After the cockroaches come the bugs. The bed bugs have arrived and I already lost two nights’ sleep. And I have summoned a Syrian pest control guy, who did a wonderful job eliminating the cockroaches last week by pasting some medicine through injection on the walls. It’s an easy system where you do not have to remove anything and just go about your work normally at home.When I narrated this to my colleague, he was not amused. “You yourself are a bug, why you worry?” he joked.
“It is because I have some creepy-crawly friends like you,” I retorted.
‘Keep away. Don’t spread the bugs,” he told me, when another colleague joined us.
“Hey young man (OK, OK, he called me old man). How you doing?” he said, giving me a hug.
“Don’t touch him. He has bed bugs at home,” said the creepy.
The new guy replied: “Bugs bite. But you bug.”
Clever retort! Not to bug you but this is the first time I've ever heard poison called medicine. Are you sure it's safe to say in the house? I couldn't sleep either if my imagination was too focused on bedbug-bites! As my mother would say: Sleep tight and don't let the bedbugs bite! <3
ReplyDeleteNo wonder.....no posts,no visits...you can deal with the bed bugs later,get rid of them first......lol
ReplyDeleteBed bugs are the big problem here.Once i saw a bug coming from my colleague hand bag,i changed my seat and sat far away from her :)
ReplyDeleteYikes.:O I hope your bed bugs will be eradicated very soon. Peace...
ReplyDeleteBugs are like best friends...they too never leave you.Jokes apart ,i hope you get over this problem very soon.
ReplyDeleteAnd in a small part of ur house, bugs talkin' to each other:
ReplyDeleteBloddyy Global Madrasi. Humans kill..tas ok but he.....he bloddy character assassinates.
Hope you are catching up on good sleep now! Updating my blogs soon! Been a crazy week. I am a part time copy editor at JAM mag.
ReplyDeletei almost laughed my ass off at 'why you worry'... i've been in karnataka for the last 5 years and it has made a bihari like me talk in this lingo too.
ReplyDeleteby the way i dropped by because i saw your comment in aparna's blog... you connected to the story?
I have heard that you need to put the bed in the sun to get rid of bed bugs....hope you get rid of them soon...Is the medicine injection effective???
ReplyDeleteThanks for your lovely comment.
ReplyDeleteVery nice and interesting post.I am very much scared of insects specially bugs.
Hilarious :)
ReplyDeleteOn the name of bugs, you have hosted an event full of smiles :)
ReplyDeleteThis line calls for a laugh - "You yourself are a bug, why you worry?" - ha ha :)
I wish I had he knack of making my posts so hilarious..lovely piece Mr. Editor :)
ReplyDeletehehe, very true, bugs bite but you (i mean people in general) bug.LOL:))
ReplyDeleteI wonder how you keep your posts so crisp and hilarious..mine just go on rambling!! hopefully this comment wont bounce back..
ReplyDeletelol :D
ReplyDeleteaah ramesh ...u aren't lonely any more as i can see from the number of new frens who are visiting u lately.....lol!! happy de-bugging meanwhile.....don't want to stick around here any longer...am awefully allergic to bed bugs and ants....hope you are free of them soon.lol!!
ReplyDeletehi ramesh thx for remembering me, actually yaar this new job is really hectic and bloody company has blocked blogger in my office comp... hey so how was ur vacations? do write to me
ReplyDeleteLOL, ol' Man :-D
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