Earwigs - not just a old wive's tale!

Orla K · 28-08-2009 8:53pm

I remember when I was small, on holiday my brother just started slapping the side of his head, of course everybody around avoided him and said things like 'poor child, how do the parents cope' when we got over to him he told us something had got in his ear, he was hitting the other side of his head so much that it fell out and yes it was an earwig. For the rest of the holiday everybody called him earwig too.

Local-womanizer · 28-08-2009 9:09pm

I had one in my kettle,the emotional trauma that causes is huge,now I have to check the water everytime I want tea.:mad:

Fecking baxtards:mad::mad:

Dave! · 28-08-2009 9:48pm

Maybe the OP isn't true, but this is: picked up the phone one day, a few years back, and an earwig came out of the ear part!!! :eek: I nearly sh*t. Probably just a coincidence (I don't think earwigs habitually wait to pounce out of phones), but nevertheless it was pretty unnerving

Banter Joe · 28-08-2009 11:20pm

boogle wrote: »

Now we've all been swept along in the spider-related craziness of the past couple of days, and I dismissed earwig horror stories as nonsense. (Though I have always had a problem with the ass-claws) But look at this, could it be real?

I clicked, and then had one of those involuntary shivers.

edit: just had another few. Didn't know the bastards could fly as well!