Battle with arachnids...
I had been pondering a grey mass for some time now, it wasn't just any mass! It was thick, wispy, no doubt sticky to some and home to well a spider of a kind. Just exactly what i had no idea.
Armed with a long handled broom that had seen better days i set about destroying the cosiness of this humble home. Foolishly i did not think perhaps this home was in fact concealing a NEST of spiders! It was like arachnophobia all over again! Don't get me wrong i dont have a fear of spiders perse but well when they outnumber me by like 100 to 1 i don't think i'd want to be anywhere near!
Into the house i dashed, grabbed the good ol' can of Pea Beu thinking "hit 'em high, hit 'em low, hit 'em with the ol' pea beu". Out i ran spraying those horrible little things (i still had no idea what sort they were) and they were EVERYWHERE!! You know when spiders decide it's time to leave home and they spin out a thread so the wind can pick them up and take them to a new home? Well they started doing this. Unluckily for me the wind was blowing my way! And so yes i got covered *sigh*, the battle was not over, oh no my friend it had only just begun!
I stamped, i slapped, i shook and yes i think i even squealed, much to the amusement of others. They were not going to make their new home on me!
Well after a time (a sticky one i might add) i had finally gotten rid of most of them, well those i could see anyway and then i began to inspect what was left of the grey mass. Now don't think i was silly enough to go poking in there with a stick, please im not that daft! When i say inspect i mean just simply stare at it making sure nothing was moving before i once again made use of the broom.
If i could hear spiders feet moving im sure that is exactly what i would have heard. As i stared and waited something began to move. The way the web moved and jerked about told me this aint no baby spider, this is the mother of spiders!! It was HUGE, it was BLACK, it looked poisonous (i wasnt going to get bitten to find out though), and it looked like it needed to be killed! Sorry to those who love spiders but this was one that wasnt going to see the end of day. Out my trusty spray can came, alas it was just about finished and was not making the least bit of difference!
Once again i raced into the house and grabbed can number 2. This time it wasnt pea beu, this time it was "more smart, more safe, MORTEIN!" (Louies favourite brand). So i sprayed, and i sprayed and still that spider ran around! It began to run away. I hunted it down, this was one creature who wasnt getting off so easily, i found it again i sprayed squarely onto its body then "klunk" it landed on the down pipe before it fell onto the ground. Who's the bigger one now?! I think by this stage it was getting a little sick but i was not satisifed.
I still had one more use for my broom. I thumped it countless times until i was sure it was winded, the legs curled up and it lay on its back, still, silent...dead. (Just to make sure though, i poked it with a long stick and squashed it a little)
And so once again goodness prevailed... or did it? Such a cruel death to a tiny creature. The things we do...
Armed with a long handled broom that had seen better days i set about destroying the cosiness of this humble home. Foolishly i did not think perhaps this home was in fact concealing a NEST of spiders! It was like arachnophobia all over again! Don't get me wrong i dont have a fear of spiders perse but well when they outnumber me by like 100 to 1 i don't think i'd want to be anywhere near!
Into the house i dashed, grabbed the good ol' can of Pea Beu thinking "hit 'em high, hit 'em low, hit 'em with the ol' pea beu". Out i ran spraying those horrible little things (i still had no idea what sort they were) and they were EVERYWHERE!! You know when spiders decide it's time to leave home and they spin out a thread so the wind can pick them up and take them to a new home? Well they started doing this. Unluckily for me the wind was blowing my way! And so yes i got covered *sigh*, the battle was not over, oh no my friend it had only just begun!
I stamped, i slapped, i shook and yes i think i even squealed, much to the amusement of others. They were not going to make their new home on me!
Well after a time (a sticky one i might add) i had finally gotten rid of most of them, well those i could see anyway and then i began to inspect what was left of the grey mass. Now don't think i was silly enough to go poking in there with a stick, please im not that daft! When i say inspect i mean just simply stare at it making sure nothing was moving before i once again made use of the broom.
If i could hear spiders feet moving im sure that is exactly what i would have heard. As i stared and waited something began to move. The way the web moved and jerked about told me this aint no baby spider, this is the mother of spiders!! It was HUGE, it was BLACK, it looked poisonous (i wasnt going to get bitten to find out though), and it looked like it needed to be killed! Sorry to those who love spiders but this was one that wasnt going to see the end of day. Out my trusty spray can came, alas it was just about finished and was not making the least bit of difference!
Once again i raced into the house and grabbed can number 2. This time it wasnt pea beu, this time it was "more smart, more safe, MORTEIN!" (Louies favourite brand). So i sprayed, and i sprayed and still that spider ran around! It began to run away. I hunted it down, this was one creature who wasnt getting off so easily, i found it again i sprayed squarely onto its body then "klunk" it landed on the down pipe before it fell onto the ground. Who's the bigger one now?! I think by this stage it was getting a little sick but i was not satisifed.
I still had one more use for my broom. I thumped it countless times until i was sure it was winded, the legs curled up and it lay on its back, still, silent...dead. (Just to make sure though, i poked it with a long stick and squashed it a little)
And so once again goodness prevailed... or did it? Such a cruel death to a tiny creature. The things we do...
posted by Jenay at
5:05 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home