I don't really get your reply...
Who was it aimed at? Me? My mum? I didn't throw it into the undergrowth to save it from being killed. I did it because it stopped any further discussion on the matter. I could have easily squished it, eaten it, or pulled down my pants, and shat on it to achieve the same effect. Were you just commenting on the contrary nature of my mum finding spiders repulsive, yet not wanting to see it killed? I don't think that's such a strange concept. I don't want to see any animal killed for no reason, but there are plenty I'll quite happily stay hundreds of meters from - a great white shark being one I can think of.

Furthermore...house spiders don't always live in houses. I'm pretty sure that they evolved millions of years before houses existed. They don't automatically go into a house if you put them somewhere. They find any nook and cranny to hide in. Sometimes it's a house. In this case, we were outside in the garden eating, which kind of scuppers your argument right there. In the middle of the summer (when the BBQ took place), a house is the last place you'd find a house spider. They're far more successful hunters outside where food is plentiful and they blend into their backgrounds much better.

But then...maybe you're trying to set me off on one knowing how I react...:P
( guffguff fuckes your gradeds balls!, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 13:26, Reply)