# Removing a Spider, Then Not Washing the Glass **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 24, 2008, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-spider-then-not-washing-the-glass/450469 "2008-05-24T13:36:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-spider-then-not-washing-the-glass/450469/21 "2008-05-24T18:13:21Z")
I don’t get rid of spiders with glasses, but if I did, I’d definitely wash it. Who knows where it’s been? And spiders don’t wipe their little feet. (Plus, there are EIGHT of them to wipe.) ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-spider-then-not-washing-the-glass/450469/22 "2008-05-24T19:22:11Z")
I agree with both the OP, and his wife. There’s absolutely no reason to wash the glass after a spider removal. But I do it anyway, even if the spider never even touched the glass, because dude, it’s fucking _spider_. \ ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-spider-then-not-washing-the-glass/450469/23 "2008-05-24T20:45:27Z")
Well, the spider’s been wandering around the floor probably under the stove or refrigerator where it’s all greasy and unmopped, with its sticky, sticky feet. So if you’d feel happy about grinding the rim of the glass on the floor under the stove for a couple of seconds and then taking a sip, yeah there’s no reason to wash the glass. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-spider-then-not-washing-the-glass/450469/24 "2008-05-25T01:31:38Z")
I don’t get why you would assume a spider is clean. Bugs bring lots of diseases around with them. Even if they are, if your wife is squicked out by the thought of drinking out of a glass that a spider has been crawling around in, would it really kill you to give it a rinse? As marriage compromises go, this is a pretty small one. I certainly wouldn’t want to die defending this particular spider hill. Just wash the damned glass, if for no other reason than your wife will appreciate it. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-spider-then-not-washing-the-glass/450469/25 "2008-05-25T03:41:33Z")
I am in the “Dude, spiders don’t wash their feet and who knows where they’ve been so wash the glass” camp. And I am also extremely squicked out right now. ---
**Author:** ![Purgatory\_Creek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/74df32/32.png) [@Purgatory\_Creek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purgatory_Creek)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-spider-then-not-washing-the-glass/450469/26 "2008-05-25T03:47:39Z")
The simplest solution would be to use a dirty glass to start out with. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-spider-then-not-washing-the-glass/450469/27 "2008-05-25T03:50:27Z")
So what you’re saying is that you won’t accommodate your wife’s feelings, because they might be a little irrational? Tell me, how many of your irrational feelings does she have to accommodate? It doesn’t matter who’s right and who’s wrong. If you don’t wash the glass, you’re being a dick. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-spider-then-not-washing-the-glass/450469/28 "2008-05-25T03:59:55Z")
[QUOTE=bbs2k] - Spider glass, tainted with evil [/QUOTE] _Aaaand_ now there is a new saying in my household. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-spider-then-not-washing-the-glass/450469/29 "2008-05-25T04:10:24Z")
[QUOTE=panache45] So what you’re saying is that you won’t accommodate your wife’s feelings, because they might be a little irrational? Tell me, how many of your irrational feelings does she have to accommodate? It doesn’t matter who’s right and who’s wrong. If you don’t wash the glass, you’re being a dick. [/QUOTE] Really? That’s weird. When my wife cooks she pretty much expects I’ll clean. Thank goodness she hardly ever cooks. Of course, when I cook, I’m also supposed to clean. I digress. I figure the same rule would apply. The one who does the catching shouldn’t have to worry about the cleaning. She wants a clean glass, she can damn well wash it herself. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-spider-then-not-washing-the-glass/450469/30 "2008-05-25T05:23:16Z")
[QUOTE=Zsofia] Tell her that for all she knows, spiders are crawling around in the dark inside the cabinets and have touched _all the glasses_. I wouldn’t wash the glass for a spider. I would wash it for a cockroach. [/QUOTE] EXACTLY. Eminently sensible. ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-spider-then-not-washing-the-glass/450469/31 "2008-05-25T11:39:07Z")
Me three! Oh, and **brujaja** ; Ploffskin, Pluffskin, Pelican jee! We think no birds so happy as we! ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-spider-then-not-washing-the-glass/450469/32 "2008-05-25T13:50:19Z")
I’d definitely wash the glass. What’s the big deal about washing a glass? ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-spider-then-not-washing-the-glass/450469/33 "2008-05-25T17:16:10Z")
I bet spiders have a party in my cupboard when I’m not looking :dubious: , but I don’t really care about that. If I’m sticking a glass business-side-down onto an unclean surface, it’s getting cleaned after. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-spider-then-not-washing-the-glass/450469/34 "2008-05-25T18:54:28Z")
It’s not just the spider germs (and agreed - who knows where it’s been), but you just had the glass on the wall or the floor which are also covered in germs. I don’t care how clean the floor is, you still don’t lick it. Putting the glass back in the cabinet after the rim has been on the floor is equally as disgusting. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-spider-then-not-washing-the-glass/450469/35 "2008-05-25T19:16:06Z")
First you eat the spider, then wash the glass. ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-spider-then-not-washing-the-glass/450469/36 "2008-05-25T21:10:08Z")
Ok, I’ve been sprung. This morning my darling daughter found a spider crawling over her jacket - she was wearing the jacket at the time and not happy about the spider. It didn’t like the noise and bungied to the floor, whereapon I squished it with great force and a spare shoe. I wiped the shoe. ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-spider-then-not-washing-the-glass/450469/37 "2008-05-25T21:54:48Z")
I like the idea of having a designated Spider Glass. The best part about this is that you can make sure unliked guests (mother-in-law? annoying neighbor?) gets the Spider Glass to hold their beverage. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-spider-then-not-washing-the-glass/450469/38 "2008-05-25T23:44:48Z")
Perfectly OK to not wash but hey, give it a quick rinse to keep peace. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-spider-then-not-washing-the-glass/450469/39 "2008-05-25T23:46:09Z")
Oh for Og’s sake, dude, is _this_ the hill you want to die on? It will take you two minutes to wash the glass in exchange for keeping your wife happy and content and willing to give you sex. I swear, men sometimes. I love men. I have two living with me. But sometimes you flex your macho muscles at the silliest things. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-spider-then-not-washing-the-glass/450469/40 "2008-05-26T06:28:12Z")
[QUOTE=Zsofia] I wouldn’t wash the glass for a spider. I would wash it for a cockroach. [/QUOTE] Aren’t spiders doing their damndest to get their grubby little mitts on cockroaches and flies? Sailboat [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-spider-then-not-washing-the-glass/450469.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-spider-then-not-washing-the-glass/450469.md?page=3)