Lol.... I am so scared of spiders ( I check fruit bags in the supermarket and at home for them, I even open the bag in the fridge so I can quickly shut it of there is one in there) that men I date cannot be scared of them. I went away with my boyfriend once and we were stood outside the hotel, there was a great big spider there, I jumped and he saw it and jumped just as high. My attraction to him went right out the window.
Somewhere on the job descrition that entitled 'being a bloke' under 'manly duties' it clearly states ' To be the courageous warrior and carry out any transferring of creatures with more than four legs to the garden or other such place where they will not disturb any female.'
These terms are legally binding and you agreed to said terms when you were born with a penis.
You'll also find cooking outdoors, taking out the rubbish and fixing clauses in the job description too... Honestly Rugs, did you not read it?!
How do you tell a dirty spider from a clean one? Not a joke - just wondering. I too am spider catcher - dont really mind them. When kids were small and sharing a room I was called to despatch a tarantula on the wall above one bed. I climbed up on said bed to do my plastic beaker and card trick as hubby and boys sat on the other bed to watch. Diameter of spider so big it only just fitted into beaker. All 3 sat open mouthed so I shouted to one to open the flippin window and then shook it out.
I then chastised them for being useless and just sitting there. At which point I was informed that tarantula had not actually gone into the beaker but had been perched on the back of my hand until I shook it off out the window.
Still use the same method but with a bit more care.
We used to have a HUUUUUUUUUUGE one that lived behind our fireplace and late at night he used to come out, I swear we heard him stomp across the floor! I got quite attached to him and called him Simon. Not seen him for ages now though :-(
I'd rather have dozens of spiders in my house than those nasty, dirty disease ridden flies- now them I do hate with a passion.
Went to see Arachnophobia at Cinema many years ago and the row of teenagers sitting 5/6 rows behind us started lobbing plastic spiders around the cinema half way through - little to$$ers, one of them got a malteser full pelt in the face for their trouble.