BUG 1:
Hey, where are you sleeping tonight?
BUG 2:
Not with you.
I'm going to go to Joe Biden's room, and see if I can tick him off.
BUG 1:
Be careful, he might put you in shackles!
BUG 2:
No problem.
I've been running a lot lately, so I'm faster than usual. Where do you plan to sleep?
BUG 1:
In Mrs. Clinton's suite.
BUG 2:
Good choice.
Well, we'd better get going. The
convention's almost ready to begin.
IT’S THE OIL STUPID
By David Hill
The Washington Times
Monday, September 3, 2012
Bedbugs,
like those shown here, have been reported at nine of the hotels being used for
the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. (Associated Press)
Charlotte has a long way to go
before its bedbug levels approach cities such as New York, Cincinnati and
Washington, D.C., where recent infestations have made national news, but a
study this year by pest control company Orkin shows activity there has been on
the rise.
The survey, released in March, rated
Charlotte as having the 33rd-most bedbug reports of any city in 2011. The list
was topped by Cincinnati, Chicago and Detroit.
By contrast, the GOP’s choice for
its convention last week, Tampa, Fla., didn’t make the list of the 50
most-infested cities.
Jung W. Kim,
environmental senior specialist for the North Carolina Department of
Agriculture and Consumer Services, said that bedbugs are on the rise, but about
half of cases go unreported because victims don’t react to bites.
Mr. Kim
said upon checking into a hotel, guests should inspect their mattress, box
spring and the back of their headboard for bedbug fecal matter in the form of
tiny black dots.
He said guests should request a new
room if they suspect bedbugs, and could take other steps such as keeping their
luggage in the bathroom or putting washable items in the dryer immediately
after returning home.
“You may get bites, but you’re not
going to bring any bedbugs to your home,” he said. “As long as you don’t bring
bedbugs to your home, you should be fine.”
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