Did you ever walk into a spider web, and get it in your face?
I scream and immediately drop anything I may be holding.
If I'm in kind of a public place, like last week at Best Buy parking lot,
then I just do a stop, drop & roll to get the web off myself
It beats the alternative
(try not to ask)
my son one time while in the batter's box, began swinging & hitting his own legs because a "love-bug"(s?) landed on him.
I might appear that way to the spider. The proximity is what gets me...they can get to me in a millisecond if I try to catch them. Hey..maybe I should try a cup or a glass instead of a newspaper to catch them.
guess how you catch flies and whatnot to feed your treefrog? use a glass. i use a shotglass and a card.
I might appear that way to the spider. The proximity is what gets me...they can get to me in a millisecond if I try to catch them. Hey..maybe I should try a cup or a glass instead of a newspaper to catch them.
guess how you catch flies and whatnot to feed your treefrog? use a glass. i use a shotglass and a card.
shotglass too small... but, yeah..I'll try a big gulp cup and a magazine.
I'm a sister actually, not a brother
She's been an awesome sister to me too, so it was my turn. Not that she didn't hear about it a few hours later when I was dead tired at work for wandering around town on a killing mission at 3am. I'm afraid I'm not a lot of fun when getting dragged out of bed
:oops: well don't i feel like an idiot
no need for that, maybe I just shouldn't have changed my icon
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They love you so badly for sharing their sorrow, so pick up that guitar and go break a heart - Kris Kristofferson
Did you ever walk into a spider web, and get it in your face?
I scream and immediately drop anything I may be holding.
If I'm in kind of a public place, like last week at Best Buy parking lot,
then I just do a stop, drop & roll to get the web off myself
It beats the alternative
(try not to ask)
my son one time while in the batter's box, began swinging & hitting his own legs because a "love-bug"(s?) landed on him.
I wonder where he gets that behavior from. :?
Too funny
I am pretty petrified of larger spiders, but I dont mind little tiny ones. I do, however consider them friends as they help to curb the insect population. Have you ever watched a spider spin it's web in time lapse? One of the coolest phenomena in the animal kingdom in my opinion. I've learned over the years to respect EVERY living thing so I never kill spiders or other insects. I'll catch them and toss them outside but very rarely kill them. Even cockroaches or houseflies.
I don't mind them. I refuse to kill anything so I just let them run around and live in the house or gently put them outside with a cup.
I'd rather not have them on me but I certainly won't hurt them, they're amazing
My hubby-to-be HATES them. He's terrified and used to kill them before I theatened to never speak to him again if he killed another one. He now puts them outside with a cup... He tells each and every one how disgusting it is and then swears at them when he throws them in the hedge :roll:
Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...
... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
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Great spider stories everyone! I never imagined so many replies in such a short time!
My wife isn't as fond of spiders as I am so every now and then I have to take one outside (but it's like, "It's ok Sam, you can come back in when she's not looking!"). Same thing with preying mantises... and I must say, I love preying mantises!!
They are one of the coolest of natures creation. Maybe we'll have a preying mantis thread sometime.
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
thats a shame. but remember your living space encroaches on their nature.
Like I said, I don't go out in nature hunting them, but I keep them out of my personal space due to my bad experience. We aren't talking about deer or something where they need room and I built a house right in the middle of their stomping ground. I know a spider doesn't really know any better, so it's not personal, but they don't have to come in my house, and they have plenty of room to live outside of my house. If a poisonous snake were to come in my house, or a skunk, I wouldn't let them have freedom to chill out just because my house is some unnatural abomination destroying the beauty of the land.
I live in a house so I don't have to sleep with spiders.
By the way brian, I love Ladies and Gentlemen... The Rolling Stones. It's mind blowing. It's a shame, I live so close to the place in Ft. Worth where much of that was filmed, it was just before I was born. I did see them in '97 at the Texas Motor Speedway though, but it was nothing like the 2 Texas shows from that DVD. The Exile On Main Street Tour was crazy.
WHAT A SMALL WORLD I was AT that Speedway show in 97!!!How cool.. I grew up on The Rolling Stones.. so it was only natural I'd go see them live in my lifetime.. so cool!!
WHAT A SMALL WORLD I was AT that Speedway show in 97!!!How cool.. I grew up on The Rolling Stones.. so it was only natural I'd go see them live in my lifetime.. so cool!!
