a great body but who
couldn't make the cheer-leading squad put a two foot wide paper mache
'Kewpie Doll' helmet on her head (kinda like Diver Dan with a little
Dairy Queen curl on top.) What's my point? Oh, right. That school was
overrun with cockroaches three inches long, but they only came out after
hours. I was involved in enough extracurricular activities to get me
into Harvard despite my GPA, and spent a lot of after-hour time in that
school. (Really, it was only in detention once.) We used to play
hockey in the halls with those cockroaches. They were big. That school
was definitely not in the tropics. So much for that fact.
10) Oh. I think I already covered the training stuff two points ago.
The problem, though, is that I don't live in a controlled environment.
I believe that I can actually say something useful on this topic if I
can get a grant for further research.
Best regards,
Wal
--
s/v Stella Blue
www.wbryant.com
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