ahahaha!
This reminds me of the funniest case of overkill I have ever heard.
My friend's partner is a sea captain, and taught at the Nautical Institute. NO ONE is more macho than the "Krug" .... (last name Kruger), but he freely admits to his arachnophobia.
They had a cottage with a long dock. Though we have few deadly spiders in this region, the ones found aroud wharves can be quite large.
So, one day, the Krug went to take the boat for a spin, but OH NOES! There, at the end of the dock, blocking access to his motorboat, was a large spider.
Well, he tried to smash it with a stick, but it evaded him. He went back to the cottage, got a can of that foaming Raid, and sprayed the whole thing on it. The spider came crawling out. (The Krug also has a bit of a temper.)
By this time, he was enormously frustrated, and headed back into the cottage, and grabbed his double barrel shotgun.
He marched down the dock, and gave it both barrels! Ahahahaha! Shot off the end of the dock, but he finally got the damn spider.
He told us this, to his credit, with lots of laughs, and a bit of chagrin.
:)
tal