Man blows himself up trying to kill spider

[Earl]

How the fucking hell did he manage this?

The 28 year-old suffered severe burns after attacking the arachnid with an aerosol can at his home in Clacton in Essex.

The man was summoned by his wife to deal with a spider she had seen scuttling behind the lavatory on Bank Holiday Monday. Not being able to reach it, the man decided to kill it by spraying it with the can.

However he was unable to see whether it was dead because the bulb in the bathroom light had blown. At this point he turned to a cigarette lighter to illuminate the room, but in the process ignited the gas fumes and caused an explosion.

The blast was so strong it blew the man off his feet and lifted the loft door off its hinges.

He suffered flash burns to his head, legs and torso and was rushed by ambulance to hospital after dousing himself in cold water.

A spokesman for Essex Fire Service said: "It appears the wife had spotted the creepy crawly in the bathroom and asked her husband to capture it.

"He sprayed it first with an aerosol where it was lurking behind the toilet bowl and when that didn't appear to work, he lit up his lighter to spread some light on the situation as the bathroom bulb had blown.

"There was an almighty explosion which blew the man back into his hallway and lifted the hatch on the loft.

"He did exactly the right thing by jumping into the shower and cooling his burns with cold water while his wife raised the alarm."

Firefighters administered emergency first aid at the scene while waiting for ambulance teams to arrive.

A spokesman added: "We're not entirely sure whether the spider got away or not but there was no sign of it at the scene."

Ambulance crews treated the man for burns to his arms, legs and face and breathing difficulties and he was taken to the Colchester General Hospital, in Essex, where he was given pain relief and discharged in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

Man blows himself up trying to kill a spider - Telegraph

I think he's not telling the full story.

[Alpha]

Needs a Nelson 'ha ha' pic.

[cat9tails]

the spider survived

[Earl]

Probably. And it was probably fucking tiny too.

I recommend one of these:



Spider Catcher

[jools182]

might get tims one of those

I wonder if they do one in XXXL for when I go to Australia?

[Victor29]

Probably. And it was probably munching tiny too.

I recommend one of these:

Hey, I fancy one of those seeing as I don't have a brave man about the house and sometimes they are hard to reach with a glass and a coaster. (The spiders, I mean, not the brave men)

[timey]

It would be a pisser if after all that he hadn't killed the spider.

[mimseycal]

Spiders have a right to life. They are useful creatures.



And yes Timey ... I remember you don't like them. Neither do I if truth be told but we have made a pact ... I leave them be and they ignore me

[timey]

Spiders have a right to life.

Who says? I'm afraid if they come into my house then they die.

[Victor29]

No, I don't kill them. I rinse them down the drain they have come up or I relocate them to outside. Or if they are high up on the ceiling I leave them. They do kill all the flies that walk on shit and then on your sandwich.