I suspect she meant cockroaches in nuclear fallout (confuing holocaust with Hiroshima, maybe).
Technically the Hiroshima bombing was a holocaust, but when you say holocaust people assume you're talking about the attempted genocide of the Jews.
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Bob Todd whee,
Sun 31 Jan 2010, 21:50,
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I wonder if any cockroaches survived auschwitz
it could still be an appropriate analogy
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gronkpan @vomitinglarry.bsky.social,
Sun 31 Jan 2010, 21:53,
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