KIDS! Don't try this at home! Man trying to kill spider caused house fire...

[doxydad]

SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Fire Department says a man using a spray paint can and a lighter to try and kill a spider started a West Seattle fire that caused $60,000 worth of damage.

A fire spokesman says no injuries were reported.

The Red Cross is providing temporary shelter for the home's two residents.

http://news.yahoo.com/man-trying-kill-spider-caused-house-fire-132302332.html

[JaneyVee]

1. Did the spider live?

[redwitch]

3. Yes and it is laughing uncontrollably.

The bastard.

[LWolf]

2. Sounds like

a young man I know, who after listening to me complain about the cat playing with the mice instead of killing them, suggested that I just shoot the mice.

[redwitch]

4. How to kill a mosquito:

[LWolf]

6. THAT

is going to make it to my classroom this fall, straight to that young man.



I'm sure I can use it as a vehicle to discuss the uses of figurative language, should the standards police be watching.

[PoliticAverse]

5. Possible picture of the man in question...

[conservaphobe]

7. I just beat them to death with my size 16s.

[badtoworse]

8. He might have watched too many James Bond movies

In one movie (Dr. No?), 007 killed a tarantula in his hotel room with a lighter and a can of spray deodorant. This was before most people realized that tarantulas are generally harmless.

[Are_grits_groceries]

9. While it's incredibly stupid,

I know that urge.

[Spirochete]

10. Well, why take xhances?

There might have been more spiders there. Gotta get em all...

[Arkana]

11. But did he kill the spider?

[frylock]

12. i'm an advocate for catch and release of spiders.

with the exception of black widows and brown recluse.

[PoliticAverse]

14. You'd be a recluse too if whenever you went out people wanted to kill you... n/t

[frylock]

15. right?!

[msanthrope]

13. Okay, I laughed. nt

[ecstatic]

16. I didn't think anyone hated bugs more than me

However, torching my home will never be an option. Not to mention the nightmare image of a burning centipede running through the house at 25mph. Those things don't die easily.

[Arugula Latte]

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