Sounds crazy i know but i have a serious damp problem in my bathroom (Im avoiding my landlord at the mo as i owe a considerable amount to them so i dont want to be making demads on the standard of my bathroom as i am just glad i can get a bath of a morning and not have to wash in a sink in some public toilet) Hes been there for ages, iv named him Royston. But i think its time he found himseolf a new home. Iv tried everything to get him out. Hes too fast to try pull him out, iv put a glass of beer on the side of the bath thinking worms might be like snails and not be able to resist a glass of beer. Iv sprinkled salt on him thinking he might dissolve like slugs. And iv coated the wall with bleach but he seems determined to stay. Anyone got any other ideas???
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If he wont be coaxed out, block him in with polyfilla 
I'd leave him be.. and tell your landlord you're witholding rent because of an infestation
*starts campaign*
"SAVE ROYSTON! "
"WORMS HAVE RIGHTS TOO!"
"SAVE THE BATHROOM 1"
"SAVE ROYSTON! "
"WORMS HAVE RIGHTS TOO!"
"SAVE THE BATHROOM 1"
Just do 'The Worm' on your bathroom floor. Its a mating dance for the worms you know 
THREAD OF THE YEAR - c'mon !!!!
Save the Royston - whoop!!!
Save the Royston - whoop!!!
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*starts campaign* "SAVE ROYSTON! " "WORMS HAVE RIGHTS TOO!" "SAVE THE BATHROOM 1"
I would prefer not to kill him. Over christmas there was a mummy giant spotted slug and a baby giant spotted slug in there that i picked up (using a piece of paper) and threw out. Unfortunately they landed in a huge pile of snow and froze to death which i discovered a few days later when the snaw melted a bit and i felt awful about it. I just want to enjoy a bath without a worm sticking its head/bum (do worms have heads?) out my wall to say hello.
you'll have to put a curtain over the hole he lives in, that way when you do your ablutions, he won't watch you unless of course it's a pervy worm
HIYA PENGY!!! 
I had never thought of that!
Dirty worm!
I had never thought of that!Dirty worm!
wtf is it living on?
do you have soil in your walls?
You are certain its an earthworm?
do you have soil in your walls?
You are certain its an earthworm?
Positive
I dont have a clue what it lives off when i first saw it i just assumed it would die and id never see it again but hes still going strong???
Maybe worms eat damp plaster?
I dont have a clue what it lives off when i first saw it i just assumed it would die and id never see it again but hes still going strong???
Maybe worms eat damp plaster?
have you seen any plaster worm pile things?
we used to get the odd one in a specimen tube in the lab... where someone had gone to the loo.. turned and looked in the loo... seen the earthworm and assumed it had come from them... scooped it up and taken it to the GP.
GP would send it to us (yeah.. I know this is sounding more & more bizarre.. but its true honest!).... where we would confirm it was an earthworm.. and that it must have climbed up into the toilet... as opposed to having been deposited into the bowl.
So I know they can go walkabout!
we used to get the odd one in a specimen tube in the lab... where someone had gone to the loo.. turned and looked in the loo... seen the earthworm and assumed it had come from them... scooped it up and taken it to the GP.
GP would send it to us (yeah.. I know this is sounding more & more bizarre.. but its true honest!).... where we would confirm it was an earthworm.. and that it must have climbed up into the toilet... as opposed to having been deposited into the bowl.
So I know they can go walkabout!
Yea theres a tile thats came off where you can see his tunnels!
Oh my good god! If doctors took it seriously does that mean you can shat earth worm looking type things?
Oh my good god! If doctors took it seriously does that mean you can shat earth worm looking type things?
not earthworms..
there are other types of worms such as tapeworms so they send them to the lab for identification (dunno why... my boss just took the one I saw out of the tube with her pencil and said "garden worm" and plonked it back in again)...
but I am fairly sure tapeworms look different to earthworms...
anyway.. moral of the story is... check the pan before you sit down!
there are other types of worms such as tapeworms so they send them to the lab for identification (dunno why... my boss just took the one I saw out of the tube with her pencil and said "garden worm" and plonked it back in again)...
but I am fairly sure tapeworms look different to earthworms...
anyway.. moral of the story is... check the pan before you sit down!
