Jeff wrote:
>>> He authored The Hephaestus Plague
>>> (which became the last film William Castle worked on, Bug)
I repsonded:
>> Good lord, isn't that the one about
>> fire-farting killer cockroaches?
Barry corrects me:
> Not fire-farting. They made fire by rubbing their
> back legs together really fast.
In the context of the story you're right, of course, but
shouldn't that only make sparks (or more realistically,
a loud noise like crickets) without gas or something
else to actually burn? Oh well.
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