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― lxy, Monday, 23 July 2012 02:55 (eleven years ago) link
it makes me laugh with such great fondness harbl
― lxy, Monday, 23 July 2012 03:08 (eleven years ago) link
although his name does not really suitably accept a -bl at its end.
i simply cannot parse this
but i'm sorry, mookieproof, that you're feeling blue. breaking up is hard to do.
― lxy, Monday, 23 July 2012 03:12 (eleven years ago) link
me: i don't know why it makes me so happy to post about jarbls, but it does. jergins: not a bad thing.
― lxy, Monday, 23 July 2012 04:28 (eleven years ago) link
i fondly called harry a 'rotten little jarbl' the other day and when i realised what i had just said i wtfed myself.
― estela, Monday, 23 July 2012 06:26 (eleven years ago) link
i love all of you!!!
― spite n ease (harbl), Monday, 23 July 2012 22:25 (eleven years ago) link
having a fruit fly problem what with the abundance of nectarines & pluots & plums & melons
left out my usual half glass of sherry (port is good too)9 drowned flies in less than 4 hours
― t. silaviver, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 06:00 (eleven years ago) link
i left an empty wine glass and found 10 flies playing inside it
― spite n ease (harbl), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 11:30 (eleven years ago) link
my soon-to-be-roommate's name is rossbl
see what i mean?
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 25 July 2012 02:14 (eleven years ago) link
rossibly
― jaq, Wednesday, 25 July 2012 02:29 (eleven years ago) link
i hope he is not irascibl
― estela, Wednesday, 25 July 2012 02:37 (eleven years ago) link
jaq otm, but i vehemently wag my finger at you, estela
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 25 July 2012 02:54 (eleven years ago) link
in that case i have changed my hope.
― estela, Wednesday, 25 July 2012 04:17 (eleven years ago) link
why is there never a giant delicious stash of chocolate or caramel hidden in the desk when you need one?
― jaq, Wednesday, 25 July 2012 23:04 (eleven years ago) link
tried port and caught another 10-12 hard to tell when they are all clumped up in a tiny glass
― t. silaviver, Thursday, 26 July 2012 02:22 (eleven years ago) link
i worked on cleaning the bathroom this weekend. my house is really cluttered and dusty. i always think "this weekend i will clean" and fail every time. so i am just going to work on going from back to front. bathroom, bedroom, kitchen, other room i don't know what it is. rowhouse apartments can feel like loooooong narrow studio apartments which makes it feel more overwhelming for me to clean somehow.
― spite n ease (harbl), Sunday, 5 August 2012 19:25 (eleven years ago) link
Otm. I cleaned out the bathroom cabinet - an entire bag of garbage was the result, v satisfying. Decluttered the living room a couple weeks before. Next is the hall closet, a couple weeks from now is the garage. I have about an hour limit on cleaning, breaking it down into small separate parts makes it more likely I will actually do it.
― smoove operator, Sunday, 5 August 2012 20:05 (eleven years ago) link
yup an hour is about it. i took a long break to eat lunch. i need to get my shower curtain into the laundry while there is a thunderstorm and then go running. if i write it down maybe i will do it.
― spite n ease (harbl), Sunday, 5 August 2012 20:37 (eleven years ago) link
there was a fruit fly putting on an aviation show inside the refrigerator.
― estela, Tuesday, 2 April 2013 11:38 (eleven years ago) link
Blatant little bugger.
I let the sunshine and fresh air into the house on the weekend, and all it did was point out my slovenly housekeeping.
― jaq, Tuesday, 2 April 2013 14:04 (eleven years ago) link
i am not a very avid cleaner, cooking is the only domestic activity i am enthusiastic about.
― estela, Tuesday, 2 April 2013 23:43 (eleven years ago) link
the only solution to my domestic woes is arson
― spite n ease (harbl), Wednesday, 3 April 2013 00:49 (eleven years ago) link
squalor is better than ashes, i think. also less dangerous. and less illegal.
