Lesley Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 yeah! and we believe you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 Seriously - I did. I was 17, and working away from home, as a nanny. The parents were away for a long weekend, I was watching Eastenders, and this humungous thing appeared from a pile of logs. After phoning various people, I phoned the hubbie of a friend, who came round and got it - he was a fireman, he was on duty, and they came around in the fire engine, sirens blaring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 - were you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Shona! That is spider removal with style ! Andrew, I have the same fear about the spiders crawling out when I empty the hoover ! I stuff kitchen paper in the hose to stop them from escaping too ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 I only married (& Paul) because he gets rid of spiders and can undo the top on the gin bottle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnieP Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Yep: No doubt he used to mow the lawn too... but the chickens have rendered that little service unnecessary..... see, men, who needs em? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 I need (& Paul) (to nag ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Okay I like spiders they eat flies I am also fairly fond of mice to be honest And rats (domestic not wild) And pretty much - well evrything really Confession over thank you for listening Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 I don't mind mice, will happily murder rats but am terrified of spiders I usually ring Phil if Biscuit won't eat it. He comes rushing down to catch it gently in his hands (can you imagine it tickling ) and talks to it as he puts it outside. I am shouting at him to squash it! Heights and spiders are my phobia, not scared of anything else really, recently watched them putting some stitches in me and wasn't the slightest bit phased. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnieP Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Heights and spiders are my phobia. hmm... an attic room with spiders in then Clare? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted December 12, 2006 Author Share Posted December 12, 2006 Isn't it bad luck to kill spiders?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 No - it's cheaper to use the vacuum I love my Dyson because I can leave it turned on and watch until all the legs have dropped off What was this thread about? - edit: mice! we're not too far off topic then - for a change! I have to deal with spiders in our house OH really hates them. He has got a little better in dealing with them in front of the children The biggest I have shoved outside was to big to fit its legs under a pint glass I caught a toe or two on the rim Another reason to get a cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Eugh!!! Ghastly! My mother gets spiders that big too! My brother (who freezes at the sight of them) tells me that the large spiders are a southern thing and they don't live in Scotland. Is that true??? I had a new experience today - I guess it'll teach me not to multi-task! I was on the phone to my mother - always lengthy - and decided to empty the poop tray and nesting box before it got dark. I put on my gloves and shoved the phone between my shoulder and ear. As I bent down it shifted a bit and felt unstable so, thinking I hadn't touched anything yet, I moved it back into position with my gloved hand, carefully! Oh, dear! What a pong! and when I looked down I could see bits of aubiose clinging to my newly-washed hair. I know, I should have put my hair up as well! I have now rinsed the offended section and the smell is now only faint. I think it's a first for me though - chicken poo in my hair! Yuk, yuk, yuk! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 My brother (who freezes at the sight of them) tells me that the large spiders are a southern thing and they don't live in Scotland. Is that true??? Didn't Robert the Bruce have a spider in Scotland? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 We have big uns up here too The spider thing was when he was about to give up in battle he hid in a cave and watched a spider trying to make his web - it never gave up nor did he Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 I'd have sucked it up the hoover ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 And history would have changed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 And my brother will be terribly disappointed! One day he will move to Scotland I am sure, but the lack of great big, muscley, hairy spiders has always seemed a huge bonus to him. DD2 and I would like to spend the summer in Scotland because it doesn't usually get as hot as it does down in the south - and we don't like it hot! Not another myth, surely? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 You get some gloriously sunny days in Scotland Unfortunately you cant see the sun for the midges I AM joking before any of you lot up there in Scotland come running over Hadrians wall painted with woad and showing us what's under your kilts......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Now look what you have done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Man Banned Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 oooh yum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 oooh yum Mmmm, yum, yum, yum ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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