SarahC07 0 #1 July 18, 2007 So, at the very least you'll all get a laugh Wednesday morning... So I have this spider living in my apartment - in the corner of my fire place. As I see him every morning while I'm at my desk, I've kind of grown used to him. He's not hurting anything and he's definitely not hurting me. He's made his home and he's chilling. I've named him Fred. Yesterday at work, I told my co-workers about Fred. They already think I'm crazy, so this was just icing on the cake. What kind of spider is he you may wonder? Well I hadn't taken the time to investigate, so I figured he was just a normal old house spider. For my safety, I wanted to rule out the posionious 8 legged friends. So I start googling. Oh yes - Fred is a black widow. ha! Now what? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #2 July 18, 2007 Now what, Nothing, it will not attack you, if you are cool with it leave it You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #3 July 18, 2007 ha! a chick that doesnt go crazy 'coz of a spider! now thats a change.. i have the same attitude towards spiders, i quite like 'em and just leave them where they are. as squeak said, it wont attack you, i'm sure he's been getting used to you to and wouldnt hurt you.. i mean, how cool is that: "hey, you want to see my pet, this is fred, the black widow.." maybe install a sign on your door: "beware of the black widow!" “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bluepill 0 #4 July 18, 2007 I wonder what name Fred has got for you? For all you know Fred may have asked his BlackWidow.com buddies about you and at this very moment be trembling at the realisation that he has a 'SarahC07' in his flat. BP Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skysprite 0 #5 July 18, 2007 Quote I wonder what name Fred has got for you? For all you know Fred may have asked his BlackWidow.com buddies about you and at this very moment be trembling at the realisation that he has a 'SarahC07' in his flat. BP Indeed! And hopefully they've told him the same thing people have told you: if he leaves you alone you won't hurt him either, instead of telling him the alternative, which is to murder you in your sleep! ~skysprite Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marcandalysse 0 #6 July 18, 2007 My rental car has XM radio and there's a great 80s new wave station called 'Fred' (named after Fred Murtz it seems) oh yeah, and about the spider....get rid of it before its hundreds of eggs hatch! If it looks like a black widow change its name to Ethel, cause the males don't look anything like the female with her hourglass spot! "The reason angels can fly is that they take themselves so lightly." --GK Chesterton Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #7 July 18, 2007 Quote My rental car has XM radio and there's a great 80s new wave station called 'Fred' (named after Fred Murtz it seems) oh yeah, and about the spider....get rid of it before its hundreds of eggs hatch! If it looks like a black widow change its name to Ethel, cause the males don't look anything like the female with her hourglass spot! Fred is a girls name tooShe looked HOT on Angeland just keep an eye out for nesting and egg sacs, otherwise she'll be fineYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #8 July 18, 2007 I don't care.... if there's a poisonous spider in my house, it's either going outside or getting squished. I won't take my chances with it."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #9 July 18, 2007 Quote I don't care.... if there's a poisonous spider in my house, it's either going outside or getting squished. I won't take my chances with it. well you have kids and you are a pussy so that's OK Billy You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #10 July 18, 2007 Quote Quote I don't care.... if there's a poisonous spider in my house, it's either going outside or getting squished. I won't take my chances with it. well you have kids and you are a pussy so that's OK Billy Pussy? With the state of the ERs in America, I'm sure as hell not going to let them little black widow bitches take a stab at my little girl."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #11 July 18, 2007 Quote Quote Quote I don't care.... if there's a poisonous spider in my house, it's either going outside or getting squished. I won't take my chances with it. well you have kids and you are a pussy so that's OK Billy Pussy? With the state of the ERs in America, I'm sure as hell not going to let them little black widow bitches take a stab at my little girl. Just fuckin wit ya, I wouldn't let one in 100 yards of one of my kids (if i had any)You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #12 July 18, 2007 Quote Quote Quote Quote I don't care.... if there's a poisonous spider in my house, it's either going outside or getting squished. I won't take my chances with it. well you have kids and you are a pussy so that's OK Billy Pussy? With the state of the ERs in America, I'm sure as hell not going to let them little black widow bitches take a stab at my little girl. Just fuckin wit ya, I wouldn't let one in 100 yards of one of my kids (if i had any) I kinda figured. I wouldn't let my girl go outside without me. I once caught a copperhead snake resting under the front door behind the doormat. It wasn't yet an adult either. "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildblue 7 #13 July 18, 2007 Now Fred's a ridin' Fred's a ridin' Fred's a ridin Fred.it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACMESkydiver 0 #14 July 18, 2007 I'd kinda have to agree with a few people on here...you need to nix 'Fred' before you end up with an infestation... And those people saying that 'it won't bother you if you don't bother it' obviously haven't ever been bitten by a poisonous spider in their sleep... Joe just got bit by ANOTHER hobo spider while he was sleeping. this time on the insed of his knee, the last time we BOTH got bit on our inner thighs. Anything with 8 legs in this house gets smashed. ~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #15 July 18, 2007 Quote Now Fred's a ridin' Fred's a ridin' Fred's a ridin Fred. Now I have this song stuck in my head... Fred's ridin' Fred's a ridin' Fred's ridin's Fred... Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jewels 0 #16 July 18, 2007 Fred sounds cool, but if you've decided that you no longer wish to live together, maybe you could just relocate him instead of killing him. Of course, that would require you to get up close. . . . Cup with a paper lid works for me! TPM Sister #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
simplyputsi 0 #17 July 18, 2007 such violence in this thread. Ok so it's a poisonious spider in your house, not harming a thing for now. Get something to catch it with, catch it, take it outside somewhere away from your house, a field maybe, and let it go. Then clean up the area where it was and make sure there are no egg sacks around, check the cracks around the place it was, not the dumbest spider ya know. I love how everyone is kill it kill it. It's not like it's 20 feet tall and foaming at the mouth or something. Cracks me up.Skymama's #2 stalker - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,584 #18 July 18, 2007 Quotei have the same attitude towards spiders, i quite like 'em and just leave them where they are. as squeak said, it wont attack you, i'm sure he's been getting used to you to and wouldnt hurt you.. Spiders are not 'intelligent' creatures. "Wouldn't" doesn't come into it - no matter how used to her it is if the sensory inputs click over into threat mode...Do you want to have an ideagasm? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #19 July 18, 2007 [ominuous Arachnophobia theme music]Fred's coming to bite ya! Fred's coming to bite ya![/ominuous Arachnophobia theme music] "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
psipike02 0 #20 July 18, 2007 Quote Fred sounds cool, but if you've decided that you no longer wish to live together, maybe you could just relocate him instead of killing him. Of course, that would require you to get up close. . . . Cup with a paper lid works for me! F*ck that....kill Fred's ass.... Random normal house spider, I can understand (and I have really bad arachnaphobia...yes the big 6'5 black man is scared of spiders...laugh it up) But a black widow....no....Carl draws the line...get 2 cans of raid and a blow torch and dust his assPuttin' some stank on it. ----Hellfish #707---- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skysprite 0 #21 July 18, 2007 Quote Random normal house spider, I can understand (and I have really bad arachnaphobia...yes the big 6'5 black man is scared of spiders...laugh it up) You and Billy really should get avatars that look less alike!! I read your post without checking the name and was like huh?? WHY is Billy saying he's a 6'5 black man??? -edit before you guys call me blonde- ... I just saw out of the corner of my eye a "person floating in water" and thought Billy. I didn't actually look at the avatar either. ~skysprite Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
psipike02 0 #22 July 18, 2007 Quote Quote Random normal house spider, I can understand (and I have really bad arachnaphobia...yes the big 6'5 black man is scared of spiders...laugh it up) You and Billy really should get avatars that look less alike!! I read your post without checking the name and was like huh?? WHY is Billy saying he's a 6'5 black man??? Hahahahaaha....its ok... We have the same avatar because great minds think alike... Puttin' some stank on it. ----Hellfish #707---- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #23 July 18, 2007 Quote Quote Random normal house spider, I can understand (and I have really bad arachnaphobia...yes the big 6'5 black man is scared of spiders...laugh it up) You and Billy really should get avatars that look less alike!! I read your post without checking the name and was like huh?? WHY is Billy saying he's a 6'5 black man??? D'OH! Damn it, I'm going back to my Calvin brain surgery with a saw on a snowman avatar! No offense dude... "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cloudseeker2001 0 #24 July 18, 2007 Quote So, at the very least you'll all get a laugh Wednesday morning... So I have this spider living in my apartment - in the corner of my fire place. As I see him every morning while I'm at my desk, I've kind of grown used to him. He's not hurting anything and he's definitely not hurting me. He's made his home and he's chilling. I've named him Fred. Yesterday at work, I told my co-workers about Fred. They already think I'm crazy, so this was just icing on the cake. What kind of spider is he you may wonder? Well I hadn't taken the time to investigate, so I figured he was just a normal old house spider. For my safety, I wanted to rule out the posionious 8 legged friends. So I start googling. Oh yes - Fred is a black widow. ha! Now what? You need to kill it. What is the problem? "Some call it heavenly in it's brilliance, others mean and rueful of the western dream" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildblue 7 #25 July 18, 2007 Quote Quote Now Fred's a ridin' Fred's a ridin' Fred's a ridin Fred. Now I have this song stuck in my head... Fred's ridin' Fred's a ridin' Fred's ridin's Fred... Well his name was! ...... I didn't know what his name was.....it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
