101 uses for cockroaches

101 Uses For is popular and let's hope it stays that way. Our second book is presently called 101 tips for self sufficiency; we will certainly dip into this section for ideas. So post away and let's try and get at least one thread up to 101.
User avatar
the.fee.fairy
Site Admin
Site Admin
Posts: 4635
Joined: Fri May 05, 2006 5:38 pm
Location: Jiangsu, China
Contact:

Re: 101 uses for cockroaches

Post: # 192235Post the.fee.fairy »

17. Kill the leader and leave the body there as a warning to the rest.
18. Ant food (what the bodies become after a couple of days)
19. Stick a camera on them and send them in as spies
20. Use them as moving target practice for anything that you wish to throw
21. Use them as a 'boy caller'...that's what they are here - i shout cockroach and the boys are in here with squishing instruments on roach hunts within minutes!
22. Use them to get high from insecticide (no, actually, don't do this, it takes an amazing amount of insecticide to even stun the things...you're more likely to end up unconscious before they do...)
23. Use them as flamethrower practice at 3am when everyone else is asleep and there's one in the bathroom watching you pee.
24. Watch where they like to go and then take it as a marker that that bit of your home needs cleaning.
25. Use them as kitchen cleaners...the smallest scraps will disappear and then you can bleach like crazy!

User avatar
Thomzo
A selfsufficientish Regular
A selfsufficientish Regular
Posts: 4311
Joined: Thu Feb 01, 2007 1:42 pm
Facebook Name: Zoe Thomas
Location: Swindon, South West England

Re: 101 uses for cockroaches

Post: # 192255Post Thomzo »

the.fee.fairy wrote:21. Use them as a 'boy caller'...that's what they are here - i shout cockroach and the boys are in here with squishing instruments on roach hunts within minutes!
Didn't work here. Was shouting for all I was worth and even the cat didn't move (although there weren't any actual cockroaches it was just a bluff).

Zoe

User avatar
Carltonian Man
A selfsufficientish Regular
A selfsufficientish Regular
Posts: 575
Joined: Wed Jul 29, 2009 8:29 am
Location: Nottingham

Re: 101 uses for cockroaches

Post: # 192266Post Carltonian Man »

26. Make a cardboard model of tortoise and super-glue it to the back of a cockroach. Let it roam around the house and tell every one you have pet tortoise.

User avatar
the.fee.fairy
Site Admin
Site Admin
Posts: 4635
Joined: Fri May 05, 2006 5:38 pm
Location: Jiangsu, China
Contact:

Re: 101 uses for cockroaches

Post: # 192297Post the.fee.fairy »

Carltonian Man wrote:26. Make a cardboard model of tortoise and super-glue it to the back of a cockroach. Let it roam around the house and tell every one you have pet tortoise.

ooh that one almost has me looking forward to roach season!!

scrap
Barbara Good
Barbara Good
Posts: 195
Joined: Mon Aug 23, 2010 10:28 pm
Location: Artificial swamp area of North-Holland

Re: 101 uses for cockroaches

Post: # 221809Post scrap »

the.fee.fairy wrote:
Carltonian Man wrote:26. Make a cardboard model of tortoise and super-glue it to the back of a cockroach. Let it roam around the house and tell every one you have pet tortoise.

ooh that one almost has me looking forward to roach season!!

"Why is your tortoise crawling up the wall?"

''Uhm....?"

... :lol:
''I'm riding a pig and trashing things,I dunno what else I'm supposed to do here.''
(My wife, while playing Lego pirates of the carribean.)

''If you open your mind too far your brain will fall out''

jim
Living the good life
Living the good life
Posts: 450
Joined: Tue May 20, 2008 8:19 am
Location: South Hants UK

Re: 101 uses for cockroaches

Post: # 221873Post jim »

27. Dress them in a suit and let them stand for Parliament ...... What do you mean? 600 odd have already done that ....... No one ever told me .... Are you sure? Did they get in? .....They did? You're kidding! (And I thought I was just being silly.)

Love and Peace
Jim
The law will punish man or woman
Who steals the goose from off the Common
But lets that greater thief go loose
Who steals the Common from the goose.

scrap
Barbara Good
Barbara Good
Posts: 195
Joined: Mon Aug 23, 2010 10:28 pm
Location: Artificial swamp area of North-Holland

Re: 101 uses for cockroaches

Post: # 221927Post scrap »

"Did I just see a Minister crawling up the wall...?''
''I'm riding a pig and trashing things,I dunno what else I'm supposed to do here.''
(My wife, while playing Lego pirates of the carribean.)

''If you open your mind too far your brain will fall out''

MuddyWitch
A selfsufficientish Regular
A selfsufficientish Regular
Posts: 2460
Joined: Tue Dec 16, 2008 3:13 pm
latitude: 52.643985
longitude: -1.052939
Location: Leicester, uk, but heading to Ireland

Re: 101 uses for cockroaches

Post: # 221948Post MuddyWitch »

Don't they crawl up other places?... :lol:

MW
If it isn't a Greyhound, it's just a dog!

scrap
Barbara Good
Barbara Good
Posts: 195
Joined: Mon Aug 23, 2010 10:28 pm
Location: Artificial swamp area of North-Holland

Re: 101 uses for cockroaches

Post: # 221965Post scrap »

They crawl everywhere,except in the right direction. :roll:
''I'm riding a pig and trashing things,I dunno what else I'm supposed to do here.''
(My wife, while playing Lego pirates of the carribean.)

''If you open your mind too far your brain will fall out''

User avatar
mrsflibble
A selfsufficientish Regular
A selfsufficientish Regular
Posts: 3815
Joined: Mon Sep 04, 2006 9:21 pm
Location: Essex, uk, clay soil, paved w.facing very enclosed garden w/ planters

Re: 101 uses for cockroaches

Post: # 231762Post mrsflibble »

collect a load, stir into cookie dough and before baking, press a couple of raisins into each cookie.

give to your ex husband's new wife as a peace offering. she will think the crunchy bits are overcooked raisins.
oh how I love my tea, tea in the afternoon. I can't do without it, and I think I'll have another cup very
ve-he-he-he-heryyyyyyy soooooooooooon!!!!

Post Reply