so i caught this spider...

Super Vedder

Jeanie wrote:

This is not Tom Jones! It's a spider! Of course I mean THONGS, not a g-string!

righty dokey then, just wanted to clear that up :cool:

right, that's the spider killing covered let's get to the g-string talk

zenith

Super Vedder wrote:

im guessing the thong you keep mentioning is like a flip flop and not a pair of knickers

Ha ha imagine trying to swat a spider to death with a pair of knickers, hee hee hee

heh at the picture of flicking the spider with frilly undies

and why why why or should i say, how do you call thongs flip flops. flip flops. is such a stupid word!!!!!!

Jeanie

zenith wrote:

it hurt like hell for 24hours or so, then stung for days, although the salt water helped - and i still have the mark on my foot. When i got home i had to get a course of antibiotics because as my gp said 'spiders are grubby little buggers'

its funny, cos when it first started biting me i really just thought it was a thistle or something in my shoe - and then i pulled up at mcdonalds to get the kids some breakie, and my whole leg had started to throb, so i pulled off my shoe and lo! heres this bloody red back, by now squished between my toes!

so i went up to the local hospital - the doc said my lymph glands had started to swell, hence the pain going up my leg - he whacked me on an ecg and my heart rate wasnt up too much, and as i said i lied about the pain scale. He could tell i wanted to go, so he gave me some panadeine fortes, and told me if i started getting shakey or headachey to stop....

i have a bit of an advantage of working in a hospital, i knew what symptoms to lie about - or disadvantage because i know what to expect - but unless you have a really unusual reaction a red back bit is just a lot of sweating and pain. The last guy in our a&e had 3 shots of anti-veneen and still screamed like a baby - so i guess my pain threshold is right up there :rolleyes:

Yep!!! Australia, where women are gutsy and blokes are sheilas!

Sounds pretty awful girl, but I'm glad you're ok. Did they give you any anti venom? Just curious.

Jeanie

Super Vedder wrote:

righty dokey then, just wanted to clear that up :cool:

right, that's the spider killing covered let's get to the g-string talk

:rolleyes: Men!

Hinny

Jeanie wrote:

Yep!!! Australia, where women are gutsy and blokes are sheilas!

Watch it!

Super Vedder

Zenith wrote:

and why why why or should i say, how do you call thongs flip flops. flip flops. is such a stupid word!!!!!!

Errrrrrrrrr i dunno, perhaps its cos of the noise they make when ya walk in em

ozsmalltowngirl

catefrances wrote:

no it'll be too busy shaking some sense into itself after being flung out of the container and dropping several feet onto the grass. by the time its got all 8 legs in gear, IP will be gone like the wind.

that's if she manages to throw it properly......if it was me - I'd be in such an unco-ordinated panick, I'd prolly throw it straight up in the air, only to have it land on my head......then I'd just die of a heart attack, so thankfully wouldn't feel it bight me :eek:

illegal pants

ok...

i thought about cutting the spider some slack and throwing it into the backyard of the neighbours i don't like

but...

then i remember the pain i went through last February

so...

it took 3 flushes, i'm so sorry, i know we need to conserve water but, i think adrenaline took over and i just wanted it gone...

however...

i gave it a nice send-off

http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/8045/img2732lu2.jpg

i'm off for a few shots of ouzo

Jeanie

Hinny wrote:

Watch it!

Yes I do, quite often.

zenith

Jeanie wrote:

Yep!!! Australia, where women are gutsy and blokes are sheilas!

