Unbelievable!!

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I must be mad to write this, but if it didn't happen to me, I would probably be laughing so if you have a sick sense of humour like I do you may enjoy this.

At home yesterday morning I saw a huge spider waltzing around my house. I jumped up and fetched the can of Raid (insect killer) and chased the thing.

But this monster would not stop and I ended up chasing it into the hall near where it finally stopped at the entrance of the kitchen.

As it was still moving slightly I knew it was alive, so I picked up an empty cereal box out of the recycling bin next to me and threw it over the spider.

Now this clever dicky, decides that I need to finish it off and I could not do it slowly because I hate to hear the noise, so with adrenelin pumping I jumped onto the box in an attempt to get it.

For a few seconds, I had forgotten that I had been using the Raid and the floor was soaking wet, but I soon remembered when my feet flew six feet in the air. I am not exaggerating when I say 6 feet because my feet ended up hitting the top of the door frame.

All was not lost though, as I was fortunate enough to have been able to find the door handle and the wall in order to prevent me ending up on my head!

The spider ended up on the other side of the kitchen, I eventually landed and ended up on my feet, and my mother and daughter ended up on the floor in stitches...they could not stop laughing.

You would have thought that was the end of it but no....not for me.

This morning, I went to the doctor - who informed me that I have sprained the ligaments in both of my ankles! Great... To top it all off, I need to get some form of special socks (urggh) in order to get my ankles to heal properly which could take about 6-8 weeks.

Moral of the story is: If a spider is in your home - give it a bed and invite it's family for tea - it's cheaper and less painful...
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  • This is hilarious other than the injury. Sorry about that and hope you are 'back on your feet' (pun intended) soon.

    Just for future reference. I usually don't just spray Raid, I flood with Raid until they drop dead either from drowning or the spray. I do it because I don't want them to suffer dying slowly.

    I have always been totally aversive of spiders. They just give me the creeps. However when I heard they eat mosquitoes and other bugs, I always felt like I was doing something wrong (other than killing myself slowly with the fumes).

    Something has hit me for the first time in my life, where I have decided to let them live. You know they never bother me anymore. That is how they cure phobias is to make you tolerate them and then you find out it is not so bad. *(however not up to the place where we can have tea just yet, lol)

    We have centipedes where I live - they are huge and look really sickening with a bunch of legs and furry. They come in for water from the bathtub. They die the second you spray them the first time, but then you have to pick up the carcass with a paper towel and all the damn legs fall off.

    In my recent merciful mood, I had it out with one yesterday, and tried to scare it to turn around and go back outside by stomping at it.

    It charged right at me, and I was the one that ran away -- but I just can't stand watching them schrivel up when you spray them.

    So I got a dustpan and carefully got him in it and then tried to toss him out the door - he got in the ruts of the door and to try to find him, I slid the door closed hoping I wouldn't smash him - I didn't, and now he was cowering at least. (I am boss here) So I scooped him out again and put him outside and he ran away.

    It really gave me a good feeling that I let him live after I have killed so many of his predecessors.
  • The key to using Raid successfully every time is to spray it through an open flame. No muss, no fuss. Sure, the house may burn down, but it's the fastest way to do the little critters in.

    Not that I'm recommending you do anything but follow the directions on the label.

    ~Michael
  • Rhonda, that was so funny...except for the part about the sprained ankles. I really hope you're better soon and it's not too painful.

    But just reading this thread made my skin crawl. Yuck! My house is not big enough for me and any spider. I'm so bad that I literally can not sleep if I've seen one and can't kill it. Even then I'm jumpy for awhile...don't let there be a loose thread on the sheets or a stray piece of lint anywhere in the bed...I'm out of there. stripping it and giving it a thorough going over.

    This is the prime time for them too. They're trying to find a place to hole up for the winter. Well, not here they don't. Come in here and it's good-bye and good riddance.

    Patrica, I wish I had your attitude to just let them live with the hopes of them no longer bothering me, but I don't think it'll happen anytime soon. You also mentioned the centipedes which I detest too. They, however do eat spiders, or so I've been told. Just some added information for you because to me it doesn't matter... they'll die too.

    Carol
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    • These things are so ugly, I don't think I could tolerate them even if they eat spiders, but thanks for the tip!

  • Why didn't you just stomp on the thing?
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    • Hey - don't give them a bed....I just got bit by one last night and it's still swelling. It's on the side of my thigh so now I know what I would look like if I had "saddle bags". Feel like I have a fever, too. And to think I am nice enough to relocate them outside instead of killing them. There's one around here somewhere that better pray I don't see him around again.
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    • eeeeeeeewww!


    • I did try...after I had sprayed it with Raid and put the cereal box on top of it:rolleyes:

      When spiders are really big like this one was, I really hate stepping on them because you can hear them crunch under your feet. Just the thought of that makes my skin crawl....
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  • Guess no need looking for potential "Fear Factor" show contestants in the WF
  • Once in my apartment there was a huge spider on the wall while my friend was over. I smooshed the thing and he looks at me all funny. I asked him, "What? Do you think that was f---ed up what I did?" and he's like all sad and "Yeaaaa". I wanted to laugh my ass off.

    I don't just kill insects but if they're in the house or hanging around outside my door, they're dead if I catch them, unless it's a lady bug or something.
  • I once had a friend that had a pet tarantula named Rose. She was huge - and she was really 'nice' and furry. She used to go bar hopping with him. Her partner was an Igauana who was also really a little sweetheart, but he would stay home because he didn't drink.

    really.
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    • Uhhh....Yes, Yes, and very probably.

      It was cute - it was about the size of a small ant but had a tail. It was actually too young to be off it's mom, but I got it to survive. You don't do much but watch them and make sure they have food. They fluoresce under a black light so you can watch them run around the aquarium at night. They live about 5 years so after about a year and a half it had grown up and I let him loose out in a spot in the desert where he could be free.

      I handled the bite okay -- soaked it in hydrogen peroxide, put hydrocortisone cream on it to contain the poison's effects on the cells, took some mass doses of vitamin C and drank about a quart of chamomile tea. It's going to leave a bit of a pit, but it's not in my face, so I'm not worried about it.
      The hydrocortisone cream is as close as you can come to a doctor shooting cortisone into you and thats what they do for spider bites, skin's absorbant so the topical application worked. They also give antibiotics, but the hell with that. Hydrogen peroxide, Vitamin C and chamomile replaced the pharms just fine. It's shunk to about a quarter of the size it was the morning after the bite. Still a hard patch that's a bit numb and that's it.
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    Unbelievable!!

    I must be mad to write this, but if it didn't happen to me, I would probably be laughing so if you have a sick sense of humour like I do you may enjoy this. At home yesterday morning I saw a huge spider waltzing around my house. I jumped up and fetched the can of Raid (insect killer) and chased the thing.