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gorgeous1 -> RE: spider jar (1/7/2008 8:58:05 AM)
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My favorite way to kill a spider is with a rubber band. I have a freaky unnatural skill- I have deadly accurate aim with a rubber band. If the spider is up high and I don't want to smear his guts on the wall where I can't clean it, I can shoot close enough where it won't hit him, but it will scare them and force them to drop down on their butt string to the floor where I then grab another rubber band, take aim and shoot his ass off. CLEAN OFF, DAMMIT. I will separate the ass from the body. I HATE cleaning up the body though. I kill flies with rubber bands too. A fun way to pass the afternoon on a lazy summer day is to sit with a bag of rubber bands on the back patio and shoot flies.
When I'm gardening, I grab spiders in my hands and throw them on the ground and stomp on them. I know I shouldn't kill spiders in the garden, but in Southern California, we get HUGE garden spiders and I cannot stand bending over to deadhead a rose and get knocked out by a spider or have them crawl in my hair.
Now, black widows are another story. I get out the big guns for those- straight to the Raid.
I used to scream and run away from spiders, but I don't want to scare my sons, so I have learned to not react, and just grab the rubber bands. I just HATE spiders though- crafty little bastards- it feels like you've been raped when you wake up in the morning with a spider bite. It crawled into your bed and sucked your blood while you were sleeping! What the hell? And what's up with the way they freeze when you turn on a light? What- they think if they stay still you won't notice them on a white tile floor? Or is it they're so cocky they are challenging you? Roaches scatter- spiders hold their ground.
Since we're on the subject of insects, spiders and such, we once had a cannibal cricket that lived behind our toilet. We couldn't catch him. We would find cricket legs and other body parts scattered around, and hear the little bastard singing his sonatta behind the toilet.
OK, so to answer the OP's question, I would so not want a jar of spiders by my head. If it was a snake or some other reptile, I would want to take him out and play with him...love snakes, lizards, tortoises, etc! Rats are cool too. I've always had reptiles or rats as pets- never a dog.
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