Question of the Day!

There are many solutions to the problem, and dependent upon the person or persons one wants to evict. For example, when our neighbor comes over while I'm sitting outside, I simply get out the insect repellent and before I can even put it on, he's gone. He claims he cannot stand the smell, but I think it works because he's beginning to bug me, and it is, after all, bug-repellent.

For other intruders guests, simply eating some raw meat will have them hastily exiting the premises. This was the case many years back when a pesty neighbor decided to once again invite herself over for dinner. I was cooking steaks on the grill and had just seared both sides when she arrived. I quickly retrieved a plate, put one steak on it and cut a bite out, and popped it in my mouth. "Yep, these are done. Let's eat!" I informed her as blood from the very rare meat trickled down the side of my mouth.

In other cases, simply cooking something they cannot even stand the smell of will get them to exit. I have also employed my canine companion to help drive out the unwanted by letting her eat off a dinner plate. In a few cases, a die-hard will still stay for dinner, but if I put the unwashed plate back in the cupboard, they usually think of a reason to leave.

In yet another case, a person I shall not name decided to stay the night without invitation, despite the fact that I had tried numerous ways to get them to leave. I informed this individual that I needed to pick up a few things for dinner. Of course, they happily decided to ride along. Once in the store and at the check-out, I feigned forgetting an item and asked them to retrieve it. I then told the cashier that the other person was paying and I left. No, not the store, I left and returned home. Shortly after, the person called, and I simply said, "I'm sorry, I forgot you were along." I did return to get the person, but only after I made sure they waited a good long time, had called numerous times, even though I didn't answer. Once I did pick them up, they were peeved and didn't talk to me all the way home. Once the car stopped moving, they instantly got out, slammed the door, and left.

I will share a tip for getting rid of the unwanted; simply ask in conversation what things they despise the most and then incorporate these tactics into ridding yourself of the pest.