How To Use Bedbugs As A Weapon: Roommate Revenge

Bedbugs are everywhere and easily obtained in this town, so why not use them to your advantage, by unleashing them on your enemies? A philanthropist of sorts recently posted an ad on Craigslist offering some of his bedbugs, free of charge, to anyone who wants to get some "good sabatoge/revenge" on another. The post has been flagged for removal, but here's the pitch:

Do you hate your roommate and are moving out? Leave a fantastic goodbye present. Nothing says ‘Eff You!’ like some BEDBUGS. I have bedbugs safely stored in jars for the perfect sabotage. Free of charge, will meet anywhere.

We love that this guy keeps bedbugs "safely stored in jars," but whatever happened to just hiding a good old fashioned milk chicken bomb under your roommate's bed? Bedbugger has a screenshot of the ad, and believes using bedbugs as a weapon is illegal. We don't know if that's actually true, but we're sure once NANNY BLOOMBERG hears about this we'll have to apply for a license to carry bedbugs. [Via Runnin' Scared]

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By John Del Signore in News on October 1, 2010 1:46 PM

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Morris

Wealthy people have the final solution for their bedbug problem, their homes are turned into a hot box and the bugs and eggs are destroyed in a few hours. People with small incomes need to learn how to sweat out the bedbugs with high temperatures, but they must be careful not to throw out the baby with the bathwater by burning down their home.

verbal

I have been looking for a source for about 3 months - I intended to let loose as many as I could find in my old boss's house. I was hoping that they would eat him and his snotty little kids alive.

How's that for humanity?

FelixtheCat & Christine Quinn'

NOM NOM NOM NOM

theboneranger

the thumbnail of that photo makes the bedbug look like a nipple

John L

Wow, people would really do that to someone else?

What happened to humanity?

OuHe

been there, done that. I did this to a few people and places. No big deal, move on and deal with it.

PTG in nyc

JDS makes a good point though. Once Bloomy forces us to have a license to have bedbugs, then the NYPD will be able to walk all stop & frisk suspects home where they'll get a summons for bedbugs via mandatory quotas.

exnyer

Do that shit to me and you`ll get a HIV positive hypo in you bed sheets.

jaycjay

I love the comments in the Bedbugger post, along of the lines of police should investigate, the advertiser should be arrested, this is terrorism!

Bedbug paranoia apparently now is reaching the same level as car bomb paranoia. But the ad is almost certainly one of the thousands of joke postings made on craigslist every day.

Nyctini11

Desperate times call for desperate measures.. I personally would not wish bed bugs on my worst enemy, but i guarantee this won't be the last you hear of this type of thing.