The only good spider is a dead spider (no spidery pics please!)

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Time: Few days ago
Location: On my spare room door
Method of disposal: vacuum hose

Time: Last Wednesday
Location: Tangled in my kitchen mop
Method of disposal: Mop was used to unblock toilet - as a consequence, death by drowning

Time: About half an hour ago
Location: Dropping from my living room ceiling, temporarily hiding behind my settee, then spotted by the waste paper bin
Method of disposal: Squashed by said bin, then after trying to make a run for it on crippled legs, finished off by my awaiting vacuum

The crusade continues.
 
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I heartily approve of this thread.


Carry on.

I have a feeling you won't be the only one.

I am armed with a vacuum cleaner, a bin, a mop (bought new today) and other weaponry.

I shall fight the good fight.
 
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Fear not.

spiderkillerpeaches is here.

ETA: Anyone else? Just fill out the Time/Location/Method of Disposal form and pin it to this thread.
 

Adam

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Fear not.

spiderkillerpeaches is here.

ETA: Anyone else? Just fill out the Time/Location/Method of Disposal form and pin it to this thread.

You went up another rung in my estimations. That's... 2 whole rungs! :D
 

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I let my cat kill my spiders. She's a cold-blooded killer. :D
 

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My dog just watches them go past. Srsly.
 

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I'm right there with you. Had a brown recluse bite my foot once. Had a knot the size of a golf ball on it and almost lost some toes.

creepy crawlie things must die.
 

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When I lived in an apartment building in Manhattan, the rats would eat the spiders.
 
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Arach-NO!-phobics Unite!

Hmm...maybe not.

'Phobes unite! Take back the night!

Uh...wait...

"What do we want?" - "A world free of creatures with four times as many legs as us!" - "When do we want it?" - "NAO!"

Not snappy enough.

*strokes chinbeard*
 

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I'm forming PETS, People for the Ethical Treatment of Spiders.

Spiders are good for us. They deal with all sorts of pests. And most are quite beautiful.

Poor spiders. :(
 
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Pfft to the appeasers.

I'll get all ethical up in them spiders' faces with my vacuum hose.

They don't pay rent, they got no right to be here. Eviction with a kitchen mop, yo!
 

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I just killed a really big creepy looking spider today. My favorite method is hitting them with my horse crop. It has almost turned into a game when I'm in the barn.
 

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The last one I killed was in my kitchen. It just appeared out of nowhere and I had to hold in the scream (because it was 2:00 a.m. and everyone else was asleep) while I squished it with a huge handful of paper towels. Then I had to check and make sure its ruined body was in the paper towels before tossing them in the trash and running to the sink to wash my hands. I was quietly freaking out for about an hour after that one. When other people are awake, I just shriek and point. They know the drill.
 

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I got one with a rubber mallet once. My sister got all offended because she was trying to be a Buddhist at the time. So I flicked it at her and she squealed like a little girl.
 

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I'm forming PETS, People for the Ethical Treatment of Spiders.

Spiders are good for us. They deal with all sorts of pests. And most are quite beautiful.

Poor spiders. :(
I'm with you.
You never see roaches building intricate webs...

I had a LARGE house spider sharing my apartment in Florida.
And nary a roach, ever.
Which is unheard of in the South.

For those of you who are superstitious, it is bad luck to kill a spider.
Finding a spider in your house means you will receive a letter.

Turn your murderous impulses toward roaches instead, OK?
 
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I have a grudging respect for the fighters.

The mangled ones, in a wad of tissue paper, desperately trying to crawl out of the toilet bowl on their remaining two, crushed, legs. Like something out of the original version of The Fly, crying "Help me! Help me!" in a faint whisper, an arachnidian plea.

I often stare down at them and say, "Well done, Incy-Wincy. You are distinguished amongst your kind. Your strength and honour has bought you...

A QUICK DEATH BY FLUSHING! BWAHAHAHAHA!"

And then I go have a cuppa and think about what I've done, and laugh.