There is a large spider on your desk.

hairyprincess

I hoover up spideys :cool:

Though there is one on my hallway ceiling for the last week or so and he hasn't moved, could he be dead?

Teyla Emmagan

Larianne wrote: »

The bigger it is, the easier it is to pick up and put outside. Or smush it with your shoe or whatever. The annoying ones are the little bastards who are too quick and you dunno if they've gone up your sleeve or into your ear or wherever else!?! :cool:

I don't mind spiders so if I can't catch them I let them be. Little did I know... I've a large double bed but only use two of the four pillows on it. I hadn't moved one of the pillows that was leaning against the wall for a few days. Changing the bed clothes, I move the pillow and the bastard spider had made a little nest and about 40 mini spiders were all over the pillow. :mad:

The bigger they are the more likely they are to run at you, causing you to fling yourself off balconies, or wardrobes, in an attempt to evade it. And that could be lethal. Thus, even Irish spiders can easily kill you.

I don't mind the little ones, it's the ones that are faster than me that give me the heebie jeebies.

rain on

I'd do the first three options in the poll, all at the same time, very quickly and loudly and with swearing.

This thread makes me feel like something is crawling on me.

KamiKazeKitten

I don't do any of them!

Catch it in something and let spidey loose outside the house, I hate killing them.

This thread makes me sad. :P

IvySlayer

KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!

yore

rain on wrote: »

This thread makes me feel like something is crawling on me.

Crab infestation possibly ??????.........

yore

You forgot the option

"Buy it a pram"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AB7IDw3PNI

lau1247

I can't stand bugs/insects in my room.. Just the thought of it could be anywhere doesn't sit well with me if I don't kill them as I see them.. As someone had said, they could breed etc :eek:


Electric Zapper is a godsend and is the only tool i need

rain on

yore wrote: »

Crab infestation possibly ??????.........

Definitely this thread.

Nothingbetter2d

i'd scoop it up into a jar then take it outside and release it

kumate_champ07

put it in the microwave for 30seconds at low power, make it angry, get it to bite me and then go home to bed and hopefully wake up with amazing superpowers

Jen Pigs Fly

I play with them and take pictures of them next to objects just to prove how big they are!

I love spiders!

westendgirlie

Ah leave the spiders alone they have many uses around the house.

1. They kill the flies.

2. Their webs have miracle powers. When I was 5 I cut myself badly and my mum used the web stem the blood and seal the cut. It worked, no scar.

3. If you catch one. Put it in a matchbox and go to bingo. Guaranteed to win.

omgitsthelazor

shopaholic01 wrote: »

Pretty sure that will kill them, might just be a slower death. Poor spideys

I'm told it doesn't that they can climb out again. And I'll continue believing that to save my conscience. o_o

omgitsthelazor

xxxJennyxxx wrote: »

I play with them and take pictures of them next to objects just to prove how big they are!

I love spiders!

ty Jenny, no sleep for me tonight.

Jen Pigs Fly

omgitsthelazor wrote: »

ty Jenny, no sleep for me tonight.

Tis only a spider, imagine the amount of flies in the house if it weren't for them to catch them

omgitsthelazor

xxxJennyxxx wrote: »

Tis only a spider, imagine the amount of flies in the house if it weren't for them to catch them

But I can live with flies! Your reasoning to me is the equivalent of releasing a bear around your house to take care of mice.

Jen Pigs Fly

omgitsthelazor wrote: »

But I can live with flies! Your reasoning to me is the equivalent of releasing a bear around your house to take care of mice.

Ah not really, they're only tiny spiders sure, that one was extra big!
A bear would do bodily damage to a human, what can a spider do?

lau1247

xxxJennyxxx wrote: »

Tis only a spider, imagine the amount of flies in the house if it weren't for them to catch them

how dirty is the house to have more than one fly at any one time??

i don't let flies in the house either.. zap zap zap..

omgitsthelazor

xxxJennyxxx wrote: »

Ah not really, they're only tiny spiders sure, that one was extra big!
A bear would do bodily damage to a human, what can a spider do?

mental harm through terror! :eek:

omgitsthelazor

lau1247 wrote: »

how dirty is the house to have more than one fly at any one time??

i don't let flies in the house either.. zap zap zap..

I think I equal parts admiration and horror at your insect genocide. Have a holster for your zappers?

annieboo

Long-time lurker but had to sign up for this one.

Many years ago my bf (hubby now) was on the phone while I spotted a ginormous spider on my bed. White duvet and curtains so this guy stood out. One of those long-legged freaks that appeared around Dublin a few years ago.

Well I screamed and legged it out the door while trying to track him. BF asks will I come over and get him (he was 5 min by cab/20 min walk) so of course I say yes please. He was shocked and said I was only being flippant.

Cue devastated me fleeing to the couch for the night praying a spider epidemic has not followed me. 6 years later he still slags me.

Now this was not my first run-in with the 8 legged monsters - as a kid I came back from summer camp after a week to my bunk bed being covered with spiders. 2 weeks later I threw on a pair of jeans from the washing line and next time that I sat on the toilet I had 2 of them on my leg.

What can I say - they hate me.

I've gotten better though - we had a regular spider living in our last place that I left alone and I can just about touch spiderwebs now.

Jen Pigs Fly

lau1247 wrote: »

how dirty is the house to have more than one fly at any one time??

i don't let flies in the house either.. zap zap zap..

I don't just mean in the house, sheds, stables, barns, etc they're great for fly control.

Out Of The Night

Eeeeeeeekkkkkkkkkkk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I once spent a night on my friends couch because there was a massive spider the bedroom and she couldn't find it. God I hate them.

dave3004

Living in Oz so I just .......Run......Run quite fast !