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are hysterically frightened of tiny little spiders and Daddy Long Legs yet remain totally calm in the presence of boisterous large dogs?

Doesn't make sense to me!
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Not all of us are scared of spiders etc!
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Strangely enough my son has just been telling me that one of the young ladies he was working with this summer was hysterical at the sight of a daddy long legs but quite happy seeing wasps - didn't mention dogs!
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Beacause anything that has more than 4 legs or fewer than 2 is by nature scary. I had the quickest shower ever yesterday when I found I was sharing the cubicle with an enormous black spider. I think I trod on it at one point,but it hasn't been seen since
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Mid A 15 wrote:are hysterically frightened of tiny little spiders and Daddy Long Legs yet remain totally calm in the presence of boisterous large dogs?

Doesn't make sense to me!
that raises a few questions about my wife ...........................

A friend of 70 plus years whose dog we had to bury 2 years ago has got another "pup" which frightens my wife. Being a pup it is inquisitive and over-friendly (and also slobbers). It is already so big that I have trouble avoiding being pushed over. Another friend has two Newfoundlanders - even bigger than Peter's St Bernard.

OTOH she is not keen on the spiders which used to come into the house and as for the hornets on the grapes (outside, I must stress) and 3 foot snakes (grass) .......................
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I don't mind spiders etc but I do NOT like scorpions. One time, in Borneo, I had just got out of bed and was ensconced on the loo only to see a scorpion staring at me!! I pulled my feet up and wondered what to do next (John was 700 miles away at the other end of the island). Somehow I got out of the bathroom and got dressed then chased it out with a broom.

By sheer chance that afternoon we had our three monthly spraying of the garden by 'Borneo Pest Control'. I asked them what to do for scorpions in the bathroom, the chap looked through his papers and then told me, very seriously, that I was not registered for scorpions!! So not only did I have a scorpion there but, horror of horrors, it was an unregistered one!!
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I only dislike daddy long legs when they are in my room and i want to go to sleep-fear of them landing on me in night! Dont like wasps or anything else that buzz's and flies or large spiders or large dogs-i particularly dislike the latter
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am allergic to wasps stings so hate them - rescue spiders and put them out, don't like dogs - terrified of Alsations (got chased by one when I was young across the park and it bit me on the bottom) Can't cope with Cold callers - esp the religious ones... Not keen on daddy long legs (where did that name come from??) usually squash them or get the cats to eat them (hmm nutrition!!) Moths get attracted to my dimmable halogen light in my bedroom and so if I turn it on there is that smell of burnt moth! Loath ants... silly but I got bitten by them when I fell into a nest of them when I was about 7, I had nightmares after that for years - now I treat them with everything nasty (sorry ant but hey - I am bigger) Don't like birds in the house - they should be outside - cats bring them in often alive then let them go for fun! And I could do without slugs, snails and slo-worms...
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i was chased by a couple of large dogs as a kid so thats why i dont like them.

I have a a very strong hatred of Pigeons or the rats of the sky as i heard someone call them!!!
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What started the dislike of pigeons Blondie?
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Pigeons are delicious. Not the scrawny town versions, though........
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Pidgeons are flying rats - they have so many mites, bugs and germs as to be classed by and anthropologist (wow long word!) that they are indeed as bad as rats - thank goodness they don't have teeth. Pickles my daughters cat is especially good at catching them and killing them - i just have to chase her out of the house!

I also HATE fruit flies and flies in general (should that have been fly's?)
confused again :shock: :roll: :roll:
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Jude wrote:Pidgeons are flying rats - they have so many mites, bugs and germs
Town pigeon yes, wood pigeons no.
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Richard Ruck wrote:
Jude wrote:Pidgeons are flying rats - they have so many mites, bugs and germs
Town pigeon yes, wood pigeons no.
pidgeons are pidgeons regardless - like seagulls - they live inland now more than at sea - and the damage they do to ones car!
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