Was a hell of a show, I had really good seats too, like 10 rows back I think. I believe it was the only show on the tour they played "Star Star". I have a pretty decent bootleg of the show, if you don't have it and you're interested I can upload it somewhere. There are several on the internet with varying degrees of quality, this is the best one I think.
"See a broad to get dat booty yak 'em, leg 'er down, a smack 'em yak 'em!"
WHAT A SMALL WORLD I was AT that Speedway show in 97!!!How cool.. I grew up on The Rolling Stones.. so it was only natural I'd go see them live in my lifetime.. so cool!!
Was a hell of a show, I had really good seats too, like 10 rows back I think. I believe it was the only show on the tour they played "Star Star". I have a pretty decent bootleg of the show, if you don't have it and you're interested I can upload it somewhere. There are several on the internet with varying degrees of quality, this is the best one I think.
well I would love that.. but It's not MY computer.. and the rules to my being allowed on it is..NO downloading, uploading or using it to peruse unsecured sites..I'm also not "allowed" to play PJ on it, which so makes me lmao.. oh well, my Dad is free to dislike whom ever he chooses.. is there a way to burn me a copy..?
WHAT A SMALL WORLD I was AT that Speedway show in 97!!!How cool.. I grew up on The Rolling Stones.. so it was only natural I'd go see them live in my lifetime.. so cool!!
Was a hell of a show, I had really good seats too, like 10 rows back I think. I believe it was the only show on the tour they played "Star Star". I have a pretty decent bootleg of the show, if you don't have it and you're interested I can upload it somewhere. There are several on the internet with varying degrees of quality, this is the best one I think.
Speaking of small worlds, I'm from Ft. Worth and knew several people who were at the show in Ladies and Gentlemen. Not me though.
My teenage years.
id love to see all these spider lovers reaction as they walk into a mess of webs in their backyard. what do you do.....smile, laugh, and give the spider the thumbs up like a Mentos commercial? is there anything worse than peeling spider webs off your face and being creeped out that it might be crawling on you??
id love to see all these spider lovers reaction as they walk into a mess of webs in their backyard. what do you do.....smile, laugh, and give the spider the thumbs up like a Mentos commercial? is there anything worse than peeling spider webs off your face and being creeped out that it might be crawling on you??
AAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! you always feel a spider on you for afters after that.
So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
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I like spiders very much.I think they are fascinating,I have one that lives in my bathroom and another that lives in my bedroom window frame.
I leave them well alone and at times just sit and watch them spin and move around.Their webs are amazing
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upon further review...i used to have one of these
feeding time was always fun when he/she caught the cricket and you would hear "crunch"
That's ok that you laughed...let me explain my logic to you.
So...I don't remember living in NSW (although I did for a couple of years, but that was when I was a baby), so I have no recollection of funnel web spiders - you don't get them in Perth and you don't get them in Victoria either. Redbacks surprisingly I CAN kill. I think it's because well, for one, it was necessity - being on my own with the kids in WA you kind of HAVE to kill them so no one gets sick from being bitten (I really don't like being the adult in that circumstance though), plus they don't move like huntsmen do. Yes, they're more poisonous but they're littler and they stay still so you can squish them in between a big pair of shoes. Also, wolf spiders freak me out ALMOST as much as huntsmen, but they again aren't as big. They're aggressive though so that kind of adds to the scariness of them. Oh, and also, huntsmen over in WA tend to be aggressive like wolf spiders (weird I know, but the huntsmen over there rear up like wolf spiders and jump at you, which is SCARY!). I don't like garden spiders, especially Orb spiders cause they get big, but again, they don't move across the damn walls like huntsmen do.
So that's my logic. Sorry for the rambling. It's the alcohol. It does that.
thats interesting that WA huntmans are aggressive. must be the heat.
orb spiders are just lovely. theyre like grapes with legs... hairy hairy legs.
i remember when we were young having no problem playing in close proximity to red backs. they were small and shiny and didnt seem like a threat. of course now i know better, but then again i dont play near the woodpile anymore.
what annoys me most about spiders is when youre walking along minding your own busines s and theyve thrown their web out across the path... and it stretches across your face... poor little guys probably think all their christmases have come at once... til theyre line breaks and they see a years supply of food walking away. generally though spiders with webs im ok with.. its the ones that hunt on the ground im weary of. or those ones that land on the ground with an audible thump. :shock:
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generally though spiders with webs im ok with.. its the ones that hunt on the ground im weary of. or those ones that land on the ground with an audible thump. :shock:
Yeah, you know you're in trouble when you can hear the spider land on the ground. That's when I start running.
