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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/reverendball on 2024-08-05 01:08:53+00:00.

As the only boy in my family, it was up to either me or Dad to deal with any bugs in the house, as my sisters and Mum would all squeal and run away at the sight of them

most of the time it was just a case of getting a cup and paper and moving whatever creepy crawly back outside to the garden

but i definitely remember one particularly big spider that freaked out my Mum when i was about 8 or 9

(note: flipflops are called thongs in australia)

she shouted at me “take off your thong and kill that thing!”

and i went to go get a cup to take it outside, but she screamed at me for trying to leave the room

she repeated “take off your bloody thong and kill it already!”

so, with my best kid-logic, followed her instructions to the letter

i took my thong off my foot… and i stomped on the spider with my now bare foot

mum lost her mind and ran out the room

turns out she wanted me to kill the spider with the thong in my hand, but the instructions werent as obvious to me as she thought they should be

i wasnt even trying to be funny, but she still tells that story decades later