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SPINOZA · Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Location: $eoul

I�ve been doing a bit of thinking. Back home, at this time of year, many spiders appear from the woodwork and from the various places they live. They like the cool, moist autumn. Consequently, in your house, you�ll likely have a few close encounters with spiders - bedroom, bathrub, reading light, etc. England of course doesn�t have tarantulas or poisonous spiders, but some of those house spiders can be quite disturbing � hair visible on their thick legs, feet visible, perhaps 2 or 3 inches in diameter (inc. legs). I feel so sorry for spiders because they�re mainly harmless and do a great job of exterminating the true filth of the planet � flies. Sadly�.spiders just look fuct up.

Scorpions are also arachnids (anything with 8 legs is) and if I saw a scorpion, I would just turd them.

However, arachnophobia refers specifically to fear of spiders, so, if you have an opinion either way, kindly vote in my excellent poll and share any spider stories you have.

peppermint · Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 4:39 pm Post subject:

As with all insects, if its moving quickly and near my face, I'll squirm til its gone. Otherwise, it will get scooped up and placed outdoors

spliff · Joined: 19 Jan 2004 Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand

Spiders aren't harmful so leave them alone and pay them no bother...

djsmnc · Joined: 20 Jan 2003 Location: Dave's ESL Cafe

I don't mind spiders unless they frickin bite me. They leave welts.

Anyhow, my friend used to have a lot of spiders that would spin webs on his front porch. We constantly threw moths, flies, and other insects into its web and watched as the insects were hastily wrapped in silk. As time went on, the web grew bigger, and the spider grew to gargantuan proportions. It was beautiful.

Alas, a storm came soon after and the spider's web was destroyed.

Based on this story, it may seem as if I am not afraid of spiders. They are pretty creepy looking though.

Boodleheimer · Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 6:10 pm Post subject:

i dated a guy who was absolutely terrified of spiders. he said the fear started when he woke up to a spider crawling on his face and the realization that it could crawl in his mouth.

what a fucking pansy.

Boodleheimer · Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 6:12 pm Post subject:

oh, but a friend of mine lived in a DC apartment that had loads of spiders. he & his flatmate didn't pay them any bother and the spiders didn't bother them. until one day, J and his flattie bought some bugkiller and killed some.

that night... the spiders avenged their departed brothers, biting J and his flattie in their sleep!

Dome Vans · Guest

No problem with spiders, I leave them be.

BUT if I'm off to bed and notice one on the ceiling, then he's gonna be scooped up and put outside. I probably wouldn't sleep if I left them, because they'd probably drop from the ceiling, and lay eggs in my ears. Then I'd have spiders running round my brain all day, which'd be a bit of a hassle. I'm 29.

Natalia · Joined: 10 Mar 2006

Where I'm from in Australia we have spiders as big as a hand in our house on a regular basis.

I wouldn't exactly say I love spiders or that I don't get a fright when I see a huge black monster running along the wall. But you can't live here and not get over your fear of getting close enough to kill.

oneofthesarahs · Joined: 05 Nov 2006 Location: Sacheon City

I think spiders are pretty cool, actually. If I see a spider I know is poisonous, I'll probably kill it. And brown recluses are evil. But I don't particularly live in terror of them.

And jumping spiders are sort of cute in a "I will jump on your face" kind of way. But it will jump on your face to GIVE YOU A HUG.

SeoulShakin · Joined: 05 Jan 2006 Location: Seoul

This thread reminds me of a story.

My mother, back in the day of VCR's instead of DVD players, used to love to record movies off the television. One night, she decided to record the movie Arachnophobia (sp?). We're all sitting there, just watching the movie, and my mother had the remote in her hand to pause it as a commercial comes. My mother is DEATHLY afraid of spiders. Even little ones. Why she wanted to record this movie in the first place, I'll never know.

Anyway, there is one point in the movie, where one of the giant spiders suddenly jumps at the screen. My mother let out a scream of death, and threw the remote control backwards out of her hand. It broke. Needless to say, that movie ended up with some commercials in it after about 3/4 of the way through.

SPINOZA · Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Location: $eoul

jajdude · Joined: 18 Jan 2003

I'm not scared of 'em but not fond of bugs... not many people are.
Hate roaches.

Saw a spider behind a building I worked in, in its web, in the exact same spot, motionless, for about 2 weeks. Interesting character.

Qinella · Joined: 25 Feb 2005 Location: the crib

yingwenlaoshi · Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Location: ... location, location!

There are some big ass ones in Taiwan. Had one in my apartment for about a week. I didn't want to kill it, but I didn't exactly want to scoop it up and get rid of it, either. One of those big, hard-shelled dealies. Big as my palm. I wasn't exactly afraid of it though.

You don't really want them in your house though. They lay eggs.

PeteJB · Joined: 06 Jul 2007

Spiders (except the bad ones) are pretty cute. Minus those ones that scuttle along at Warp factor one. Moths and a few other insects (such as butterflies, ladybirds) are also cute. What I don't like are nasty bugs that'll stop at nothing to bite/sting/kill you.