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I would wonder if there were more.

This happens alot considering in Florida I have a theory about roaches and It's proven true. If you have an extremely clean house the roaches move in but if it's a mess...well there will be less. Anyways I either capture it and throw it outside OR step on it. Depends if i'm in a good mood or bad mood.

If you see a cockroach in your house, then that means you are screwed. Cockroaches only come out of hiding if they cannot find any food, and if you find them in your fridge, then that is even worse. You pretty much have to get out of that house for a month or two to let the exterminators get rid of the infestation.

I would kill it. With a shoe most likely. Or maybe a flamethrower, whichever is on hand.

There are already cockroaches in my house... I get a napkin and smash it.

I'd panic. I hate bugs. Even flies. I'm not afraid of mosquitoes though, for some reason, but pretty much every other bug out there. I've never seen a cockroach in real life before, though. They're fast (for a bug) and good at climbing, right?

I'd probably put on gloves (SRSLY, they're yucky), try to trick or push it into an empty Pringles tube (I've got a lot of 'em), put the lid on, and then go throw the tube into a dumpster outside.

i would probubly keep it and then it would probubly die :C

I usually take one of the following courses of action.

1) Kill it with a convenient stomp or a can of something.
2) Ignore it completely. (usually when I'm too busy online)
3) Panic.

wow some of you guys have ansewers are like i asked the insectonator
or you wouldnt even care

i sure as heck would cuz i dont like bugs and my little brother leaves junk all over the place (wrappers food trash,etc) and thats why i saw a huge friking bug in my dining room

Burn it with fire.

The problem with one cockroach is that where there is one there are many. As rapidly reproducing vectors of disease they're best eliminated.

So when I see one I usually dispatch it instantly with a ninja punch. Then I have to wash my hands.

well call a exterminator because if you do find a ****roach in your house it mean there's millions of ****roaches in your house and if you squash it the goo become ****roach eggs and makes more ****roaches so just call a exterminator

I would step on it and then throw it outside the house. I am not scared of roaches and I never saw one around my house. But in my old house, I used to see them frequently so the exterminator was required once a month :P

I would step on it if it was on the floor or slam it with a book if on a table. When it's dead then get a tissue and politely escort it to the garbage.

try to trick or push it into an empty Pringles tube (I've got a lot of 'em)