D'vorahDavida
Yetzirah

Don't Mess With The General
Wed Sep 05 2007

This summer we have had a real interesting time fighting off the ants.

We have the teeny tiny variety.

They are everywhere in the back yard, all over the trees and often make an ant army offensive into the house. Thank God for Raid. That's all I can say about it.

Though I think exposure to all the chemical warfare is starting to addle their infinitesimally small brain pans.

They have taken to invading the interior of my dishwasher. Now if you can get by the idea of looking at ants crawling all over your dishes as you put another dirty plate in there and slam the door real quick, you get the distinct pleasure of eventually turning the thing on and cooking their little insectiod fannys in hot water and chlorine laced soap.

I like it.

I like it a lot.

I get no end of jollies at the inherent justice of it. They think they have finally made it into my kitchen and are undisturbed. They congregate nicely in a place I don't have to look at [much] and when I feel there is a sufficient population gathered, I hit the 'Start' button and annihilate them.

It's working for me.

On SO many levels.

;-)



10 Comments
  • From:
    Ichandra (Legacy)
    On:
    Wed Sep 05 2007
    gee my friend
    you should of put a warning sign on this post
    rated r contains thought scenes of violence
    hee hee kidding
    I think hee ee
  • From:
    Welshamethyst (Legacy)
    On:
    Wed Sep 05 2007
    I love the way your mind works!
  • From:
    404Error (Legacy)
    On:
    Wed Sep 05 2007
    My greatest thrill/sense of victory this summer has been the hunting and killing of mosquitoes.

    A couple of months ago I happened to see one backlit by the light of sunrise. She was really quite beautiful, as full of (probably my) blood as she was. She looked a bit like a small red grape, but with wings and a proboscis.

    While I revel in the killing of any mosquito, I cannot describe the zeal I feel when I squash a bloody one! West Nile Fever, be damned! (I am, however, going through a ton of Purell.)

    The only good mosquito is a dead mosquito!!!
  • From:
    Pragmatist (Legacy)
    On:
    Wed Sep 05 2007
    And then the next phalanx of the ant army invade your dishwasher, and all points NEWS. Where is the home garrison? That needs attacking, too.

    In the meantime, have fun drowning the little pests!!

    Bless
  • From:
    Allimom (Legacy)
    On:
    Wed Sep 05 2007
    20 Mule Team Borax. Sprinkle it liberally along the ant trails, and if you can find the hill sprinkle it such that the ants walk through it as they go into the hill. It will KILL-KILL-KILL them!

    It also works on cockroaches, fleas and other insects. Sprinkle it liberally in your carpet before going to bed at night, then vacuum the next morning.

    http://alsnetbiz.com/homeimprovement/boric_acid.html

    Good luck!
    Alli
  • From:
    InStitches (Legacy)
    On:
    Wed Sep 05 2007
    Remind me to stay on your good side...... and out of your dishwasher!

    Ali beat me to the borax suggestion though I have always mixed it 50/50 with sugar. I've sprinkled it like snow on the top of an ant hill and come back 20 minutes later to find everything clean as a whistle. The little buggers can't resist the sugar. The great part is they do all the work to clean up your mess whilst they present your gift to the queen who eats it and dies. Voila! No more replacements for the ant army.

    Its clean.

    Its easy.

    Its totally diabolical.

    A true Svengali moment.

    I like it.
  • From:
    Mamallama (Legacy)
    On:
    Wed Sep 05 2007
    They serve their purpose.
    You get to take your frustrations out by annihilating them.
    What's not to love about that?
    Sicko.
    Heh, heh.
  • From:
    Dustbunny3 (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu Sep 06 2007
    #1 is Slab floors are great for nice cool place to live for what all I ever knew them as was PISS Ants.
    Any pipe or duct or seam that is not sealed they will find. That includes Drain pipes .
    Our farm in Ark. was bug hay day till we had Terminex guy who really did the job on all the burgersevery three months .END of problem.
  • From:
    Bookworm (Legacy)
    On:
    Fri Sep 07 2007
    I can understand you feeling that way about the ants. They drive me crazy here in summer, too. ;-)
  • From:
    ImNotLisa (Legacy)
    On:
    Sun Sep 09 2007
    LOVE the Borax suggestions. *sigh* We have ants in our dishwasher too. I like running it also. Wheeee!