It's that time of year again..

Peared · 06-08-2008 07:33PM #1

mutant f*cking spiders the size of turnips crawling out of everywhere and in to my house.

Every September, feckers are early this year. Gets to the stage where I cant even watch tv without looking like yer man from the ad with one eye going in a different direction CONVINCED that every small movement and dark spot is another one.

What to do? Is there some kind of, I dunno, shield or powder or something I can put around the house?

Helps.

06-08-2008 07:35PM

One jumped on my head last night:(

Peared · 06-08-2008 07:38PM

LittleNipper wrote: »

One jumped on my head last night:(

:eek:

Don't say that!

chem · 06-08-2008 07:38PM

is this the type?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-bmK2ACWhc

Common house spider. They appear because they are looking for a mate this time of the year!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/348.shtml

Peared · 06-08-2008 07:41PM

chem wrote: »

is this the type?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-bmK2ACWhc

Common house spider. They appear because they are looking for a mate this time of the year!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/348.shtml

I'm sorry but there's nothing common about them.

There's no way they used to be that big when I was younger.

And I was smaller then.

Mutants. Is what they are.

Jimbo · 06-08-2008 07:41PM

Buy a bag of snakes

demanufactured · 06-08-2008 07:50PM

ah spiders are ok , they kill flies you see

06-08-2008 07:53PM

Spiders are my Kryptonite

chem · 06-08-2008 07:54PM

Peared wrote: »

I'm sorry but there's nothing common about them.

There's no way they used to be that big when I was younger.

And I was smaller then.

Mutants. Is what they are.

The girlfriend hates spiders (even the little ones). Last summer she wa sitting out the front relaxing, in the sun. She feels what she thinks is one of them fluffy seed things, that blow in the wind on her arm. Looks down to see. Oh YES its a massive house spider, on her arm:D

She ran for hours:pac:

javaboy · 06-08-2008 07:57PM

Peared wrote: »

What to do? Is there some kind of, I dunno, shield or powder or something I can put around the house?

Helps.

A ring of salt and an oul Latin incantation is your only man. Maybe light some candles too. Preferably citronella as that keeps away flies and indirectly, spiders too.

Peared · 06-08-2008 07:59PM

javaboy wrote: »

A ring of salt and an oul Latin incantation is your only man. Maybe light some candles too. Preferably citronella as that keeps away flies and indirectly, spiders too.

Ya reckon? K. Hmm.

Think I should be naked for the chanting? I'm thinking that might help. Except for wellies obv.

antodeco · 06-08-2008 07:59PM

chem wrote: »

Common house spider. They appear because they are looking for a mate this time of the year!

*unzips fly and sits back* Me thinks its time to make a spider baby!

Ruu_Old · 06-08-2008 08:00PM

I thought it was going to be a thread about Smyths Christmas toy catalogues advertised on telly.

red_ice · 06-08-2008 08:02PM

last week i saw one standing still on the floor beside my bed just after i dropped me kaks. I got in to bed and turned off the light, waited about 5 minutes because it was on my mind that he was there. so i turned on the light, looked and he was gone. Decided to lie down and there he was above me on the roof right above my feckin bed!

Decided to leave him alone - he was harmless.. then the next day i was in the shower. As i was washing shampoo off my head i looked up and there he was again, so i flicked water at him and he fell into the bath! i got him out, but it was too late - or so i thought! Cleaned him off with toilet paper, left him too dry for 10 minz while i showered, then came back to the tissue and flipped him onto the floor and he scuttled off.

Graaand! I hate spiders, but i wouldn't kill one.. Its bad luck :]

chem · 06-08-2008 08:07PM

antodeco wrote: »

*unzips fly and sits back* Me thinks its time to make a spider baby!

You think?

Reproduction
After a male has located a female's web he will stay with her for some weeks. During this time he will mate with her a few times before eventually dying. The female does not kill the male, but after he dies she eats him. In this way, the male can contribute to the health of his offspring even after his death.

