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Old 14-Feb-2006, 14:07
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Default How to kill cock roaches.

In your country (or English-speaking countries in general),
how do you kill cock roaches?
What tool do you use to kill cock roaches?
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A big old shoe SSSPPPLLLAAAAASSSHHH

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Default Re: How to kill cock roaches.

Thank you for your response.
I guess that "squash" is often used.
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Good question,it was my question for a long time but I couldn`t find the answer.
So What kind of tool is usually used for killing cock roaches???
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Default Re: How to kill cock roaches.

Poison
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Thanks tdol,but how about a fly?
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Spray or a rolled up newspaper
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just smack it using your shoe then ate it! that will scared others cock roaches..anyway, what do you mean by COCK ROACHES? Isn't cockroaches? why COCK ROACHES? COCK = chicken? roaches???
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Don`t we have a word like swatter or swater?I mean a tool which is used to kill flies?
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Default Re: How to kill cock roaches.

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just smack it using your shoe then ate it! that will scared others cock roaches..anyway, what do you mean by COCK ROACHES? Isn't cockroaches? why COCK ROACHES? COCK = chicken? roaches???
Hi;
By “cockroach” I think he means <brown insects that are said to be found especially in dirty rooms> . Why you separate this word into two parts “cock” & “roach”!!! Cockroach is the same as “beetle”
Which is the most horrible insect (of course for me???)
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