Comments on: Itchy http://www.sundrymourning.com/2007/08/07/itchy/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:10:51 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Amy http://www.sundrymourning.com/2007/08/07/itchy/comment-page-2/#comment-45167 Amy Wed, 15 Aug 2007 19:02:18 +0000 http://www.sundrymourning.com/2007/08/07/itchy/#comment-45167 Okay. Just so you know- I've lived here for four years and never seen one. Until today. Sitting on the couch, doing work, when one comes traipsing across the floor. Once I climbed back down from the back of the couch where I had jumped without realizing it, I smooshed it with a flip-flop. I still needed 10 minutes or so before I could sweep it out the door. As someone previously blissfully unaware of these, when the hell does the season end?! Okay. Just so you know- I’ve lived here for four years and never seen one. Until today. Sitting on the couch, doing work, when one comes traipsing across the floor.

Once I climbed back down from the back of the couch where I had jumped without realizing it, I smooshed it with a flip-flop. I still needed 10 minutes or so before I could sweep it out the door.

As someone previously blissfully unaware of these, when the hell does the season end?!

]]> By: kali http://www.sundrymourning.com/2007/08/07/itchy/comment-page-2/#comment-44432 kali Fri, 10 Aug 2007 03:43:12 +0000 http://www.sundrymourning.com/2007/08/07/itchy/#comment-44432 so before i even read through this, i clicked the wiki link in megan's entry and actually screamed when i saw the picture. screamed. one of those inward gasping "ahhh-haa-haa-ahhh"s of pure fear, and almost couldn't deal with closing the window, it freaked me out so badly. and then. then! i'm reading through the comments, thinking, my, i'm glad i don't have GHSs here, when i start thinking about the house centipedes that occasionally - oh god, i can't even describe them, the mere idea makes me gag. pardon, i need to go douse my entire house in rubbing alcohol.

so before i even read through this, i clicked the wiki link in megan’s entry and actually screamed when i saw the picture. screamed. one of those inward gasping “ahhh-haa-haa-ahhh”s of pure fear, and almost couldn’t deal with closing the window, it freaked me out so badly.
and then. then! i’m reading through the comments, thinking, my, i’m glad i don’t have GHSs here, when i start thinking about the house centipedes that occasionally – oh god, i can’t even describe them, the mere idea makes me gag.
pardon, i need to go douse my entire house in rubbing alcohol.

]]> By: Sara http://www.sundrymourning.com/2007/08/07/itchy/comment-page-2/#comment-44418 Sara Fri, 10 Aug 2007 01:09:26 +0000 http://www.sundrymourning.com/2007/08/07/itchy/#comment-44418 honestly I didn't read all the comments but did anyone suggest buying the insect and spider vacuum. it sucks them up, gives them a jolt, and kills them. according to some it looks like the giant vibrator from sex and the city but whatever. honestly I didn’t read all the comments but did anyone suggest buying the insect and spider vacuum. it sucks them up, gives them a jolt, and kills them. according to some it looks like the giant vibrator from sex and the city but whatever.

]]> By: Becky http://www.sundrymourning.com/2007/08/07/itchy/comment-page-2/#comment-44393 Becky Thu, 09 Aug 2007 21:19:01 +0000 http://www.sundrymourning.com/2007/08/07/itchy/#comment-44393 Ok, not I am itchy and scratchy all over.....I am a huge fan of hairspray...actually have a special can just for GHS.....I picked it up at Sally Beauty Supply for like 99 cents...I am sure it will kill me slowly from inhaling the fumes over time..but it sure does crisp those little fuckers up right away! Ok, not I am itchy and scratchy all over…..I am a huge fan of hairspray…actually have a special can just for GHS…..I picked it up at Sally Beauty Supply for like 99 cents…I am sure it will kill me slowly from inhaling the fumes over time..but it sure does crisp those little fuckers up right away!

]]> By: Jenny J. http://www.sundrymourning.com/2007/08/07/itchy/comment-page-2/#comment-44392 Jenny J. Thu, 09 Aug 2007 21:13:14 +0000 http://www.sundrymourning.com/2007/08/07/itchy/#comment-44392 Oh, Sundry. I read this post yesterday, followed the link to wikipedia, and thought to myself, "Oh! That is the spider we have sometimes! Sure glad I haven't seen any of them around this year..." Then, yesterday, I saw three of them. THREE OF THEM! Two met a quick death, but the biggest one went under the entertainment center where I couldn't get it. I don't know how it's possible, but I blame you. Oh, Sundry.

I read this post yesterday, followed the link to wikipedia, and thought to myself, “Oh! That is the spider we have sometimes! Sure glad I haven’t seen any of them around this year…”

Then, yesterday, I saw three of them. THREE OF THEM! Two met a quick death, but the biggest one went under the entertainment center where I couldn’t get it.

I don’t know how it’s possible, but I blame you.

