Attackbird's Reign of Terror: Day 2

[muckefuck]

mollpeartree was amused by my use of "nemesis" yesterday, but it's turning out to be frighteningly accurate! On my way to lunch, I saw him standing by the side of the road hectoring incessantly. On my way back, he got me but good, landing on my head and trying to peck at my crown (no, not the eyes yet!). It took twice as long to shake him off this time as last and I was even more tempted, once he'd returned to cawwing from a branch, to fling something at him. While I was eyeing him there, a woman came up and mentioned that she'd been attacked, too; earlier, a co-worker told the horrifying tale of being assaulted hung-over and half-awake while going to fetch his morning coffee. As I was spreading warnings, he struck another long-haired passerby.

When will this end? What will it take? Can scathedobsidian lend us his pellet gun for protection or perhaps currawong, a burly Australian? Or should I avail myself of one of moominmolly's castoff bike helmets?

In other news, the cockroach is still there. monshu asked if we'd been giving it food and water and I told him It's a fucking cockroach! It can live without its HEAD! In fact, someone came up from Preservation and told us that roaches can eat electronics. If it gets hungry, it can just start eating its way out of the cup.

What's your favourite euphemism for "cockroach"? In the brief spate of this morning's discussion, I heard:

• palmetto bug (Florida)
• water bug (American Southwest)
• cucaracha (Nuphy's favourite, from Spanish by way of Southern California)

Others?

In any case, if it's there when I get back, I may have to launch a naming contest. Besides the ants, there's also a serious endemic mouse problem. (There was a huge colony living under the entrance hall until it was redone and the workers thoughtfully drove the rodents deeper into the building.) Add in the Redwing Attackbird and Red the Mangy Fox-Coyote Thing (who hasn't been around in a while) and we've got quite a menagerie on our hands.

Comments

[pacotelic.livejournal.com]

Feed the Cockroach to the Blackbird, already.

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

That vicious fucker is getting nothing from me but a sharp kick in the ribs!

[nibadi.livejournal.com]

Hoffentlich verirrt sich keine (KÜCHEN-)SCHABE in deiner Tasche und am Ende breitet sie sich bei dir zuhause aus und gründet dort eine Familie.

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

Keine Angst! Die sind schon dort!

"Schabe" ist mir neu; ich habe immer "Kakerlak" gesagt. In der Verkleinerungsform, Schaebchen, klingt das fast süss!

[twnchicago.livejournal.com]

Stop wearing the worm-scented cologne...

[bunj.livejournal.com]

If only you could talk to the animals. So you could tell them to fuck off.

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

Imagine cussing out a coney, berating birds and beavers--
What a neat achievement that would be!

[niemandsrose.livejournal.com]

Gokiburi.

[snowy-owlet.livejournal.com]

(1) You totally need a hat.

(2) AAAAAAAA BUG!

[robling-t.livejournal.com]

What's your favourite euphemism for "cockroach"?

I call the ones I didn't get a good enough look at for a positive ID "Insects of Suspicious Character", and the ones that I know damn well what they are get called "KILLITKILLITKILLITKILLIT!!!"

If that helps. :)

[currawong.livejournal.com]

Here, we regularly wear plastic ice-cream containers to ward off the Australian magpies that get very stroppy in breeding season. Noisy miners and plovers can get pretty aggressive too. Currawongs, ( burly Australians), while able too pierce a rat's skull with one peck, do not, ( unlike their magpie cousins) attack humans.

A name for a creature that can function successfully without using her brain. Condoleeza Cockroach of course.

[teapot-farm.livejournal.com]

I (and the dog) are getting herring gull attacks, and they're big evil bastards... The one last night dived to maybe 18 inches above the dog, and let loose the most amazing guano shower... If only we'd got a white dog.