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    Spiders.

    Just settling down to watch a bit of TV, I get into bed, pull the blankets up, and a spider that was lurking unseen on my duvet runs ACROSS MY FACE, down the side of my neck, and into my pillow case.

    Had to spend 30 seconds fishing it out; it tried to make good its escape by running up the wall, where I was forced to crush it to atoms with the Sky remote.

    A spider was on my face! Errrrrrrrrrrrgh!

    I hate late summer. Big spiders everywhere.

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    ROFL! I can safely say that I would probably have a panic attack if that happened to me. I would jump out of my bed so fast and probably break my neck or sprain something in the process. Same goes for moths.
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    I find counselling helps a treat I can now stand to be within 10 yards of a spider without having a seizure

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    Quote Originally Posted by Howard
    ROFL! I can safely say that I would probably have a panic attack if that happened to me. I would jump out of my bed so fast and probably break my neck or sprain something in the process. Same goes for moths.
    Haha, I'm glad to know I'm not the only one. I was attacked by a giant cranefly last night!

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    I didn't jump, never had time, I just tensed up soooo tight. It was the shock of being all relaxed and comfy one second, and then having a spider on my face the next.

    My eyes are on stalks now checking for them. I want to relax and watch the Mark Steel Lectures!

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    I caught about four of the buggers in my room the other night, had to use the old glass and paper trap, then chucked them out the window...
    Not a fan of them... to say the least.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Howard
    ROFL! I can safely say that I would probably have a panic attack if that happened to me. I would jump out of my bed so fast and probably break my neck or sprain something in the process. Same goes for moths.

    I HAAAAAAAAAATE Moths!! Hairy rats of annoyance, and why do they like to fly so fast in such small and varied circles?


    One time I was on the computer, and it flew from beneath the desk from between my legs and then as it reached my face it went nuts and rubbed itself all over my mouth until flying off. And more than once I have been on the PC in the heat (consequently with the window open) at night, and felt something on the back of my neck, and to slap it in accidental reaction to find a soup of hair and golden goo smelted over my hand and neck

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    Stop talking about spiders!!!! Yuk!

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    urghhhhh. daddy long legs or crane flys, whatever you call them my area seems to be infested with them Before I can sleep at night there is a war between me and the flys, they dont scare me but there buzzing/scratching/whatever sound really irratates me. I found one in the fridge last night ??.. weird.

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    You guys really oughtta meet my lead guitarist some time, he keeps spiders as a hobby, his biggest one at the moment is a Salmon Pink Birdeater -


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    How big was the critter? Was it one of the ones with the very delicate looking legs or the harder looking chunky type?

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    had my first big spider for a while in my room last night , whats slightly disturbing about these big ones is that i dont see them first but i hear them as they run along the walls and over posters etc , not nice when it's pitch black you hear a noise on the wall next to you and theres a huuuuge frikin spider starring at you , still a quick wack with my slipper and all is well again

    worst spider encounter i had was when i went to put the cat out late at night and i didnt put on the lights or use a torch knew id walked through a web but thought nothing of it , put the cat out then went to the toilet only to have this rather large bugger run across my tshirt inches from my face , after much frantic movement in ended up on the floor where i killed it. dont go down stairs in the dark now without a torch

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    Quote Originally Posted by Elessar_VPR
    How big was the critter? Was it one of the ones with the very delicate looking legs or the harder looking chunky type?
    Was a small-to-medium sized one. Lucky really, as the last few I've seen have been mahoosive ones, if one of those ran over my face I'd jump a mile.

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    Havent got a problem with them myself, until the wife freaks out and takes arms with the yellow pages coz a spider the sixe of a peanut is on the wall!

    Was gonna gross all you arachnaphobics out by saying "Do you know the average person eats about 8 spider intheir sleep per year!" But it seems that myth has been busted, you only eat roughly 1 in your lifetime when asleep! Shame, was a sure way to get revenge on the wife! at bedtime

    http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mspidereat.html

    Seems to be the general opinion fro what I have googled!
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    Hate spiders with a passion!

    Last week, Came back from a mates bday party and was knackered big time. As soon as i got into my room, jumped straight onto my bed, seconds later, i realised there was a spider inches away from my face . I fink i jumped accross the room, Grabbed a book and squashed it then realised the mess was all over the pillow, anyways, Couldn't sleep the whole night thinking there would be more spiders about or they'll go in my mouth while i'm sleeping

    Eurgh!

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    moths are worse.

    yesterday when i was doing the washing up was a moth in the sink, so i thought id pour some hot water on it, it just flew away.

    today i didnt notice it, but it was hiding and half way though washing up it flew into my face then went back EXACTLY to where it was hiding before - took me 10 mins to realise where it started but i saw the direction it came from.

    so i poured a large cup of boiling water on it, it flapped its wings a bit, made a mess but still flew away.

    so now its sitting on the ceiling waiting to get revenge tomorrow

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