]]> By: Caren CFO (Cheif Family Officer) http://www.sundrymourning.com/2007/08/07/itchy/comment-page-2/#comment-44358 Caren CFO (Cheif Family Officer) Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:06:34 +0000 http://www.sundrymourning.com/2007/08/07/itchy/#comment-44358 OMG!! I just peed my pants a little. I am not sure if it was out of fear or laughter. I think it was Giggle Fear. I now too have the heebie-jeebies. I am with you on the "spiders are evil". Thanks for the terrified giggle fest this morning. OMG!! I just peed my pants a little. I am not sure if it was out of fear or laughter. I think it was Giggle Fear. I now too have the heebie-jeebies. I am with you on the “spiders are evil”. Thanks for the terrified giggle fest this morning.

]]> By: Anais http://www.sundrymourning.com/2007/08/07/itchy/comment-page-2/#comment-44342 Anais Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:04:17 +0000 http://www.sundrymourning.com/2007/08/07/itchy/#comment-44342 Waving hello from Florida here. I just moved into a new apartment and the bathroom is the spider hotspot. Yesterday morning, I pulled open the cabinet underneath my sink for a new roll of tp and promptly released a scream that sent my boyfriend stampeding toward the bathroom, pale as a ghost. "Are you ok?" he asked. He checked me for injuries. All I could do was point to the cabinet and squeal, "Spider!!!" A HUGE f-ing spider was sitting atop the toilet paper package. ICK!!! My boyfriend, who is not afraid of anything (except clowns) GRABBED the spider WITH HIS HAND!! I screamed and ran out of the apartment. What a wonderful way to start the morning. Wouldn't you agree? Waving hello from Florida here. I just moved into a new apartment and the bathroom is the spider hotspot. Yesterday morning, I pulled open the cabinet underneath my sink for a new roll of tp and promptly released a scream that sent my boyfriend stampeding toward the bathroom, pale as a ghost.

“Are you ok?” he asked. He checked me for injuries.

All I could do was point to the cabinet and squeal, “Spider!!!”

A HUGE f-ing spider was sitting atop the toilet paper package. ICK!!!

My boyfriend, who is not afraid of anything (except clowns) GRABBED the spider WITH HIS HAND!! I screamed and ran out of the apartment.

What a wonderful way to start the morning. Wouldn’t you agree?

]]> By: Sarah http://www.sundrymourning.com/2007/08/07/itchy/comment-page-2/#comment-44337 Sarah Thu, 09 Aug 2007 12:48:52 +0000 http://www.sundrymourning.com/2007/08/07/itchy/#comment-44337 blech, I've got the creeps just reading that. The other day, I went to pick up a patio chair cushion that I had put on the patio table to dry off, and there was this huge spider under it (ok, probably about the size of a nickel, but it was thick!). I took Windex, Lysol, and hornet killer to it, drowned it and then put a tupperware over him so I could show it to my husband. By that time, the spider had sort of oozed goop out of itself and it wasn't so hot looking. Definitely dead. When I went back inside, I dried my hands on a towel and there was a teeny tiny flying thing on it - I about vomited right there, thinking it was the spider come back to kill me. In England, spiders used to come up the bath drain - that always freaked me out too. blech, I’ve got the creeps just reading that.
The other day, I went to pick up a patio chair cushion that I had put on the patio table to dry off, and there was this huge spider under it (ok, probably about the size of a nickel, but it was thick!). I took Windex, Lysol, and hornet killer to it, drowned it and then put a tupperware over him so I could show it to my husband. By that time, the spider had sort of oozed goop out of itself and it wasn’t so hot looking. Definitely dead. When I went back inside, I dried my hands on a towel and there was a teeny tiny flying thing on it – I about vomited right there, thinking it was the spider come back to kill me.
In England, spiders used to come up the bath drain – that always freaked me out too.

]]> By: superblondgirl http://www.sundrymourning.com/2007/08/07/itchy/comment-page-2/#comment-44302 superblondgirl Thu, 09 Aug 2007 02:40:28 +0000 http://www.sundrymourning.com/2007/08/07/itchy/#comment-44302 We have had house centipedes in previous years (somehow, thankfully, not this year). Spiders I can handle, but house centipedes look like they will suck out your brains. We have had house centipedes in previous years (somehow, thankfully, not this year). Spiders I can handle, but house centipedes look like they will suck out your brains.

]]> By: MotherGooseAmy http://www.sundrymourning.com/2007/08/07/itchy/comment-page-2/#comment-44296 MotherGooseAmy Thu, 09 Aug 2007 00:57:54 +0000 http://www.sundrymourning.com/2007/08/07/itchy/#comment-44296 Linda- You need "The Executioner" www.bugzapfun.com. It looks like a small tennis racquet, but it is electrically charged. It would be a great compliment to any home during GHS season. Here in Michigan, the problem is wasps. We love zapping those buggers and watching them smoke! Linda-

You need “The Executioner” http://www.bugzapfun.com. It looks like a small tennis racquet, but it is electrically charged. It would be a great compliment to any home during GHS season. Here in Michigan, the problem is wasps. We love zapping those buggers and watching them smoke!

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