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  1. #1
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    Look what Jobob did!

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    She threw wet TP on my ceiling! Just kidding!

    Actually, any exterminators/builders/entomologists/pestologists/critterologists on the forum? Dr Fish/Bee?

    I just found this thing adorning the bathroom ceiling in the house we just moved into (house is less than 4 years old). I can't get someone here with a tall enough ladder until Sunday so in the meantime I'm fretting about all the things it could be. The picture isn't good but the "The Thing" is bright white against an off-white painted wall. It's about 3-4 inches wide. There was some discussion whether the previous owner's grandkids threw wet TP up there but it doesn't look right. A nest of some kind?

    Feel free to make up stories to entertain me while I imagine the worst. Also, just discovered that a pair of flickers is enjoying my attic but I'm less worried about them than The Thing.

    Frends know gud humors when dey is hear it. ~ Da Crockydiles of ZZE.

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    hmmmm...is it bigger than a breadbox?

    has it been there since you moved in or did it just appear overnight?
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    It's 3-4 inches wide. Have no idea how long it has been there. We (actually only me right now) have only been living in the house since Nov 3rd. I saw it a week ago but really nothing to do over Thanksgiving. 4 other people looked at it yesterday with no guesses other than TP or a nest of some kind. One of the guys is coming back on Sunday with an extension ladder.
    Frends know gud humors when dey is hear it. ~ Da Crockydiles of ZZE.

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    Can you poke it with a stick?

    What's above there? the attic? Can you go into the attic if that's what's above?
    "Being retired from Biking...isn't that kinda like being retired from recess?" Stephen Colbert asked of Lance Armstrong

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    How wierd is that!!

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    No attic there and nothing long enough to reach it unless I haul a ladder up the stairs. I'm saving my strength for hauling boxes up the stairs.

    I had the garage looking so good and now it's exploded again. The remaining contents of our California house arrived last night. What a mess.
    Frends know gud humors when dey is hear it. ~ Da Crockydiles of ZZE.

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    I think that it is a wad of KSH's snot.
    "Being retired from Biking...isn't that kinda like being retired from recess?" Stephen Colbert asked of Lance Armstrong

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    It's a nest of Bend Bugs... They come out when people from California move there....
    But only Californians.. They like they way they taste...

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    Quote Originally Posted by silver View Post
    Can you poke it with a stick?
    Now, how many stories that started with this question have ended well?

    I'm thinking, stick with the Jo-Bob story!
    "The best rides are the ones where you bite off much more than you can chew, and live through it." ~ Doug Bradbury

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    "Being retired from Biking...isn't that kinda like being retired from recess?" Stephen Colbert asked of Lance Armstrong

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    That's the strangest thing I've seen in a long time. Have you consulted an exterminator?

    Bright white? Where does that occur in nature except spider egg nests? But it seems way too big.
    Sarah

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    To quote Zencentury, it's THE BLOB
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    In all seriousness....

    I'm betting someone put some sealant somewhere and it came out through a hole. It really looks like some sort of man made extrusion to me...

    Of course, it could be extra-terrestrial
    Most days in life don't stand out, But life's about those days that will...

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    Quote Originally Posted by silver View Post
    I think that it is a wad of KSH's snot.
    My snot DOES get around... but unfortunately, it's also very runny... nor that solid.

    "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather, to skid in broadside thoroughly used-up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming: WOW WHAT A RIDE!!!!"

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    It looks like spray insulation to me. But how creative it that??

    I'm going with merangue from one of Raleighdon's pies (and yes, Mimi, I know I spelled that wrong I'm just too lazy to spell check!)
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