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There is a roach in my house. Should I burn the house down?

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Emerald 7 Sep 20
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Level 6

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I love this so much.

@Emerald It’s a great movie.

@OtherPatrick oh, I'm well aware. And for the roach in my kitchen, "it's game over, man, game over!!!"
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Level 4

I like bugs. Put it outside? Have you ever seen a hissing cockroach? They hiss when you squish them. Sooo adorable :3

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Level 8

For some reason I read your question as a metaphor: Roach (tRump), house (United States), burn the house down (violent uprising), The answer is no as the roach and it's kind are well adapted at surviving what one would anticipate being an effective weapon against it.

It was actually a literal roach, and he was big enough to have driven his own car for the invasion of my kitchen. But I very much appreciate your apt analogy. Unfortunately, there's no can of Raid big enough to rid us of the vermin afflicting this country.
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Level 8

Smoke it.

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Level 8

A friend of mine told me, "A fire is worth three moves."

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Level 8

There has to be a simpler way to make that roach homeless...I think ??????????

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Level 9

Go to the pet store and buy some Boric Acid. It is a powder. put it is corners en under drawers and cabinets and the roaches will disappear. Broic acid kills all insects and bugs will exoskeletons. It is relatively safe, as it is also the active ingredient in many flea powders, but don't put it undiluted directly onto pets, because it will be too concentrated.

This is true. The only roach I see is a dead one.

Boric acid does work. And you can do it on the cheap: borax, the 20 mule team laundry detergent, still sold, is 97% boric acid.

@Beowulfsfriend That is godo information. I remember when I was in college I got a case of pubic lice (AKA crabs), and it was hard to get rid of. Washing clothing and linens in not water and Borax would probably mean you woudl only need to do it once. I'd still dry using high heat though.
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Level 8

Roaches are some of the cleanest of insects to be found. Mosquitos are the ones you might fret about. & crickets are the filthy ones.

I've always heard that roaches are very filthy and germy. Are you sure they're not? Maybe you're right, I don't know.
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Level 8

See if you can confine the fire to the room that the roach is in.

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Level 5

No. It would probably survive but you'd still be homeless.

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Level 8

It's only a cockroach! Were it a centipede, I'd advocate burning the house down and then dropping several nuclear bombs on the neighbourhood just to make sure.

Jnei Level 8 Sep 20, 2018
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Level 8

Yes, thoroughly!

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Level 8

Sprinkle Borax powder behind your kitchen baseboards, and it'll soon be dead.

If anyone had told me I would be responsible for this after separating from spouse, I would have reconsidered.
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