It was the sort of dream...

[youngraven]

...that made me want back the time spent in dreaming it.

I dreamt I was awake in my flat. Wandering about it, Doing Flat Things, when suddenly...Dhera!! A Scorpion!!11 EEEEK!111

Ambling down the wall was a smallish scorpion. I could see its nasty stinger, poised above its body and waiting to do something or somebody a painful, itchy mischief.

Must

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[youngraven]

I've only ever encountered one inside a house before. My mother swiftly caught it in a jam jar and killed it before our cat could find it.

It seems we're for ever keeping sharp things away from cats.

[ellipse]

And the moral is...

The danger is not hiding in the closet, or under the bed. Its on the ceiling.

[youngraven]

It's completely true - people don't look up.

[mpanther]

When I lived in AZ,
A friend and I were hanging out at his place.

A scorpion came out of the bathroom. and we saw it on the kitchen floor.

Sprayed it with old style brake cleaner. This stuff would evaporate so fast it could create a layer of frost on things.
Froze it in place, it defrosted and started moving again, spray.... defrost..... move.... spray...

Used almost a whole can before it finally quit moving.

Pretty interesting actually, but at the time it was real freaky.

>^..^<
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Rock you like a hurricane

[youngraven]

Well, I imagine they're sort of used to things getting brisk at night.

But there is something about 'scorpion' that says 'indestructible'.

[r_grayjoy]

Hmm, I could use a kill-o-zap thingummy. Would be handy in Italy. Although, oddly, the bugs are not even remotely the things I'm least looking forward to about going back...

[youngraven]

We've found it's amazing to keep tents clear of flying things. And...it glows in the dark.

[r_grayjoy]

And I could probably use it to get rid of annoying people, too. Double usage! Now I just need to find a thingummy that turns bad pasta into something edible.

[youngraven]

Sauté mushrooms, sliced olives, and roasted red peppers in olive oil for a few minutes. Then add to the pasta and toss together with round a tablespoon of pesto and enough shredded provolone to make it interesting.

Consume.

No zapping involved.