I always think of cockroaches as the one animal that could survive aything, but today I was proven wrong. I did a load of laundry this afternoon, it consisted of about 30 mildewy rags and towels that had soaked up rain water in our garage. I did not shake them out before throwing them in the washer because they were so crusty and gross, so I knew they had leaves and rocks glued to them. I used a large amount of bleach, hot water, and detergent hoping to kill the stench and mold growing on the towels. When the wash was done I took each rag out one at a time to shake the leaves off and I found a rolly polly. I felt so bad and was trying to hid it from the kids, but then it stared crawling! I found three others, all still alive, except for the one I accidently crushed thinking it was a rock. I never knew those suckers were industrial strength.
industrial strength….but not kid proof. The girl like to smooch them….and I’m pretty the boy does something “boy” like to them and they never live….
Comment by allison — November 13, 2008 @ 1:37 am