Time for War

STEED · 10-01-07, 06:01 AM

People of Great Britain the time has come to take up your flame throwers and go to war. We are under attack and we must fight back or we could all be bitten to death.

Bedbug epidemic that's turning Great Britain into Great Bitten

Deamon · 10-01-07, 06:07 AM

Time for debugging

SmokinTep · 10-01-07, 06:22 AM

Remind me not to sleep over there..............

The Avon Lady · 10-01-07, 09:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by STEED

we could all be bitten to death.

If they do,
then squeeze them tight,
so they won't come back another night.

Jimbuna · 10-01-07, 09:31 AM

The perfect excuse to ask for my back scratch :p

joea · 10-01-07, 02:01 PM

Better bedbugs then brain eaters.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=122827

Letum · 10-01-07, 03:16 PM

A topic not about islam?

We can't have that now can we?

*edit* It's the telegraph and it's a load of bollocks, but I couldn't resist it.

Jimbuna · 10-01-07, 03:55 PM

Quote:

"What makes it even worse is they have to pay for their own accommodation."

So what does an insect bite cost these days ? :hmm:

Perhaps it depends on the type of insect you would like to be bitten by

The WosMan · 10-01-07, 06:37 PM

This may sound a bit insensitive but I call it as I see it. My guess is the open immigration policy is causing some of this. Some cultures don't exactly have the best hygiene. This is almost the same as how in the USA the southern and southwest hospitals and clinics that border Mexico are getting more and more people with forms of TB and other diseases that haven't been problems for years but are coming back.

Letum · 10-01-07, 06:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The WosMan

This may sound a bit insensitive but I call it as I see it. My guess is the open immigration policy is causing some of this. Some cultures don't exactly have the best hygiene. This is almost the same as how in the USA the southern and southwest hospitals and clinics that border Mexico are getting more and more people with forms of TB and other diseases that haven't been problems for years but are coming back.

I follow the logic, but I'm not sure it would work in practice with bed bugs.

Some diseases and parasites are carried with immigrants and migrants. See fall of Aztecs.
However, in the case of bed-bugs you would either have to import vast amounts of
them to increase the native population or provide prime breeding grounds for them.
The first option can be ruled out as "not usually carried from place to place by
people on clothing they are currently wearing" [wiki]. They are not likely to travel in
large numbers across countries unless large amount of bedding material is being
moved and this is not the case for most immigrants.
As far as "prime breeding grounds" go; bedbugs are not fussy about weather the bed
is clean or dirty as long as they have someone to feed on and are not exterminated. I
don't think there is any evidence that immigrant's are less willing to exterminate bed bugs
than long term residents of a country.

At a guess I would say that bed bugs are booming because:
1) People are less aware of them than they used to be.
2) Many pesticides such as DDT that used to control them are now banned.
3) Warmer climates in the northern hemisphere
4) Continued urbanisation

*edit* RE: TB, doesn't most TB come from animals? Most wild animals round here are infected.

10-01-07, 06:01 AM	#1
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Time for War People of Great Britain the time has come to take up your flame throwers and go to war. We are under attack and we must fight back or we could all be bitten to death. Bedbug epidemic that's turning Great Britain into Great Bitten __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,499 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The perfect excuse to ask for my back scratch :p __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	A topic not about islam? We can't have that now can we? edit It's the telegraph and it's a load of bollocks, but I couldn't resist it. __________________

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Deamon Commodore Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 642 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Time for debugging

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SmokinTep Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Suffolk, Virginia Posts: 1,027 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Remind me not to sleep over there..............

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joea Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: At periscope depth in Lake Geneva Posts: 3,512 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Better bedbugs then brain eaters. http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=122827

10-01-07, 06:37 PM	#9
The WosMan Watch Officer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: OH Posts: 332 Downloads: 88 Uploads: 0	This may sound a bit insensitive but I call it as I see it. My guess is the open immigration policy is causing some of this. Some cultures don't exactly have the best hygiene. This is almost the same as how in the USA the southern and southwest hospitals and clinics that border Mexico are getting more and more people with forms of TB and other diseases that haven't been problems for years but are coming back.