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2008-10-11 Home Front: WoT

Cockroaches hitch ride into US with troops

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Posted by Steve White 2008-10-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Commie Cockroaches or Islamic?

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Posted by Red Dawg ">Red Dawg 2008-10-11 02:58|| 2008-10-11 02:58|| Front Page Top

#2 Won't stand a damn chance against the Deutsch locals.

BTW still looking for Blue Velvet. Missing now 6 years. Best racing roach ever.

Have him call home, no questions asked.

Posted by .5MT 2008-10-11 08:34|| www.cybernations.net]">[www.cybernations.net] 2008-10-11 08:34|| Front Page Top

#3 "Won't stand a damn chance against the Deutsch locals."

You meant the Prussian locals, to be precise.

Posted by L1011 2008-10-11 13:21|| 2008-10-11 13:21|| Front Page Top

#4 Ah so dat were Prussian Blue is come from

Posted by .5MT 2008-10-11 13:42|| www.cybernations.net]">[www.cybernations.net] 2008-10-11 13:42|| Front Page Top

#5 Still I get weepy. Sucker would roll over and pretend to be dead for a little dollop of grease and a kind word. Used to hang out in the bathroom, freaked out a few guests. Good times, good times.

Posted by .5MT 2008-10-11 13:45|| www.cybernations.net]">[www.cybernations.net] 2008-10-11 13:45|| Front Page Top

#6 Cockroach Trivia

The fastest recorded speed measured for the American cockroach is nearly 2.0 miles per hour, or nearly 75 centimeters per second! In the absolute sense, this is a much slower speed than many vertebrates are able to attain. In relation to body size, however, it is remarkably fast. If speed were increased proportionally, an American cockroach the size of a lion could run about 50 miles per hour.

Cockroach excrement and body parts are major allergens in house dust.

The German cockroach is not really German. In fact, the Germans call it the Prussian cockroach. It is thought to have originated in Southern Asia.

Most cock roaches are unlike the majority of insects in that their exoskeleton is coated not with a waxy layer but a greasy one. Among other things, this characteristic enables cockroaches to slide into narrow cracks and crevices where even the human foot cannot reach them.

The Madagascar hissing cockroach has become a popular pest on some parts of the U.S.

Cockroaches are known assassins of their roommate, the bedbug.

In some parts of the world, roaches are profitably raised for chicken feed.

Among all the attributes of the city of Dallas, Texas, is the Cockroach Hall of Fame.

The worlds largest roach (which lives in South America) is four inches long with a seven-inch wingspan.

A cockroach that has just shed its skeleton is white with black eyes. After eight hours, it has regained its regular coloring. Cockroaches spend 75% of their time just resting.

There are 4,000 species of cockroaches worldwide.

(www.critterridders.com/roaches.htm)

Posted by L1011 2008-10-11 15:06|| 2008-10-11 15:06|| Front Page Top

#7 Cockroaches are known assassins of their roommate, the bedbug.

Why, then, are we having an epidemic of bedbugs in our inner cities?

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-10-11 15:17|| 2008-10-11 15:17|| Front Page Top

#8 "Why, then, are we having an epidemic of bedbugs in our inner cities?"

Comes down to overwhelming numbers on the one side, and bad leadership on the other. Same thing happened in Stalingrad c. 1942-43.

Posted by L1011 2008-10-11 15:33|| 2008-10-11 15:33|| Front Page Top

#9 *giggle*

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-10-11 15:37|| 2008-10-11 15:37|| Front Page Top

#10 sorry, Mike. That one has my vote, for now

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-10-11 17:29|| 2008-10-11 17:29|| Front Page Top

#11 L1011 = .5MT ?

Well, L1011 [great Aircraft btw]

and the Maestro, .5MT

EQUAL: a Bravissimo Performance!!

Posted by Red Dawg ">Red Dawg 2008-10-11 20:17|| 2008-10-11 20:17|| Front Page Top

#12 Are they edible?
If Obama gets elected, we may have to eat them to survive.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-10-11 20:41|| 2008-10-11 20:41|| Front Page Top

#13 Apparently they have already taken over Washington

Posted by Chief 2008-10-11 22:12|| 2008-10-11 22:12|| Front Page Top

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