The cockroach minus its hind claws made my day. God, how I'd like to do that to all of them, if just to watch them frustrate the shit out of themselves. ;-)

I'm guessing bobdole belonged to Bob Dole himself? Seeing as he loved to talk about himself in the third person so much...

This story was featured in a sermon at a Unitarian church in Baltimore titled "The F Word: Failure" - it was one of the best sermons I've ever heard and was also the only time I've ever heard a minister use the word "shit" in church (referring to pigeon shit in the receiver - very funny story). ;-)