Enemy #1: ANTS!!!

[michephantom]

Post any horror stories or hints for getting rid of 'em!

So, spring has finally hit the midwest, and now come the swarms of ants. This evening I have squished 20 baby ants who had the audacity to crawl on my desk. Even after dumping baking soda, spreading around mint gum, and wiping tee tree soap around my desk/window, I still see the demons!

My hatred goes way back. My parent's house was infested with them when I was a kid. I remember one time preparing to take a shower when I saw a mass of large, winged ants crawling up from the drain. Apparently there was a crack in the underground pipe where they could crawl up. Ughhh!!

No smiley can express that feeling.

 

[knowsbleed]

I hated living in my old apartment back in Northern Cali. The place was brand new and we were the first tenants to live in that apartment... but I swear that you could not leave an open soda on the coffee table for more than 5 minutes without it being absolutely COVERED in ants. It was a nightmare and all the products we spent on trying to kill/keep them away was ridiculous.

Yeah, cinnamon... that doesn't work.

The management said that they were "working on it" every single time a tenant complained... it was pretty much the whole complex that was infested. So we moved out after living there for a month and a half... enough was enough.

 

[michephantom]

Oooo, nasty. An ant infestation so bad you moved out? Ickk. Hopefully they weren't fireants. I know they are in Florida, but I'm not sure where else.

 

[Tempest19]

wait. ants only come out during the spring? I feel like an idiot now for not knowing that!

 

[Handsome Rob]

I grew up in Mississippi. We had fire ants. They're called "fire" ants for a reason.

 

[Tempest19]

/\ Hey Handsome Rob, I'm actually the Napster.

 

[Docker2.0]

When I was little I fell into a bed of them. I then jumped into the pool hoping to drown them to get them off of me........................ants have a high survival mode! It took like 15 minutes to get them all off of me but the bites that I took hurt for hours!




I know own a ant farm. Not cuase I love ants, but this way I can always have an eye on them in case they plot to take over the planet and mankind!

 

[Tempest19]

u should see a psychologist about that

 

[Handsome Rob]

/\ Hey Handsome Rob, I'm actually the Napster.

What? I'm not following . . .

 

[Duende Verde]

 

[Tempest19]

What? I'm not following . . .

Thought you got ur nickname from Statham's character's nick name in the film.

 

[Handsome Rob]

Oh . . . I'm a moron, clearly. I haven't seen The Italian Job in forever, but I should have remembered that.

Yeah, that's where the username came from. My name really is Rob . . . the username is more of a joke nickname with me and a couple of my friends.

 

[SuBe]

We have ants in Florida real bad. I have found that if you see them crawling up an outside wall of your house, spray Cooking PAM, they can't walk on it for months. It seems to help. Baby power on ant hills work a bit too.

 

[michephantom]

wait. ants only come out during the spring? I feel like an idiot now for not knowing that!

Um, okay, I forget that not everyone lives in the midwest. For you people in the southern states -land of eternal summer- must be hell to have ants all year round.

I remember taking a trip to Florida in the marching band and we practised our routine in a huge field which happened to have several fire ant nests. I think someone had to go to the hospital, but I'm not sure it was a looong time ago.

 

[michephantom]

I know own a ant farm. Not cuase I love ants, but this way I can always have an eye on them in case they plot to take over the planet and mankind!

No problems with this logic. None at all. makes perfect sense. But, uh, how old are you?

 

[Nathan Petrelli]

body spray + lighter = Ant Holocaust Death Massacre 5000

 

[WompuM]

 

[PyroChamber]

Where's that Pym helmet when you need it?