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  • poll: If you see a spider or scary bug, what do you do?
    Have a panic attack and run away : (10 votes)
    6 %
    Scream for SO or someone else to come save you : (42 votes)
    27 %
    Throw something at it from a distance in hopes of killing it : (5 votes)
    3 %
    Try to pretend if doesn't exist. Deny deny deny : (10 votes)
    6 %
    Hit it with a broom or something with a long handle : (4 votes)
    3 %
    Sweep it out the front door : (2 votes)
    1 %
    Step on it or smash it with something up close : (27 votes)
    18 %
    Smother it with a paper towel and flush it : (20 votes)
    13 %
    Smash it with your bare hand (You're just crazy like that) : (5 votes)
    3 %
    Pick it up and free it outside while wishing it the best : (11 votes)
    7 %
    Try to get the dog or cat to eat it : (8 votes)
    5 %
    Befriend it and keep it as a pet : (2 votes)
    1 %
    Other : (8 votes)
    5 %
  1. MrsRoo

    pear / 1642 posts

    @Reese: I think about that meme everytime I kill a spider and feel a little sad, lol. But ultimately my urge to protect my daughter from scary, eight-legged monsters wins and I kill them anyway.

  2. snowjewelz

    wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts

    Depends on what kind. I can kill an itsy bitsy one. Anything bigger, or daddy long legs, I call for help!

  3. Alivoo01

    wonderful olive / 19353 posts

    @Reese: LOL!!!!

    I kill them with a quickness!

  4. artsyfartsy

    cantaloupe / 6692 posts

    I saw a YouTube video once and a guy was talking about how he hated bugs. He said "Everyone always says that bugs do good things and we shouldn't kill them and blah blah blah. If they're so busy doing all these things then why are they wasting time crawling on me?" Lol

    ETA: here's the video. It's pretty hilarious. Lots of F bombs though.



  5. swurlygurl

    honeydew / 7091 posts

    Something involving screaming and running away and trying to kill it.

    Lately, I'm trying to teach L to befriend bugs so she will be my savior since DH just laughs at me and tells me to suck it up

  6. swurlygurl

    honeydew / 7091 posts

    @Danizaur: Hahahahaha to both your videos!!

  7. Mrs. Lemon-Lime

    wonderful pea / 17279 posts

    You had so many awesome poll choices, but I still picked Other

    I let spiders live and go on about their business eating other pesky insects. I haven't run across a spider inside my house though. Growing up we had daddy long legs in our den. They were so cool.

  8. cyndistar3

    pomegranate / 3980 posts

    If it's little I'll squish it with a (many times folded) paper towel and flush it, if it is larger or really fast and dh is around I scream for him to come save me, if it is large and or fast or too high I use chemical warfare until it is incapacitated then I squish it with a paper towel and flush it...

  9. MrsKoala

    cantaloupe / 6869 posts

    Ask DH to kill it. If he isn't around, I breathe slowly for a couple minutes and try to get up the courage to smoosh it with a paper towel and flush it.

  10. illumina

    pomelo / 5469 posts

    Depends how big it is. If it's a small, like couple of centimeters total length I'll just watch it scuttle away somewhere...if it's big I'll shout for Dh to come and take it outside. When Dh wasn't here once there was a big one on the curtains in the living room and I just shut the door and didn't go back in there until he came home!

  11. MrsBrewer

    coconut / 8854 posts

    I voted "try to get your pet to eat it" I literally did this last night! I was vacuuming and this nasty looking hard shelled black beetle thing came out from under our chair. I immediately called both dogs over, and they played with it until it was dead. Then one of my cats came over and ate it! HAHAHAH Now that's teamwork!!

  12. BlueWolverine

    pear / 1510 posts

    I generally allow spiders to go on their merry way, unless they're crawling ON me. Go eat the bugs.

    Cockroaches on the other hand -- I run away screaming. F-bombs. DH always knows if I see one because he can hear me from across the house. They all deserve to DIE DIE DIE.

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