OT - Here's something we can use to negatively recruit OSU and MSU
Apparently, Columbus has passed even Detroit in the annual bed bug infestation rankings, jumping up to an impressive #5 overall. Lansing checks in at #32, while A2 is nowhere to be found.
https://www.orkin.com/press-room/top-50-bed-bug-cities-list-baltimore-r…
January 14th, 2019 at 1:05 PM ^
They are both insects but they are not in the same taxonomic family or even the same order. The common bed bug (Cimex leticularius) is in the order Hemiptera, family Cimicidae. The crab louse or pubic louse (Pthirus pubis) is in the order Phthiraptera, family Pthiridae.
January 14th, 2019 at 1:54 PM ^
Pubic lice are going extinct in most western countries thanks to the "bald is beautiful" movement.
January 14th, 2019 at 11:22 AM ^
And yet Columbus is somehow listed in the NYT as one of the 52 places on the planet to visit this year. Interesting and disturbing.
January 14th, 2019 at 12:20 PM ^
Is that for the cooler pooping experience?
January 14th, 2019 at 11:34 AM ^
Columbus, Cleveland, and Cincinnati have appeared on the top 10 worst cities for bed bugs multiple times over the last 15 years. I doubt this hurts their recruiting (or anything, for that matter).
January 14th, 2019 at 11:35 AM ^
Woke up with 20 chiggers in my leg at the Marriott Wichita. Was not fun pulling them out one by one.
January 14th, 2019 at 11:56 AM ^
Has passed even Detroit? WTF. Why was that needed in your post? Why didnt you say even worse than NYC, the city directly below Columbus. Just needed to take a cheap shot at Detroit because its easy? Or do you equate Detroit with the worst of everything? Do you live in Detroit and have a bad problem with bed bugs? Do you live in Michigan at all?
If you look at the list, Columbus is exactly where it was last year at number 5. In fact, the top 5 are exactly the same as last year. They havent passed anyone. Detroit has fallen from number 7 to number 8. Your comment about Detroit makes little sense. SMH
January 14th, 2019 at 12:50 PM ^
I do agree that the OP took the low road on that remark, and because the list is based on the volume of service calls for bed bugs, or so I recall from last year's published list, I would suspect there is a fairly uneven distribution across the city. Actually, the most recent story that I can remember of a place being essentially shut down because of interminable bedbug issues actually happened north of 8 Mile in Royal Oak Township, but in my travels working in the city, I've seen them in piles of discarded household stuff as well as in buildings and other places - they are most definitely around and in decent numbers in some areas.
January 14th, 2019 at 4:12 PM ^
That place on 8 Mile is now a Baymont Inn & Suites. I don't know how I feel about that.
January 14th, 2019 at 2:43 PM ^
Lighten up, Francis
January 14th, 2019 at 12:04 PM ^
So what your saying is that bed bugs are like bagmen?
January 14th, 2019 at 12:10 PM ^
Time to bring back DDT.
January 14th, 2019 at 12:28 PM ^
We don’t need to negative recruit them anymore. For the first time in over a decade, we have a more accomplished coach:
1. Saban
2. Harbaugh
3. Dabo
110. Day
January 14th, 2019 at 12:29 PM ^
Here's an idea.
Recruit positive for M.
January 14th, 2019 at 12:41 PM ^
"Hello, Mr. Impressive High School Athlete. My name is John Beilein and Ann Arbor does not have a bed bug problem."
You're right. That's way better. Everybody, let's go with the positive angle.
Thanks for the input, Zeke.
January 14th, 2019 at 1:18 PM ^
As someone who grew up in NW Ohio and travels a lot I can unequivocally tell you Columbus shits on cinci and Cleveland. The suburbs are really nice, very good schools and overall we love the city.
The bed bug shit is crazy though and when you work I’m the medical field and travel a lot you think about it all the time lol.
January 14th, 2019 at 1:35 PM ^
Columbus is a perennial leader in bug infestations. Makes you wonder what else they'd find if they looked
January 14th, 2019 at 2:15 PM ^
Just rename the Olentangy River the Ganges River and I think you have pretty much a mirror image of Kolkata.
January 14th, 2019 at 2:19 PM ^
As a one time exterminator...bed bugs do not care about status. I have been in multi-million dollar houses that were infested and also HUD houses that would give you nightmares. Trust me when I say anyone can get them...anyone!
January 14th, 2019 at 2:37 PM ^
Clicked on this post and the ad up top is bed bug killer. Not even lying.
January 14th, 2019 at 3:56 PM ^
That's not an accident.
January 14th, 2019 at 3:53 PM ^
This isnt new. Ohio as a whole, were top 5 for bed bug infestations the last 5 years or so. One year they were 3rd overall, with Cincinnati, Cleveland and Columbus being top 20 infested cities. They're running rampant down here because they have increased their enrollment to foreigners along with not being able to spray for them due to the chemicals not being regulated.
January 14th, 2019 at 5:15 PM ^
Why would we have to neg recruit MSU? They suck all on their own
January 14th, 2019 at 9:42 PM ^
We got bed bugs there