If you’re new to the blog: hi, I’m Emma, and I’m extremely arachnophobia. Sometimes I tweet my way through spider-related panic attacks.
So, here’s my story about last night’s spidergeddon. Don’t worry, there’s no pictures, and don’t worry, I didn’t tweet about the moments spent sobbing in terror in the face of these giant arachnid tossers.
There are all sorts of “Keep Spiders Away” tips on the internet…
Your pain. I feel it.
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If that had happened to me I would have demanded we packed up and move. My student house was absolutely infested with them and they were huge as well. It took me and my other two housemates to kill one which involved using a large pizza box, one of my heavy textbooks, and all of us jumping on the pizza box to triple tap the big b*****d. All the while crying hysterically as we did it.
Chestnut is supposed to keep them at bay. I don’t know why they hate the stuff but getting a spray worked in my student house.