i contain certitudes

[the_siobhan]

New moto: If you have to clean up a nest of maggots, do it first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you for the rest of the day.

Comments

[elusis]

I don't know whether, given the choice, I'd take your morning-starter or mine from the other day, but even having the choice would make for a pretty awful start.

[the_siobhan]

Aw hell. All kinds of no fun.

I wonder if that's why the quote was on my mind.

[greylock]

What the hell happened in your morning?

[elusis]

Shat myself with no warning while riding my exercise bike. Deeply unpleasant, do not recommend, but indeed my day got no worse after that.

[dissectionist]

It may be a weird thing to say, but on the few occasions we’ve had to deal with nests of maggots (usually in the bottom of an outdoor trashcan), we threw them out on the driveway. Watching a crowd of birds descend for the unexpected buffet was an entertaining end to an unpleasant task.

[the_siobhan]

I honestly never thought of that. That's a fantastic idea.

In this case it was in our city compost bin, so mixed in with a bunch of rotting food.

[dissectionist]

Admittedly I’m a lazy person, but if they’re mixed in with a bunch of compost, I’d leave them there to go into the compacter with the rest of the compost. 😂 But I’d also be leaving the green bin outside, because the last thing I want is flies all over my house if they hatch before the pickup day for green bins.

[the_siobhan]

Some of them decided to go for a wander and got all over the counter-top. So I swept them back into the bag, tied it all off, and stuck it into the freezer. The bag will go out on pick-up day.

[elusis]

That's a good idea. Sometimes my local crows hang out when we garden as we're bound to turn up beetle larvae, which we toss on the sidewalk for them.

[greylock]

Is this catfood related?
Or housemate hoarding related?
Other?

Either way, You get used to it, so it's not that bad.

[the_siobhan]

My city has organic waste pickup. In the summer time I have to swap out the bags more often and given how this week went I obviously missed the deadline.

[sabotabby]

Jesus Christ, I'm sorry.

[kest]

Pretty much literally the worst

[the_siobhan]

I always feel itchy for the rest of the day.

[lydamorehouse]

I was trying to decide if I was hoping this was figurative rather than literal, but, frankly, both suck and I'd be just as sorry either way.