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Minimus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 06:39 PM Original message |
Slight moral dilemma - Would YOU kill this spider? |
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huskerlaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. Hell yes, I'd kill it! |
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VLC (487 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 07:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. That "fucking scary thing" is 3 cm long. |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 08:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
42. I'm with you |
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lost-in-nj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. um YEAH |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 06:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Nice Web Of Deceit Condoloser Rice-A-Roni |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. No. Killing a spider is serious bad hoodoo. |
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Minimus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 06:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. I'm too scared to get close enough to catch her. |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 07:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
25. Well, can't you get someone else to do it? |
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Minimus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 07:29 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Knowing she won't jump eases my anxiety a little. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
4. Some observations |
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CrownPrinceBandar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
5. I would try to capture and relocate it......... |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 06:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. I agree, just get a coffee can and capture her and take her outside. |
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Minimus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 07:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. Sorry if I wasn't clear. She is outside at my back door. The web goes |
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Corgigal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
6. go adopt a cat or two |
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ruiner4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
8. *I* wouldn't kill it... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
9. They're beautiful! |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
10. She's beautiful! Don't kill her! |
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Minimus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 07:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. She showed up yesterday and was still here this morning . |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 07:12 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Do you leave a light on back there at night? |
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Minimus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 07:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
30. Yes, I normally leave the light on but will turn it off tonight. |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
12. Only if it had a face like |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 07:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. If I found a spider that looked like that... |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
15. From wikipedia: Some "Golden silk orb-weavers" display an almost manic fear of cockroaches. |
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Minimus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 07:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. I have a manic fear of this spider. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 07:40 PM Response to Reply #21 |
34. Get a cockroach and hold it up to her. |
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VLC (487 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
16. Why are you making this so hard? It's easy. |
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Minimus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 07:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. I hate to kill anything and I would actually have to get someone else to do away with this spider. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 07:31 PM Response to Reply #16 |
29. I don't care what you do with it, just get it the fuck away from ME. |
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Minimus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 07:35 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. If I tried to do it I too would freak out and the spider would probably end up in my hair. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 07:37 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. And then it will crawl into your bed. |
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VLC (487 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 07:57 PM Response to Reply #29 |
37. Well then get someone else to do it. That's usually easy too. |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
17. kill it? no. relocate it? yes. |
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Throd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
19. Put it in a jar and release it someplace safe. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
22. I would be terrified to walk by her too. I hate killing spiders on the whole. |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
27. Use the front door! She eats bugs, right? nt |
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Flaxbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
33. No. Don't kill her |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
35. What do you do when a mosquito lands you |
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Minimus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 07:47 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. You got me. I guess I do kill some insects. I usually slap at the area and |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 08:07 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Spiders are cool |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 11:38 PM Response to Reply #36 |
51. Fun with skeeters |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
38. Okay, here's what I'd do: |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
39. I wouldn't kill it, but I'd destroy its web |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
40. If it was inside my house, damn right I'd kill it |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
43. I'd be more afraid of the insects a spider that large knows must be lurking around. |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
44. no, she's a good spider! |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
45. Try hanging some eucalyptus near her |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
46. Does the spider do anything beneficial for you like trap mosquitoes? |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
47. My wife is seriously arachnophobic, but she... |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
48. I would NOT! Here's a suggested tactic. |
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WorseBeforeBetter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
49. Aw, cripes. You're in NC? Me too... |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
50. She's beautiful. Please don't kill her |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
52. It looks like that Amazon killer spider in the movie "Arachnophobia". |
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candycom (36 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
53. Here is some more info. |
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Akoto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
54. Golden silk spiders are harmless. Let it be. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
55. OMG, it's got pom poms on its legs like a poodle with |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
56. omg!! the raspberry beret brigade is so gonna chastise you for not being... |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
57. It's a beautiful, harmless creature. |
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lligrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
58. Why Would You Even Consider Killing Something |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 02:03 AM Response to Original message |
59. Spider porn |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 02:07 AM Response to Original message |
60. i wouldn't want it coming into my house, that's for sure. |
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deucemagnet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 02:40 AM Response to Original message |
61. Hell no! I'd let it be, take some pictures, and possibly |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 02:42 AM Response to Original message |
62. I would take up my flute and attract it away |
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Inchworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 02:55 AM Response to Original message |
63. Pay the neighbor kid $5 to move it for you |
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Bzzzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 05:22 AM Response to Original message |
64. I HATE spiders... |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 05:56 AM Response to Original message |
65. I scoop spiders onto a garden spade, then run like heck to their new home |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 06:53 AM Response to Original message |
66. I am an animal rights advocate, but I kill ALL bugs! n/t |
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