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Crap!! There are ants all over me desk. :(
Dammit I hate it when this happens, I don't have any Raid around. I've been flicking them around for a good 15 minutes but they won't go away. What should I do? :(
And is it true that rain attracts ants... or makes ants... um... show up? :unsure:
EDIT: I found one in my keyboard... I tried to kill it but ended up pressing too many buttons, without killing it.
yes. it's scientifically proven 4% of rain storms are made of ants :blink:
I wish people would stop spamming the board with these advertisements for Ants. :glare:
I agree. You should advertize them on a Forumicory. :blink:
click the reply text box and put one on your keyboard while you try and squish it. see what it types :unsure:
ft654... then it went inside. :ohmy:Quote:
Originally Posted by TheDave
EDIT: Hey this is kinda fun... die ants die. :devil:
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Originally Posted by TheDave
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Good Lord! The ants are trying to tell me something! :ohmy:
get a can of lynx and a lighter
use that to ward them off
:unsure: Ants are supposed to hate salt, cover your desk in it and see.
put the kettle on and boil em when they go inside ;)
Are you being serious? Because I'll try it. :unsure:Quote:
Originally Posted by *goddess*
@Mr. Mulder
Boil my keyboard?! :ohmy:
yes, it is the only way :unsure:
:lol: I actually am for a change.
:) My auntie taught me that years ago, sprinkle the salt and it deters em.
;) I was picturing you with a desk heaped with salt which would've amused my wee mind, but give it a go tho I'd put your keyboard on top of the monitor before trying it. I don't imagine salt's too good for the keyboard.
:blink: I'm doing the 'Janeyspeak' thing again, where it's possible to even confuse myself.
Sprinkle the salt on/around your desk, don't actually pile it on.
ants or slugs?
Yeah, are you sure your not thinking of slugs? :wacko:
:) Nope definately ants.
:rolleyes: My memory sucks, but I have vivid lil images I can recall from when I was even shorter and less wrinklier than I am now :lol:
:) I can picture the ants crawling up the wall in my aunties flat on a rare visit to her place.
Alright, I'll try it when my dad leaves the house, otherwise he'll think I'm crazy.
:lol: You mean he doesn't already??
Try sprinkling cayenne pepper power on the desk, and Borax powder in the cracks and crevices around your house. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Rip The Jacker
Peace bd
Hi Janey... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by *goddess*
Peace bd
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Originally Posted by brotherdoobie
:wub: Hi gorgeous fella :D
:) How's things in your neck of the woods
:dry: and where's me damn pic you promised ages ago.
:rolleyes: I know you were doing the slow reveal, but really...... :P
Is it sunny?
If so get a magnifying glass an burn them :01:
I read that if you put a bowl of heavily sugared water on the floor, the ants will all be drawn irresisibly to it and drown.
I tried this a while back when I noticed a few ants around the front door. I went off to lectures and didn't really give it a second thought. However when I got back there were legions of ants making trails through our house and branching off into different rooms, the nest must have been in the back yard.
The first wave had all died for the cause and made a dead ant sugared carpet for the rest of them to walk over.
It might work for you tho' :unsure:
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:rolleyes: Ya, hopefully you've got other stuff you can burn and maybe you'll ensure major renovations will need to be done on your house :lol:
:dry: You pull the wings off flies to Dan?
No, but I did use to enjoy slug salting :devil:Quote:
Originally Posted by *goddess*
:lol: How bout spiders, you torment them too?
They scare me :fear:
I washed one down the plug hole once and it came back out after me
:lol: Go spidey :01:
:D I used to play with Daddy-long-leg spiders....... really venemous but they're mouths are so tiny they can't bite ya.
:ermm: You made that phone call yet?? :whistling
@Dan
Sunny? Its raining outside! :lol:
@manker
Hmm... interesting... I'll remember that.
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Originally Posted by Rip The Jacker
Damn, I don't think it works with fake light
:no:
:) Maybe a lighter would work?
Hmmmmmm, baked ants....... yum :lol:
A can of deodorant and a lighter is what will send them back to the fiery hell they came from
Lighter and deoderant would do the job nicely
I see great minds think alike Mr Mulder ;)
:01: Oooooo even better, well done Mulder :D
edit: and Dan :lol:
As far as I know salt doesn't get rid of them. :unsure:
But they don't like chalk.
So drop a box of that on them and watch the critters squish. :shifty:
No, if you draw a circle of chalk around them, they find it hard to cross.
Not that helps in the slightest.
once i had ants that had nested somewhere in the dining room - my parents only decided to do something about them when they found the bottle of ribena sitting on the table was full of dead ants
I think fiber said that about 23 posts up :lol:
Edit: The aerosol flamethrower thing. Fecking fast posting geppers :dry:
:ohmy: Salt does bloody work.
:boxing: We goin' again Lm??
:dry: Damn aminal killer
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Originally Posted by Lilmiss
So maybe wait till they are all on your desk, draw big circle round them and then squash the damn things with a magazine or shoe :01: