This is ridiculous. Spiders are adorable!
This is one of the most absurd things I’ve ever heard.
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Spider Fighter
And people want a woman president... Obama doesn’t count...
Unless it was a tarantula, (I get them into a cup and release them outside), all spiders in the house are smashed with a shoe to atoms. That said...
I was the manager for a storage facility for 3 years in the northern Sierras. The pest control guy said he had never seen black widows as large as the ones at the facility. Their “butts”, (I know that is not proper name), were over the size of a quarter and larger. The previous manager finally emptied his unit and I went in the clean it. He said their was a few spiders in there...
For spider-infested units, I tightly braided my (then) over 4’ long hair and wrapped it in a bandana tightly. I opened the unit roll-door. I had a long stick in one hand, a brick and can of laquer hairspray at my feet. A big flashlight was positioned to shine through the unlit unit. I lit a cigarette and blew smoke inside to see the full extent of webbing and “ leaders” anchored to various surfaces. Once I knew where they were all situated, (and finished my cigarette), I entered the unit, swinging the stick in a circular motion like a demented fairy, gathering the silk as I worked my way through the unit. A spider would come down the leader, only to be shot with a blast of hairspray, temporarily freezing it. The brick took care of the spider. I killed 25 of those nasty beasties in that unit and smashed a dozen nests. Sadly, a couple were not gooey, meaning they had already hatched. Widows are very aggressive and if you are not quick... shudder...
We do not have black widows up here, but do have recluses and hobos. They hate our house since iI ripped up the carpet, for some reason.
WHY are people so afraid of spiders?
Sometimes centipedes get into our house. I’m never tempted to burn down the house.
Flip out of my sanity and land in the psych ward, yes....
