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Post by elaine on Dec 10, 2015 1:52:43 GMT
Dh ordered me THIS for Christmas.
My cricket phobia is a running family joke. I have no issue with snakes, spiders, mice, etc., but crickets scare the sh$t out of me. They always jump AT me when I try to catch them to return them to the wild. HELP! |
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Post by mikklynn on Dec 10, 2015 1:56:20 GMT
I'm right there with you, sister. You need this handheld bug zapper
And, apparently he never wants sex again! |
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Post by elaine on Dec 10, 2015 2:05:39 GMT
I'm right there with you, sister. You need this handheld bug zapper
And, apparently he never wants sex again!   On both counts! |
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Post by trollie on Dec 10, 2015 2:09:41 GMT
They don't scare me, but I don't like the jumping thing either.
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Post by scrapngranny on Dec 10, 2015 2:13:25 GMT
Yuck!!
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Post by lesley on Dec 10, 2015 2:15:35 GMT
I never understand why people think phobias are funny. Well, I get that some phobias are a little strange, (for example, DS's girlfriend has a phobia of strawberries) but they're definitely not funny for the sufferer.
If your DH really has bought this for you, I'm sure we will all be happy to help you come up with revenge strategies!
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Post by Anita on Dec 10, 2015 2:18:47 GMT
Is he trying to be funny? That just seems mean.
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Post by bc2ca on Dec 10, 2015 2:24:02 GMT
Well, it doesn't actually come with a cricket (I hope that helps).
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Post by pierkiss on Dec 10, 2015 3:38:21 GMT
Yick!! No!
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Dec 10, 2015 3:42:07 GMT
I don't mind crickets (as long as they're outside) but that thing would creep me the heck out of me, too!!!
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Post by anonrefugee on Dec 10, 2015 3:42:50 GMT
Darn you elaine for adding things to my shopping list! We've got crickets galore here, they're reptile food. I'm putting this aside for the next birthday. Im sorry they freak you out. I wouldn't be amused by a spider driven car! |
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Dec 10, 2015 3:42:50 GMT
Well, it doesn't actually come with a cricket (I hope that helps). ^^^ yes, but that means you have to go GET one for it!  |
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Post by scrapmaven on Dec 10, 2015 3:45:50 GMT
Your dh while probably a loving and wonderful husband and father needs a big punch in the nose. What on earth is he thinking?  |
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Post by M in Carolina on Dec 10, 2015 3:49:35 GMT
It's not just mean to you, it's also mean to the cricket.
Crickets are actually useful. I hate when they get stuck in the house. Their little spikey legs are nasty, and I hate the chirping you have to put up with until you find them.
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Post by hop2 on Dec 10, 2015 3:52:58 GMT
Isn't all
That banging into things and reversing bad for the cricket?
Sounds sort of cruel
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Post by elaine on Dec 10, 2015 4:01:48 GMT
Dh learned about this at a Science Fair at the White House yesterday. And thought it would be "fun" to torture me with getting it. Although he may cancel it or give it to the kids instead. They would be fascinated. Given our graduate studies in psychology, I would find something like this fascinating if it had a mouse or rat driving it - very much like Skinner's work - but I can't handle crickets.
We did buy roasted crickets and other insects for the third year in a row as stocking stuffers for the boys - it has become a favorite treat to try different bugs on Christmas Day. The first year it was a collection from Think Geek, but they were sold out last year and didn't carry them this year, so we order straight from Thailand. Crickets, dung beetles, scorpions, worms, and grasshoppers.
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Post by anniefb on Dec 10, 2015 4:49:34 GMT
It's not just mean to you, it's also mean to the cricket. Crickets are actually useful. I hate when they get stuck in the house. Their little spikey legs are nasty, and I hate the chirping you have to put up with until you find them. Yeah that ^^ |
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Post by justkat on Dec 10, 2015 5:26:15 GMT
Well that's just ummm well....I don't do creepy crawlies. So I'm at home one morning and keep hearing what sounds like a cricket. I look and look and can't find anything. Plus after a minute or so the nose has stopped. I sit down with a drink and book, thinking I'm going to relax.
I start reading my book. I'm getting into it...The new Alex Cross. I look up and sitting on the rim of my glass is a giant cricket just staring at me.
My eyes get huge,I catch my breath and I freeze. Cause well did I mention it's a huge cricket right very near to me, staring at me and I don't do creepy crawlies?
So I poke the glass very carefully with my foot. The bug falls in the glass and I kinda ummm scream.I grab a magazine from the table and place it on top of the glass.
I'm looking at this thing now as I tell myself to breath. I wonder how strong this bug with his weird musical legs is, can he get out and launch an attack?
So I decide to get some duct tape from the junk drawer. Yes I admit it,I duct taped the magazine to the glass. Then I put a huge book on top..just in case.
So now I'm thinking this bug is in this glass staring at me. Plotting his revenge for when he somehow gets out of his glass prison. So I throw a towel over the whole thing so he can't see me and I can't see him.
Finally my husband comes home from work. He takes one look at my bizarre towel draped whatever on the coffee-table, smiles and says, "spider?"as he prepares to remove the offending critter.
So ok I might have a wee problem with bugs but God do I love that man. :-) lol
Kat
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Post by ScrapsontheRocks on Dec 10, 2015 7:14:20 GMT
AAARRRGH! Now the peas need to know what your DH's phobias are so we can help you retaliate  |
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Post by Dixie Lou on Dec 10, 2015 12:50:31 GMT
Darn you elaine for adding things to my shopping list! We've got crickets galore here, they're reptile food. I'm putting this aside for the next birthday. Im sorry they freak you out. I wouldn't be amused by a spider driven car! We have a frog that we buy crickets for. When the pet store worker moves the egg crate around and all the little buggars start hopping/flying around UGH! One or two at a time don't bother me but in that container they pet store keeps them in they are gross. I once asked an experienced pet lady about catching crickets for my frog. She said they aren't the same as you buy and could hurt your pet. At the time there were crickets everywhere in our school and I thought I should just catch some instead of buying them. She said that she has four tarantulas (UUUUUGGGGGGHHHHHHHH that's my phobia right there and it creeped me out just for her to say that) and that she would feel bad if the wild caught crickets hurt them. Apparently those have hard shells and the bought ones have soft shells. YUCK YUCK YUCK YUCK YUCK YUCK I can't get enough yucks on here, |
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Post by justkat on Dec 10, 2015 17:17:53 GMT
YUCK YUCK YUCK YUCK YUCK YUCK I can't get enough yucks on here, As my BFF's son would say: true dat yo.lol Oh lord yes spiders are even worse. And let's not even talk about those whatever-they're-called things with a bazillion legs! Why? Why God does anything need that many legs!? It's just not right. |
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Post by elaine on Dec 10, 2015 17:20:51 GMT
As my BFF's son would say: true dat yo.lol Oh lord yes spiders are even worse. And let's not even talk about those whatever-they're-called things with a bazillion legs! Why? Why God does anything need that many legs!? It's just not right. For me, the other completely skeevy bug is earwigs. They make me gag. |
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Post by malibou on Dec 10, 2015 18:04:52 GMT
There was a recent post where I declared my undying hate of crickets...I'd divorce him.  J |
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