This sound like any student party ive been at:D

Males of the species are often found trapped in baths in houses. They fall in after wandering around searching for a female, and can't get out

antodeco · 06-08-2008 08:08PM

chem wrote: »

You think?

. The female does not kill the male, but after he dies she eats him.

Giggidy

Peared · 06-08-2008 08:09PM

chem wrote: »

You think?

Reproduction
After a male has located a female's web he will stay with her for some weeks. During this time he will mate with her a few times before eventually dying. The female does not kill the male, but after he dies she eats him. In this way, the male can contribute to the health of his offspring even after his death.

Males of the species are often found trapped in baths in houses. They fall in after wandering around searching for a female, and can't get out

Yeah and they're so big that even after you try wash them down the drain you have to poke them down the plughole with cotton buds cos they are freaky huge. It's disgusting. But the option is let them be or *shudder* pick them up. Feck that sh!t.

javaboy · 06-08-2008 08:09PM

chem wrote: »

Males of the species are often found trapped in baths in houses. They fall in after wandering around searching for a female, and can't get out

We've all been there. Am I right?

Jimbo · 06-08-2008 08:10PM

chem wrote: »

You think?

Reproduction
After a male has located a female's web he will stay with her for some weeks. During this time he will mate with her a few times before eventually dying. The female does not kill the male, but after he dies she eats him. In this way, the male can contribute to the health of his offspring even after his death.

This sound like any student party ive been at:D

Males of the species are often found trapped in baths in houses. They fall in after wandering around searching for a female, and can't get out

Sounds like alot of work alright. I also have a tendancy to get stuck in the bath

javaboy · 06-08-2008 08:11PM

Ruu wrote: »

I thought it was going to be a thread about Smyths Christmas toy catalogues advertised on telly.

Smyths are slow off the mark compared to Park Christmas Hampers. Sure I saw an ad for Christmas 2012 there. No joke.

Uthur · 06-08-2008 09:44PM

it was a mild winter last year so many more survived than usual. there will
be millions of them by september - each bigger than the last :eek:

Horsefumbler · 06-08-2008 11:54PM

yep its auguest again... :rolleyes:

Deal with them sweetheart.

truecrippler · 07-08-2008 12:01AM

I hate the feckers. Can't sleep if knowing one is in my room.
Ugly fookers they are. Probably saying the same about me but I'm not the one with 6 legs.

Couldnt kill one though.

javaboy · 07-08-2008 12:47AM

truecrippler wrote: »

I hate the feckers. Can't sleep if knowing one is in my room.
Ugly fookers they are. Probably saying the same about me but I'm not the one with 6 legs.

Couldnt kill one though.

Neither are they. Well they do have 6 I suppose but then they also have an extra 2.

KBarry · 07-08-2008 01:02AM

Spiders make me scream like a girl. Try burning incense. Failing that, stand on the fcukers.

redshoulder · 07-08-2008 01:07AM

I don 't mind them, they keep the moths away.

Dave! · 07-08-2008 01:12AM

This thread has made me lift my feet off the ground. Thank you. I'll be having nightmares tonight.

AlmightyCushion · 07-08-2008 01:19AM

It's that time of year again..

What? But I had my shower nearly 2 months ago.

Davidius · 07-08-2008 02:01AM

I can't say that I've noticed more spiders than usual.

rororoyourboat · 07-08-2008 02:10AM

There's a spray in Aldi or Lidl that you are meant to put all around the windows and doors and it apparently keeps them all away. I've never used it myself though. I'm thinking, most of them are born in the house, aren't they? So it's not much good really! You just need someone brave to pick them up and let them out the window!

Jay P · 07-08-2008 02:48AM

Ruu wrote: »

I thought it was going to be a thread about Smyths Christmas toy catalogues advertised on telly.

Lol! Me two! Although I did see that there are christmas trees and decorations in argos now

As for spiders I was painting outside for a few days....it was horrible. They are feckin everywhere. The most frightening thing ever, especially for an aracnophobe like my good self.

It's that time of year again..

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