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Title: Conkers and spiders
Post by: Nick on October 27, 2013, 05:01:07 PM
My mate Nod swore blind yesterday that spiders are terrified of conkers

Today I found a spider on my carpet

I surrounded it with conkers


It sat on one  evil:
Title: Re: Conkers and spiders
Post by: boogs on October 27, 2013, 05:32:20 PM
My mate Nod swore blind yesterday that spiders are terrified of conkers

Today I found a spider on my carpet

I surrounded it with conkers


It sat on one  evil:

You need to get out more  lol: lol: lol:
Title: Re: Conkers and spiders
Post by: Miss Creant Commander of the picklement and baking BAb(Hons) on October 27, 2013, 05:33:14 PM
My mother swears by them.  When I say 'them' I am not referring to conkers I refer to spiders and when I say 'swears by' she does not sit beside them uttering expletives, at least I have never seen her exhibit such behaviour,  rubschin: rather she puts them (conkers) in each corner of each room in her house.

I suppose that if you went round biffing spiders with a conker they would become terrified of them always assuming they survived the experience.  To my knowledge spiders do not have very big brains I wonder how many generations it would take before it became learned behaviour. 

I may experiment with the spiders and their nests that I have in the kitchen, arse and alas, I cannot start now as I am totally conkerless.

TBH I have never checked her house for spiders. I used to find maggots in my bed, after that experience spiders are cute cuddly things.

I think that you should turn your post into a question Nick and then post it on Yahoo Answers. ;)
Title: Re: Conkers and spiders
Post by: Steve on October 27, 2013, 05:46:41 PM
 rubschin:  a new one on me

Some repulsive kids test the repelling theory:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdZRMM2VSR4#t=12 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdZRMM2VSR4#t=12)



Conclusion:  I'd rather have spiders and/or conkers in the house than those kids
Title: Re: Conkers and spiders
Post by: apc2010 on October 27, 2013, 06:18:18 PM
My mate Nod swore blind yesterday that spiders are terrified of conkers

Today I found a spider on my carpet

I surrounded it with conkers


It sat on one  evil:

Why did you have conkers ....... rubschin:
Title: Re: Conkers and spiders
Post by: Nick on October 27, 2013, 06:22:19 PM
Conker tree outside cloud9: