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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11690 Posts |
 Posted - 05/09/2004 : 03:49:56
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OK, so I don't sleep easily or well. This is common knowledge amongst my family. It takes me up to an hour to fall asleep once I get out of bed, no matter how tired I am (unless I'm absolutely wiped).
So, regardless, I woke up at 4:30AM (which is why I'm up right now) this morning to my phone ringing. And not just three or four times, but maybe 25 times. So I get out of bed thinking this is some sort of emergency and my sister (age 20, btw) is on the other end bawling. Of course, I'm very worried at this point.
So what does she say? What's happened? There's a 'big' spider downstairs that I have to come kill. She is terrified. She's got an illness or something I truly think. I mean, you get a hard piece of plastic or a broom, you squish, done. And this spider wasn't in her room or near her bed, it was on the bloody stairway.
I should also mention I'm not the most pleasant person when I "rise & shine" and I was pissed. Now as anger subsides a bit, I just wonder if there's anyone else that's this afraid (I should also mention that we don't have poisonous spiders here in Saskatchewan and that her 'big' spider was perhaps a centimetre in length). And I wonder if there's some sort of treatment for it. Because growing up doesn't seem to have worked. Seriously, what will she do when she's living on her own?
Anyway, I'm tired and grumpy and presuming I'm able to fall asleep again, I'll probably wonder why I posted this in the morning, but there you have it...
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Homers_pet_monkey
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United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2004 : 03:59:41
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I am scared of BIG spiders but certainly not ones of 1 centimetre in length.
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11690 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2004 : 04:19:31
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Well, it's not like I love them or anything. I was standing on the bottom step and I asked where this 'big' spider was, and she said, "By your foot" and I jumped. So, I'm a little scared of them too, but then I think, um, I'm almost 6' tall and this thing isn't even an inch. What am I afraid of? And I deal with it...
Admittedly, if I saw a tarantula, I'd probably be frozen stiff, but if it came down to me or it, I'm pretty sure I'd find a long enough pole to kill it with.
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11690 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2004 : 04:21:06
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And now I'm going to attempt to fall asleep again. It was fun hanging with the European section for a little bit. :)
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2004 : 04:22:21
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Yeah me too. I certainly wouldn't leave it whilst I called someone to come and kill it for me. I try not to kill spiders that come into the house, but if I saw a bird eating spider on my wall, I'm pretty sure I'd impale it!!!
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GypsyDeath
Zapped Profile
3575 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2004 : 07:25:19
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There was a woman when i was younger ( cant remember how i knew her - somethign to do with the family methinks)
She was REALLY scared of spiders. I man, to the extent where you could not actually say the word in front of her, cause shed like scream and (literally) have a fit. And she ws in a wheel chair - so having a fit probably wouldnt be very great.
I remember everyone had to clean and put all this stuff evrywhere, like twice a day to try and make sure she doesnt see any.
I wonder if she knows that on average you eat 5 spiders a night in your sleep...
I love you for what I am not,
I did not ask for what I have got.
You will get used to me.
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2004 : 07:56:22
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quote:
Originally posted by GypsyDeath
I wonder if she knows that on average you eat 5 spiders a night in your sleep...
I love you for what I am not,
I did not ask for what I have got.
You will get used to me.
Welcome to your new joy.
I wonder if you know that's a myth!!!
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GypsyDeath
Zapped Profile
3575 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2004 : 07:59:42
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How would you know? You're asleep
I love you for what I am not,
I did not ask for what I have got.
You will get used to me.
Welcome to your new joy. |
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
4204 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2004 : 08:00:59
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| Time to start turning off the ringer or unplugging the phone at night. |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2004 : 08:03:26
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quote:
Originally posted by GypsyDeath
How would you know? You're asleep
I love you for what I am not,
I did not ask for what I have got.
You will get used to me.
Welcome to your new joy.
I watch people when they sleep!!!
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GypsyDeath
Zapped Profile
3575 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2004 : 08:06:44
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All night?
Man, mike, youre getting wierder!
I love you for what I am not,
I did not ask for what I have got.
You will get used to me.
Welcome to your new joy. |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2004 : 08:11:09
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ALL NIGHT!!!
