Darwin's Arachnophobia Nightmare....

[marmar]

from the Telegraph UK:




The 28 year-old suffered severe burns after attacking the arachnid with an aerosol can at his home in Clacton in Essex.

The man was summoned by his wife to deal with a spider she had seen scuttling behind the lavatory on Bank Holiday Monday. Not being able to reach it, the man decided to kill it by spraying it with the can.

However he was unable to see whether it was dead because the bulb in the bathroom light had blown. At this point he turned to a cigarette lighter to illuminate the room, but in the process ignited the gas fumes and caused an explosion.

The blast was so strong it blew the man off his feet and lifted the loft door off its hinges.

He suffered flash burns to his head, legs and torso and was rushed by ambulance to hospital after dousing himself in cold water.

A spokesman for Essex Fire Service said: "It appears the wife had spotted the creepy crawly in the bathroom and asked her husband to capture it. ...........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7973024/Man-blows-himself-up-trying-to-kill-a-spider.html

[xchrom]

1. Is the spider dead? Nt

[marmar]

2. He's in a crevice somewhere, laughing his ass off.

nt

[xchrom]

4. Aren't we all? Nt

[DavidDvorkin]

8. His arse, in this case

Since he's an English spider.

Do spiders have arses?

[marmar]

9. They have figurative arses......

But tarantulas and the like seem to have quite a bit of junk in da trunk.

[Lost4words]

3. how f*ing stupid, most spiders are not harmful to humans

[Fumesucker]

5. Look who's crawling up my wall..

Black and hairy very small

Creepy crawly creepy crawly

[pipi_k]

11. Borrrris the spiiii-iiii-derrrrrr

I don't mind the little ones...

The big ones with fur on them, though.... :scared:

[Lost4words]

12. Boris the spider man, the "WHO" yes?

you must be my age! :hi:

[Mugu]

6.

[The_Commonist]

7. Sweetie never makes kill spiders around the house.

We generally just leave 'em alone.
Roaches? That's a different story!
Luckily, we don't see them very often, but when we do, they are the big flying ones.
I've done battle with them a number of times...

[Lost4words]

13. Palmettos? We have Giant Desert Centipedes 6" long and fast!

[hlthe2b]

10. Hmm... so capturing in a glass jar and releasing outside...

was not an option? :eyes:

[Lost4words]

14. that would have been better than blowing up the bathroom!

capture and release is what I do when the centipedes get in, I am the designated extractor, these creatures are fierce !