Tape worms are HUGE thin white things that hang out your bum. Royston is for sure not a tape worm.
I always look! i flush the woodlice down there and sometimes they like to float back up. (Me thinks after this thread no one on here will ever want to visit me )
you should charge entry into your bathroom...
you could market it as a mini beast zoo!
you could market it as a mini beast zoo!
Theres a new suprise for me every morning
was it you that had silverfish in their bathroom... last year some time?
Yea 
that was a funny thread
Thankfully i think all the woodlice must of eaten them as i haven't seen any in ages and ages
that was a funny thread Thankfully i think all the woodlice must of eaten them as i haven't seen any in ages and ages
so recorded sightings of silverfish, a colony of woodlice, a breeding spotted slug (deceased) & the star attraction.. Royston the performing earthworm!
I have an image of Kew Gardens now!
Theres also a little bright red bug. Not a clue what the hell that is. And some seriously big centipedes
The flat my hubby used to live in in London had an even worse bathroom... his dad owns it (his brothers still live there)... and there had been repeated leaks from the flat above.
It was grim when I used to go up there before we were married... but its got to levels of bizarre now... there is a hole in the ceiling above the bath and you can see up into upstairs's living room.... you can see peoples feet when they are sitting on the sofa.
I can't believe my brothers in law actually use the bath... there is no way I would sit there shaving my legs whilst the family above were in plain view watching Goldenballs!
They are finally getting it sorted... after a legal wrangle with the owner of the upstairs flat.
It was grim when I used to go up there before we were married... but its got to levels of bizarre now... there is a hole in the ceiling above the bath and you can see up into upstairs's living room.... you can see peoples feet when they are sitting on the sofa.
I can't believe my brothers in law actually use the bath... there is no way I would sit there shaving my legs whilst the family above were in plain view watching Goldenballs!
They are finally getting it sorted... after a legal wrangle with the owner of the upstairs flat.
Ha ha thats how my bathroom problem started. My brothers water tank in the flat above mine leaked and caused a damp patch in the corner. 2 years later its a insect zoo
*shudders* yeuw! bet you don't close your eyes n relax in the bath then!
red alert at all times!
I count myself lucky that as of yet nothing has decided to join me in the bath. I would jump out my skin!
this thread has reminded me of
ooooh!
now if Royston looked like him, then I'd be wanting to get meself a bathroom worm!
now if Royston looked like him, then I'd be wanting to get meself a bathroom worm!
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*starts campaign* "SAVE ROYSTON! " "WORMS HAVE RIGHTS TOO!" "SAVE THE BATHROOM 1"
Lol, if someone puts this on petitionsite.com I'll sign Reference:
Lol, if someone puts this on petitionsite.com I'll sign
the newest thing is to start a facebook page for the worm 
hahaha!
go on then
go on then
Reference: Dirty Girl
there is no way I would sit there shaving my legs whilst the family above were in plain view watching Goldenballs!
I am seeing you in a whole new light!
I said there was NO WAY I would...
it was bad enough having to go in there to use the loo.... I used to construct a barrier by balancing a clothes horse on the side of the bath....
no wonder hubby was eager to come up to essex and move in with me.... all mod cons here... no neighbour peep holes in the bathroom!
it was bad enough having to go in there to use the loo.... I used to construct a barrier by balancing a clothes horse on the side of the bath....
no wonder hubby was eager to come up to essex and move in with me.... all mod cons here... no neighbour peep holes in the bathroom!
Oh, you meant Goldenballs, the programme?
yes... however if I did have balls.. they would be golden!
but I don't!
Forgive my imaginings.
whatever turns you on! 
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Iv tried everything to get him out. Hes too fast to try pull him out
You need to go to bed at a reasonable time and then get up at 6am. Afterall, the early bird catches the worm, as they say.