Comments on: News reporter oblivious to cockroach on shoulder http://boingboing.net/2012/10/19/news-reporter-oblivious-to-coc.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 23:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: blueelm http://boingboing.net/2012/10/19/news-reporter-oblivious-to-coc.html#comment-1561988 blueelm Sun, 21 Oct 2012 21:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188604#comment-1561988 Yeah it is, and the Giant Texas Cockroach too. 2 inches of flying loathsomeness.  Yeah it is, and the Giant Texas Cockroach too. 2 inches of flying loathsomeness. 

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/10/19/news-reporter-oblivious-to-coc.html#comment-1561529 Antinous / Moderator Sat, 20 Oct 2012 20:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188604#comment-1561529 Is it just me or does this look less like a dog and more like a tarantula with an oversized head? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2220165/Small-dog-big-dreams-Tiny-terrier-Suni-hopes-crowned-worlds-smallest-dog-dwarfed-owners-phone.html Is it just me or does this look less like a dog and more like a tarantula with an oversized head? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2220165/Small-dog-big-dreams-Tiny-terrier-Suni-hopes-crowned-worlds-smallest-dog-dwarfed-owners-phone.html

]]> By: dioptase http://boingboing.net/2012/10/19/news-reporter-oblivious-to-coc.html#comment-1561291 dioptase Sat, 20 Oct 2012 11:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188604#comment-1561291 Then picture this prize photo from our honeymoon: My wife posing with a newborn kitten in her hand.  Grinning as she holds it up next to her cheek.  How cute. Oh wait!  Kitten size, but wrong number of legs! Then picture this prize photo from our honeymoon: My wife posing with a newborn kitten in her hand.  Grinning as she holds it up next to her cheek.  How cute.

Oh wait!  Kitten size, but wrong number of legs!

]]> By: EH http://boingboing.net/2012/10/19/news-reporter-oblivious-to-coc.html#comment-1561148 EH Sat, 20 Oct 2012 04:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188604#comment-1561148 Then stop talking about it already! Then stop talking about it already!

]]> By: EH http://boingboing.net/2012/10/19/news-reporter-oblivious-to-coc.html#comment-1561145 EH Sat, 20 Oct 2012 03:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188604#comment-1561145 Can't even think of one of those, which I have never seen, and I get the heebie-jeebies Can’t even think of one of those, which I have never seen, and I get the heebie-jeebies

]]> By: Mitch_M http://boingboing.net/2012/10/19/news-reporter-oblivious-to-coc.html#comment-1561142 Mitch_M Sat, 20 Oct 2012 03:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188604#comment-1561142 Makes me nostalgic for my "talk to customer and make eye contact to draw attention away from furtively picking up a roach off the counter with a napkin" move when I worked at a diner. Makes me nostalgic for my “talk to customer and make eye contact to draw attention away from furtively picking up a roach off the counter with a napkin” move when I worked at a diner.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/10/19/news-reporter-oblivious-to-coc.html#comment-1560783 Antinous / Moderator Fri, 19 Oct 2012 22:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188604#comment-1560783 We have them in Palm Springs. They're huge, much larger than the one in this video. We have them in Palm Springs. They’re huge, much larger than the one in this video.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/10/19/news-reporter-oblivious-to-coc.html#comment-1560759 Antinous / Moderator Fri, 19 Oct 2012 22:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188604#comment-1560759 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_pKu6Vl1uk" rel="nofollow">For a stronger reaction...</a> For a stronger reaction…

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2012/10/19/news-reporter-oblivious-to-coc.html#comment-1560727 Boundegar Fri, 19 Oct 2012 21:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188604#comment-1560727  Is that Latin for "big honkin Florida palmetto bug?"  Because yea, it does.  Is that Latin for “big honkin Florida palmetto bug?”  Because yea, it does.

]]> By: Incipient Madness http://boingboing.net/2012/10/19/news-reporter-oblivious-to-coc.html#comment-1560699 Incipient Madness Fri, 19 Oct 2012 21:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188604#comment-1560699 Is that species very common on the west coast? Looks like Periplaneta americana.  Is that species very common on the west coast? Looks like Periplaneta americana. 

