OMG!

[icepixie]

A SILVERFISH JUST CRAWLED OUT OF MY LAPTOP.

Ew. Ew, ew, ew. DID I MENTION "EW"?

*runs screaming*

Comments

[curvycrip.livejournal.com]

Ummm YUCK. Grossness.

[chickwithmonkey.livejournal.com]

John, reading over my shoulder: "How did a fish crawl out of her laptop?"
me: "A silverfish is a bug."
John: "How was I supposed to know that?"
me: "Because it's a nasty nasty bug with lots of legs and it's one of the most disgusting things in the world."

[icepixie]

Damn straight.

[icepixie]

*snicker* How did he not know it was a bug?

(BTW, the house centipede is the one with all the legs. This was a real silverfish--not as many legs, but trust me, JUST AS DISGUSTING.)

[chickwithmonkey.livejournal.com]

Thank you for educating me, but I'm sorry, I will NOT click those links. I don't really want to know the difference by sight. Either one will just be, "EW."

[softstepshoes.livejournal.com]

That is...quite possibly one of the most horribly disgusting things I can think of happening, mostly because it involves somewhere you work regularly. I recall a silverfish running out of our closet senior year, but...computer??? EEEEEEEEW.

[icepixie]

Can't blame you there.

[icepixie]

I remember that house centipede senior year. (I think they're slightly more disgusting than silverfish. Like, on a scale of one to ten, the centipede is a twelve, while the silverfish is merely an 11.5. The massive number of legs put it over the top.)

It crawled out from under my lappy's keyboard, I'm pretty sure. I didn't actually see it, but I was looking at the screen and could see the keyboard in my peripheral vision, and there was suddenly a bug there. New incentive to get a new laptop this year....

[asinpterodactyl.livejournal.com]

Speaking as someone who gets the screaming meemies from centipedes... I don't think it's the legs that do it. Millipedes have more legs, and they're not scary. I think millipedes are kind of cute.

No, my problem with centipedes is the way they move. The way the legs sort of ripple while the centipede curves left and right. And how FAST they move. Ugh!

[softstepshoes.livejournal.com]

That's right, we did decide it was a centipede. Massive number of legs=even more massive creepiness factor.

...how does a silverfish manage to get under a keyboard anyway? I mean...squashy typing pressure...

Ew.

[icepixie]

Yes, I think the quickness of movement definitely has something to do with it. *shudder* Ugh.

[icepixie]

...how does a silverfish manage to get under a keyboard anyway? I mean...squashy typing pressure...

It was my laptop keyboard. I have a regular keyboard that I actually type on.

[vbrooksutk.livejournal.com]

EEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

[vbrooksutk.livejournal.com]

should use canned air to try and get out any silverfish eggs....

[icepixie]

URK.

[rowdycamels.livejournal.com]

YES, it is the speed! And the fact that they could be ON YOU before you EVEN SEE THEM COMING! GAH.

[rowdycamels.livejournal.com]

BTW, the house centipede is the one with all the legs.

OMG IT'S A SKITTERBUG! And knowing the proper name for them makes them EVEN GROSSER! I'm so glad we haven't had an infestation this year like last year (knock on wood).

You are the Beccannica of EVIL.

[icepixie]

You are the Beccannica of EVIL.

*takes a bow*