Taybha
Whalewhine
Apart from a Gattlin Gun and laser guided arachnid death rays , how do you deal with the seasonal home invasion of these pretty harmless yet pant pooping critters?
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It's that time of year again (Spiders)
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Jack Straw
I look nothing like him!
Eat the spider, then swallow a bird. I know an old lady who did exactly this!
BensGrandad
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Put some conkers in a a bowl or yoghurt pot and put them on a window seal or flat surface end of spiders.
Not the way I deal with them, but horses for courses.
Jack Straw
I look nothing like him!
And you're alive and well of course!
Normal Rob
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I tend to pick them up and move them outside.
DavidRyder
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- Jul 23, 2013
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I scoop them up and either:
1. Put outside if I think that's where they came from.
2. Put in a dark corner or a cupboard if they are house spiders that won't last outside.
I'm kind I am.
1. Put outside if I think that's where they came from.
2. Put in a dark corner or a cupboard if they are house spiders that won't last outside.
I'm kind I am.
Philzo-93
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Spiders use to love coming into my room when I was at Uni! I was told conkers or fruit peel are great deterrents. Placed a few conkers on my window sill for a bit and they never and back!
FatSuperman
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- Feb 25, 2016
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What the hell? Imagine that cupboard after a few months!! What else do you keep in there? If I did that my wife would kill me and roll me into the spider cupboard.
You're actually mental
The Andy Naylor Fan Club
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I tend to grab them depends on size, any bigger than a 50p then they get scooped into a glass, then as I live in a flat they are sent over the balconly, gently parascending down into the garden.
DavidRyder
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- Jul 23, 2013
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What the hell? Imagine that cupboard after a few months!! What else do you keep in there? If I did that my wife would kill me and roll me into the spider cupboard.
You're actually mental
All my wife's things tee hee!
AmexRuislip
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We have this high tech thing called a cat that eats all things creepy crawly, excerpts wasps!
Magic Sponge
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It's probably a load of old tosh but a conker in the corner of each room seems to keep them at bay.
When my daughter told me about this as a deterrent I laughed at her but it has been very successful over the last few years.
When my daughter told me about this as a deterrent I laughed at her but it has been very successful over the last few years.
spongy
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I just let them be and go on their merry little business. Unless I'm in bed and the git is walking over my face.
My wife on the other hand goes batshit crazy at the smallest spiders.
I'm trying to get her to act calmly around them so she doesn't teach my daughter to be scared of them.
My wife on the other hand goes batshit crazy at the smallest spiders.
I'm trying to get her to act calmly around them so she doesn't teach my daughter to be scared of them.
Gabbafella
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- Aug 22, 2012
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I used to be a major pussy, my mum's old house was infested with what can only be described as bird eating ********! One was so big that even with a pint glass over it, it's legs still poked out either side.
Years of living on my own in a spider infested flat forced me to get over my fears (kind of) and seeing as though my cat is fat and useless, my Mrs screams and won't even be in the same room as one and my step-daughter is equally as helpful, I am the designated catcher of the hairy little twats.
Even though I detest them, I won't kill them, a strict catch and release policy in my flat.
Years of living on my own in a spider infested flat forced me to get over my fears (kind of) and seeing as though my cat is fat and useless, my Mrs screams and won't even be in the same room as one and my step-daughter is equally as helpful, I am the designated catcher of the hairy little twats.
Even though I detest them, I won't kill them, a strict catch and release policy in my flat.
FatSuperman
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- Feb 25, 2016
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studio150
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I usually tread on them, but am fearful of a 3 game ban if I now do this, so I will probably pick them up and take them outside and give them some cake and tea and send them on their merry way
Wrong-Direction
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- Mar 10, 2013
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