The Who "Boris The Spider"

What do you tell your kids about spiders?

Do you have no qualms about squashing a spider?

Or, if you find one in the bathroom, do you capture it and take it outside?

Are you afraid of them? Or even a little skeeved out by them?

I don’t know what the deal is---the weather, the humidity, ancient arachnid curse---but suddenly there are all kinds of spiders in my house.

Most of them are small and harmless and I don’t really think twice about them.

But a few on them have been HUGE. And a little hairy.

What to do in front of the kids?

You don’t want to freak out, and encourage a lifelong fear. So you try to explain that spiders are really helpful creatures, protecting us by eating other bugs.

You strike this friendly tone, that doesn’t quite drown out the creep-factor, kind of like the John Entwistle song. It’s almost a kids song, but has a lingering element of menace.

It makes me long for the days of Paul and Ringo.


See the video on Youtube.