Wednesday, May 6, 2015

To kill a cockroach...

Calming baby pink tiles, air pregnant with the mild fragrance of citrus, soothing warm water, aromatic and exotic body wash...she was ready to let the fatigue wash away...

She pulls the bath curtain close and in a flash, the serenity disappears...out jumps the dreadful creature...

Given her delicate circumstances and for want of suitable weapons, she improvises...her eyes alight on a bottle of L'Oreal Fall Repair 3X Anti-hair fall shampoo (no less) and a bottle of citrus room freshener.

Heart thumping, adrenaline rushing, she cautiously inches toward him and deftly sprays the room freshener on him to immobilize him and then a dollop of the shampoo to finish the job...he fights for a while holding on for dear life...then with a final spasm he breathes his last...laying still...

The roach is dead!


They say cockroaches can survive extreme weather conditions and are the most resilient. They even have a much higher radiation resistance than humans and it is said if humanity destroys itself in a nuclear war, cockroaches would "inherit the earth". 
Their Achilles' heel - L'Oreal Anti-hair fall shampoo... 

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