Beware!!! BEWAAAAAAAARE!!!
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Erebus
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1834 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2004 : 08:21:16
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Originally posted by Cult_Of_Frank
I should also mention I'm not the most pleasant person when I "rise & shine" and I was pissed. Now as anger subsides a bit, ....
Anyway, I'm tired and grumpy and presuming I'm able to fall asleep again, I'll probably wonder why I posted this in the morning, but there you have it...
What I like about this is seeing that wonderboy has a dark side. ;-) |
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TameReg
- FB Fan -
USA
110 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2004 : 09:15:49
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| My wife has to check the bed for spiders every night before she goes to sleep. Which is pretty annoying if I've gone to bed earlier than her. However, she will kill them herself. |
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11690 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2004 : 09:18:05
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Heh, what I like about that is being called wonderboy. :)
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2004 : 09:25:46
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So those Sega games were based you eh Dean?
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
4800 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2004 : 09:27:23
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I have a weird thing about being nervous about certain types of spiders and adoring others. Like, fast spiders, aggressive ones (wolf spiders and the like), I don't like very much at all. But the jumping furry spiders with the big beady eyes are fine by me.
We never kill our spiders - we have recycled jars all over the house and keep the little magazine card inserts and catch and release them outside. Spiders are great for keeping the other bugs at bay, and I feel it's bad juju to kill 'em.
That said, I have been getting a lot of spider bites, one of which I believe was in my belly button - that was kinda scary. I went to the doc cause it wouldn't heal, and they asked me if I hadn't just botched a peircing or something. We do get plenty of Black Widow and Brown Recluse spiders in these parts, so it does tend to make you think twice. Up there in Canada I hear that there have been Brazilian Jumping spiders that have travelled in your banana shipments. The most poisonous spider in the world? Just ask Carolynanna about it!
I should start wearing long john pyjamas to bed. With a zipper opening...and glowing circuitry trim....
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Coldheartofstone
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
2025 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2004 : 09:28:54
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I like spiders...except the ones that can injure you...
those....not so much.
I think I smell a rat. |
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11690 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2004 : 09:33:17
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Yeah, Carolyn told me that story about the Brazilian Jumping Spider. Pretty scary stuff!
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
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Posted - 05/09/2004 : 14:47:50
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we had a pool growing up, and every year during the summer, i would find these dead baby tarantulas at the bottom of the pool (cleaning the pool was one of my chores). i say baby tarantulas becasue they weren't like the full sized ones you see in pet stores or on the animal channel or whatever. but they were still big. like, their legs spread about the size of a silver dollar, to give you an idea. also, there would always be a group of them (like 4 or 5) so i figured they must be fresh offspring.
anyway, that was creepy enough. just knowing that there were obviously tarantulas in the hill by our house. and they were creepy to look at up close (they're pretty scarey looking things, after going through childhood watching the animal channel and seeing Indina Jones). but one time, i put one of them in a jar (i don't know why) and day later, it started moving. i was like, "holy fucking shit".. so, i tried to keep it as a pet but it ended up dying. and after that, i tried the same thing with several others. they would "come back to life" but they wouldn't eat any of the food i gave them.
very weird. i still don't understand how they didn't "drown"... i'm assuming it has something to do with they way they take in oxygen (they don't have lungs).
anyway, that's my pointless spider story. . |
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
2674 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2004 : 15:12:57
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I wonder if so many people are scared of spiders because they always look like they're ready to pounce, maybe if they shuffled around on their asses like dogs with worms less people would feel afraid.
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SpudBoy
= Cult of Ray =
Equatorial Guinea
649 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2004 : 15:39:21
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Lose the chompers and you might be on to something...
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ProverbialCereal
- FB TabMaster -
USA
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Posted - 05/09/2004 : 16:22:59
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I'm more scared of the IDEA that a spider might be under my computer desk ready to bite my foot.
You should probably check under your desk just to make sure there are no spiders...
