Spiders

[jgtuk]

18 minutes ago, DennisNedry said:

Can't get behind the "they kill other spiders and insects" argument.

 

I mean, keeping a grizzly bear in my garden would stop cats from shitting there but the cure is worse than the disease.

Apart from the fact that neither one are native and part of the food chain here. 
 

Plus, I love being around a diverse demographic, humans included. 

[jgtuk]

1 hour ago, leicsmac said:

 

Yeah, fears are often irrational, that doesn't mean they're not legit.

But they are relatively easy fears to overcome, as I mentioned earlier, the fear is mostly learned behaviour as we all know spiders are harmless. 

[Jon the Hat]

The idea that those of us in Australia live in fear of spiders is nonsense.  A bit of bug spray once a year round the doors and don't stick your hand where you can't see in the garden* and you are good.

 

 

*that bit is full of redbacks.

[Nick]

I had a dream a few years ago that I was being attacked by spiders and bitten... strange as I'm not really too bothered about them.

 

When I woke up I had around six or seven decent sized spiders squashed on my chest which I'd done with my hands when I looked at my palms.

 

Sleep tight peeps.

[Daggers]

50 minutes ago, jgtuk said:

But they are relatively easy fears to overcome, as I mentioned earlier, the fear is mostly learned behaviour as we all know spiders are harmless. 

That's bollocks.

 

 

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

1 hour ago, DennisNedry said:

Can't get behind the "they kill other spiders and insects" argument.

 

I mean, keeping a grizzly bear in my garden would stop cats from shitting there but the cure is worse than the disease.

 

I don't think British spiders quite pose the same threat to you than a ****ing bear in your garden would tbh

[Daggers]

My friend's neighbour had a lion in his back garden in Colombia. It probably disuaded cats from shitting in it - but I guess it would shit there itself, so a bit of a win-lose scenario. Probably not worth anyone here getting a lion.

[Samilktray]

I don't care how useful and harmless spiders are, I'm not having them

[kristianity77]

There was a spider actually in the bedroom of our house last night and I could hear my missus screaming when I was downstairs.  I go running up and shes screaming at me "get it out, please get it out!!"   So as I'm sat there taking my jeans and pants off I'm wondering to myself what it is about spiders that makes her so horny!

[filbertway]

11 minutes ago, kristianity77 said:

There was a spider actually in the bedroom of our house last night and I could hear my missus screaming when I was downstairs.  I go running up and shes screaming at me "get it out, please get it out!!"   So as I'm sat there taking my jeans and pants off I'm wondering to myself what it is about spiders that makes her so horny!

 

- MTWG 

       - Paddy McGuiness

 

[Trav Le Bleu]

2 hours ago, DennisNedry said:

Can't get behind the "they kill other spiders and insects" argument.

 

I mean, keeping a grizzly bear in my garden would stop cats from shitting there but the cure is worse than the disease.

I'd love it if my neighbour's cats encountered a grizzly in my garden!

[Jattdogg]

3 hours ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

 

That's a stunner - excuse the picture quality because this is from over a decade ago in my uni house in Leeds, looks at this lad on the left, The Whopper of West Yorks I called it

 

 

This is why they need Spider swats instead of fly swats. Just swat the cvnt and it's guts all over that wall, call it art.

 

3 hours ago, DennisNedry said:

Can't get behind the "they kill other spiders and insects" argument.

 

I mean, keeping a grizzly bear in my garden would stop cats from shitting there but the cure is worse than the disease.

Given the skunks, racoons, squirels,  rabbits, chipmunks and other bastards that shit or rip up my back garden I think I'd rather deal with them then a giant fukin canadian grizzly bear that we have over here lol.

 

Although, after watching some YouTube videos boxing/wrestling with a grizzly seems like a manly thing to do

Edited 18 September 2024 by Jattdogg

[Sly]

I do find Spiders fascinating, I just have this totally irrational fear of them.

[Royston.]

Is it more cruel to kill a spider or throw it out the window where there are predators like lions and bears and snakes(but mostly birds and cats)?

 

What if they have babies back at the nest, can they find their way back into their nest from outside?

 

I suppose stamping or swatting would be instant and painless whereas a flush down the toilet would be stressful???

 

[Daggers]

37 minutes ago, Jattdogg said:

 

Although, after watching some YouTube videos boxing/wrestling with a grizzly seems like a manly thing to do

Alright Vladimir, calm down.

[Parafox]

9 hours ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

Without spiders, imagine all the flies constantly buzzing round you.

 

You're welcome.

 

We bought a pitcher plant in the summer as we were plagued with flies in the conservatory. Not a single fly has been trapped in the thing. We've had to resort to feeding it the flies that died from the heat and came to rest on the floor and windowsills.

 

Spider webs have had more success.

[Jattdogg]

44 minutes ago, Daggers said:

Alright Vladimir, calm down.

Lumberjack canadians over here, no doot aboot it

[Ric Flair]

Bonded with an orb web spider a few years ago that seemed to build a shelter in a crevice near the window sill outside the kitchen window. It stayed there for several weeks and i even offered it a bit of ham once. 

[Royston.]

32 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

Bonded with an orb web spider a few years ago that seemed to build a shelter in a crevice near the window sill outside the kitchen window. It stayed there for several weeks and i even offered it a bit of my pork once. 

 

[Ric Flair]

25 minutes ago, Royston. said:

 

This is absolute lies!!!!

[TheLittleBigMan]

Lived in Melbourne Australia for 3yrs and these fekin things were running around all over the place. And yes, they are as big as your hand.  Sleep well tonight folks...

 

[Samilktray]

10 minutes ago, TheLittleBigMan said:

Lived in Melbourne Australia for 3yrs and these fekin things were running around all over the place. And yes, they are as big as your hand.  Sleep well tonight folks...

 

Did it pay any board?

[Zear0]

14 minutes ago, TheLittleBigMan said:

Lived in Melbourne Australia for 3yrs and these fekin things were running around all over the place. And yes, they are as big as your hand.  Sleep well tonight folks...

 

[Vacamion]

21 minutes ago, TheLittleBigMan said:

Lived in Melbourne Australia for 3yrs and these fekin things were running around all over the place. And yes, they are as big as your hand.  Sleep well tonight folks...

 

 

11 minutes ago, Samilktray said:

Did it pay any board?

 

He had to pay board to the Spider.

[Umbungo78]

Years ago when i was a dope smoking student in the 90s a mate dropped a lump of the finest hash you could get whilst he was rolling a phat one (is that still a thing) he leaned forward out of his chair to pick it up and the lump of Afghanistans finest started running off. He then proceeded to try and pick it up several times without success before realising it wasnt a lump of Kabul kush but a massive spider and screaming like a pre pubescent child after meeting Jimmy saville at the beeb..... Oh how we laughed