Gothamist: Mattress + Gasoline = Bad Idea Jeans

Dave H.

Sat, 01 Jul 2006 03:45:54 -0500

Those workers blew up their bakery to rid it of roaches last week, so self immolation seems reasonable for bed bugs. Trump won't even shake hands with people, so I'm sure he's clean, except for all the skanky hos he marries.

chris

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 20:47:34 -0500

Yeah D, here in Manhattan the problem is even worse. Just last week Donald Trump decided it was worthwhile falling asleep to the smell of gasoline rather than have another bug bite him. How about clean living?

smitty

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 19:43:34 -0500

Don't smoke in bed!

D

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 18:26:22 -0500

no need to knock Queens, bedbugs are found in every neighborhood in the city and probably are dealt with just as irrationally by residents in every borough.

virgil

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 16:30:28 -0500

Too late, G.D.H., we all took your advice and perished horribly. You'll be hearing from our lawyers.

G.D.H.

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 16:13:01 -0500

Note: By no means am I advocating dousing an entire mattress -- or covering oneself -- with gasoline or kerosene / paraffin oil.

G.D.H.

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 16:01:37 -0500

I spent a summer in Botswana in Southern Africa. During my stay in a rural village, my bed became infested with bedbugs. To get rid of them, my host mother took a rag doused in paraffin and scrubbed above and below the cording along the perimeter of the mattress. Apparently, that is the part of the mattress where they congregate most heavily. All I can say is that killed a significant portion of the bedbugs, allowing me to sleep in peace after having been eaten alive. I acknowledge that this is probably not the best method of eliminating bedbugs, but it is not a purely-irrational response either. For a chemical-free alternative, my host mother also told me that exposing the mattress / sheets / whatever to direct sunlight should kill the bedbugs. However, I am not sure how feasible that is here in the city.

mrock

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 15:56:39 -0500

i was a big fan of 90% rubbing alcohol myself. when the exterminator came, that was their recommendation.

threetoedsloth

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 14:56:03 -0500

It may sound like a dumb idea, but when your apartment is infested with millions of little bugs that just won't die no matter what you do, you get a little desperate. When my place had bedbugs I got to the point where I was ready to try almost anything to kill those things. I did drench my baseboards in Lysol daily, since that seemed to be a favorite hiding place for the bugs.

Max

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 14:53:18 -0500

Oh, queens. I have a bug problem in my kitchen. I've never thought of dousing my food in gasoline-- Should go home and try that.

S.D.

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 14:42:00 -0500

Too Funny! We put nearly identical thoughts at the same time... ;)

mihow

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 14:32:50 -0500

hehe. Yeah, so it does seem obvious, apparently.

S.D.

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 14:27:40 -0500

Potential Darwin Award winners? Hope we don't read about any Fires...

mihow

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 14:27:01 -0500

I am not one to say such things about people who are obviously less fortunate than others, but holy sweet crap, if this technique doesn't scream "DARWIN AWARD CANDIDATE IN THE MAKING" I don't know what does.