Reply to: RIP Boris

[xoggoth]

Barstewards squashing little spiders.

PS Aussie girls would. Spiders are at least 15 feet long out there.

[meridian]

They are piddly little spiders FFS! Are you lot on drugs? Flashbacks?

One Sunday a couple of years ago, all us flatmates were sitting in watching a movie when we saw what we thought was a mouse crossing the room.

The girls screamed and leapt on the sofas while the lads turned on the lights.

Turns out it was the biggest spider I've ever seen. The lads leapt on the sofa while the Aussie girl picked it up, gave it a cuddle and gently threw it out the window.

[NotAllThere]

...Are they going to take over?

Oh yes. Have you read John Wyndham's book "Web"? It's about when spiders develop social traits, like ants.

[Zippy]

They are piddly little spiders FFS! Are you lot on drugs? Flashbacks?

[RichardCranium]

Eventually, evolution will pop-up invisible spiders. If they can't be seen, they'll get to breed.

****, ****, fcukity ****!

When I was in Neath we had what we called "ghost spiders". Big, colourless buggers.

When in Salisbury we had spiders that you only knew were there because of the dust forming on the webs that were hung from the ceiling. Once the spiders were big enough, they were visible.


Are they going to take over?

[NotAllThere]

Very early Thursday morning, I was woken by a few blasted mossies whining around my head.

A few hours later, as I blearily got ready for work, "Arnold" trotted into the bathroom. As soon as he spotted me he froze. "Well", I said, "hang your head in shame. What's the point of keeping an eight-legged freak like you if you can't even catch those mosquitos?". Friday, Arnold was seen on the steps of the next flight down from my bedroom, still looking pretty sheepish. Saturday he was in the cellar, but then my daughter spotted him. She screamed, my wife picked him up in a bit of tissue. Crushed him to death, then put him in the bin. It's the only way to treat permies who won't do their job properly.

Eventually, evolution will pop-up invisible spiders. If they can't be seen, they'll get to breed.

[BrilloPad]

Had to splat a big hairy Boris in my bathroom lastnight. Thank God for slippers. I didn't like doing it, but there was no way I was going to sleep easy knowing that that thing was potentially crawling around my flat whilst I was asleep. I have an agreement with spiders; they keep out of my way, and I leave them alone. RIP.

Why not catch it in a glass?

[norrahe]

Sometimes you just have to compromise

somone's been watching too much spaced

Get some cats, will get rid of them soon enough. Though not so keen on the random legs or dessicated corpses been left everywhere.

[Sysman]

>sigh< in this country we have nothing to fear from them. Leave them alone.

It's the big hairy ones that come in crates of fruit from the tropics you have to worry about.

There are about 6 webs on our front widows this morning, each with a tiny spider sat in the middle, when the sun catches the web it glistens like silver and is quite beautiful.

I got caught both last night and this morning with a spider's web across my bedroom door.

[RichardCranium]

Bugger.

Now I won't be able to sleep for a week.

<shudder>

[Pogle]

>sigh< in this country we have nothing to fear from them. Leave them alone.

There are about 6 webs on our front widows this morning, each with a tiny spider sat in the middle, when the sun catches the web it glistens like silver and is quite beautiful.

[Sysman]

Sometimes you just have to compromise

And off to the Mice thread we go.

[Sysman]

Boris doesn't last long in my house. Despite my best efforts, the mogs murder them all.

My Labrador used to get 'em. Both front paws in a pounce.

That's when I learnt I learnt what the word pounce really means. A lot of force behind it.

[minestrone]

Chestnuts are meant to be good at detering them. I think it might be a myth though

[Lumiere]

I ********* hate these creatures

Sometimes you just have to compromise