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supernova1965 (Warren) · #21 22-01-2010, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Roobi

same here with those creepy crawly spideys. Can't bloody stand them and definatly scream like a little girl if i see one. have been known to cry at times too

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Won't sleep in the same room if a spiders recently been in there, and can't even get rid of a dead one. I always think its gonna come back to life and crawl up my arm Yuuuuuck.

Think what it means for me when I am absolutely terrified by them and I have sworn to avoid killing all beings it means I have to try catch them to release them.

TrevorW · #22 22-01-2010, 05:32 PM

What a load of whimps

grow some ....

if they can't eat you they are mostly harmless (that's if your smart)

multiweb (Marc) · #23 22-01-2010, 07:13 PM

Wow! That's a big one. Now you just need to train him to eat junk mail and leave the postie's fingers alone.

Matt Wastell (Matt) · #24 23-01-2010, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by TrevorW

What a load of whimps

grow some ....

if they can't eat you they are mostly harmless (that's if your smart)

I wish I could - fears are not logical or rational.

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #25 23-01-2010, 09:53 PM

I'll second that Matt.
I can take on most things, but show me a caterpillar or a maggot and I go into the foetal position. Totally irrational. It's not like their going to jump up and go for the throat.

BerrieK · #26 23-01-2010, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by jjjnettie

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show me a caterpillar or a maggot and I go into the foetal position. Totally irrational. It's not like their going to jump up and go for the throat.

Unless, of course, they are the [unspeakable creatures] from the old (Jon Pertwee) Dr Who episode 'The Green Death'.......you didn't see this as a kid and become scarred (and scared) for life did you jjj?

Kerrie

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #27 24-01-2010, 01:39 AM

I do date my phobia back to that episode.
Ugh I remember them wiggling and squirming their way out of that cave.

Screwdriverone (Chris) · #28 25-01-2010, 08:30 AM

I suppose then that this is not the best time to point out the study that suggests that EVERY human will ingest (that means eat or swallow) an average of 20 spiders in their lifetime while they SLEEP!!!!

Not a good time to mention???

Chris

Liz · #29 25-01-2010, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Screwdriverone

I suppose then that this is not the best time to point out the study that suggests that EVERY human will ingest (that means eat or swallow) an average of 20 spiders in their lifetime while they SLEEP!!!!

Not a good time to mention???

Chris

NO, NOT AT ALL!! Which study would that be ...... The Screwdriver Study?

I certainly hope its not true as is extremely horrible.
I hate spiders more than snakes

Screwdriverone (Chris) · #30 25-01-2010, 08:59 AM

Yeah, you are probably right there Liz, not much scientific background to that claim, I just checked (probably should have done that first hey?) and it more rumour and scuttlebutt than hard fact.

Still, mmmmm crunchy!

Cheers

Chris

Ric · #31 25-01-2010, 09:15 AM

I never have a problem with spiders if I've seen them and know where they are, they are then easy to remove on the end of a broom.

The bit that freaks me is when you suddenly discover one on you and that totally irrational fear cuts in.

Who else has done that funny spider removal dance, I call it the Arachno-disco.

Snakes are a different story, I just give all of them a wide berth.

Screwdriverone (Chris) · #32 25-01-2010, 09:30 AM

My wife and I were driving through Liverpool one day and a huntsman the size of a dinner plate crawled out of the nooks of the car and onto the OUTSIDE of her passenger side window and scared the bejeezus out of her. I couldnt stop laughing because she was squirming over to my side trying to get away from it and actually LOCKED THE DOOR, so it couldnt get in!

After I pulled over to scoot it off and I had stopped laughing, I asked whether she thought locking the door was going to stop it getting in because I doubt it was going to lift the handle to open the door......

Still use that one at parties....

Still, I know what its like, I went back to my house in the mountains after the 2004 bushfires to check it, went out the back to check to see if the back pergola got singed or not, opened the back screen door, felt something "land" on my head, brushed it off and no joke, there was a 20cm diameter huntsman that had landed on my head, bristling on the floor looking like it was going to jump at any minute. Now I dont particularly like spiders, but can deal with them when they invade my space, but EVERY hair on my body stood on end and I had to get a broom to try and smash it into next week. Adrenalin surges make you look a bit silly, dancing around trying to belt a spider, never did hit it.... so I closed the door and left it to terrorise the next sap.

Chris

Roobi · #33 25-01-2010, 09:32 AM

Awww Trevor

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Originally Posted by TrevorW

What a load of whimps

grow some ....

if they can't eat you they are mostly harmless (that's if your smart)

Have some sympathy, your lucky if you don't have a phobia of some sort. It is totally irrational. I know a spider cant kill me, or even really hurt me, but its not even that that scares me so much. Its more to do with the way they crawl. Some people are scared of heights or dogs but others are evn worse than us and are scared of clowns and even though i think its funny to be scared of clowns, i would never pick on someone for it. Its totally illogical, but its there. So please spare a thought for those not quite as fortunate as you.

supernova1965 (Warren) · #34 25-01-2010, 09:34 AM

I know people who are scared of Frogs cute green frogs

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #35 25-01-2010, 09:41 AM

LOLOL
Yeah, Huntsman are real friendly. I had a quite large one that used to live in my car. It decided to jump onto my FACE while I was negotiating some heavy traffic. Couldn't slam the brakes on, couldn't pull over, didn't want to swat it off in case I killed it. I just drove with a frozen face until I could pull over.

Liz · #36 25-01-2010, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Screwdriverone

My wife and I were driving through Liverpool one day and a huntsman the size of a dinner plate crawled out of the nooks of the car and onto the OUTSIDE of her passenger side window and scared the bejeezus out of her. I couldnt stop laughing because she was squirming over to my side trying to get away from it and actually LOCKED THE DOOR, so it couldnt get in!

Chris

Your wife did the right thing

.... and I hope she locked the back door too!! Those 8 legs/arms can do amazing things

Liz · #37 25-01-2010, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by jjjnettie

LOLOL
Yeah, Huntsman are real friendly. I had a quite large one that used to live in my car. It decided to jump onto my FACE while I was negotiating some heavy traffic. Couldn't slam the brakes on, couldn't pull over, didn't want to swat it off in case I killed it. I just drove with a frozen face until I could pull over.

What the!!!! You are amazing jjj ... i think you are my spiderwoman hero !!
Alas, I would have pranged my car into others, and damage any nearby eardrums with my scream.

Ric · #38 25-01-2010, 09:47 AM

It is quite amazing how many spiders there is per square metre of bush.

During a Fire or Hazard Reduction they will appear out of nowhere in the hundreds. It can quite literally look like a scene from a B-grade horror movie.

Liz · #39 25-01-2010, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Ric

It is quite amazing how many spiders there is per square metre of bush.

During a Fire or Hazard Reduction they will appear out of nowhere in the hundreds. It can quite literally look like a scene from a B-grade horror movie.

Screwdriverone (Chris) · #40 25-01-2010, 09:59 AM

I never liked them much, but it soldified when one day I saw a "cute" brown spider crawling across the ground outside near my toddler so I "shooed" it away, at which point the cute little 10c piece sized spider proceeded to "offload" its HUNDREDS of baby spiders that were hitching a ride on its mommy and these went scurrying in all directions at high speed!!!

It was like Spider napalm.... one spider one minute, a mushroom cloud of 200 spiders the next...

Lets just say that we spent more time inside after that one...

Chris