Thursday, March 20, 2008

The HORROR

Can you imagine turning on the light in your kitchen at night and seeing THIS?!?



To heck with calling the exterminator--I would just move out...immediately.

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15 comments:

beadnik said...

Apparently they're quite good to eat! From wikipedia: "...in Northern Taiwan and other areas, they are not uncommon at seaside restaurants, served boiled and bisected with a clean lateral slice. The white meat, not dissimilar to crab or lobster in texture, is then easily removed." Serve with melted butter and a nice chilled V-8???

Odie said...

Yipes, i'd even be afraid to step on it, more crunch than squish i'd imagine

at least it wasnt one of these

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Opabinia_BW.jpg/737px-Opabinia_BW.jpg

if you're going to have prehistoric cephalopods in your kitchen Opabinia is the last one i'd like to see

Julie said...

I saw that earlier today and nearly threw up. Ick, ick, ick.

ERP said...

Are those precambrian trilobytes?

Shauna said...

Strangely enough, I'd be thrilled to see those in my kitchen.

shauna

Kacey said...

What arfe they? No, uh---where are they? Makes me feel queasy just thinking about anything buggy that is that big! Yuck!

shrtstormtrooper said...

oh my god oh my god oh my god...what ARE they?!

Bugs with many legs make me scream like a five year old if they are within spitting distance of me. If I saw these in my kitchen, I don't know if I'd pee myself or just freeze in panic. Maybe both.

GuitarGirlRN said...

I thought they were trilobites, but those are extinct. These are giant isopods, and are related to shrimp, and basically are giant, seagoing woodlice (you know, the "roly poly bugs" that curl up into a ball when you poke them).

Seriously. These skeeve me out to no end.

Julie said...

oh



my




hell.








Save me.

John McElveen said...

That would go well with the Bunny in the pot- throw in some taters, onions and carrots and plat a litlle Staiway to Heaven -(LOL) and then call me for supper!

PS: It may take more than Kwell or Nix to get rid of those guys!!!

J

EE said...

ERP:HAHAHA!

GG: Dude, my blood ran cold...once when I was a kid I went to step on a big ass cockaroach and it flew up and hit me in the arm....*shudders*

Strings said...

Reminds me of one night in Thailand...

Hmmm... maybe a post on my own blog for that.

Cara Hurley said...

Move out? Not me!

They look edible. I'll cook them and eat them with some fava beans (tssssh).

LOL

noisejoke said...

With ginger and scallion, please!

Benzyl said...

That's so unfair, they're just sea kittens.