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This is where you stick random tidbits of information about yourself.
Age 23, living in sin in Twickenham with Cheesy
Likes
Movies
Books
Writing
Theatre
Hugs
Kittens
Chess
Scrabble (mostly beating Cheesy's butt)
Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Dislikes
Vegetables
Arguments
Cleaning
Trashy TV
Pretensions
Public Transport
Pets
Rabbits-Bambi, Fern, Sooty, Pippa-all deceased
Dog-Sammy-deceased :(
Fish-CatFlap-recently (and finally!) deceased
Cat-Tiggy-still scratching
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Technically Rachel
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Friday, October 03, 2003
One solid piece of advice: Always listen to your Parentals. Whilst helping us at our flat last weekend, Momo suggested that we should leave all plugs in their holes in the bathroom/kitchen, as this was almost certainly a 'spider house' (this is a phrase I tried to immediately forget, as it would no doubt lead to sleepless nights, and many paranoid wasted minutes checking under toilet bowls and sinks). I nodded and muttered in agreement, and in an attempt to try to be normal about the 'spider thing' I promptly became nonchalant about it.
Mistake. This morning, upon entering the bathroom in preparation for a shower, I noticed the plug was not it. I shrugged, thinking: "I hope no spiders crawled out", turned and saw a spider. Like a Shelob's baby spider or something. Huge. Mamma huge. For once, instead of freezing both my legs and vocal chords to the spot, I ran like crazy (I never like to turn my back on a spider, but needs must), and got the Babba to arm himself with spider-spray and kill it. Yes, okay - I am evil. We are both evil when it comes to spiders. But honestly, I cannot help it!
I don't know where this fear comes from. I'm not generally scared on insects - I can pick most things up, Daddy-Long-Legs included. But spiders....eurururgh. Just can't deal. Even the small ones, I have to get rid of - and I even find it hard to get close enough to them to kill. Sorry spider lovers (FREEEEEEEAKS!) - they must die.
Oh, and what's the bloody deal with house spiders living in drainpipes? Are they completely stupid? In my experience, most spiders do not react well to water (a tried and tested method of disposal). What the hell are they doing in there - are they daredevil spiders? Risking life and limb for a quicker and speedier route around the building. Spiders: find a nice warm floorboard to sit under where we can bloody carpet you in!
Ways to kill spiders:
Drowning - Rather good as this also disables them from running at you/under things where you can't get them, and sit there waiting for an opportunity to pounce on you again.
Spider-spray - officially this is fly spray as apparently killing spiders is bad for the food chain or something - what bloody use they are for catching flies down a drainpipe I don't sodding know. This is good if they're trapped in a sink/bath as they can't run away. Although if they do get away, you can always comfort yourself with the idea that they will die in whatever hole they've crawled in.
It does however take time to kill them, and personally I get a bit freaked out and feel incredibly guilty when they start spasming all over the place. I'm not a complete monster.
Books - the old time favourite. However, usually requires getting a bit too close for comfort. Plus also has potential to ruin the book, which will require cleaning afterwards - something I get way too squeemish about.
Heavy objects - as above, usually as good as books as long as they have a flat part. Ms Spice however will agree that iceburg lettuces are not at all suitable for the task.
Pets - by far the most efficient way, but not always reliable. My dog Sammy was a fantastic spider-eater, but if there's any other food in the house, he would ignore them. Plus there's always the risk they might bring it to you. Cats are fine as long as they're not in a playful mood.
Babba - Tested, approved and extremely reliable. My hero.
Any other suggestions for killing spiders would be most welcome.
12:30 pm
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