and they never need polishing...

mumoo

Wed, Jul 23 2008, 1:16 pm

I was on the phone with pest control, explaining that we had centipedes and silverfish. DD (5 yrs) turned to older sister and asked, "Mimi, do you know what the silver fish are?"
Mimi said, "No, what?"

and very authoritatively 5 yr explained, "Those are the ones we have on Shabbos."

yo'ma ↓

Wed, Jul 23 2008, 1:21 pm

I understand her perfectly, what are silverfish??? What

GAMZu ↓

Wed, Jul 23 2008, 1:58 pm

Yeah, um... I'm with yo'ma! What ARE they and how do you exterminate them? LOL

downsyndrome ↓

Wed, Jul 23 2008, 2:04 pm

silverfish are those long crawly creatures with a gazillion arms and legs that appear and disappear on you very quickly; they usually come around springtime and are a nightmare in the home!

↑ yo'ma

Wed, Jul 23 2008, 2:08 pm

downsyndrome wrote:

silverfish are those long crawly creatures with a gazillion arms and legs that appear and disappear on you very quickly; they usually come around springtime and are a nightmare in the home!

thanks, sorry I asked! Confused

Purple Hug Bunny ↓

Wed, Jul 23 2008, 2:39 pm

Yup, I got 'em too. every few days, I walk into a room, and boom, it's suddenly in front of me, they are so yucky, and I freak out when I see one.

what's the diff. between centipede and silverfish, or is silverfish just a fancy name for centipede?

↑ GAMZu ↓

Wed, Jul 23 2008, 2:42 pm

So how are they different than centipedes? I thought they were just a type of centipede or millipede or whatever.
I think they're pretty cool! But I wouldn't serve them on Shabbos! LOL

↑ Purple Hug Bunny

Wed, Jul 23 2008, 2:48 pm

GAMZu, cool??? you out of your mind?? those are so yucky and scary..
what exactly is cool about them?
and if you think it's so cool, I'll send you all of mine...

↑ GAMZu ↓

Wed, Jul 23 2008, 3:10 pm

Yucky and scary? The only truly yucky and scary creation of Hashem are cockroaches. Centipedes and silverfish and spiders and ants and moths and fruit flies and beetles are just FASCINATING!

HAPPYMOMMY

Wed, Jul 23 2008, 5:29 pm

I think thats what I just squashed today

↑ downsyndrome

Wed, Jul 23 2008, 5:32 pm

I think GAMzu needs a good shrink!! LOL

Twizzlers

Wed, Jul 23 2008, 6:01 pm

Gamzu you are more than welcome to my silverfish as well. but you gotta be fast cuz when I see one I SCREAM AND RUN!!!!!

can you tell I'm afraid of bugs???? I need to train my ds to kill em for me! Twisted Evil

Mommastuff

Wed, Jul 23 2008, 6:09 pm

I'm with gamzu. Just because I don't want the bugs in my house doesn't mean they aren't facinating. If my kids wouldn't run to touch them or -uuggghh- pick them up, I'd stop a moment to watch them before I'd kill them (or throw them out of the house) . Hashem made such interesting creations!

If you can't tell, I'm the bug killer in my family!

↑ GAMZu

Wed, Jul 23 2008, 7:18 pm

Oh, no! We don't kill them Surprised

... only the roaches. Yes