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25 July 2007
I think I need a break from politics. I just read "Does anyone ever see black widows?" and immediately thought it was a question about marriage rates within the black community.
Yeah, I had a whole spiel going in my head, talking about death and incarceration rates of young black men, the lower marriage rates within the black community, and how they might affect each other, and then was like, "Oh, duh. Spiders."
Ha! The other day I was shopping in our local, very Christian grocery store and one of the new flat screens they installed was going on and on about Jesus. The wonderful world of Jesus. We should all get to know Jesus better. And I thought, "That's it. I can handle the religious messages on their signs and flyers and stuff, but being prostyletized to when I'm just trying to buy bread is more than I can take."
Then I looked up at the screen and realized I was in the deli section and it was an informational show on cheeses. The wonderful world of cheeses. How we should all get to know cheeses better.
Your black widow confusion has made me feel better about my own stupidity.
more strong black women are forced to step on the spiders themselves.
Eeekkk! I HATE HATE HATE stepping on them - much prefer dropping a large heavy object on them and then leaving it until everything's all dried up and non-discernable! (I feel so much less like a cold-blooded killer that way, all og's creatures an so on.)
If we could just get a gospel choir of widowed african american ladies to sing "Oh what a friend we have in cheeses" this thread would totally come full circle.
If we could just get a gospel choir of widowed african american ladies to sing "Oh what a friend we have in cheeses" this thread would totally come full circle.
As well as making me very, very happy.
I try to trap spiders (and most bugs, with the notable exception of mosquitoes) and let them out outside. Though I'm not sure what I'd do if I saw a black widow spider. Dropping heavy objects from far away sounds like a good game plan.
occhiblu, you trap them? how? I just try to shoo them out the door before the kitties get to them. I'm not going to begin to hold one in my hand. Now, I'll hold a snake any day.
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(and sing "what a friend we have in Cheeses" at the little church called Cheeses of Nazareth!)
Can't speak for occhi, but I trap 'em by dropping a glass over 'em, then sliding a piece of paper or cardboard or something underneath it. If I had an exterminating business, this method probably wouldn't be practical, but for the occasional bug, it works just fine.
I tried the catch-and-release approach until I tried catching a scary bug that looked like a silver scorpion. As I was kneeling on the floor and lowering the glass over it, it sprung into the air over my head. Since then my policy is all bugs must die.
box, I may be willing to pay for that bug removal service... do you make house calls? Not sure why I'm always afraid they are going to jump on me, cause I grew up catching and playing with snakes and other such critters...I just use a broom to "sweep" them in the direction I hope they are willing to go - keeps me far enough away.
Oh, and any ideas for chameleons? We frequently get those inside and the kitties go nuts. Every time you try to grab one, they take off cause they've had the kittie posse after them...
Yes, glass and paper. Except it's plastic cup and paper, so that I can throw the cup away, because I don't want to be drinking from something I've caught bugs in.
With flying creatures I do just try to shoo them out a window, but houseflies are often too stubborn to take my advice.
This reminds me of an English teacher I had in ninth grade. Any time a fly came into the room, she'd turn off all the lights, open the door, and make us sit silently until the fly found its way out of the classroom. I thought it was a bit nutty at the time, now I'm realizing she probably just used it as an excuse to make us stop talking for a while.
With flying creatures I do just try to shoo them out a window, but houseflies are often too stubborn to take my advice... and so I have to use a cup on them, too.
Sorry. Without further explanation, that looked ominous.
In my front flower bed next to the house. I killed a baby one today. Ew.
But I also have a monarch butterfly chrysalis mounted above the flowerbed, repayment I suppose for letting the caterpillars munch on my parsley unmolested.
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