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Is it just me or does anyone else kill tiny flies and spiders that crawl on me when sat outside?

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blackbirdbluebottle · 17/07/2018 15:18

Does anyone else kill the tiny spiders and flies that crawl on them while sat outside or AIBU?

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chemenger · 17/07/2018 15:19

No, I just flick them off gently. Why kill them?

Charm23 · 17/07/2018 15:20

I don't aim to kill them but I brush them off if it's a bug/fly but if it's a spider I'll move it more carefully so I don't hurt it's legs.

ThomasNightingale · 17/07/2018 15:23

Flies are a pita, harassing me deliberately and attempting to drown in my Pimms so I flick them off, but spiders are just minding their own business and accidentally happened to land on me so I gently encourage them onto a plant.

blackbirdbluebottle · 17/07/2018 15:23

It's just something I've always done since I was a kid, flicking the tiny ones usually kills them so now i just squish them and brush off the dead parts

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NoNoCharlieRascal · 17/07/2018 15:23

I usually blow them off. No need to kill.

Vitalogy · 17/07/2018 15:25

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Is it just me or does anyone else kill tiny flies and spiders that crawl on me when sat outside?
mumeeee · 17/07/2018 15:27

No. I just brush them off. There is no need to kill them.

AnastasiaVonBeaverhausen · 17/07/2018 15:38

Never ever. I just flick them off. I feel sad if I misjudge and squish one. I never kill anything if I can avoid it apart from headlice and fleas.

MereDintofPandiculation · 17/07/2018 15:38

Another who just blows them off.

Must have irritated a driver yesterday - realised he was flashing me to turn R in front of him ... didn't see immediately as I was removing a spider from inside my ear.

PanPanPanPing · 17/07/2018 15:54

Why kill them? Just wait for them to walk/fly away.

ChannellingFlop · 17/07/2018 15:57

You sound nasty.

ThomasNightingale · 17/07/2018 16:12

Another one for my spreadsheet of Voight-Kampff Test failures.

TrudeauGirl · 17/07/2018 17:13

No I don't kill any living thing intentionally. That's nasty Angry

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