Time: late, lazy Sunday morning, typhoon passed to the north, no local damage
Venue: a kitchen at Garden Plaza Apartments, Saigon South.
Residents: One American, one Vietnamese, one gecko (of undetermined nationality).
Status: Lizard living under my toaster, or, toaster providing shelter for my lizard (not sure which is more PC).
Your advice is solicited regarding the removal/relocation of one gecko to an exterior locality. It probably entered the apartment when the balcony door was open one evening. After surveying the interior, he chose to establish himself in the kitchen, most of time under the toaster, though sometimes seen scurrying between the toaster and alternate accommodation under the rice cooker. I have no idea what he eats. Surely toaster crumbs could not provide sufficient nourishment and there is no source of insect life within the apartment.
Problem: I very much doubt that my hand-eye coordination is keen enough to allow me to catch the creature as it scurries, and I am not really interested in having a wriggling lizard in my grasp.
On the balcony just now, hearing my Korean neighbor’s screaming infant, I thought to ask them to bring the child to my place. Five minutes of that wailing would drive any amount of lizards away from the apartment. But I don’t speak Korean.
Why am I posting this? Because, as is well known, gay men are more intelligent than the general population. We are skilled at language learning (can easily switch to Pidgin to say “How much short time?” or “Can do everything?”) and we are adept at mathematics (can, without a calculator, mentally add up the cost of drinks, off-fee, ST or LT tip). So very possibly, one of you could provide a solution to this squatting lizard dilemma.
All suggestions would be most welcome (except those resulting in mortal injury to the creature).
Suggestions related to my mental state would not be appropriate.
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