Ummm, WHAT?!?!?!?
@NanaMc (644)
February 12, 2022 1:32pm CST
I hope my husband does not see the post that I just seen, because his humor would cause him to do this, then I'd have to file for divorce.
Seems like the Bronx Zoo is offering to let you name a cockroach for your loved one for Valentines Day.
They've been doing this for 11 years with heavy success.
"Roses and chocolates come and go, but roaches last an eternity, just like our love!" Is what Suzie, a satisfied customer of the roach naming said about another purchase for her boyfriend.
WOW!
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@LeaPea2417 (36442)
• Toccoa, Georgia
12 Feb 22
@NanaMc I agree. They scare me. I cringe when I see one.
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@NanaMc (644)
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12 Feb 22
@LeaPea2417 Funny story. Or maybe not. Guess it depends on who you ask. My daughter had babysat once for a couple with an 8 year old son. They had a cockroach problem. The boy didn't typically live with his father and was there only on weekends.
For some reason my daughter told the boy they were special kinds of crickets who couldn't jump and the boy ran around the house and gathered all the "crickets" he could and presented them to his dad when he got home.
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@Deepizzaguy (94528)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
12 Feb 22
A very creative marketing tool for Valentine's Day by the Bronx Zoo marketing team.
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@Deepizzaguy (94528)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
13 Feb 22
@NanaMc I would not want to name a cockroach myself.
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@NanaMc (644)
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15 Feb 22
@Deepizzaguy i want nothing to do with a cockroach at all!
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@aninditasen (15742)
• Raurkela, India
13 Feb 22
Are they offering money or gifts for naming a cockroach?
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@sweetashoney (3594)
• United States
12 Feb 22
You have to amit, that is funny though! lol
I do laugh each time I think about the tell my daugher told me when my grand daughter was little. My grand daugher told her teacher that she had a pet roach. What she had really, was a pet lizard named roach. lol
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@sweetashoney (3594)
• United States
12 Feb 22
@NanaMc Oh lord, now that's funny! I would have loved to have seen that mans face when the give them to him.
@lovebuglena (43077)
• Staten Island, New York
12 Feb 22
@NanaMc Wonder what the dad's reaction was when he saw all those collected roaches.
@lovebuglena (43077)
• Staten Island, New York
12 Feb 22
Roaches freak me out. I will glad pass on this.
When I first moved to NYC I lived in an apartment that had roaches. I remember sleeping on the floor (before we got furniture) and there would be a roach crawling next to me. Yuck! Never again!
I once went to school and a roach crawled out of my bookbag.
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@lovebuglena (43077)
• Staten Island, New York
12 Feb 22
@NanaMc I once went to the library, took a book off the shelf I thought of maybe borrowing, and a roach crawled out of it. I decided I won't be taking that book out after all. 
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@NanaMc (644)
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12 Feb 22
@lovebuglena I watch for that too. And check for roach droppings, especially in the seams of the books. I work hard keeping my home roach free and don't want to accidentally bring one home. They're so hard to get rid of once you get them.
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@Fa_Maverick (9458)
• Australia
14 Feb 22
There are probably more named after exes than current lovers.
