I wouldnt say they are cute and cuddly, but they definitely control the proliferation of far more disgusting pests like earwigs, cockroaches and millipedes. They are great to have in the garden, and you have to admit, their webs are spectacular!
Arachnaphobia - I hate spiders
by ballistic 45 Replies latest jw friends
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ButtLight
I hear ya! When I lived in FL, they had spiders that were huge. Like a tarantula! And the little suckers could jump from one side of the room to the other!!!!!!! Yuck! And the big cock roaches (palmetto bugs) would always find my bed at night. I could hear them flying through the house, till they reached the bedroom. Sick!!!!!!!!!!!!
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ballistic
I mis read that as I was rubbing one of my eyes as I read it...
Like a tarantula! And the little suckers could jump from one side of the room to the other!!!!!!! Yuck! And had big cock
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mrsjones5
I have a huge spider sitting in a web bed just over my front door, a little to the left as I walk out. I didnt see it until yesterday coming back from the grocery store. It was raining and I happened to look up.
I want hubby to kill it.
Josie
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Darth Yhwh
In all seriousness though, I don’t have a problem with spiders. Don’t get me wrong, if I see one scurrying across the floor of my living room I’ll usually capture it and throw it out side. If I saw one in my bedroom in the middle of the night I would probably kill it. When I was a kid I used to feed spiders in my parents garage. I thought it was cool to watch them devour their prey. And I’ve even eaten some small spiders as a kind of dare by children, to show them that there’s nothing to be afraid of.
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Billygoat
I couldnt of flushed it down the loo, Id have a phobia about it crawling back up and biting me on the bum
LOL! This is me. I have terrible arachnophobia...always have for as long as I can remember. Spiders truly terrify me to the point where I've started hyperventilating. (That particular time, Mozz and I were canoeing on a lake in Oklahoma and we ran straight into a HUGE web.) I was so scared all I could do was gasp...I couldn't even scream.)
When Mozz and I got married, I told him he was the official spider killer of the household. He agreed politely with a smile. I thought, "Wow, what a great husband I have. My Knight in Shining Armor! He'll protect me." Little did I know, he was just as terrified of roaches as I am of spiders. The first time I found out was when we moved into our new home last summer. (We have HUGE roaches (waterbugs) in Dallas. They aren't an infestation, but occassionally, we'll get big ones...two inches long or more.) From the living room, I saw my husband jump on the kitchen counter and scream like a little girl. I couldn't figure out what was wrong...I was really alarmed. Until I saw a roach on the floor by where he was standing. LOL! So much for my "knight"...it was more like the Fair Maiden. LOL!
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Sparkplug
I never like how spiders pop and guts go everywhere when you smash them. So when I was maybe 9 or so I used toothpaste to trap a spider that was in the tub. I put a big glob on him. My mom found it and just shook her head. She knew.
I then thought that only I would come up with something so stupid until last year my daughter pured shampoo all over a spider in our tub of all places. I guess you could say we do not like spiders around here!
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fairchild
Spiders don't bother me in the least. I'm deadly afraid of cows and horses, but spiders are my friends.
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horrible life
I woke up one morning, looking at the ceiling, I saw a critter. It was above my head and to the right 1 foot. I kinda watched it for a minute, and all of the sudden it made a web and bungeed to my husbands pillow. So much for daydreaming in the morning!! It was medium sized, but hairy. I hate hairy spiders. HL
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vitty
I cant believe it, this morning as I was driving to work, I saw one on my knee. Thank goodness I had just stopped at a traffic light !
I flicked it off, but when I got out of the car it was running up my leg. Anyway it was only as big as my thumb nail, but they do say they come in two so im just waiting and looking !!