A restaurant explosion in Perth, Australia proves that roaches might be pesky, but the traps are a bomb. Literally. Chemicals from thirty-six ( ! ) roach bombs reacted with the pilot light of a stove and turned the establishment into confetti, causing roughly 500,000 dollars in damage. Three men suffered burns and minor injuries. Of course this is not funny, yet something about this story tugs at me anyway.

While my apartment doesn’t have bugs, I resided in one place that did. Overrun by pestilent beasts, I exceeded the recommended “coverage dosage” for the room by a few cans. However, not by a factor of 5 as the owners of the Thai restaurant did.

Guess sometimes it’s just easier to tear something down completely before rebuilding it. No word on the fate of the roaches or the Friday lunch special.