I’m a relatively clean guy. My room is organized, clothes are never on the floor, books and cds actually reside on a shelf someplace, so on and so forth. I even have a hanging file crate for various papers and documents. I was not a good kitchen person for a while in college (apologies, ex-roommates) but I have gotten much better over time.
I say all this because ants have managed to find their way into my apartment – specifically, they bite my feet as I sit at my desk and study. No, they’re not in the pantry where I have a whole two-pound bag of pure cane sugar. They’re crawling around the carpet under my desk. It’s really annoying and I can’t find their location of emergence. It’s not like there’s a stream of angry, foot-craving ants marching forth to my foot. Every 20 or 30 minutes, I’ll feel a tingle between my toes and then some pain; I curse (every time), examine my foot, and find a puny-looking ant running for dear life. Bastard. You picked the wrong foot.
I’m afraid of setting an ant-bait as it may just attract more ants to this vicinity. I don’t want them to think the space under my desk is a great place to find something to bite. Then again, it’s not like they get the chance to go back to home base and report what they found. “Ooh, guess what I found! A foot!” I think not.
Why the hell are they biting me, anyway? Is my foot threatening? Smelly? I’m a sandal guy, so I don’t have to worry about socks and foot sweat. I don’t get it.
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ants are just plain annoying. points are over rated. pest control people never seem to be able to permanently rid a house of pests. why is that? they're in kahootz with the pests.
Posted by p-man | February 10, 2007 8:15 PM
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When I moved into my house, it was brand new. nobody had ever lived there before. Therefore, the only food that was ever on the premises was the lunches the people who built the thing ate. But then it was empty for two or three months. Still, when I moved in, there were a few ants wandering around here or there. I called the pest control people and they come and spray from time to time, but just the other day, a bunch of ants found their way into my kitchen again. They suck. I hate ants so much. I don't have an actual point; I'm just commiserating.
Posted by rebecca | February 10, 2007 8:15 PM
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I've been known to wear a sandal or two. Hence my firsthand knowledge of their amazing stink potential.
Posted by Aaron | February 10, 2007 8:15 PM
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huh. this is news to me. maybe i'm so used to the pungent odor of my own feet that i don't notice it anymore. and the ants maybe kinda like it. wow, this is great blog fodder. i'm glad i brought this smelly feet thing up.
Posted by p-man | February 10, 2007 8:15 PM
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i'm a sandal guy in the summer, and - oh man - my feet stink like a wet dog... it's nasty.... i'm sure ants like it though.... they're into that stuff.....
Posted by cherz | February 10, 2007 8:15 PM
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hey, aren't you a sandal guy?
Posted by p-man | February 10, 2007 8:15 PM
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In my experience, sandal guys always have the worst foot sweat.
Posted by Aaron | February 10, 2007 8:15 PM
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remember Office Space? Milton had it right. when in doubt, torch the place.
Posted by p-man | February 10, 2007 8:15 PM
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fire. the cure for everything.
Posted by cherz | February 10, 2007 8:15 PM
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