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andydp
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Location: Upstate NY near Albany
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 Posted: 09/04/05 - 15:00 Post subject: Arachnid removal - the really hard way
(That's Spiders)
Didn't Dave Barry do a piece about hairspray, Barbies and lighting up cotton panties ? I remember the same thing in college with a can of spray deodorant and a lighter. (not that I ever did anything like that)
German woman torches house trying to kill spiders
02 September 2005
BERLIN: A German woman laid waste to her family home by setting fire to it as she tried to kill spiders in a garage with a can of hairspray and a cigarette lighter.
Police in the western town of Zuelpich said that when the aerosol failed to finish them off, the 34-year-old woman tried to burn them with the lighter. However, this set the area she had just sprayed on fire and the blaze spread to a hedge.
"It was a series of unfortunate events which led to the damage," a police spokesman said.
"She tried to put the fire out with a garden hose, but couldn't. Instead her semi-detached house next to the hedge caught fire. It's now uninhabitable."
Fire-fighters managed to extinguish the blaze and save the neighbouring house, which sustained broken windows and some charring. The spokesman estimated the total cost of the damage at well over 100,000 euros ($ 125K USD). No one was hurt.
"The family have had to look for somewhere else to stay," he said. "The spiders are gone though – that problem was solved."
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