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Sir Rockabye
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1158 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2004 : 16:58:32
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Originally posted by apl4eris
That said, I have been getting a lot of spider bites, one of which I believe was in my belly button - that was kinda scary. I went to the doc cause it wouldn't heal, and they asked me if I hadn't just botched a peircing or something. We do get plenty of Black Widow and Brown Recluse spiders in these parts, so it does tend to make you think twice. Up there in Canada I hear that there have been Brazilian Jumping spiders that have travelled in your banana shipments. The most poisonous spider in the world? Just ask Carolynanna about it!
I should start wearing long john pyjamas to bed. With a zipper opening...and glowing circuitry trim....
I like people who glue macaroni on to a piece of cardboard and paint it gold. That's what I aspire to basically. - Tom Waits
I too have been getting a bunch of spider bites while I'm sleeping. I'll get about five or six all over my lower mid-section, like my stomach and thighs. They take about two or three weeks to heal, and get all red and irritated. Whenever I'm having trouble sleeping, I start thinking about it, and it keeps me up half the night.
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
4800 Posts |
Posted - 05/10/2004 : 08:18:26
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There is a furry jumping spider regarding me intently about 2 feet away from me on my desk.
I got really close and told him how cute he was, and he turned around and I noticed his fangs. They seem to be glowing in the dark.
I'm scared.
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11690 Posts |
Posted - 05/10/2004 : 09:18:00
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In the words of Homer,
Stupid bug, you go squish now!
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ObfuscateByWill
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 05/10/2004 : 10:05:19
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We have a spider living in our foyer.
I think s/he has been there for a while. A few months, anyway.
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I mean, it's not hurting me. It's not eating holes in the walls.
S/he can share some space with me and the fam.
I open up my wallet
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 05/10/2004 : 11:28:17
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Originally posted by Cult_Of_Frank
In the words of Homer,
Stupid bug, you go squish now!
"Join the Cult of Frank / And you'll be enlightened"
I did indeed say that!!!
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 05/10/2004 : 11:29:26
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Originally posted by apl4eris
I feel it's bad juju to kill 'em.
I like people who glue macaroni on to a piece of cardboard and paint it gold. That's what I aspire to basically. - Tom Waits
Me too!!!
Hansel and Gretel have formed a band, .....And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Breadcrumbs!!! |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 05/10/2004 : 11:30:31
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Originally posted by floop
very weird. i still don't understand how they didn't "drown"... i'm assuming it has something to do with they way they take in oxygen (they don't have lungs).
anyway, that's my pointless spider story. .
When you wash them down the bath plug hole, they always come back!!!
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The King Of Karaoke
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
3759 Posts |
Posted - 05/10/2004 : 11:41:56
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My (23 and hot) friend has a cat that constantly is bringing gophers and the like into her place. She called me last week in the middle of the night all freaked out about some animal in her house. She asks if she can sleep over and I was like SURE! We dated a couple of years ago and i still have a crush on her.
Unfortunately I was in a hotel in LA at the time.
The next night she said if it was still there she was going to sleep over again. Unfortunately it wasn't.
I spent the rest of the week sneaking down to her place at night making squeaky noises in her window.
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 05/10/2004 : 12:22:33
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Originally posted by apl4eris
Up there in Canada I hear that there have been Brazilian Jumping spiders that have travelled in your banana shipments. The most poisonous spider in the world? Just ask Carolynanna about it!
I like people who glue macaroni on to a piece of cardboard and paint it gold. That's what I aspire to basically. - Tom Waits
You mean the Brazilian Wandering Spider!!!
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The King Of Karaoke
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 05/10/2004 : 12:49:29
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Cool!!! I love lizards and such-like.
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
4800 Posts |
Posted - 05/10/2004 : 13:15:43
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Originally posted by Homers_pet_monkey
quote:
Originally posted by apl4eris
Up there in Canada I hear that there have been Brazilian Jumping spiders that have travelled in your banana shipments. The most poisonous spider in the world? Just ask Carolynanna about it!
You mean the Brazilian Wandering Spider!!!
uh, no!...they uhhh...jump while they're wandering. I know it may be difficult for you to imagine being able to do two things at once, but they can and do.
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
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Posted - 05/10/2004 : 13:55:24
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Yes but they are called Brazilian Wandering Spiders!!!
They can jump all they like, they are not getting their name changed!!!
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