In The Mood For A Good Face-Washing
February 21, 2007
I've told you before about my disdain for cockroaches, or at least I've given you creepy facts guaranteed to make your toes curl. Today is no different. I've got another piece of trivia for you, courtesy of my local pest control company newsletter:
"Cockroaches have been known to chew off the eyelashes, eyebrows and toenails of humans."
Question: Would you let a cockroach sit on your face and chew your eyelashes? How was this study done? Was this information discovered during an episode of Fear Factor? Inquiring minds want to know.
Comments
Um, ew. Just ew.
Posted by: Karly | February 21, 2007 05:32 PM
The last time I had a scratch test done I was told that I was allergic to the nasty little creatures! That is gross that they put that on my back!
Posted by: Julie | February 21, 2007 05:46 PM
GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRGH!
*spit*
*vomit*
Posted by: Jurgen Nation | February 21, 2007 07:02 PM
That is so disgusting! It's like the trivia that someone told me about how the average person eats XXX number of spiders in their sleep in their lifetime. It's was some awful number like 627 or something. I'm like "I don't eat no spiders in my sleep!!" all picturing waking up and picking a leg out of my teeth. Gross!
Yes, I have a fear of spiders. It's like the elephant-mouse thing: "EEEK!!!!" Spiders in the shower are the worst. Followed by webs with spiders in them spanning a walkway you just went down and then finding the devil on your skirt. "Ack! It's going down my skirt! And now I can't find it! It might have crawled back up the underside of my skirt! Help!" as I jerk around and batt at myself and emit sparks of "Eeek! Ack!" and I'm being watched by bystanders.
Posted by: Chiada | February 21, 2007 07:38 PM
Eww!
I have nothing else to contribute. Too disgusted right now.
Posted by: my life is brilliant | February 21, 2007 08:04 PM
Yes, I too am in the mood for a good face-washing - once I stop screaming.
Posted by: chickadee | February 21, 2007 09:06 PM
I used to work in social work at a community action agency. One of our clients was a quadrapalegic and had issues with cockroaches chewing on vairous body parts. His care taker didn't take good care of him.
Posted by: Hollie | February 22, 2007 08:03 AM
Oh, now I'm sitting here wondering if THAT'S why my toenails don't seem to grow at the same rate as my fingernails--cockroaches are chewing them off in my sleep! Ewwwww! How'd they get into my house AND into my socks without my knowing it? Ewwwwww!
Posted by: lizgwiz | February 22, 2007 09:28 AM
Of course the tasmanian cockroach will spin around and make guttural sounds and eat rabbits.
Or not ... did you let one on your eyelashes to find out?
~Jef
Posted by: Edge | February 22, 2007 10:39 AM
SICK
SICK
SICK
Posted by: Katie | February 22, 2007 10:53 AM
Oh.my.gosh.
Posted by: Lorie | February 22, 2007 12:17 PM
Not to be unimaginative, really, but EEEEWWWW!
I mean, why look for something original to say when it's already been said right?
Posted by: Lia | February 22, 2007 03:37 PM
They must have some really sharp teeth, Toenails? I just don't see how. Tiny little bites maybe, but I've never seen a cockroach chewing on someone's toenails. That's bizarre. Oh, and yes, disgusting. I'd rather a spider or a snake be in my bed than a cockroach or a grasshopper.
Posted by: eddo | February 23, 2007 12:53 PM
This post made me want to wretch. Thanks, Jes!
Posted by: Marmite Breath | February 23, 2007 03:04 PM
I'd be assuming that unlkess someone was non-mobile as mentioned above, this is forensic kind of stuff. Helps give an idea as to how long someone was laying in one spot. Yum.
Posted by: Julianna | February 24, 2007 11:19 PM
That is just so wrong. Just think of the stuff they might have tested that the cockroaches didn't like.
Posted by: Julie | February 25, 2007 06:45 PM
Eww eww eww, eww eww eww eww!
Posted by: Courtney | February 25, 2007 10:43 PM
Speaking of cockroaches...I thought of you in this post (you'll know which picture I'm talking about once you see it). :)
Posted by: Zandria | February 27, 2007 08:11 AM
So gross.
Posted by: Erinn | February 27, 2007 03:14 PM