Neat, but I think that the giant robotic spider was the best thing to have happened there for ages

YouTube - Giant Spider La Machine stalks Liverpool City Centre

HATE spiders - deeply, deeply hate them; so this would be my very worst nightmare! I mean that thing must 20' tall at least! OH.MY.GOD!! Arachnaphobics like me - flee!!

What is it about females who live in Staffordshire and spiders? There seems to be an abnormal concentration of arachnophobes there

You'd love one of these...



The Australian Huntsman spider; they do grow bigger than this. I had a very close encounter with one on one of my visits a few years ago; reaching out from a shower to get my towel, one was sitting right on top of it staring at me. As it happened I knew they were harmless, to people anyway, so a quick flick sent it scuttling away, but the reaction of someone who didn't know would probably have been quite amusing

Originally Posted by Midas

What is it about females who live in Staffordshire and spiders? There seems to be an abnormal concentration of arachnophobes there

You'd love one of these...



The Australian Huntsman spider; they do grow bigger than this. I had a very close encounter with one on one of my visits a few years ago; reaching out from a shower to get my towel, one was sitting right on top of it staring at me. As it happened I knew they were harmless, to people anyway, so a quick flick sent it scuttling away, but the reaction of someone who didn't know would probably have been quite amusing

Sorry had to delete the picture - I can't even look at the horrible creatures. If I was scientifically inclined I would be looking to invent a way to cause every single one of those revolting creatures to become extinct.

I actually hail from London originally; but I also know why I am terrified of them. The irony is that because I live in a rural village we get loads of these horrible things in the house. Some of them are HUGE and OH says they're 'garden spiders'; so what the hell are they doing in my HOUSE? If they're on the ceiling they get to live - if they stay out of my reach and away from me (like in a corner of the ceiling, etc); then they live. If they come down onto the wall of hang over my head then I knock them down and squash them. End of.

I have a simple policy - the only good spider is a very dead one. If their too big to knock down and squash with my slipper or shoe, then I use a very, very big book (which I then jump up and down on for good measure.) You, like my OH, see a cute little insect - I see a great slavering monster intent on my distruction.....

I try not to hate anything Midas, but I admit I dislike spiders an awful lot.<shudder>

Originally Posted by Trouble43

I have a simple policy - the only good spider is a very dead one. If their too big to knock down and squash with my slipper or shoe, then I use a very, very big book (which I then jump up and down on for good measure.) You, like my OH, see a cute little insect - I see a great slavering monster intent on my distruction.....

What you need is a course of aversion therapy - just found one here - and not even a picture of the lovely little creatures in it, so it's safe to look