That M&M Squish

In My Humble Opinion
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I’ve figured out what grosses me out so much about killing spiders and other little multi-legged bugs. It’s that little crunch and then the slighty squishy slide as you mash them. It gives me the total heeby-jeebies! :eek:

There has got to be a better way to kill these things!

Please don’t chide me for killing them (actually I get my hubby to usually). They don’t pay rent, they don’t belong in the house. They can also see me too well I think. Ever noticed a spider creeping along in your peripheral vision, then turn and look at it? What usually happens? The little buggers either curl up really small and pretend to not be there or they make a run for it. I know they see us seeing them. :eek: Just how do they know that we are thinking “spider must die”?

Aack, I’ve got gross spider stories, and now I must stop before I creep myself out by thinking of them again.

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I’m right with you. I rarely kill bugs, especially big ones, because of the squish factor and that I hate dealing with the little corpses. My SO thinks I’m nuts, but I’ll just about always capture them and put 'em outside. Not because I’m some sort of bleeding heart about bugs, but I just hate squish “Oh there’s a corpse! Go get the Lysol!”

I do draw the line, though, at those little evil moths that get into food if you don’t watch it. I made the mistake of buying some bird seed last summer and not storing it in an airtight container. A few months later, we had little evil meal moths all over the garage. Those I’ll kill with no problem.

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Hammacher Schlemmer sells a Bug Vacuum. I’ve long considered buying one for one of my friends (maybe even for me!)

I’ll see if I can post the URL.