Okay I've put on all white so that if it jumps on me I'll see it. I'm all suited up...ready to go in..

sweetserene said:

You're going to EAT it????

XxAxX said:

Actually a black widow is not very big at all. but IS deadly.

Heavenly said:

Oh god don't remind me.

Do you think it would bite immediately? Would I have time to brush it off my face?

sweetserene said:

Wrap yourself up in tin foil first...then put on a baseball cap, three pairs of socks and a parka...then take a photo of yourself and post it here on the org.

That has nothing whatsoever to do with killing a spider...I just wanna see you dressed like that.

MrJoker said:

nervous

Byron said:

sweetserene said:

Oh GOD I think I'm just going to wait for my dad to come home. It's not worth the risk. I chicken out.

sweetserene said:

take a bucket or soemthing to clap over it!!!! good luck!


please don't kill it if you don't have to. spiders are actually pretty cool, except they're hugely creepy

sweetserene said:

It won't attack too quickly. it'll try to run first.
Best advice. get a vacuum with a long handle and suck it in.

Byron said:

The spider might die laughing....

Spray it from a distance!!
It could be laying babies as we speak!
[Edited 1/21/05 15:43pm]

Byron said:

tsk tsk. poor gal is ehading into what could turn out to be a very dangerous situation, and you advise her to wear tinfoil*. don't you know tinfoil only works on aliens and their devilish broadcast thoughtwaves?


*that's a funny image though

XxAxX said:

It's a fucking black widow!!!! I'm not going to put it outside to have it come back in or have it's babies bite me when I go in the yard! I never kill anything, not even mosquitos, but a black widow...fuck it!!
[Edited 1/21/05 15:47pm]

Don't worry about it. I've heard it's actually almost never deadly (unless you are a baby or have a condition of some sort). It just hurts like a sonofabitch for a few days.

ThreadCula said:

It was inside the door hinge the last I saw!



The door hinge people!!!

XxAxX said:

I couldn't even get the tin foil if wanted to- it's in the kitchen

sweetserene said:

Is it still there? It's been quite a while. It may have moved on to somewhere else. Seriously.

sweetserene said:

well, i understand how you feel. i used to squash spiders. but then one day i realized they're just (really creepy looking) living creatures trying to make a go of it here on the planet. hence my new catch and release program.

they're actually pretty interesting if you can stand reading about them. they eat mosquitoes and such, too. however, the best i can do for spiders is to not kill them instinctively. mostly, i try to keep away from them entirely.

once you have it trapped under something, you could take it out and put it far, far away from the house.

MrJoker said:

Yep...please spray or do something

MrJoker said:

I don't know...I don't know....*wringing hands* What if it's on the other side of the doorknob? Now I wouldn't even know where it is. I'm definitely not going in.

Back at my old house, I was on the computer one night and a spider ran across one of my hands and back behind my monitor. I just about passed out.

sweetserene said:

they're sneaky too. about a month or so ago i was sweeping under the radiator and what looked like a spider fell onto the floor.
it remaind motionless and curled up and on second glance appeared to be a little ball of dirt. i kept watching it for about fifteen seconds, even poked t it with a stick and it didn't move at all. then just about when i was almost ready to really believe it was a ball of dirt and ignore it the dang thing sprouted legs and made a break for the radiator! it was pretending the whole time that was freaky. verrrry freaky


spiders are messing up my thyping
[Edited 1/21/05 15:53pm]

XxAxX said:

No! No they're not just really creepy living creatures! Black widows are deadly! Do you understand? Dead-ly!!

XxAxX said:

I'd like to see your stance if an Iraqi camel spider showed up crawling on your kitchen wall...

on second thought, i feel like i overreacted.

you should go up to the black widow and offer some consolation - say something like, "i'm sure your husband was a really good man" or offer some coffee or downers or something. it's hard to lose a spouse.

Byron said:

no DOUBT my ethics would be challenged!! i don't know. those camel spider things are really, really creepy. and, i don't have a glass big enough to clap over one. it would take an entire salad bowl or something

Fuckin' As if I would even get close enough to catch it! They jump!!

Byron said:

...behind the clock?

(a scary picture used to be here)
[Edited 1/21/05 16:06pm]

I still don't know what happened to Skeezy