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Do You Save The Spider?

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Originally posted by: Cougar
Originally posted by: Isla
When you go to draw up a nice warm bath, do you save the tiny little spider that is hanging out near the drain first?

I do.


<---off to find some bubble bath
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If it's by the drain then he gets a swift ride down it, otherwise I don't really touch spiders.

Now these beasts I go out of my way to kill. They're nasty. I found one once in my bath towel and I nearly wet myself. I was getting ready to take a shower and I picked up my towel and it slipped and fell to the floor. I thought I saw something black hit the ground right before the towel so I figured it was a button or piece of paper or something so I investigated. I lifted the towel and out shot this beast. I jumped back and screamed like a little girl and then proceeded to find some way to tame the beast. The closest weapon I had was my shoe so I squished its brains out.

These beasts are evil. They have no place in my house. I will kill them all.
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I HATE those things!!!! I seen one on a wall once as I was walking out of the bathroom, and I thought "gee, that crack in the wall looks just like a bug!" Then I went "WAIT! There's no cracks in my walls!!!" The worst part was, when I went to grab it in some tp to fluch it, I missed, and it fell to the floor from a height of about 5' and it's body and legs just exploded... It was horrible, little body parts and legs spread around a in a circle about 8" in diameter, and every part was wiggling around, even the legs. It was pretty sick. :Q
 
Originally posted by: Cougar

They are the bane of my existence. I kill them with a vengeance. If they were to stay outside we'd get along fine, but they invade my house the minute the climate warms up and I make it my mission to eradicate each and every one that crosses my path.
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Yup. We affectionately call them "furry fvckers" here. I hate them and they must die.


Curiously, I know that centipedes are actually a beneficial creepy crawly and that in some areas people actually intentionally bring them inside to kill other pests like cockroaches and spiders. I don't care though. They creep me out.
 
Originally posted by: kgraeme
Originally posted by: Cougar

They are the bane of my existence. I kill them with a vengeance. If they were to stay outside we'd get along fine, but they invade my house the minute the climate warms up and I make it my mission to eradicate each and every one that crosses my path.
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Yup. We affectionately call them "furry fvckers" here. I hate them and they must die.


Curiously, I know that centipedes are actually a beneficial creepy crawly and that in some areas people actually intentionally bring them inside to kill other pests like cockroaches and spiders. I don't care though. They creep me out.
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LOL 🙂 Now that is funny to me! A military combat instructor frightened by bugs 😛 What would your military pals say if they knew?
 
Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER

LOL 🙂 Now that is funny to me! A military combat instructor frightened by bugs 😛 What would your military pals say if they knew?
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Bah! Lots of things scare me. Killing them usually does the trick though. 😉


Edit: BTW, I'm not a combat instructor anymore. I'm virtually a pacifist these days. If it weren't for these furry critters...
 
Bah! Lots of things scare me. Killing them usually does the trick though.
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That made me think of the Eiger Sanction when Clint takes out the big bodygaurd and says "I don't like you 'cause you scare me, and I don't like to be scared! So if you ever come near me again I'm going to kill you! Understand?" 😎
 
I have this video we took in Lake Wales at this camp. The camp is set out in the middle of the woods and we caught like 4 Hoooooge wolf spiders and stuck them in this coffee can. Then my friends proceeded to let them crawl all over themselves. It's sooooooooo nasty, they are like pregnant ones too.
 
i like to give them little pieces of cheese, they dont bite me cause im nice to them..... and i give them caffeine free diet vanilla coke. cause that sh7t can whoop up on bruce lee like nothing else can........
 
If I'm in the mood, I'll toss it outside.

If I'm already undressed, and then notice it as I am starting a shower, I'll just let it go down the drain.

Probably about 50/50.
 
Yes, Isla, I take them out. I have a special spider jar I keep handy. I also sweep ants out with a piece of toilet paper. The six inch centapedes in Hawaii were never a problem. With tatami mats on the floor you can hear then comming a mile away. Who can have any respect for the value of their own life if the lives of everything else doesn't matter at all. The mending of a broken heart is signaled, I think, by a non specific love for everything. It's very fashionable not to care, or to pretend not to. It's also empty of heart value and a sense of the meaning of life.
 
Originally posted by: Moonbeam
Yes, Isla, I take them out. I have a special spider jar I keep handy. I also sweep ants out with a piece of toilet paper. The six inch centapedes in Hawaii were never a problem. With tatami mats on the floor you can hear then comming a mile away. Who can have any respect for the value of their own life if the lives of everything else doesn't matter at all. The mending of a broken heart is signaled, I think, by a non specific love for everything. It's very fashionable not to care, or to pretend not to. It's also empty of heart value and a sense of the meaning of life.
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Ummm, dude...what are you on? These are bugs we're talking about here, not bambi or cute puppies. Bugs, specifically centipedes, have no place in my house. If they want to take up residence in my place they better be sure to find a dark corner and never cross my path. Otherwise I'll usher them into the great beyond.

They're evil. Evil in its purest form. Evil so great that they are invulnerable to all things holy. They serve the dark master for they are icky and creepy. Oh yes, I shall bring forth my vengeance and purge my house from the devil's minions.

Beware spawn of satan for cougar is coming.
 
That's wonderful Cougar. There's just one small problem. Evil is in the eye of the beholder. I don't mean that evil is relative depending on how you look at it, I mean it factually, it's literally in your own eye. To have a notion of evil and to react to it because you were made to feel evil yourself. Your, our whole lives are all about pretending we weren't made to feel that. I KILL EVIL BECAUSE I'M GOOD! Right!

So if you are going to wage such a war just cut your eyes out and stamp on them. Alternatively, if you want to kill all the evil in the world in a single devistating blow, love yourself.

We are the world.
 
Originally posted by: LordMaul
I grab a can of canned air, turn it upside down and spray the ultra-cold liquid onto them until they are frozen, then drop them on the floor and watch them shatter.
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I've always wanted to do that to some sort of little bug, but I never have. The main bugs that we have around here are mosquitos, and you sure as hell can't get them to sit still long enough to freeze them.

 
Depends on the type of spider. If it is a jumping spider, yes I do. (I have a lot of hobo spiders in my house, and the jumping spiders eat them.) If it is a hobo or a bulbous spider, down they go.
 
Yes, I do, poor widdle spiders. Only things I will deliberately kill are cockroaches, maggots, and door to door salesmen.

😉
 
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