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Man sets parents’ Fresno home on fire trying to kill black widows with blowtorch
Fresno Bee ^ | 24 Oct 2018 | HANNAH FRY

Posted on 10/25/2018 3:37:10 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

A Fresno man may have been taking the “kill it with fire” memes a bit too seriously when he set his parents’ home ablaze while trying to exterminate black widow spiders with a blowtorch, authorities said.

... Tuesday after he saw smoke coming from the attic of his parents’ home on East Mariners Circle in Woodward Lakes, a gated community in northeast Fresno

,,,“This is definitely not the preferred method to exterminate spiders in and around your home,”

(Excerpt) Read more at fresnobee.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: 1moretime; arachnophobia; notflorida
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Kin to Miss Muffet?
1 posted on 10/25/2018 3:37:10 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Liberal.. but I’ll give him credit for figuring out how to light the torch.


2 posted on 10/25/2018 3:39:08 PM PDT by maddog55
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Took the day off from his brain surgery job?


3 posted on 10/25/2018 3:39:37 PM PDT by FlyFisher
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Shoulda used a coupla hand grenades.


4 posted on 10/25/2018 3:40:11 PM PDT by FroggyTheGremlim ( The following statement is false. The previous statement is true.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Again, it’s the Black Widow Blowtorch Apocalpse!


5 posted on 10/25/2018 3:42:16 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: DUMBGRUNT

OMG ,it’s only a Spider ,use a sledge


6 posted on 10/25/2018 3:43:01 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Guy sounds like a fool.
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Everyone knows you need to use explosives against spiders.


7 posted on 10/25/2018 3:44:30 PM PDT by PAR35
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8 posted on 10/25/2018 3:44:31 PM PDT by EEGator
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Couldn’t rent a flamethrower?


9 posted on 10/25/2018 3:52:39 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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“Kin to Miss Muffet?”

If you mean Waters, or Pelosi, Harris, or Schiff, then yes.
Meatheads the lot. Per Archie B., dead from the neck up.

10 posted on 10/25/2018 3:55:54 PM PDT by redshawk (0pansy is a Liar and Hates.........he just hates!)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

He should have nuked them from orbit, it’s the only way to be sure.


11 posted on 10/25/2018 3:56:24 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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He didn’t want to use insecticide because it’s bad for the environment.


12 posted on 10/25/2018 3:56:33 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democracy dies when Democrats refuse to accept the result of a democratic election they didn't win.)
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"Took the day off from his brain surgery job?"

The 23-year-old man called firefighters about 10:30 p.m.

Plenty of time to get home and relax... But 23 seems a bit young for that line of work?

13 posted on 10/25/2018 4:03:41 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (So what!)
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“Shoulda used a coupla hand grenades.”

WILLY PETE!


14 posted on 10/25/2018 4:05:09 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (So what!)
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To: EEGator

Looks like the right guy for the job.


15 posted on 10/25/2018 4:06:25 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (So what!)
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To: doorgunner69

No aerosol can and lighter on hand I guess.


16 posted on 10/25/2018 4:07:09 PM PDT by wally_bert (I will competently make sure the thing is done incompetently.)
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Couldn’t rent a flamethrower?

Musk may have them on a closeout special?


17 posted on 10/25/2018 4:07:36 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (So what!)
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To: bagster

(Neighborhood news!)

Not Mr. Nips I hope and not your house!


18 posted on 10/25/2018 4:10:34 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“He didn’t want to use insecticide because it’s bad for the environment.”

Is it even legal to use an insecticide in Cali?

And by chance, was it a protected spider?


19 posted on 10/25/2018 4:10:51 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (So what!)
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission
Not Mr. Nips I hope and not your house!

🕷

20 posted on 10/25/2018 4:20:44 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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