# I HATE spiders!!!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-spiders/190543
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [July 24, 2003, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-spiders/190543 "2003-07-24T03:52:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@lilbtagna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilbtagna)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2003, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-spiders/190543/1 "2003-07-24T03:52:01Z")
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
There is this huge freakin spider in my bathroom right now that scared the CRAP out of me a few minutes ago. There I was, minding my own business, when I looked down and saw this big, brown, nasty thing just INCHES FROM MY FOOT. It must have a 4 inch leg span!
Yuck yuck yuck. I’m waiting for my dad to come home now to take care of it for me. I’ve managed to throw a shoebox over it to keep it in one place, but I know I can’t come any closer to it than that. I’m so scared of spiders, and here I nearly step on the biggest one I’ve ever seen with my bare foot.
_shivers in fright, waiting for Dad to come home_
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### Author:  [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2003, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-spiders/190543/2 "2003-07-24T04:05:48Z")
[sub]Ruby madly rushes off to find the Spider in the Pants thread to sho **lilbtagna** that it’s not all that bad to have a spider under a shoebox…[/sub]
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### Author:  [@lilbtagna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilbtagna)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2003, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-spiders/190543/3 "2003-07-24T04:09:48Z")
Hehe. I’ve read that thread **Ruby** , and it is pretty good. But I’m SO FREAKIN SCARED of spiders. Now everywhere I walk I’m afraid I’ll step on one because I felt the stupid thing brush underneath my foot.
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### Author:  [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2003, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-spiders/190543/4 "2003-07-24T04:11:04Z")
Well, here it is. I see now that the OP has been banned but the thread is worthy on it’s own merit.
Don’t fret **libtagna**. It could be worse! 😃
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=174503&highlight=spider](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=174503&highlight=spider)
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### Author:  [@Beagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beagle)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2003, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-spiders/190543/5 "2003-07-24T04:14:26Z")
I used to hate them so much that I resorted to chemical warfare. I still don’t like gigantic and fast wolf spiders, but I rarely see those inside–thankfully. Now I grab a big wad of paper towels (it takes at least three to keep all the spider cooties off), grab the furry little intruder, and toss it outside. There are probably hundreds of anoles in the back yard, they need to eat too.
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### Author:  [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2003, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-spiders/190543/6 "2003-07-24T04:15:06Z")
I love spiders. I find them interesting to watch and they eat a lot of other creepy crawlies. We used to get big ol’ garden spiders in my Dad’s house all the time. They not quite as big as what you described but big enough. Our cockapoo was a spider vacuum. He was right there whenever we moved furniture and couldn’t wait to hunt the spiders that dared hide behind there.
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### Author:  [@lilbtagna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilbtagna)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2003, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-spiders/190543/7 "2003-07-24T04:19:54Z")
**Tikki** , :eek: :eek:
My dad came home and took care of the thing for me. He lifted the shoebox, stomped 3 times, then called me a chicken :mad:
Then he picked it up and showed my little sister what it looked like. All I saw were crumpled legs, and that was enough to give me the creeps.
I don’t think I’ll be sleeping tonight.
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### Author:  [@lilbtagna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilbtagna)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2003, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-spiders/190543/8 "2003-07-24T04:21:04Z")
Thanks for the link **Ruby**. I’ve read it before, but it makes me laugh/cringe/cry every time 😃
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### Author:  [@Delly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delly)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2003, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-spiders/190543/9 "2003-07-24T04:37:35Z")
**libtagna** Im with you, I HATE spiders, they scare the hell out of me, Ill never forget the tie I bent down to pick up the black fluff in the hall…
Or the time I went to turn on the hall light and noticed a massive black patch above the switch.
I hate moths to, stupid creautres, quit flying to the light, it blinds you! I went into the bathroom last week and came running back out, massive moth in there, got my dad to get rid of it, after about an hour. Then went downstairs to have a sandwhich, another massive one in the kitchen, I have no idea where they came out of!
I cant even watch the spider scene in HP & Chamber of Secrets.
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### Author:  [@lilbtagna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilbtagna)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2003, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-spiders/190543/10 "2003-07-24T04:55:00Z")
The spider scene in _Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets_ is _ **horrible** _!!!
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> …got my dad to get rid of it…
I like how you think 😃
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### Author:  [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2003, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-spiders/190543/11 "2003-07-24T14:41:07Z")
Be thankful that it wasn`t a pregnant live bearer. I squashed one of those once and had fifty little ones come crawling out of the belly. Scary as hell.
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### Author:  [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2003, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-spiders/190543/12 "2003-07-24T15:24:29Z")
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> \*Originally posted by whuckfistle \*
> \*\*Be thankful that it wasn`t a pregnant live bearer. I squashed one of those once and had fifty little ones come crawling out of the belly. Scary as hell. \*\*
Oh, God. You just brought back a nightmare that I _finally_ managed to get rid of! My parents get these huge brown spiders in their house every year - part of the joys of living on the edge of the woods (should I also mention the earwigs and the giant wood cockroaches that show up?). One year, I was home from college for a long weekend, and my dad was trying to kill a giant one in the garage - this thing could’ve eaten my 20 lb cat, given the chance. He finally caught up with it in the driveway, lifted his foot, and _SMOOSH_.