Sounds pretty awful girl, but I'm glad you're ok. Did they give you any anti venom? Just curious.

no - they'll only give it if you have a real need for it - elevated heart rate - shakes, dizziness, extreme pain. Note tho: different peoples idea of pain are a bit different .....


you can also have a reaction to the antivenene itself. and like i said i lied about my pain scale, i think i said it was a 4 when really it was probably an 8 out of 10. my heart rate didnt go up.

all in all, it wsnt that bad - and im damned spider phobic - i still dont check my shoes tho :rolleyes:

catefrances

illegal_pants wrote:

ok...

i thought about cutting the spider some slack and throwing it into the backyard of the neighbours i don't like

but...

then i remember the pain i went through last February

so...

it took 3 flushes, i'm so sorry, i know we need to conserve water but, i think adrenaline took over and i just wanted it gone...

however...

i gave it a nice send-off

http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/8045/img2732lu2.jpg

i'm off for a few shots of ouzo

:(

farewell my 8 legged friend.

zenith

Super Vedder wrote:

Errrrrrrrrr i dunno, perhaps its cos of the noise they make when ya walk in em

flip flop flip flop

nah ... doesnt work

my thongs squeek actually

ZiggyStar

Stella, that is the PUSSIEST spider I have EVER seen!!!!!

Jeanie

illegal_pants wrote:

ok...

i thought about cutting the spider some slack and throwing it into the backyard of the neighbours i don't like

but...

then i remember the pain i went through last February

so...

it took 3 flushes, i'm so sorry, i know we need to conserve water but, i think adrenaline took over and i just wanted it gone...

however...

i gave it a nice send-off

http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/8045/img2732lu2.jpg

i'm off for a few shots of ouzo

Stel! That is hysterical!!!

Well done girl! Don't worry about the water, it's an emergency. You did good.

I can't believe you gave it a marshmallow.

ozsmalltowngirl

illegal_pants wrote:

ok...

i thought about cutting the spider some slack and throwing it into the backyard of the neighbours i don't like

but...

then i remember the pain i went through last February

so...

it took 3 flushes, i'm so sorry, i know we need to conserve water but, i think adrenaline took over and i just wanted it gone...

however...

i gave it a nice send-off

http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/8045/img2732lu2.jpg

i'm off for a few shots of ouzo

LMFAO!!!!!!!!

How the feck did you get the marsh-brolly under there? :eek:

Super Vedder

ozsmalltowngirl wrote:

that's if she manages to throw it properly......if it was me - I'd be in such an unco-ordinated panick, I'd prolly throw it straight up in the air, only to have it land on my head......then I'd just die of a heart attack, so thankfully wouldn't feel it bight me :eek:

lol, and i genuinely did!!!!

Jeanie

zenith wrote:

no - they'll only give it if you have a real need for it - elevated heart rate - shakes, dizziness, extreme pain. Note tho: different peoples idea of pain are a bit different .....


you can also have a reaction to the antivenene itself. and like i said i lied about my pain scale, i think i said it was a 4 when really it was probably an 8 out of 10. my heart rate didnt go up.

all in all, it wsnt that bad - and im damned spider phobic - i still dont check my shoes tho :rolleyes:

Ah ok. Well you're a gutsy one that's for sure. And a bit of dare devil by the sounds of that last bit. And people wonder why I live in thongs?

Heineken Helen

ozsmalltowngirl wrote:

that's if she manages to throw it properly......if it was me - I'd be in such an unco-ordinated panick, I'd prolly throw it straight up in the air, only to have it land on my head......then I'd just die of a heart attack, so thankfully wouldn't feel it bight me :eek:

I would just throw the entire thing and run... no point messing around trying to make sure it gets out of the thing... I'd throw it all as far as I could, then run like the wind and never look back.

Heineken Helen

illegal_pants wrote:

ok...

i thought about cutting the spider some slack and throwing it into the backyard of the neighbours i don't like

but...

then i remember the pain i went through last February

so...

it took 3 flushes, i'm so sorry, i know we need to conserve water but, i think adrenaline took over and i just wanted it gone...

however...

i gave it a nice send-off

http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/8045/img2732lu2.jpg

i'm off for a few shots of ouzo

LMFAO... did it attack the marshmallow?

In all seriousness though, should we say a prayer or something? you should give it a name stella :(

zenith

oh ffs chicka!!! you lifted that plastic tub high enough to put that umbrella extravaganza under there but you couldnt put paper under and let it go outside :eek:

lol - it'll probably survive the loo since you flushed it so hard and gave it a quick trip, come out the other side, and plot ...............