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[Orange Wizard]

But why would you want to kill centipedes?

[i2amroy]

Because they drop on top of you while you are showering? (True story, actually had this happen once when I was still living at my parent's place).

Also, the ones that lived there had fairly poisonous bites, you did not want to suffer one.

[Orange Wizard]

... oh, right. I'm not used to seeing centipedes inside.

[Levi]

... oh, right. I'm not used to seeing centipedes inside.

I didn't even know they could climb!

[Orange Wizard]

Next you'll be telling me that you though flies swim.

[Levi]

I'm serious.  I've only seen them walking around on the ground before, and never inside a building.  Maybe there aren't a lot of centipedes where I live.

[i2amroy]

They aren't as good as spiders, that's for sure (I've seen spiders clinging upside down to the ceiling before), but they can certainly make their way up vertical surfaces, especially the smaller ones.

[SalmonGod]

Okay, I've got a couple of stories for this thread. Gotta get back into the writing game.

Spoiler: Ear Horror (click to show/hide)

So there I am preparing for bed a few weeks ago, and I'm attempting to get some water out of my ear. The sensation had been bothering me the whole day, but I hadn't had access to q-tips until that night. I keep trying to knock it free into the cotton, but to no avail. I retract the tip... and hear 3 taps against my eardrum. Perfectly spaced, way too loud for comfort.

I yell and freak right the fuck out, suddenly remembering that one news article about a woman who had a spider make a small home of her ear for almost a week. Having grown up with Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings, I have a case of arachnophobia born of seeing Aragog and Shelob splay their monstrous bodies and whiteless eyes across the television. Barely able to control myself, I run and cling to my parents' doorframe and explain my situation. "I think... there's a spider in my ear."

Neither of them believed that my fears were grounded in reality, of course. My mother led me back to the bathroom and continued trying to scrape whatever was in there out with a q-tip, before commenting that she saw a small black hair of some sort. I prayed to all the gods that I did not worship that whatever was in there was not what I feared it to be, and quietly asked her to fetch some tweezers. I clung pitifully to the sink, and she pulled out...

A hair. More than an inch long. I almost collapsed with relief. Nervous laughter all around, I finished up and went to bed, thanking the nameless celestial entities.

When I was like 10 or 11, a fly went right into my ear, and never came back out.  I was just going about my business when suddenly "zzZZTpfpfpfp".  It was very deliberate.  Perfect divebomb and a split second of scurrying, and it was in there deep.  I freaked the fuck out.  My mom tried to get it and said she could see it in there, but couldn't reach it with anything without hurting me.  We gave up, and... I don't know what the hell happened.  If it crawled back out while I was asleep or what.  But I don't know... because I never felt it move again after the initial entry.

[TheDarkStar]

Okay, I've got a couple of stories for this thread. Gotta get back into the writing game.

Spoiler: Ear Horror (click to show/hide)

So there I am preparing for bed a few weeks ago, and I'm attempting to get some water out of my ear. The sensation had been bothering me the whole day, but I hadn't had access to q-tips until that night. I keep trying to knock it free into the cotton, but to no avail. I retract the tip... and hear 3 taps against my eardrum. Perfectly spaced, way too loud for comfort.

I yell and freak right the fuck out, suddenly remembering that one news article about a woman who had a spider make a small home of her ear for almost a week. Having grown up with Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings, I have a case of arachnophobia born of seeing Aragog and Shelob splay their monstrous bodies and whiteless eyes across the television. Barely able to control myself, I run and cling to my parents' doorframe and explain my situation. "I think... there's a spider in my ear."

Neither of them believed that my fears were grounded in reality, of course. My mother led me back to the bathroom and continued trying to scrape whatever was in there out with a q-tip, before commenting that she saw a small black hair of some sort. I prayed to all the gods that I did not worship that whatever was in there was not what I feared it to be, and quietly asked her to fetch some tweezers. I clung pitifully to the sink, and she pulled out...

A hair. More than an inch long. I almost collapsed with relief. Nervous laughter all around, I finished up and went to bed, thanking the nameless celestial entities.

When I was like 10 or 11, a fly went right into my ear, and never came back out.  I was just going about my business when suddenly "zzZZTpfpfpfp".  It was very deliberate.  Perfect divebomb and a split second of scurrying, and it was in there deep.  I freaked the fuck out.  My mom tried to get it and said she could see it in there, but couldn't reach it with anything without hurting me.  We gave up, and... I don't know what the hell happened.  If it crawled back out while I was asleep or what.  But I don't know... because I never felt it move again after the initial entry.

SG confirmed for fly-controlled zombie.

[ArKFallen]

When I was like 10 or 11, a fly went right into my ear, and never came back out.  I was just going about my business when suddenly "zzZZTpfpfpfp".  It was very deliberate.  Perfect divebomb and a split second of scurrying, and it was in there deep.  I freaked the fuck out.  My mom tried to get it and said she could see it in there, but couldn't reach it with anything without hurting me.  We gave up, and... I don't know what the hell happened.  If it crawled back out while I was asleep or what.  But I don't know... because I never felt it move again after the initial entry.

It probably either escaped or was consumed by your wax. Every time you move your jaw a ripple of ear wax from the innermost ear moves further outward. It was probably caught in such a wave.
If it lived very long you'd probably be dead or deaf.

[Baffler]

That's pretty much what ear wax is for, really. That, and protection from fluids and assorted microfauna.

[SalmonGod]

It probably either escaped or was consumed by your wax. Every time you move your jaw a ripple of ear wax from the innermost ear moves further outward. It was probably caught in such a wave.
If it lived very long you'd probably be dead or deaf.

Yeah, I always assumed it got caught in earwax and died in there... But a large fly dying inside my ear is a terrifying enough thought.  Whenever I think about it, I wonder just how long I had a little rotting carcass hanging around in there.

[Tawa]

It probably either escaped or was consumed by your wax. Every time you move your jaw a ripple of ear wax from the innermost ear moves further outward. It was probably caught in such a wave.
If it lived very long you'd probably be dead or deaf.

Yeah, I always assumed it got caught in earwax and died in there... But a large fly dying inside my ear is a terrifying enough thought.  Whenever I think about it, I wonder just how long I had a little rotting carcass hanging around in there.

I think you messed up your quoting there.

[SalmonGod]

It probably either escaped or was consumed by your wax. Every time you move your jaw a ripple of ear wax from the innermost ear moves further outward. It was probably caught in such a wave.
If it lived very long you'd probably be dead or deaf.

Yeah, I always assumed it got caught in earwax and died in there... But a large fly dying inside my ear is a terrifying enough thought.  Whenever I think about it, I wonder just how long I had a little rotting carcass hanging around in there.

I think you messed up your quoting there.

I don't know what you're talking about.

[Spehss _]

It probably either escaped or was consumed by your wax. Every time you move your jaw a ripple of ear wax from the innermost ear moves further outward. It was probably caught in such a wave.
If it lived very long you'd probably be dead or deaf.

Yeah, I always assumed it got caught in earwax and died in there... But a large fly dying inside my ear is a terrifying enough thought.  Whenever I think about it, I wonder just how long I had a little rotting carcass hanging around in there.

I think you messed up your quoting there.

I don't know what you're talking about.

Everything seems to be in order here.