Urgent Help Needed!!!

[tiglet]

I've got a great big black hairy spider in the house and no husband here to remove it - HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tonycee]

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[empowered]

Nasty I know, but vacuum it up from a long distance!

[tonycee]

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[tiglet]

I feel physically sick - please, I'm frightened of very little but I am phobic about arachnids

[Castlebest]

wondering if that was the last ever post fron tiglet? :o

[Rooster-UK]

The Spider and the Fly.

 

By Mary Howitt.

 

"Will you walk into my parlor?" said the spider to the fly;

"'Tis the prettiest little parlor that ever you may spy.

The way into my parlor is up a winding stair,

And I have many curious things to show when you are there."

"Oh no, no," said the little fly; "to ask me is in vain,

For who goes up your winding stair can ne'er come down again."

 

 

"I'm sure you must be weary, dear, with soaring up so high.

Well you rest upon my little bed?" said the spider to the fly.

"There are pretty curtains drawn around; the sheets are fine and thin,

And if you like to rest a while, I'll snugly tuck you in!"

"Oh no, no," said the little fly, "for I've often heard it said,

They never, never wake again who sleep upon your bed!"

 

Said the cunning spider to the fly: "Dear friend, what can I do

To prove the warm affection I've always felt for you?

I have within my pantry good store of all that's nice;

I'm sure you're very welcome - will you please to take a slice?

"Oh no, no," said the little fly; "kind sir, that cannot be:

I've heard what's in your pantry, and I do not wish to see!"

 

"Sweet creature!" said the spider, "you're witty and you're wise;

How handsome are your gauzy wings; how brilliant are your eyes!

I have a little looking-glass upon my parlor shelf;

If you'd step in one moment, dear, you shall behold yourself."

"I thank you, gentle sir," she said, "for what you're pleased to say,

And, bidding you good morning now, I'll call another day."

 

The spider turned him round about, and went into his den,

For well he knew the silly fly would soon come back again:

So he wove a subtle web in a little corner sly,

And set his table ready to dine upon the fly;

Then came out to his door again and merrily did sing:

"Come hither, hither, pretty fly, with pearl and silver wing;

Your robes are green and purple; there's a crest upon your head;

Your eyes are like diamond bright, but mine are dull as lead!"

 

Alas, alas! how very soon this silly little fly,

Hearing his wily, flattering words, came slowly flitting by;

With buzzing wings she hung aloft, then near and nearer grew,

Thinking only of her brilliant eyes and green and purple hue,

Thinking only of her crested head. Poor, foolish thing! at last

Up jumped the cunning spider, and fiercely held her fast;

He dragged her up his winding stair, into the dismal den -

Within his little parlor - but she ne'er came out again!

 

And now, dear little children, who may this story read,

To idle, silly flattering words I pray you ne'er give heed;

Unto an evil counselor close heart and ear and eye,

And take a lesson from this tale of the spider and the fly.

 

:eek:

[Mr lex]

I'm scared of spider's now

 

[tiglet]

I think it's still around somewhere - HELP!!!!

[jowalshy]

Oh no

[jowalshy]

:eek:

[jowalshy]

Panic over. It's gone

[jowalshy]

Sorry Tiglet

[Spiceskull]

Self help for arachnophobes - don't say that CAG doesn't help with ALL problems, although why anyone would be consuming spiders is beyond me...

[Ell-enn]

my son bought me one of these spidercatchers as he was fed up coming home to find spiders running round upturned plastic bowls !!- it's brill, you're 3 feet away from the little sod when you catch it, then just open the door/ window and release it.

[tiglet]

I generally get hubby to put them down the toilet and then pour bleach down afterwards - never known one to survive that yet.

[Spiceskull]

Spiders are God's creatures, like everything else. Just because they are not cute and fluffy, well, mostly not fluffy except for the big ones, is no excuse for being mean to them...just pick them up and put them outside...

[tiglet]

YOU come round and pick it up and put it outside - if I see the bugger it's getting whacked with my shoe.

[Robertxc]

Always a bigger spider...

[tiglet]

Well, if you guys aren't going to take it seriously ...

[Robertxc]

Well, if you guys aren't going to take it seriously ...

Sorry Tiglet - this might help...

[tiglet]

Jeebus - they all look like serial killers.

 

Plus, wouldn't that be bigamy?

[thehomee]

I used to be absolutely petrified of spiders, so much so that I couldn't go into garages, sheds etc. I would also have to look under the bed and on the ceiling etc before going to bed.

A couple of years ago I had to sleep downstairs because I had seen one in the bedroom but it had disappeared. I slept downstairs for days, until it resurfaced on the bedroom ceiling and I got my neighbour to remove it (I'm male btw and my neighbour is an old lady!).

Anyway, I decided I needed to overcome my fear of spiders, so I bought one of those tarantula-in-a-glass-case type thingies and put it up in the bedroom.

After seeing that every single night, when I eventually did see a normal spider it seemed ridiculously small, so I was able to pick it up and throw it out of the window. Mind you, I have to have no obstacles between it and the window and it makes me shake for a while afterwards, but I still reckon it is a great step forward.

[tiglet]

I honestly get fully fledged panic attacks when I see one - hubby doesn't like them 9nor do the kids) but they can remove them.

 

Even a picture of one really does make me physically sick.

[thehomee]

I was the same, honestly! I reckon I should start a spider-catching business...