Incy wincy spider

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'Hero' husband blows himself up ... trying to kill a spider for his wife with a flamethrower

By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 12:59 AM on 1st September 2010


Every women wants a man to show her his chivalric side - but when this damsel was distressed by a spider, and her husband had a burning desire to save the day, there were explosive results.

IT engineer Chris Welding, jumped into action after the arachnid frightened his wife yesterday evening, and chased the spider into their bathroom in Clacton, Essex.

Wielding a flammable aerosol can, he sprayed the spider as it cowered behind the toilet pan - then lit a cigarette lighter to see if he had killed it.

However, the flame ignited the gas and caused a massive explosion which blew the man off his feet and lifted the loft door off its hinges, causing severe burns.

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

Welding, who has two children aged four and two, said: 'It was about 10.30pm last night. My wife was getting ready for bed and suddenly she let out a scream.

'She said there was a spider in the bathroom and asked me to get rid of it - neither she or the kids would go in there.

'The spider had crawled into the recess behind the loo and there was no way I could get to it.

'Stupid as it is, I grabbed a can of deodorant and a lighter and sprayed it behind the loo. The flame shot out and went round the back of the toilet and came back out at me.

'It was a bit of a shock. I've got two burned fingers and a burned knuckle. I wasn't badly injured but they wanted to check I hadn't inhaled any of the fumes.

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 arriving at the scene administered emergency first aid while waiting for Ambulance teams to arrive and the man, who was 28 years old, was left in their care.

'There was some scorching to the back of the toilet but any fire was out before crews arrived at the scene.

'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 his condition is described as stable.

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[The Hen]

Most times a glass and a piece of cardboard is all you need to safely remove a spider from inside.

I should know. I have shifted some buggery big spiders that way.

[loCAtek]

It is spider season in this local area too. More webs and more eight-legged neighbors to mark the transition into autumn. Never minded them, myself. In fact, I have an arachnid rescue story;


Summer nights, the weld shop leaves the dock bay doors open to the cooler night air. This will mean we might get night visitors occasionally, and sometimes in the most surprising ways.
I had a stack of metal parts that needed welding before me, and was about to set to work, when I noticed a speck of soot was moving! Really, this tiny spider was no bigger than a grain of sand, but he had the heart of a lion. When I would try to shoo him off my table, he didn't cower or huddle, but raised his little forelegs and bared his minuscule fangs at me. [argh!] Well! That kind of courage has to be rewarded. Even though I could barely see him, I managed to scoop him onto a piece of paper (which he bravely tried to spider-line off of) and wrangled him outdoors where he could reign in minute majesty. ...and didn't get burned doing it!

[kristina]

I have a spider living somewhere behind the driver-side mirror on my little car. Determined little monster, too. I wipe away his/her web (so I can use the mirror). It's back the next day. Even the carwash doesn't discourage him!

[Timster]

The spider takes hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces. Proverbs 30:28

Go Incy! Go Wincy! Woop Woop!


Anyone that knows me knows that I loves me the spiders!

[@meric@nwom@n]

I am waiting for Dyson to produce a model with a special spider attachment. It would make sure the little fucker was dead and not going to lay eggs in the cleaner.