Daddly-Long Legs

[bobo the clown]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/5386164.stm

there's an explosion of the little bastards.

It says here that " their average life-span is around 2 weeks ..." ... well, not at my house, it isn't !!

[Zulus Thousand of em]

Millions of the bastards around here. (I thought the thread was going to be about Peter Crouch when I first saw the title!)

[TANGODANCER]

Wife is utterly paranoid about daddy L's (one of the kids emptied a jam jar full of them on her face when she was asleep)
years ago). Half of my evening at the moment is hearing shrieks and chasing the little b.s around. Aparently, a plague of spiders is hot on their heels. Great news.

[Gertie]

I'm officially leaving the country.

[enfieldwhite]

My cat loves 'em. I catch them and bounce them off the wall (which stuns them temporarily) then my cat pounces and eats them.

She did twelve the other evening!

[TANGODANCER]

Spiders (the large variety, sort of a golf ball with legs) are amazingly fast. Here's how to catch em:

Drop a tumbler over the little b's, whether on the floor or a wall, and then slide a beer mate gently underneath it. Then take it outside and drop it over the fence into your least favourite neighbour's garden. Problem solved...

[enfieldwhite]

Spiders (the large variety, sort of a golf ball with legs) are amazingly fast. Here's how to catch em:

Drop a tumbler over the little b's, whether on the floor or a wall, and then slide a beer mate gently underneath it. Then take it outside and drop it over the fence into your least favourite neighbour's garden. Problem solved...

House spiders have a homing sytem and are capable of finfding their way back from over a mile away.

Embrace the Octo-peds!

It's them six legged disease carrying bastards you wanna worry about. Spiders are extremely helpful housemates and in no way dangerous.

[CrazyHorse]

Spiders (the large variety, sort of a golf ball with legs) are amazingly fast. Here's how to catch em:

Drop a tumbler over the little b's, whether on the floor or a wall, and then slide a beer mate gently underneath it. Then take it outside and drop it over the fence into your least favourite neighbour's garden. Problem solved...

House spiders have a homing sytem and are capable of finfding their way back from over a mile away.

Embrace the Octo-peds!

It's them six legged disease carrying bastards you wanna worry about. Spiders are extremely helpful housemates and in no way dangerous.

I'm an extremely helpful housemate and in no way dangerous but you still wouldn't want me letting myself into your house uninvited and then climbing up the walls would you?

[FaninOz]

Spiders (the large variety, sort of a golf ball with legs) are amazingly fast. Here's how to catch em:

Drop a tumbler over the little b's, whether on the floor or a wall, and then slide a beer mate gently underneath it. Then take it outside and drop it over the fence into your least favourite neighbour's garden. Problem solved...

House spiders have a homing sytem and are capable of finfding their way back from over a mile away.

Embrace the Octo-peds!

It's them six legged disease carrying bastards you wanna worry about. Spiders are extremely helpful housemates and in no way dangerous.

That may be OK in the UK but you try telling that to someone who has sat on a Redback Spider on the loo, and lived to tell the tail. They, and the White Back, are related to the Black Widow spider and can make you very ill, Funnel Web spiders are even worse, almost deadly.

Now the Huntsman spider, about the size of the palm of your hand is very friendly and keeps even the cockroaches down! But my wife freaks out when she sees one emerge from behind a painting and start to walk down the wall on its way for its dinner.

[Bruce Rioja]

Sat down for lunch with clients yesterday and no sooner did the food arrive than our secluded bit became festooned with houseflys (a good 20 or so). A colleague complained to the bartender/waiter who's response was "yeah, I know. Happens quite often".

The place to avoid is The Stamford Arms, Bowden, Cheshire, should you be down that way.

[Henrik's fan club]

There were millions around our halls of residence...but once it got competetive who could kill the most they disappeared within a few days. Not seen one since

[bobo the clown]

There were millions around our halls of residence...but once it got competetive who could kill the most they disappeared within a few days. Not seen one since

I believe this same process works with Stretford fans.

Go on, give it a try. You know it makes sense.

[Little Green Man]

Sat down for lunch with clients yesterday and no sooner did the food arrive than our secluded bit became festooned with houseflys (a good 20 or so). "

You see, that's the kind of situation where a flypaper tie comes in handy. Looks smart and yet is thoroughly practical.

[Soldier_Of_The_White_Army]

Spiders (the large variety, sort of a golf ball with legs) are amazingly fast. Here's how to catch em:

Drop a tumbler over the little b's, whether on the floor or a wall, and then slide a beer mate gently underneath it. Then take it outside and drop it over the fence into your least favourite neighbour's garden. Problem solved...

House spiders have a homing sytem and are capable of finfding their way back from over a mile away.

Embrace the Octo-peds!

It's them six legged disease carrying bastards you wanna worry about. Spiders are extremely helpful housemates and in no way dangerous.

That may be OK in the UK but you try telling that to someone who has sat on a Redback Spider on the loo, and lived to tell the tail. They, and the White Back, are related to the Black Widow spider and can make you very ill, Funnel Web spiders are even worse, almost deadly.

Now the Huntsman spider, about the size of the palm of your hand is very friendly and keeps even the cockroaches down! But my wife freaks out when she sees one emerge from behind a painting and start to walk down the wall on its way for its dinner.

One reason why you will never see me in Austrialia!!

As for Daddy long legs, does anyone have that clip from Ricky Gervais's 'Animals' about them. Hilarious

[Gnome]

My cat loves 'em. I catch them and bounce them off the wall (which stuns them temporarily) then my cat pounces and eats them.

She did twelve the other evening!

my cat used to do that

was amusing when i was camping at silverstone a couple of weekends ago, the tent was filled with em, and i was there trying to catch them and get them out without letting more in. quite difficult, but after i while i did it!

[Montreal Wanderer]

That may be OK in the UK but you try telling that to someone who has sat on a Redback Spider on the loo, and lived to tell the tail. They, and the White Back, are related to the Black Widow spider and can make you very ill, Funnel Web spiders are even worse, almost deadly.

We know what happens when we yell FIRE in a crowded theatre. I gather much the same result can be obtained with a room of Australians by yelling "Redback on the Dunny Seat".

[cowdrill]

weve been getting dam fruit flies everywhere recently



lil bastids

[communistworkethic]

well you will live in an apple tree cowdrill

[cowdrill]

that does seem to be the core of the problem

[communistworkethic]

another pithy response