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SEATTLE (AP) The Seattle Fire Department says a man using a spray paint can and a lighter to try and kill a spider started a West Seattle fire that caused $60,000 worth of damage.
A fire spokesman says no injuries were reported.
The Red Cross is providing temporary shelter for the home's two residents.
http://news.yahoo.com/man-trying-kill-spider-caused-house-fire-132302332.html
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)redwitch
(14,947 posts)The bastard.
LWolf
(46,179 posts)a young man I know, who after listening to me complain about the cat playing with the mice instead of killing them, suggested that I just shoot the mice.
redwitch
(14,947 posts)is going to make it to my classroom this fall, straight to that young man.
I'm sure I can use it as a vehicle to discuss the uses of figurative language, should the standards police be watching.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)conservaphobe
(1,284 posts)badtoworse
(5,957 posts)In one movie (Dr. No?), 007 killed a tarantula in his hotel room with a lighter and a can of spray deodorant. This was before most people realized that tarantulas are generally harmless.
Are_grits_groceries
(17,111 posts)I know that urge.
Spirochete
(5,264 posts)There might have been more spiders there. Gotta get em all...
Arkana
(24,347 posts)frylock
(34,825 posts)with the exception of black widows and brown recluse.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)frylock
(34,825 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)ecstatic
(32,731 posts)However, torching my home will never be an option. Not to mention the nightmare image of a burning centipede running through the house at 25mph. Those things don't die easily.