I was heating up tea for my OH when he said "Stand very still."
Overcoming my immediate impulse to move I stood still. He then used some kitchen towel and attacked my head.......

There was a cockroach crawling in my hair!!!!


UGH- I had to have a shower. No idea where the thing came from or how long it had been there, but now I have to check all my cupboards and dismantle the cooker hood.


I still feel unclean.

Pretty close to my idea of hell on earth.

As my daughter would very charmingly say '**** that shit!'

yuck - I came back from the UK after 8 weeks off the boat to a massive infestation a couple of years ago. They were all over the walls and had made nets. Despite doing the bombs for days I was like Ripley on the Nostromo firing mortein at the things.

A stiff drink can wash away memories like that.

I have a bloke come in every couple of years to spray the house to prevent all that, it keeps out huntsmen and everything. still get the odd cocky but the residue kills them, can't stand them. Never saw one until I came here!

I had a cockroach on my head once.

Had a strange tickling on my head. Felt around but couldn't feel anything. Asked my kids if they could see anything. They said no, nothing there. Two minutes later I felt it again and flicked a huge cockroach off my head.

Kids reckoned it was well-camouflaged.

So now my hair is known in our family as cockroach-colour.

Its when they get in your ears you need to be worried.

Apparently some posters have had them dig right through to the other side

Friend of mine woke in the night to find one trapped in her cleavage

One bonus of now living in Perth is that they are tiny things compared to huge MFkers of QLD!

i havent seen roaches and flies for a while. i think these roaches are looking for damp warm humid areas of the house so it's important not only to keep your house clean but also well ventilated.

I get the outside of the house poisoned yearly without fail - it is with pleasure when I see dying roaches/spiders writhing around outside.

I hate them and see no purpose in roaches.

Sorry... Thought this was going to be a thread on ex and soon to be ex husbands... I'll jog on

There used to be a girl in our crowd who nick named another mutual friend the cockroach (wont go into why) but after she eventually married him (for his money of course) she became Mrs CockRoach oh the Karma

The breasts or Cockroaches

Cockroachs can't say I pay much attention to cleavage

I was standing talking to my niece in the kitchen and I noticed her eyes looking down at my chest, I looked her in the eye and said "whats on me?", she said those dreaded words " Stand Still....... theres a cocky on your blouse!!!!'

I freaked, I screamed, pulled my blouse off... flicked the bloody thing onto my cleveage and was beside myself running around until hubbie grabbed me and showed me he had killed the HUGE thing.... honestly still gives me nightmares... I hate those words " now don't move, stand still" especially in QLD when you know its gonna be bad