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The Daily DFW Thread Sunday 15th June

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  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    There are so many in here that if I didn't kill the odd one or two I'd be walking through curtains of web...

    Put them outside, so they can feed and stop little flying critters which sting, suck blood and carry disease from entering your home.

    You just need a piece of paper to carry them and if you chuck them out of an upstairs window, they'll be fine.

    And they don't leave a "squish mark" if you throw them out...
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  • skint_spice
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    ZTD wrote: »
    Put them outside, so they can feed and stop little flying critters which sting, suck blood and carry disease from entering your home.

    You just need a piece of paper to carry them and if you chuck them out of an upstairs window, they'll be fine.

    And they don't leave a "squish mark" if you throw them out...

    we must agree to disagree on this one, they come in uninvited they leave dead. I squish in the hankie so no squish marks!;)

    funnily enough there are never any flies in here!
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  • LouiseJ
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    My Brother lives in Thailand and he has to check his slippers each morning for these:eek: and he wonders why I havent visited him yet:rotfl:

    Sorry had to delete the scorpion pic as it was a little on the large size.
    But these things take time, I know that I'm, the most inept that ever stepped.
  • skint_spice
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    Glad it's gone Louise - it was scary.
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  • LouiseJ
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    Glad it's gone Louise - it was scary.

    At least in UK there isnt a high possibility of coming across something that can crawl into your slippers and potentially kill you if it stings you:eek:

    But I am sure I will get to Thailand one day....dying to see my new baby niece. I will brave the scorpions and other scary things for her:A
    But these things take time, I know that I'm, the most inept that ever stepped.
  • System
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    Im terrified of spiders, i dream about them that they are in my pillow and things. Im always waking up convinced they are there. One night I got the single quilt and slept in the car
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    spud30 wrote: »
    I'm OK ta hun. I think I may have become a .................lurker :eek:

    How are you?
    Im ok Spud, all the better for seeing you. You going to the Leeds meet?
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  • LouiseJ
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    lennymfo wrote: »
    Im terrified of spiders, i dream about them that they are in my pillow and things. Im always waking up convinced they are there. One night I got the single quilt and slept in the car


    Really Lenny:eek: that sounds like a bad phobia hun.

    Sure it not just spiders legs you are scared of;)
    But these things take time, I know that I'm, the most inept that ever stepped.
  • System
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    LouiseJ wrote: »
    Really Lenny:eek: that sounds like a bad phobia hun.

    Sure it not just spiders legs you are scared of;)
    Oh i dont mind spiders legs:D. But let me tell you a story. I have 2 phobias; heights and spiders. One day whilst stood on a moutain in scotland at over 4000ft, I had a moment. Anyway, gollom like I shot up the mountain, flew up the rocks; i figured that the sooner i got to the top, the sooner i would be back down. So anyway in my mad dash up the rocks, rock after rock disappeared in my wake. Anyway on one of the rocks was a bloody great spider and in a split second i was faced with a dilemma; which phobia was the worst? The Spider or the Height thing? Well the spider got it lol :rotfl:So now in actual fact both of my phobias are a lot better than they used to be:T
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  • Its when spiders get in your hair when you are asleep that you should worry. My gran had a right little nest in hers, and didn't even know. she did wear a wig though and at 92 is partially sighted. still she would happily put it on and wear it all day, with a few swinging off.
    now aren't you glad i told you that before bedtime? hehehe
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