I own two Kendo sticks. Initially, I acquired them so that I can hit people. More or less.
But now their role has been radically altered. I know use them to save spiders from the bathtub. Go figure. But it does make sense when elaborated on.
You see, the stick looks natural for the most part, like an extended branch maybe...to the spiderian eye. Maybe they don't even think about that shit. I don't know. But I do know it is a hell of a lot harder to coax one onto a frisby or empty tubberware container. All you have to do is lean the stick down and have it right there next to the struggling spider. He will accept it almost gratefully as a surface that he can run up with all his eight little legs without slipping miserably down into the water below.
Now the stick is more than long enough to give ample time to get outside before the spider runs all the way up the base, which might be unfortunate for the user if the user is a little creeped out by the spider anatomy. Also, if the spider goes wayward, say around under the stick where he might be in danger of falling off and lost entirely, the user can turn the stick so that he is upright again. Sometimes the spider might even attach a web to the stick and lower himself to the ground, and in this case, the user can raise the stick and get outdoors so that the spider will not be lost that way either. Because what is a lost spider? It is a creepy liability that could see the creature finding its way somewhere very unsatisfying when it is least expected.
And then finally the user can reach the outdoors where he would fling the spider out into its own domain. Everyone is happy afterwards. There is no needless death. There is no creeping out. There is no distressed spider-climbing.
That is how I use the Kendo sticks now. They are very useful in this household, where spiders turn up frequently without announcing themselves.
