How to scare DH

Our big hairy spiders, usually appear around October, and are all called George. I used to be afraid of them, but have grown out of it now.

I bought a plug that when it is plugged in stops the spiders coming in as well as flies etc,happily say no more spider problems

gmelon, not quite the "Amityville Horror" I was thinking of

muddynails
If there were thumping noises in the (yes there is a) basemement I hope they enjoy themselves.
As a 98% tee total family we keep alcohol for visitors and celebrations in there

This gets worse and worse gmelon
First having so many dead spiders in the bath you need to shovel them out
then a carpet of dead bees
now howling from the chimney -- are things being moved about and are there thumping noises...............do you have a basement?

I have a irrational fear of spiders, can't even read this whole thread

My previous dog would pursue a low flying fly around the lounge for ages and if he didn't notice it going out of the window I used to throw a raisin on the floor so he thought he had caught it, otherwise he would still jump about looking for it.

Ohh no, you never kill a spider! They look after the home and protect us from the missies and the horrible flies! lol.
One even caught a wasp the other week, I was very pleased as two of my grandchildren are allergic.

Also, my daughter told me that if you kill a spider, and another spider finds his body, they go and tell their mates and they all come round to wreak their vengeance! lol

I love spiders..all of ours end up being called Harry. Have no idea why! x

lemongrove
I may be having nightmares after reading your posts

We're passing on sleepless nights because I'm getting nightmare vibes from Muddynails and her bat tales.

Spiders are welcome in this house at any time of year. Moths are my nemesis. Utterly terrified of them and can't be in the same room as them.

When it's really windy the fireplaces make weird noises.

Muddynails
My one bat, not as bad as friend who moved into house and took balloon things out of the chimneys (old house, fireplaces in the bedrooms) and was woken in the night by weird sound and when they put on the light was (she said) at least a dozen bats swooping around the room

Ummm...... this house has fireplaces in all the rooms including bedrooms. All bar one are out of use and each have a balloon up there.
Oh dear.

think there must have been a surfeit of flies/bees they could hear buzzing so they marched up the piping en mass thinking it was new spider restaurant opened
They were tempted in by our carpets of bees. Your may be right.

Leslie 4357. Arachnophobia is a phobia. There is no logic to it. The fact that the spiders living in the UK are largely harmless does not make a scrap of difference.
I am not scared of spiders but I do sympathise. I have a snake phobia (that includes slow worms, although they are lizards, not snakes), I have cats who bring them indoors and when bored with them, leave them for me to find. Luckily, I have patient, long-suffering neighbours who ‘rescue’ me from them..

gmelon I may be having nightmares after reading your posts.?

blueskies that will teach you to eat biccies in bed!

Funny that you posted that Nannykay as just last night I had to deal with the first ‘of the season’ a big brown spider with huge legs, hiding under the dresser ( it came out for a stroll about 10pm) it’s early for them to be out and about so boldly, normally August onwards! Shudder.

never understood why people are so afraid of spiders ... they are such useful animals. Ours are all called 'Fred' and live very long lives.

I was sitting in bed reading one night. I'd just got to the part where a woman was backed into a corner by a dangerous man and she went for him with a poker when something buzzed in my ear. I batted it away with my left hand, threw the book at it with my right and half jumped out of bed. The book ended up on the chest of drawers in the corner and the fly on the floor stunned. I finished it off with a slipper.
I don't usually kill flies or spiders but this one attacked me at exactly the wrong moment.

gmelon, My one bat, not as bad as friend who moved into house and took balloon things out of the chimneys (old house, fireplaces in the bedrooms) and was woken in the night by weird sound and when they put on the light was (she said) at least a dozen bats swooping around the room. As for your spiders, think there must have been a surfeit of flies/bees they could hear buzzing so they marched up the piping en mass thinking it was new spider restaurant opened.

*above

muddynails
What about a bat you think has flown out of the house, then hearing that rubbery sound of bat wings and feel the draught of it flying by as it comes out from behind the curtains that are above your bed head once you have put out the light and settled down in bed.

This abov has done for me sleeping wise.
I couldn't sleep last night thinking about your bat, I kept thinking how you shut the window and it was still in your bedroom, lurking in your dressing gown.

muddynails Tue 17-Jul-18 07:21:20
gmelon, Where did all those spiders in the bath come from, I hope you keep a brick on the plug when you are in the bath!

I haven't the faintest idea why there were so many.

Mass suicide? Joined a cult that brainwashed spiders?

A new bath was in there pronto.

Never mind the spider! Isn't Outlander good? I've read all of the books and am now watching it on tv. Can't go past any large stones without doing my best to go back in time and find Jamie!!!

Spiders landing on your leg is not funny for any of us but ones that run around I had a secret weapon. A terrier, she was a demon, any insect, spiders no problem, chew them and spit them out. She'd catch insects in flight too including Wasps and Bees but never did get stung we gave up trying to stop her in the end.

The cat deals with them for me. Unfortunately they sometimes make him sick; I think he should kill them before he eats them.

I don't know about other DH's but herself can scare me by using one of two very small words with VERY many connotations OH! or AHH!