Spider time

[Puggit]

You know it's autumn when there's a Giant House Spider stuck in the bath. Fastest spider in the world, don't you know...

[Jasandjules]

The Good news is, there won't be as many flies in the house.......

[Malam]

That's fking grim. I stamped on a spider's head lastnight, creepy lil fker was making a run for me.

[Elskeggso]

Malam said:

That's fking grim. I stamped on a spider's head lastnight, creepy lil fker was making a run for me.

You must have really small feet

[Nurburgsingh]

Had to dispose of one of them last night as well...

HOW do they get up the plug hole though??

[Shabs]

One jumped out of my pillow a few nights ago as I was getting ready for bed... not good man

[Silverbullet767]

Cue the picture of the spider hiding behind the clock, and the one with the soilders holding up an eleventy million leg spider.

[kit80]

Shabs said:

One jumped out of my pillow a few nights ago as I was getting ready for bed... not good man

Thanks for that. Am never sleeping again

[Steamer]

kit80 said:

Shabs said:

One jumped out of my pillow a few nights ago as I was getting ready for bed... not good man

Thanks for that. Am never sleeping again

Its not the ones in your pillow you have to worry about....


....its the ones that set up home in your nose & ears over night that cause the itchy problems!!

I walked through a cobweb in the bathroom this morning! I really must do some house work.

[KB_S1]

Nurburgsingh said:

Had to dispose of one of them last night as well...

HOW do they get up the plug hole though??

They don't come up the plug hole.
They fall into the bath and can't climb out.

If you are a big jessie and feel that fear of spiders is an acceptable state then leave a towel hanging into the bath.
They will use that to climb out and never bother you again.

[Oakey]

KB_S1 said:

Nurburgsingh said:

Had to dispose of one of them last night as well...

HOW do they get up the plug hole though??

They don't come up the plug hole.
They fall into the bath and can't climb out.

If you are a big jessie and feel that fear of spiders is an acceptable state then leave a towel hanging into the bath.
They will use that to climb out and never bother you again.

When I was about 5 I witnessed a spider just like that one in the OP climb out of the overspill part of the bath legs first (like fking Pennywise climbing out of that shower drain in IT) and drop into the bath water. I was in the bath at the time. It took me about a second to leap out of it.

[10 Pence Short]

I can't stand them. I won't be leaving towels in the bath for them to climb out. I like to give them swimming lessons, instead.

Never had the house overrun by flies so I don't think I'm upsetting the equilibrium too much.

[DIW35]

Yep, it's definitely that time of year again. And no, I didn't squash him after I'd taken the photo - spiders are welcome in our house as they help to keep the flies at bay.

[lawrence567]

I picked up a towel this morning for one about the size of a £2 coin to fall out.
Yes i st myself (almost literally, i dont think i moved though cos i was still half asleep).
Then i blinked and it disappeared....

bd!

[JudgeMental]

I once woke up choking and coughed up a black ball of cotton onto my pillow. It then unfurled and crawled off

Edited by JudgeMental on Monday 7th September 12:04

[voyds9]

They seem to be bigger this year.

We are over run at the moment. Finding 3-4 large ones downstairs every day for last 2 weeks. I have a real phobia about them. Takes me a long time to trap and move them.

[wiffmaster]

Funny this thread should come up today, as my Mum had a massive garden spider land on her whilst walking the dog this morning and it bit her on the neck. Now I know they're ugly little feckers, but I didn't know they were predisposed to violence as well!

Edited by wiffmaster on Monday 7th September 11:22

[GestapoWatch]

I used to get an absolute barracking for my irrational fear of flying from my mate until I kindly pointed out that he was scared of something many many times smaller than himself. Surely that's more irrational?

I quite like spiders personally and am forever rescuing them from the perils presented by sinks/towels etc.

Also a re-assuring statistic is that there has not been a recorded fatality caused by a spider since the 70's IN THE WHOLE WORLD!!

Edited by GestapoWatch on Monday 7th September 11:25

[squirrel2007]

JudgeMental said:

I once woke up choking and coughed up a ball of black ball of cotton onto my pillow. It then unfurled and crawled off

That's just horrific! I once drank a daddy long legs that had fallen into my cup of tea but one of those big fat hairy ones?!!!

[OnTheOverrun]

voyds9 said:

We are over run at the moment. Finding 3-4 large ones downstairs every day for last 2 weeks.

And,

voyds9 said:

Takes me a long time to trap and move them.

These two sentences are related. It is the same spiders each time.

They have you labeled as a soft touch.

HTH