a? about spiders

[irisblue]

I put my reusable grocery bags outside after unloading, & toss them in the car the next time I use the car. Today, after I got to the grocery, I picked up my bags and a spider raced out. I screamed & jumped out, spider ran under the DRIVERS seat. The spider might have screamed too, not sure.
My ? is this, and I'm in the grocery waiting for the service desk people so I got time, do I set the car on fire here or just leave windows rolled up sitting in the sun for a day till the heat bakes the spider? I can cab home. Advice appreciated.

[dameatball]

1. Were you buying curds and whey at the grocery store??

[WhiteTara]

2. Or you could open the door and wait

until it gets the courage to get out in a new environment? Or pretend it isn't there and when you get home remember to never leave the bags right side up; always top down?

[Heartstrings]

3. Uber home....

Spiders in cars must die! And centipedes anywhere must die as well!

Ugh!

[Cartoonist]

4. Paper left outside is like spider-nip

It gets better with age

[Siwsan]

5. That's a big YIKES from me

I once had a massive spider, with what I am convinced were slathering jaws of death, run beneath my couch as I was chasing it with a can of oven spray. I wasn't sure if I 'hit' it and I refused to sit on the couch until a friend of mine came over to tear the couch apart in search of a dead or very pissed off MASSIVE spider. We found nothing.

This is how big it was - I was preparing to have people over for an Italian feast. I was burning some multi colored dripping candles in a Chianti bottle and had the bottle sitting on a piece of news paper. I heard this pit pat sound and thought it was the wax dripping onto the paper. It wasn't. The spider was so big, I could hear it walking across the paper. Truly terrifying.

[Grasswire2]

6. oh god

I hate when a spider I am chasing goes missing.

We have a new way with spiders. When spotted, I immediately go get the vacuum cleaner, plug it in, and suck up the spider with the hose attachment. Then, while holding the hose upright, I grab a few popcorn kernels and drop them into the hose just to make sure the spider won't come back out.

We have some HUGE ones here. I don't know how they get in.

[safeinOhio]

7. Fumigate.

But be kind and use laughing gas. That’s the way I want to go.

[missingthebigdog]

8. He is more afraid of you than you are of him.

That being said, since you have inflicted upon him such emotional distress, it is only fair to let him have the car. You know, as compensation.

[sl8]

9. Can you draw a picture of him smiling?

From https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/09/15/drawing-pictures-smiling-spiders-can-help-people-overcome-arachnophobia/

Drawing pictures of 'smiling' spiders can help people overcome arachnophobia


Adam Cox encourages clients in his art therapy sessions to draw brightly coloured, smiling spiders to reduce their feelings of anxiety. CREDIT: KIN COMMUNICATIONS

Yohannes Lowe
15 SEPTEMBER 2018 • 2:34PM

Drawing pictures of friendly spiders can help people overcome arachnophobia, a Harley Street hypnotherapist has said.

Adam Cox, a Clinical Hypnotherapist, encourages clients in his art therapy sessions to draw brightly coloured, smiling spiders with “big eyes” to reduce their feelings of anxiety towards the arachnids.

With an estimated 12 million UK adults admitting to arachnophobia, Mr Cox’s techniques could become increasingly sought after as the autumn marks the start of spider mating season.

Mr Cox’s therapy workshops involve an average of 10-15 participants, all of whom have been able to touch a tarantula or help capture and release a house spider afterwards.

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More at link.

[irisblue]

10. I'm flying to London

Going to his office on Harley Street and burning it down. 🔥🔥🔥