― lxy, Wednesday, 3 April 2013 02:59 (eleven years ago) link
There is a small dog's worth of hair covering my apartment if i don't vacuum more frequently than every three days :( I try not to be outraged because i know she can't help it, but it is pretty darn outrageous!
― tehresa, Wednesday, 3 April 2013 16:31 (eleven years ago) link
i saw the first fruit fly of the year
― spite n ease (harbl), Friday, 12 April 2013 22:55 (eleven years ago) link
since it's just the one maybe you could make a jarbl out of a thimble.
― lxy, Wednesday, 17 April 2013 02:03 (eleven years ago) link
in related news we are having a problem with sugar ants :-(
― lxy, Wednesday, 17 April 2013 02:04 (eleven years ago) link
i'm experimenting with a jarbl variation which is really just some pancake syrup on a piece of waxed paper. jergins reports that we have one victim so far.
― lxy, Wednesday, 17 April 2013 02:09 (eleven years ago) link
of course now i feel guilty.
lol @ victim
― spite n ease (harbl), Wednesday, 17 April 2013 02:13 (eleven years ago) link
^ ban iirc
― estèlauder (p much resigned to deems), Wednesday, 17 April 2013 02:17 (eleven years ago) link
okay it's not working. the victim has freed himself after gorging on syrup, and none of the others seem interested. just 6 ants wandering aimlessly around the countertop.
― lxy, Wednesday, 17 April 2013 02:50 (eleven years ago) link
jergins swiped up the wanderers with a sponge, and the experiment has thusly concluded.
― lxy, Wednesday, 17 April 2013 02:53 (eleven years ago) link
jergins otm as usual
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 17 April 2013 04:36 (eleven years ago) link
There are tiny ants in my office. I find them on the whiteboard during meetings. Its weird but they are mostly harmless. We have those liquid trap things that worked ok last year but not so much yet this year.
― tehresa, Wednesday, 17 April 2013 11:43 (eleven years ago) link
they sound cunning, i wouldn't relax if i were you.
― estela, Wednesday, 17 April 2013 12:59 (eleven years ago) link
i had them in another apt and used traps that were like little homes they would crawl into to get poisoned before crawling away to die somewhere. they worked pretty good.
― spite n ease (harbl), Wednesday, 17 April 2013 22:01 (eleven years ago) link
so i guess not traps, they went in and then out
― spite n ease (harbl), Wednesday, 17 April 2013 22:02 (eleven years ago) link
For healthier, happier fruit flies: http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/04/18/teen-scientist-says-fruit-flies-prefer-organic
― jaq, Thursday, 18 April 2013 18:19 (eleven years ago) link
uhhh, ant problem maximized itself over night. gross.
― lxy, Friday, 19 April 2013 03:15 (eleven years ago) link
now i'm sort of terrified to leave for a week, because what if they take over??!!!
― lxy, Friday, 19 April 2013 03:35 (eleven years ago) link
if I spot your furniture parading slowly down the street, I promise to make them put it back before you get home.
― jaq, Friday, 19 April 2013 21:24 (eleven years ago) link
thank you, neighbor!
― lxy, Saturday, 20 April 2013 14:43 (eleven years ago) link
Bumpy arsed pan makes omelettes stick and makes me outrage
― estèlauder (p much resigned to deems), Monday, 29 April 2013 23:21 (eleven years ago) link
there are baby birds in my kitchen exhaust fan what do I do??
― tehresa, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 15:41 (ten years ago) link
oh god
― spite n ease (harbl), Tuesday, 7 May 2013 21:59 (ten years ago) link
i think it's time for a jarbl. so many of these little guys and there's not even much food around. also windows are closed.
― spite n ease (harbl), Saturday, 22 June 2013 23:31 (ten years ago) link
i had to ask someone what a jarbl was
― mookieproof, Monday, 24 June 2013 22:31 (ten years ago) link
lol who did you ask? what answer were you given?
― lxy, Monday, 24 June 2013 22:32 (ten years ago) link
lol! just some lady at the grocery store i imagine
― spite n ease (harbl), Monday, 24 June 2013 23:05 (ten years ago) link