Conkers Bonkers or is she ..........

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  1. Spruce

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    Hi Everyone

    This time of year my mum who for as long as I remember collects a bag of conkers and puts one in each corner of every room in her house and throws out the old ones......

    This is to keep out the Tegenaria duellica (common house spider for us common people who dont know Latin)

    :runhills::runhills::runhills::runhills:

    She is convincded that it works ......:scratch:

    As far as I can rememeber I have never saw one in our family home., and now in her retirement cottage so it must work .....?????

    Only down side I have nearly broken my neck by standing on one and head butting the wall :wallbang: is one I can recall , others I dont want to mention have you ever stepped on a conker at 7.00am in the morning recovering from the night before with nothing on your feet , try it over Christmas and PM me ...... I will understand...... .

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      They're also supposed to be excellent to help ward off the effects of arthritis. You carry them in your pocket all the time. :dbgrtmb:

      Don't know if it works but if you have trouble with arthritis then I suppose it is worth a try.
       
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      Brilliant Spruce! :) I was at a friends two weeks ago when a tarantula (well as big as) ran down the back of her sofa, the seat side. She almost went into hysterics, she fears all insects so it's worth suggesting this to her. Thanks. :dbgrtmb:
       
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      African rumour has it that if they are in your pockets,and if you are male,.... and if your pockets are 'deep', it revitalizes your 'sexual prowness'

      :cool:
       
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        Are you supposed to stuff a sock down your pants as well? :heehee:

        That'll go well with a couple of chestnuts. :loll:
         
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          A friend of mine has conkers placed in every room to ward of spiders but twice just recently when I have visited her and gone to use the loo there has been a large house spider that has got in and when i show it to her she has nearly ended up hanging from the chanderliers so i have had to get rid of them for her{her hubby has to do this as well:D}

          I am surprised as well just how many men are scared to death of them:heehee:
           
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          Spruce , I think Conkers Bonkers is an apt title :D

          Although I have stuffed a dozen conkers in each pocket following Dims suggestion , you never know !! :hapfeet: :dbgrtmb:
           
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            Sounds like we should have conkers pretty much everywhere!

            Does the thing with the spiders actually work?!
             
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            I tried the suggestion of a couple of conkers in my pants and Shineys addition of a sock
            I dare not sit near the fire incase my nuts explode

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              I've heard this before, I've no idea how it could work, but there's usually an element of truth in these old wifes tales.
               
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              Fill your house with enough conkers and they will probably keep everything away.
               
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