dave@cylixd.UUCP (Dave Kirby) (09/20/85)
>>> to me. By the way, have you ever tried torching cockroaches? When they >>> crawl up your nose while you're asleep, it makes you want to do that. > I, for one, would prefer not to torch a cockroach that had just >crawled up my nose. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Instructions for getting a cockroach out of your nose: (1) Inhale through your mouth, breathing in as much air as possible. (2) Plug up unroached nostril. (3) Exhale sharply through infested nostril. This will usually not expel the roach immediately, but will move it to the end of your nostril. Some of the roach may be showing at this point. (4) Pinch your nose at the upper part of the bridge, as tightly as possible. (5) With fingers still in pinching position, run them slowly down the nose toward the nostrils. This will force the roach out. If you have a good cold, the extra mucous helps in lubrication of the roach. (6) Once roach is out, piece it back together and count the legs to make sure you got it all. (7) If you panic and inhale at the wrong time, just swallow quickly. The roach will slip right on down your throat and you won't even taste it. Be sure to ingest a small amount of boric acid immediately afterward to kill the roach and ensure that it won't try to crawl back up your esophagus. Sorry if it grossed you out, but I warned you. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Kirby ( ...!ihnp4!akgub!cylixd!dave) (The views expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of RCA Cylix. They may not even reflect my own.)
jer@peora.UUCP (J. Eric Roskos) (10/09/85)
> Instructions for getting a cockroach out of your nose:
Actually the New England Journal of Medicine (or some such publication)
recently had an article on a similar subject, how to get cockroaches out of
your ears. This apparently is a common problem in areas that have heavy
roach infestations.
They tested mineral oil, and some anaesthetic, I think lidocaine. They
determined that the anaesthetic caused the roach to run out on its own and
escape across the floor, according to the article, whereas the mineral oil
required the roach to be pulled out with tweezers.
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