Like Rats in a Trap

Oh, how I love the online confessional. Secrets, embarrassing moments, and just general goofiness are meant to be shared among you and me and the itty, bitty internet. Well, y'all I am here to tell you that I am hooked on a show about a man who chases rats, bats, and roaches. In Louisiana.

Billy the Exterminator on A&E invaded my home innocently enough. Somehow JBB saw this show and apparently six year old boys really love to watch people squash bugs and trap snakes. Hmmm...makes sense, right?

Here's Billy.

Billy Bretherton is a former Army sergeant who is also an entomologist (trivia: I wanted to be an entomologist in 5th grade...whatever). He runs Vexcon, a novel pest control company in Louisiana. They handle any type of "pest" and relocate the animals that they remove. It's a family business and of course, the family is zany and so is Billy. Even the New York Times is charmed by Billy.

The only negative thing to this whole Billy obsession situation is that JBB thinks we have bugs all over our house and that we are in desperate need of Vexcon's services. Last week he mistook the rinse cycle on the washing machine for the swishing of a snake's tail. Any spider-like creature is immediately identified as a brown recluse. JBB visited Mommy and Daddy Lipstick last week and he informed them that they have a full-blown brown recluse infestation. I think he found a cob-web behind the couch.

Regarding this show...exercise caution. The biggest danger to Billy the Exterminator is not getting grossed out by the critters, it is getting addicted to this show and then having to admit it to yourself, or worse yet, having to admit it to other people...unless, of course, you tell everybody everything on the internet. Then just have fun.