Spiders

I'm not a big fan of spiders. Infact, i consciously go out of my way to avoid being anywhere that spiders are likely to be. Lofts, corners of garages, sheds and Australia are no go areas..
I was amused however to hear on the radio yesterday about someone (also terrified of spiders) having an incident whilst trying to kill one. Apparently, he was standing in his back room using a blow torch when he spotted an 8 legged creature. He aimed the blow torch at it (as you do) in order to burn it to death. Unfortuntely, in attempting to do this, he started a rather large fire and ended up burning his house down...
They never said whether or not he got the spider...