tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post109833261582122397..comments2024-03-27T14:57:37.031+05:30Comments on Jabberwock: A roach riposteJabberwockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-27925849534449965192021-09-16T05:24:22.697+05:302021-09-16T05:24:22.697+05:30Interested to see that some people have even more ...Interested to see that some people have even more intense repulsion from this creature than I do. I have been trying to cure myself by thinking of the Hindi word tilchatta, which somehow seems sweeter than the English word, and also by recalling what a Tamil friend told me - that in some communities they are not killed but swept out as they are considered vehicles of Lakshmi. Don't think this has worked yet, though but am still hopeful:) Ruth Vanitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01758354400687868413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1318908319777687742008-08-10T00:43:00.000+05:302008-08-10T00:43:00.000+05:30I am pretty glad to discover there is another one ...I am pretty glad to discover there is another one who is that scared of c-roaches! I thought I am the only one who is not able - not at all- handle the c-roches. I suffer of real roach phobia. In my country there are no ones - how lucky I´ve been! It is very unusal to encounter them here and it is always a synonym for a dirty places. Even my Grandma who is 88 y.o. has never seen any roach in her life! As well as my parents. I did. When visited Tehran. I thought I would get crazy from it. I wanted to die, I wanted to escape. I cant look at it, even on the pics. I also cannot tell the word c-roach, it´s hardest to pronounce it in my mother tongue..I dunno what to do with it as it really limits me in my life (I have to be feared all my trips to "risky" countries with high c-roach rating.) Seems I am safe just in Central and Northern Europe, maybe in Canada too. Rest of the world is covered with insecurity regarding the c-roach issue. I consider hypnosis as I have no idea what to do with this problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-15887950000394185132007-09-27T11:00:00.000+05:302007-09-27T11:00:00.000+05:30I guess you haven't seen some other species like s...I guess you haven't seen some other species like spiders having been bought up in Delhi. The place where I grew up -- Dharamshala in Himachal , we had monstrous spiders in the house with a leg span of at least seven inches. Even now in Dharamshala , tourists are scared out of their wits when they encounter these beasts in the Hotel bathrooms and bedrooms alike.<BR/><BR/>I think the breed is known as the Huntsman spider ,they don't build webs and are relatively docile , won't bite unless you manhandle them. Couldn't stop myself from commenting after reading such an old post.Shwet Awasthihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04707072898697709519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1165238830256569072006-12-04T18:57:00.000+05:302006-12-04T18:57:00.000+05:30Hey, I still call my mother when I see a cockroach...Hey, I still call my mother when I see a cockroach anywhere near me. Good to read your post. I thought I was the only one so terrified. Lizards, spiders also freak me out.ARThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04845997546931719756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1145515163980734022006-04-20T12:09:00.000+05:302006-04-20T12:09:00.000+05:30Ha, ha on confusing dates with roaches.For a long ...Ha, ha on confusing dates with roaches.<BR/><BR/>For a long time, brinjals used to give me the creeps because of their resemblance with roaches. Lost that fear when a roach flew straight into a pan in which aloo was being made and all that was left of the roach after 5 seconds were the antennae.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, roaches fascinate me in a morbid way and have blogged a couple of items:<BR/><BR/>* <A HREF="http://shastrix.blogspot.com/2005/07/cockroach-control.html" REL="nofollow">Cockroach Control</A><BR/>* <A HREF="http://shastrix.blogspot.com/2005/07/cockroach-controlled-robot.html" REL="nofollow">Cockroach-controlled robot!</A>రామ ShastriXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02346962668892418943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1136377471831534452006-01-04T17:54:00.000+05:302006-01-04T17:54:00.000+05:30For a long time I was suspicious of dates because ...For a long time I was suspicious of dates because they resemble roaches. There's a horrible moment before you bite into a particularly juicy date (or worse, when you spy a roach) in which you morbidly imagine what it would be like to take a chomp of it...yech!SRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12626354236542046874noreply@blogger.com