Vigil on 8/5/2006 at 23:30
I think you should pour boiling oil on them.
Oil you have hand-pressed from otters.
Random_Taffer on 9/5/2006 at 00:26
Quote Posted by Dia
I did battle with a particular spider for three mornings running just last week; every time I got in the shower & started shampooing my hair, I'd catch movement out of the corner of my eye and there'd be this medium sized arachnid (about the size of a US nickel) lowering himself on his little lowering web-thingy right towards my forhead. Twice I thought I'd washed him down the drain, only to have the samething happen again the next morning, the ballsy little creature!
I know all about that one. That's when you take the shower head and aim it upward.
Did you know that (I think that this is only outdoors) you can never be more than three feet away from some kind of spider? I'm not sure about the ocean or a desert but you get my drift.
oudeis on 9/5/2006 at 00:52
Quote Posted by Rug Burn Junky
While we're on the subject of pests, I have a couple of pigeons nesting just outside the kitchen window of my apartment. Originally I was planning on just installing deterrent spikes, but Tulsidas has convinced me that something else entirely is in order.
So, should I try to poison them, or would a homemade flamethrower be in order?
yeah, l've been through this too. l was subleasing this amazing room in a victorian apartment- huge, hardwood floors, northern exposure with windows from wall to wall- that was utterly spoiled by these goddamned pigeons. every morning just before 5 [dawn, at that time of year] the fuckers would start that gulping coo of theirs and wouldn't stop. after a few weeks of that my roommate got the landlord to install those spikes. l had no idea how completely medieval and mean those things would be, but any qualms l had about them were washed away in the blissful sound of silence that ensued. l didn't even care when l saw that one of them had lost a toe when it tried to land near my window, and l'm an animal lover and a vegetarian. served it right for messing up my sleep.:mad:
Scots Taffer on 9/5/2006 at 01:15
HAY GUYS HAY GUYS
AM I TOO LATE TO LICK GBM'S ASS?
I LOVE ME A GOOD ASS LICKING!@
tungsten on 9/5/2006 at 01:24
One more vote for the think before you kill.
Especially because GBM said in the first post that he expects it to be either a spider from the pet shop or the Southerner neighbour. If you think so, call the pet shop, they might even pay to catch it.
Tulsidas on 9/5/2006 at 01:27
Quote Posted by Rug Burn Junky
While we're on the subject of pests, I have a couple of pigeons nesting just outside the kitchen window of my apartment. Originally I was planning on just installing deterrent spikes, but Tulsidas has convinced me that something else entirely is in order.
Funny that you'd mention that. I have two pigeon chicks just outside by
bedroom window here. The mother/father spent more than 20 days brooding the eggs. There's a mess of bird droppings. I don't like bird droppings littered just outside my bedroom window. Yet, they are going to stay as long as they need to be able become strong and fly on their own. Clearly i've failed to convince you here.
Quote Posted by Rug Burn Junky
So, should I try to poison them, or would a homemade flamethrower be in order?
This is what makes people
appear smart on the internet. Churlish jokes about people/animals who cannot retaliate back in your tongue or are somewhat less physically endowed to hit back when you try your poison/flamethrower on them.
Scots Taffer on 9/5/2006 at 01:35
Did you just say the pigeon has a bigger dick than RBJ?
Random_Taffer on 9/5/2006 at 01:40
Quote Posted by Rug Burn Junky
So, should I try to poison them, or would a homemade flamethrower be in order?
W.W.T.D?
TTK12G3 on 9/5/2006 at 01:54
Quote Posted by Parker'sSire
Swallowing spiders in your sleep... A friend had told me about that statistic some time ago, so with renewed mortal fear (after reading this thread) I decided to finally look it up.. Seems it ain't so.... (breathes deeply and says silent prayer)
(
http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mspidereat.html).
It's the small ones that get you.:ebil:
Tonamel on 9/5/2006 at 02:02
Quote Posted by Low Moral Fiber
Obviously you need to take them out for a quiet picnic in the forest and have a talk about your relationship and how their perching on your windowsil is slightly infringing upon your personal space.
On a spring afternoon
When you're poisoning pigeons in the park!