Kim Ripley wants Lively for Thursday

Fun in the Sun Not all fun things in Florida are what you might imagine. Spending the weekend at a friends home on the pull out sofa bed, one night I heard her go to the bathroom outside her bedroom, in the hallway. She hadn't been feeling well earlier, so I was concerned when she didn't return to her bedroom right away. I noticed the bathroom light on, momentarily but I heard no unusual noises. Eventually she came out, and I heard drawers opening and closing. I called, "Rose, you okay?" She replied, "Yes." I then started into the bathroom, and she said, "Be careful, Charlie, there's no rug on the floor. Don't slip." Strange, I thought there WAS a rug when I went to bed. Going in I saw the rug, a towel, panties and p j bottoms, all in the bathtub. I smiled, thinking, 'guess she didn't make it to the potty in time, that's why I heard the drawers…new panties.' I came out of the bathroom and Rose asked, "What time is it?" Unusual, I thought, she never wakes before eight. "It's almost five."She started laughing uncontrollable and called me in her room telling me what had happened in the bathroom. "I sat on the commode, and noticed a 'dark spot' midway up the shower curtain. I looked closely, and had no idea what it was. I knew it wasn't there earlier. I only prayed it didn't move when I sat. Then, too late I saw, it was a PALMETTO BUG." Now, if you've never lived in Florida, or visited, or know anyone who has, then you may not know what a palmetto bug is. Well, it's a gigantic cockroach, averaging one inch in length, to half an inch across, that runs fast or flies. She continued her story, "Terrified, I 'glued' my eyes to it and tilted my right cheek mid-air, away from it. I didn't want to wake you by hitting at it, but kept an eye on it until I could finish. Yeah, right, like he was going to wait! He took off and hit the mid-air cheek. I jumped off the commode, mid-stream, onto the rug, seeing where the 'thing' had gone after dive-bombing me. I looked and couldn't find him. I picked up the wet rug, took off my wet panties, wiped up the wet floor with a towel and threw everything in the bathtub. I kept looking to no avail and gave up. When I flushed, I spotted him spinning round and round down the hole.Gotcha." Fully awake after her story, Rose made coffee and we laughed the rest of the day.

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dianne j. Jan 17, 2008, 5:06pm EST

Well, Kim wanted lively and she got it with this story. What a hoot!

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Kathryn E. Jan 17, 2008, 5:38pm EST

Wow, I think the cockroaches my mother told me about when we lived in Galveston (I was a baby) were like this. I think also the ones in St. Louis that I've heard about are like this.

I would absolutely hate them.

But great, great story.

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