The next thing I saw was straight out of Arachnophobia. The entire driveway was COVERED in little baby brown spiders. My dad screamed like a little girl, grabbed the can of Raid he’d been chasing the spider with, and proceeded to hose down the driveway with it. It was hideously scary, I went back to college that Sunday, and woke up screaming one night because I dreamt I was being chased by a pregnant spider.
Ava
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### Author:  [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2003, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-spiders/190543/13 "2003-07-24T16:28:09Z")
**Ava** , I’m scared silly of spiders (really - very arachnophobic. It’s not fun.), but that story was good. Especially enjoyed the image of a dad screaming like a little girl. I’m still having fits of snickers.
Good stuff, there.
Snicks
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### Author:  [@Swampwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swampwolf)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2003, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-spiders/190543/14 "2003-07-24T16:37:59Z")
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> \*Originally posted by avabeth \*
> \*\*Oh, God. You just brought back a nightmare that I _finally_ managed to get rid of! My parents get these huge brown spiders in their house every year - part of the joys of living on the edge of the woods (should I also mention the earwigs and the giant wood cockroaches that show up?). One year, I was home from college for a long weekend, and my dad was trying to kill a giant one in the garage - this thing could’ve eaten my 20 lb cat, given the chance. He finally caught up with it in the driveway, lifted his foot, and _SMOOSH_.
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> The next thing I saw was straight out of Arachnophobia. The entire driveway was COVERED in little baby brown spiders. My dad screamed like a little girl, grabbed the can of Raid he’d been chasing the spider with, and proceeded to hose down the driveway with it. It was hideously scary, I went back to college that Sunday, and woke up screaming one night because I dreamt I was being chased by a pregnant spider.
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> Ava \*\*
Holy crap! I thought I was the only person ever to experience this particular brand of creepy-ass shit!
I was working a third-shift job a few years back, and was in the bathroom…taking care of business, when I look down and there’s this huge, brown, ugly spider sitting there, silently mocking me and my arachnophobia.
So I did what any self-respecting spida-hata would; took off my belt (I was sitting down at the time), and used it to try to smoosh the little demon.
I missed by a hair, which was enough for the evil critter to dump about three zillion little evil critters, who went scurrying away in all directions.
Good thing I had my pants around my ankles at the time. It could’ve gotten messy.
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### Author:  [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2003, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-spiders/190543/15 "2003-07-24T17:00:15Z")
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> \*Originally posted by Snickers \*
> \*\ ***Ava** , I’m scared silly of spiders (really - very arachnophobic. It’s not fun.), but that story was good. Especially enjoyed the image of a dad screaming like a little girl. I’m still having fits of snickers.
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> Good stuff, there.
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> Snicks \*\*
You’re quite welcome. It was one of the most horrifying events of my life - glad you find humor in that:D.
Actually, what’s funny is that my dad is my hero - I am Dad’s little girl to the ultimate power. But whenever I want to get his goat, I just make motions like I’m squishing a spider with my foot and then jump and scream in a really high-pitched voice. He doesn’t like to be reminded of that day;).
Ava
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### Author:  [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2003, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-spiders/190543/16 "2003-07-24T17:01:56Z")
And **blessedwolf** (I gotta learn to preview), I would have cracked my head open somewhere if I’d gone through that! Holy crap!
Did you ever go back in that bathroom again?
Ava
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### Author:  [@Swampwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swampwolf)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2003, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-spiders/190543/17 "2003-07-24T17:36:58Z")
Not without enough chemical weapons to warrant an invasion, no.
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### Author:  [@lilbtagna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilbtagna)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2003, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-spiders/190543/18 "2003-07-24T18:01:20Z")
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> \*Originally posted by whuckfistle \*
> \*\*Be thankful that it wasn`t a pregnant live bearer. I squashed one of those once and had fifty little ones come crawling out of the belly. Scary as hell. \*\*
There was one time when some of my friends and I were hanging out at my house, and they were getting ready to leave. We opened the front door and this brown spider came skittering in. Naturally, I freaked out and hid behind someone.
One of my friends was not at all squeamish, and just said, “Go grab something. This spider has babies all over its back.”
So I ran into the kitchen and grabbed a plastic cup. I went back to the front door and saw little spiders starting to crawl off the mom and freaked out again, throwing the cup at the non-squeamish friend. He covered the spider, scooped it and all the babies, and dumped it outside, far far away from the door.
The plastic cup was then thrown away. It was soooo gross. I’m just happy I didn’t have to take care of it myself.
Oh, and **blessedwolf** , :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
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### Author:  [@Delly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delly)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2003, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-spiders/190543/19 "2003-07-24T23:02:19Z")
Why did I come back to this thread?! All of your stories are freaking me out! I didnt know spiders carried there babies on there back, omg im never killing another spider again, I would lose my mind!
Did any of you ever hear about the man and his cactus and the spiders? I dont know how true it is…I should check snopes, but omg, I had nightmares. ☹
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### Author:  [@lilbtagna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilbtagna)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2003, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-spiders/190543/20 "2003-07-25T00:00:20Z")
Man, cactus, and spiders?
Morbid curiosity it killing me… I’ll have to look this up if you don’t share the story soon **Delly** , and I know that either way, I’ll regret it.
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