Saw a spider... can't sleep now

[Wingshooter]

That's ok, I hate spiders too, but...

Was installing a new toilet in my 8 year old house this morning, second floor. Pulled old toilet off flange, was cleaning up wax seal to install new one. Saw what appeared to be a hair clog down in drain pipe. Used long screwdriver to grab it and pull it out. Looks like a snake skin! 8 year old house! Second floor! We're moving!!!

What, and leave all the spider eating snakes behind? I'm tickled to have snakes under our house - cuts down on the mice and other undesirables!

I hate spiders and snakes, but I hate spiders more. You just can't trust something with that many legs. However, a snake in the toilet is a whole new level of fear. I mean is he going to bite your .... when you sit down? Surprise!!! no thanks.

[Superman]

Every time I here stuff like this it makes me laugh. A friend from highschool was scared to death of spiders. He was literally the biggest and strongest guy in school, but you could chase him all over the place if you had a spider in your hand.

[Timestepper]

I'm never coming to your house. I can deal with spiders. Snakes on the other hand are evil and I will kill any I see, even stop in the road to do a burn out on one it I see it in the road.

Don't get me wrong, it's not like we have a snake den under the house - and thank God, 'cause I'm not terribly fond of 'em either - but given the rodent problem we usually have in the winter, I just won't kill one that isn't poisonous. I figure that one "Ohholysh!t,it'safreakin'snake!" whiz my britches moment, is probably worth twenty "Awcrap,timetodigouthtemousetrapsagain!" moments. And the big (24 inches) copperhead we found in the driveway behind my wife's van in July of 2010 found out real quick that he wasn't welcome here. (Thank God it's ONLY copperhead we've ever seen on the place.)

We live on the side of a heavily timbered ridge, so it stands to reason that there's gonna' be spiders and snakes (and lizards and ticks and ants and mice and wasps and squirrels and toads and turtles and 'coons and 'possums and the occasional skunk, bobcat and fox), so we kinda' take a "live and let live" attitude. We have to, otherwise we might as well move to some sterile apartment building in the city somewhere. And, last I checked, most apartment buildings won't allow goats, chickens and rabbits, so I guess we're <happily> stuck here.

Now... where did I put my spider-proof, snake-resistant, ant-repelling, mouse-killing superman underwear???

:lol:

[Il Duce]

Lol this makes me laugh. Just think that when you do go to sleep he can crawl on your face.

[Wingshooter]

Lol this makes me laugh. Just think that when you do go to sleep he can crawl on your face.

Or under the covers

[Guest drv2fst]

My son has a tarantula as a pet. I took it to his school when his biology class was studying spiders. We let it walk around on our hands and arms. It's pretty cool.

Still, brown recluse spiders freak me out.