# No spiders allowed on feet. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 24, 2007, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-spiders-allowed-on-feet/420261 "2007-09-24T03:27:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-spiders-allowed-on-feet/420261/1 "2007-09-24T03:27:15Z")
I decided to shave tonight instead of doing it in the morning. Just as I was finishing washing the shaving cream off of my face, I felt something light on my bare foot. Could’ve been a drop of water, but I wasn’t dripping. I figured it must have been a spider. I finished washing and drying my face, and what do you know? There was a spider by the sink. Not only that, it was the largest one I’ve ever seen in the house; about two inches with huge palps. I guess it didn’t get the word that I don’t like spiders in the house. And certainly not on my feet. So I got my spider jar and caught it. I’d caught a couple of small spiders over the last couple of days and took them outside today. The smaller of the two did not move when I shook and tapped the jar, so I figured it was dead and caught in a web. Nope. When I caught the latest one it scurried out. I’ll get him again if I see him again. As for the two-incher, I don’t feel like going outside tonight, so he’ll have to wait in the ‘penalty box’ until I get round to releasing him. ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-spiders-allowed-on-feet/420261/2 "2007-09-24T03:54:37Z")
Ooo, pictures?? ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-spiders-allowed-on-feet/420261/3 "2007-09-24T14:32:37Z")
I have a spider living in the toe-kick area underneath my vanity as well. We understand the rules–I let her live there as long as she doesn’t run over my feets. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-spiders-allowed-on-feet/420261/4 "2007-09-24T21:29:40Z")
I am not so kind to spiders here. I think part of the reason for my harsh rules is that, until recently, I always took off my glasses to take a shower. Without them, I couldn’t see a spider sneaking up on me until we were eye to eye. Cataracts forced me to get my OEM lenses replaced with bifocal implants, so now I can see clearly in the shower. I have changed some of my habits and biases now that I don’t wear glasses. For example, I don’t mind going out in a light rain these days. I never enjoyed swimming, because I could barely see without my specs. I haven’t tried that yet. I may yet change my attitude toward spiders, but I wouldn’t count on it. My first reacton to spiders is a swat. I’m even meaner to mosquitoes. I’ll dash across a room to smish a skeeter. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-spiders-allowed-on-feet/420261/5 "2007-09-24T23:52:08Z")
I have an understanding with the spiders who inhabit my dwelling. I won’t bother them if they don’t bother me. They have not signed such a treaty with my dachshund. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-spiders-allowed-on-feet/420261/6 "2007-09-26T02:57:47Z")
[QUOTE=BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed] Ooo, pictures?? [/QUOTE] Alas, Spidey Octoa is frolicking somewhere in the back yard. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-spiders-allowed-on-feet/420261/7 "2007-09-26T06:15:38Z")
I’ve been told, and from presonal experience, find that this is a bad spider year in the PNW. The year we moved into our house was too. The kitties like them, I don’t. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-spiders-allowed-on-feet/420261/8 "2007-09-26T09:05:40Z")
I didn’t know that you could penalize encroachment in hockey. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-spiders-allowed-on-feet/420261/9 "2007-09-26T11:45:07Z")
[We got 'em, too.](http://s222.photobucket.com/albums/dd163/bayoumystics/?action=view¤t=ottoartsept016.jpg) :eek: This guy is in Bellevue. The spider are on steroids up here this year! ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-spiders-allowed-on-feet/420261/10 "2007-09-26T13:12:37Z")
[QUOTE=singular1] [We got 'em, too.](http://s222.photobucket.com/albums/dd163/bayoumystics/?action=view¤t=ottoartsept016.jpg) :eek: This guy is in Bellevue. The spider are on steroids up here this year! [/QUOTE] Holy fuck, that’s a big goddam spider in your kitchen. (Implores SDMB community, do not accept this as a challenge to photograph and post bigger spider pics!) ---
**Author:** ![Coil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Coil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coil)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-spiders-allowed-on-feet/420261/11 "2007-09-26T13:46:05Z")
You are far too kind **Johnny L.A**. I would have reached for something to smash it with. The insects and I have an understanding. They do not come into the house and I do not kill them. Unfortunately the insects keep forgetting about the deal all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-spiders-allowed-on-feet/420261/12 "2007-09-26T14:29:31Z")
By 2-inches you mean “toes to toes” right? I would never have had the opportunity to smash this beast with a rock as my head would have been firmly lodged in the ceiling. The brand in **singular1** ’s post is directly responsible for my arachnophbia. It’s those big goddam house spiders that used to snuggle up in my warm blankets when I was a kid. Nothing like waking up in the middle of the night with one of those demons crawling around your thighs looking for who-knows-what kind of mischief to get into. brrr… ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-spiders-allowed-on-feet/420261/13 "2007-09-27T02:41:33Z")
[QUOTE=Inigo Montoya] By 2-inches you mean “toes to toes” right? [/QUOTE] Oh, no. I always measure the distance between the narrowest set of eyes. 😃 Yeah, ‘toes-to-toes’. Actually with the legs bent it might not have been quite two inches. Fairly close though. ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-spiders-allowed-on-feet/420261/14 "2007-09-27T03:53:53Z")
[QUOTE=picunurse] I’ve been told, and from presonal experience, find that this is a bad spider year in the PNW. The year we moved into our house was too. The kitties like them, I don’t. [/QUOTE] same here in the mid of west, however i am of the live and let live policy, since the little beasties do tend to keep the in-house winged critters at bay. central indiana can sometimes resemble a bad version of ‘arachnaphobia’ during a wet summer. like your household however, mistress speck and master turk have an entirely different opinion about them. more along the lines of ‘oooh… shiny!’ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Nanoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-spiders-allowed-on-feet/420261/15 "2007-09-27T04:06:15Z")
Spiders are allowed downstairs so long as they catch all the other creepy crawlies, and stay out of the way enough that I can pretend they aren’t there. Anything spanning larger than a quarter in plain sight gets evicted.