I don't mind spiders, as long as they are not crawling on me. (and I still wouldn't kill them) I am in awe of the beautiful webs/intricate works of art they create.
My last message to you ~
You're right. You are a monster! You are sick! Get help!
Not into things that have more than 4 legs, but spiders aren't really the worse for me (I'll probably just scream a bit :P )... Now cockroaches... These actually leave me paralysed with panic...
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Halloweeney. I like spiders. That big, I'd avoid! If you shine a flashlight in the grass at night you can see the reflective eyes of wolf spiders. My friend told me you are rarely less than 6 feet away from a spider.
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I scream and immediately drop anything I may be holding.
If I'm in kind of a public place, like last week at Best Buy parking lot,
then I just do a stop, drop & roll to get the web off myself
It beats the alternative
(try not to ask)
my son one time while in the batter's box, began swinging & hitting his own legs because a "love-bug"(s?) landed on him.
I wonder where he gets that behavior from. :?
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I am tired; my heart is
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the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
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i find em, they get a smashing....
I wish I had a treefrog.
They love you so badly for sharing their sorrow, so pick up that guitar and go break a heart - Kris Kristofferson
I am pretty petrified of larger spiders, but I dont mind little tiny ones. I do, however consider them friends as they help to curb the insect population. Have you ever watched a spider spin it's web in time lapse? One of the coolest phenomena in the animal kingdom in my opinion. I've learned over the years to respect EVERY living thing so I never kill spiders or other insects. I'll catch them and toss them outside but very rarely kill them. Even cockroaches or houseflies.
I'd rather not have them on me but I certainly won't hurt them, they're amazing
My hubby-to-be HATES them. He's terrified and used to kill them before I theatened to never speak to him again if he killed another one. He now puts them outside with a cup... He tells each and every one how disgusting it is and then swears at them when he throws them in the hedge :roll:
... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
My wife isn't as fond of spiders as I am so every now and then I have to take one outside (but it's like, "It's ok Sam, you can come back in when she's not looking!"). Same thing with preying mantises... and I must say,
I love preying mantises!!
They are one of the coolest of natures creation. Maybe we'll have a preying mantis thread sometime.
Speaking of praying mantises, there was one sitting on the inside of my screen door this morning. had to open the door and flick him/her off!
Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
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Was a hell of a show, I had really good seats too, like 10 rows back I think. I believe it was the only show on the tour they played "Star Star". I have a pretty decent bootleg of the show, if you don't have it and you're interested I can upload it somewhere. There are several on the internet with varying degrees of quality, this is the best one I think.
My teenage years.
http://youtu.be/sHzdsFiBbFc
AAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! you always feel a spider on you for afters after that.
Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
Another O.B.G.:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8dSBWysmnM
Poor Boris-- R.I.P. :geek:
I leave them well alone and at times just sit and watch them spin and move around.Their webs are amazing
feeding time was always fun when he/she caught the cricket and you would hear "crunch"
:shock: spiders scare the hell out of me....
EXACTLY.....
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thats interesting that WA huntmans are aggressive. must be the heat.
orb spiders are just lovely. theyre like grapes with legs... hairy hairy legs.
i remember when we were young having no problem playing in close proximity to red backs. they were small and shiny and didnt seem like a threat. of course now i know better, but then again i dont play near the woodpile anymore.
what annoys me most about spiders is when youre walking along minding your own busines s and theyve thrown their web out across the path... and it stretches across your face... poor little guys probably think all their christmases have come at once... til theyre line breaks and they see a years supply of food walking away. generally though spiders with webs im ok with.. its the ones that hunt on the ground im weary of. or those ones that land on the ground with an audible thump. :shock:
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
Yeah, you know you're in trouble when you can hear the spider land on the ground. That's when I start running.
You're right. You are a monster! You are sick! Get help!
At least, I am not a fuck-up! A lying fuck-up!
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If you shine a flashlight in the grass at night you can see the reflective eyes of wolf spiders.
My friend told me you are rarely less than 6 feet away from a spider.