I'm horrified of lobsters. And shrimp and lobsters are the cockroaches of the ocean.
I live in New York, and the only live animals you see are cockroaches, rats and pigeons, which I admire immensely. When I see an animal that thrives in the garbage, I feel relief; in our urban environment, other animals are dying out.
I'm convinced my cockroaches have military training, I set off a roach bomb - they diffused it.
Americans have a lower opinion of Congress than they do of the NFL replacement refs, head lice, traffic jams, cockroaches and even the group to which yours truly belongs - Washington political pundits.
I can cope with politicians now I've had about 40,000 cockroaches tipped over my head. Westminster's going to be no problem.
Cockroaches can't survive me, and neither can Dean Ambrose.
There are really only two things I'm terrified of: water and cockroaches.
When people talk about people who are optimistic about gold, they call them 'gold bugs.' A bug is an insect. I don't call equity bugs 'cockroaches.' Do you understand? There is already a negative connotation with the expression of 'gold bug.'
Natural selection shaped the human brain to be drawn toward aspects of nature that enhance our survival and reproduction, like verdant landscapes and docile creatures. There is no payoff to getting the warm fuzzies in the presence of rats, snakes, mosquitoes, cockroaches, herpes simplex and the rabies virus.