{"id":93438,"date":"2024-10-09T15:38:20","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T08:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/?p=93438"},"modified":"2024-10-09T15:38:20","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T08:38:20","slug":"if-you-see-this-in-the-corner-of-your-house-it-might-not-be-what-you-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/if-you-see-this-in-the-corner-of-your-house-it-might-not-be-what-you-think\/","title":{"rendered":"If you see this in the corner of your house, it might not be what you think"},"content":{"rendered":"

You\u2019ll forgive me, then, for practically jumping with fright when I saw a particular image doing the rounds on Facebook. It concerns a strange-looking \u201cegg\u201d that had supposedly formed in one woman\u2019s home, and it spawned all manner of guesses as to what it actually was.\n

In the end the apparent mystery behind this \u201cegg\u201d was solved, but not before getting a good amount of people speculating online.\n

If you\u2019re anything like me, you\u2019ll be all too familiar with that heart-in-mouth feeling that comes whenever you see a large spider sharing your residence.\n

Ever since I was a young boy, I can remember having a strong aversion for our eight-legged friends, just the same as I\u2019ll actively run away from bees, wasps, and certain species of aggressive ants.\n

Now I\u2019m well aware that spiders pose little threat to me \u2013 thankfully I don\u2019t live in a country where accidentally tangling with spiders can prove fatal \u2013 but that fact hardly makes me more courageous.\n

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With that in mind, I\u2019d ask you to spare a thought for me after I saw an image posted to Facebook that was almost enough to bring bile to my throat.\n

It concerned a supposed \u201cegg\u201d that one woman had found in her home, at the corner point where her walls and ceilings met. Indeed, a lot of people who left comments on the original post were sure that it had to be a large spider\u2019s egg \u2013 thereby containing lots of spider babies.\n

The woman who uploaded the photo claimed to have no idea what the strange yellow ball was. Neither did she know if there could be more tucked away in the deeper, darker parts of her home.\n

Ultimately, however, the mystery behind the \u201cegg\u201d was rather more predictable, bland, and, well\u2026 boring than many perhaps would have liked.\n

As per reports, the woman\u2019s father eventually came round to visit, and was able to say without a second glance that the \u201cegg\u201d was nothing more than expanding foam used on the house\u2019s roof. (You can imagine the sigh of relief I breathed when I got to that part)\n

Did you know that this was expanding foam just by looking at it? I had no clue! Let us know thoughts in the comments.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have absolutely no trouble with admitting that I\u2019m not a fan of creepy crawlies in my house. During the course of the winter months, it feels like I\u2019m constantly checking areas of my home for spiders and the likes \u2013 I don\u2019t intend to harm them or anything, I just want to know what\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":93445,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[410,670],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-93438","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-life-hacks","8":"category-news"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Skarmavbild-2023-12-28-kl.-09.23.15-768x431-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93438"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93448,"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93438\/revisions\/93448"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}