It won't Shut Up
By Jo Ann
@akalinus (43332)
United States
September 9, 2018 8:49pm CST
There is a bug outside that has been making a shrill chirping sound all night every night for the last three evenings. It is making me crazy. I want to go out and shoot it but it might upset the neighbors.
How do you get a wild thing to be quiet? I don't know what it looks like but it sounds like a fire alarm. It is louder than any alarm and is serenading me outside the window.
What disturbs your nights?
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@andriaperry (117130)
• Anniston, Alabama
10 Sep 18
A water hose, blast that sucker!
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@crossbones27 (49703)
• Mojave, California
10 Sep 18
Does that work for cars, probably does, hey you giving free car washes, which would annoy me more. 
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@andriaperry (117130)
• Anniston, Alabama
10 Sep 18
@crossbones27 Maybe an air horn first, that would get the cops there fast, since I would not annoy the neighbors with shooting my house up like a mad woman.
I laugh at the thoughts of blasting an air hour and the neighbor jumping up terrified, Look out the window and no one is around.
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@crossbones27 (49703)
• Mojave, California
10 Sep 18
@andriaperry Its the worse, never move where the front street is so heavy in traffic. Thankfully the neighbors are finally quiet. I also agree, probably get punched in the face if used an air horn but would be fun to scare the crap out of those rude drivers.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
10 Sep 18
I am sure the cops would be quite bewildered if they were called out to your house, only to find out it was a bug that you shot.
"Was it atleast a spider, ma'am?"
"No, I don't know what it was exactly but it was chirping and driving me crazy!"
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
10 Sep 18
@akalinus I have a story tumbling around in my head, but not about this. It's just something that has been flitting in my head the past few days.
I do have a love / hate relationships with the incessant chirpings of insects. It's beautiful but annoying.
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@irishidid (8687)
• United States
12 Sep 18
Sounds like a cicada and there's probably more than one.
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@JudyEv (341742)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Sep 18
We have an owl somewhere nearby and sometimes he hoots nearly all night - or at least it seems that way.
@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
10 Sep 18
I have crickets outside my window also. They can be a nuisance, but I always manage to fall asleep.
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@just4him (317249)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
10 Sep 18
Sounds like a loud cricket. I hope he moves on soon. Nothing usually bothers my sleep unless it's a louder than normal boom of thunder, and then it would only wake me if it was getting close to the time I normally wake up.
@DeepakMasih (635)
• Chandigarh, India
15 Sep 18
Frogs are so active.they are very attentive toward every situation
