tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post856849201533458293..comments2023-11-18T03:15:19.102-06:00Comments on Straight From Hel: Chortling in the ClosetHelen Gingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09794759602654727110noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-79570449250910520342009-08-29T18:44:37.089-05:002009-08-29T18:44:37.089-05:00Actually, Maryann, that wasn't me volunteering...Actually, Maryann, that wasn't me volunteering, but the blogger who wrote the piece I quoted from. <br /><br />And it is a very funny line!Helen Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09794759602654727110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-30783680026118467682009-08-29T15:53:25.682-05:002009-08-29T15:53:25.682-05:00Got quite a laugh at the thought of you volunteeri...Got quite a laugh at the thought of you volunteering for "crack checking". LOL<br /><br />But on a serious note, bed bugs are becoming more and more of a problem. One hardly heard of them outside some slum apartment building or a shack on a mountain somewhere, but now high class hotels have them. Never thought they would invade a publishing company.<br /><br />Wonder what the reason is for the infestations?Maryannwriteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09479027709233807149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-4678767249309162132009-08-29T14:22:45.670-05:002009-08-29T14:22:45.670-05:00And I gather that bedbugs have made a huge resurge...And I gather that bedbugs have made a huge resurgence, and once you get an infestation, you have to throw away all kinds of stuff and fumigate your entire house! Yuck! Thankfully they don't seem to be as big an issue on the West Coast.Other Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08079055348844157557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-23883251001447333612009-08-29T12:25:20.882-05:002009-08-29T12:25:20.882-05:00It does make you go "Yuk!". In fact, jus...It does make you go "Yuk!". In fact, just reading about bed bugs makes you want to go wash your hands.Helen Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09794759602654727110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-15333511522086586362009-08-29T11:54:57.047-05:002009-08-29T11:54:57.047-05:00Loved your article, but yuk!Loved your article, but yuk!Sheila Deethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13465615546936319164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-14627406654412210612009-08-29T11:46:16.020-05:002009-08-29T11:46:16.020-05:00I've heard the horrors of dealing with a home ...I've heard the horrors of dealing with a home that had bedbugs get into it (fruit of a school camping trip, I think the story was) and it's a nightmare. <br /><br />I think I'd burn before opening anything from their office if it were me, lol.writtenwyrddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02280711822302493122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-29340655645984430492009-08-29T11:43:44.448-05:002009-08-29T11:43:44.448-05:00Bedbugs are creepy, but I can't stop laughing ...Bedbugs are creepy, but I can't stop laughing over your choice of words! I LOVE the word 'chortled' and almost never see it in print.<br /><br />L. Diane Wolfe “Spunk On A Stick”<br />www.circleoffriendsbooks.blogspot.comL. Diane Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06425864276166334896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-72561597643769793342009-08-29T11:26:51.638-05:002009-08-29T11:26:51.638-05:00Little tiny bugs that you can hardly see give me t...Little tiny bugs that you can hardly see give me the creeps. I'm shivering just writing this.Helen Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09794759602654727110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-73688003791108734492009-08-29T11:13:36.653-05:002009-08-29T11:13:36.653-05:00The dirty secrets of the publishing business! Who...The dirty secrets of the publishing business! Who knew that Penguins were susceptible to bedbugs?<br /><br />There is a witty writer at the San Francisco Chronicle. Thanks for the wicked grins.<br /><br />ElspethElspeth Futcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10330102545384369360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-83835707263440966012009-08-29T09:45:00.485-05:002009-08-29T09:45:00.485-05:00Having once experienced an infestation of bedbugs ...Having once experienced an infestation of bedbugs I feel for these people! It's not a nice thing at all.<br /><br />Of course now I know the meaning of the old saying "don't let the bedbugs bite, and if they do, take a shoe, and smash their heads in two". To think as a kid I thought bedbugs was something the adults made up to freak kids up.Pan Historiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01784598437235690294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-16521013618404881832009-08-29T09:16:38.866-05:002009-08-29T09:16:38.866-05:00I know what you mean, Lisa. Just the thought of be...I know what you mean, Lisa. Just the thought of bed bugs makes me squeamish.Helen Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09794759602654727110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-84810317934014701672009-08-29T09:01:37.312-05:002009-08-29T09:01:37.312-05:00Don't bed bugs need a bed? I thought they nee...Don't bed bugs need a bed? I thought they needed a bed! Time to take out the lysol and spray those cracks and crevices...yuck!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02086101058759923788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-25130864184281086572009-08-29T07:11:36.127-05:002009-08-29T07:11:36.127-05:00Yeah, I doubt it something they're volunteerin...Yeah, I doubt it something they're volunteering Elizabeth. And, hopefully, they found it in time to quarantine the buggers.Helen Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09794759602654727110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-78046364480545484662009-08-29T06:59:14.658-05:002009-08-29T06:59:14.658-05:00Somehow my editor didn't tell me about this! ...Somehow my editor didn't tell me about this! Fortunately, I haven't had any mailings from her...only emails. :)<br /><br />Elizabeth<br /><a href="http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> Mystery Writing is Murder</a>Elizabeth Spann Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625595247828274405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-66123621036050940722009-08-29T06:33:00.425-05:002009-08-29T06:33:00.425-05:00How funny! Loved the 'cracks and crevices'...How funny! Loved the 'cracks and crevices' comment. Thanks for sharing. :)Laura Enohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09982794146667832204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-21754254338027020372009-08-29T06:08:03.120-05:002009-08-29T06:08:03.120-05:00Hahahaaa! Too funny - well, sort of. I'm glad ...Hahahaaa! Too funny - well, sort of. I'm glad bedbugs are not book bedfellows, too. Pity the peeps, though. Reminds me of back in the day travelling in a R&R band on a shoestring budget. We had to stay in seedy motels and I caught the crabs from a bed I slept in. Yeeeack! Wouldn't wish that on anyone. Well, mebbe ... no, not anyone.<br /><br /><a href="http://theoldsilly.com" rel="nofollow">Marvin D Wilson</a>The Old Sillyhttp://theoldsilly.comnoreply@blogger.com