]]> By: Morgan James Hanam http://boingboing.net/2012/10/19/news-reporter-oblivious-to-coc.html#comment-1560662 Morgan James Hanam Fri, 19 Oct 2012 21:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188604#comment-1560662 Ahhhh!  AHHHHHHHHH!  Seriously though, I kind of wonder if we're just looking at consumate professionalism here. It moves so fast, it doesn't look real - far north here so I ve actually only seen one cockroach up close in my whole life (and it took TWO stomps to kill it).  Ahhhh!  AHHHHHHHHH!  Seriously though, I kind of wonder if we’re just looking at consumate professionalism here. It moves so fast, it doesn’t look real – far north here so I ve actually only seen one cockroach up close in my whole life (and it took TWO stomps to kill it). 

]]> By: Quiche de Resistance http://boingboing.net/2012/10/19/news-reporter-oblivious-to-coc.html#comment-1560615 Quiche de Resistance Fri, 19 Oct 2012 20:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188604#comment-1560615 I constantly imagine bugs to be crawling all over me, so when this happens to me it's really no problem at all.  Kind of a relief in fact. I constantly imagine bugs to be crawling all over me, so when this happens to me it’s really no problem at all.  Kind of a relief in fact.

]]> By: Matthew Petty http://boingboing.net/2012/10/19/news-reporter-oblivious-to-coc.html#comment-1560609 Matthew Petty Fri, 19 Oct 2012 20:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188604#comment-1560609 The lizards in the media are too smart to do that on camera. The lizards in the media are too smart to do that on camera.

]]> By: baronkarza http://boingboing.net/2012/10/19/news-reporter-oblivious-to-coc.html#comment-1560604 baronkarza Fri, 19 Oct 2012 20:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188604#comment-1560604 Paging Mr. Pratt, are you there? Talk to me!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yob2uziCHaQ&feature=related Paging Mr. Pratt, are you there? Talk to me!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yob2uziCHaQ&feature=related

]]> By: Mark Dow http://boingboing.net/2012/10/19/news-reporter-oblivious-to-coc.html#comment-1560584 Mark Dow Fri, 19 Oct 2012 20:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188604#comment-1560584 I'd like to see his right eye slowly roll right, and a quick tongue flick snatching it up as it runs into view, without a hitch in his reporting. I’d like to see his right eye slowly roll right, and a quick tongue flick snatching it up as it runs into view, without a hitch in his reporting.

]]> By: TheNewsIsBroken http://boingboing.net/2012/10/19/news-reporter-oblivious-to-coc.html#comment-1560557 TheNewsIsBroken Fri, 19 Oct 2012 19:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188604#comment-1560557 "Hey Robert, I have a breaking story for you..." I would would much rather have seen this kind of response:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qB6DWWUPXY “Hey Robert, I have a breaking story for you…”
I would would much rather have seen this kind of response:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qB6DWWUPXY

]]> By: angusm http://boingboing.net/2012/10/19/news-reporter-oblivious-to-coc.html#comment-1560551 angusm Fri, 19 Oct 2012 19:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188604#comment-1560551 Some people insects will do anything to get on TV. Some people insects will do anything to get on TV.

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2012/10/19/news-reporter-oblivious-to-coc.html#comment-1560536 Boundegar Fri, 19 Oct 2012 19:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188604#comment-1560536 Their insect overseers normally remain out of view.  This one looked like a roadie running out to check a cord in the middle of a concert - very unprofessional.  I've sent a link to his supervisor, Kkk-kkkakzz-ttk. Their insect overseers normally remain out of view.  This one looked like a roadie running out to check a cord in the middle of a concert – very unprofessional.  I’ve sent a link to his supervisor, Kkk-kkkakzz-ttk.

]]> By: Jorpho http://boingboing.net/2012/10/19/news-reporter-oblivious-to-coc.html#comment-1560532 Jorpho Fri, 19 Oct 2012 19:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188604#comment-1560532 Reminiscent of that bit in <i>Raiders of the Lost Ark</i>, no? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkWAzo7vyac Reminiscent of that bit in Raiders of the Lost Ark, no?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkWAzo7vyac

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