AFRAID OF SPIDERS?
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April 21, 2011
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Posted by: Punkin | April 21, 2011 at 02:01 PM
Almost pretty, if it weren't spiders.
*hides behind Punkin*
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | April 21, 2011 at 02:19 PM
What's to fear? I took a walk through the woods near St. Augustine yesterday. There were hundreds of Nephila clavipes (banana) spiders in there; each about 1/4 inch long on webs about 4 inches across. By August, they will be nearly as big as my hand and the webs will be 4 feet across.
But they will always be harmless.
The mosquito that bit me on the leg is a heartless b!tch who died a horrible and too quick death. If those spiders are eating mosquitoes, protect the spiders.
Posted by: Steve | April 21, 2011 at 03:17 PM
From the spider general: Peccavi.
Posted by: Ralph | April 21, 2011 at 03:41 PM
Harmless? the hefty one that dropped onto my son' face from an overhanging branch was not harmless - it nearly gave him a heart attack.
And the 10-year-old down the street who was bitten in the face while he slept by a brown recluse still has a scar.
*goes back behind Punkin to continue hiding*
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | April 21, 2011 at 03:48 PM
I was bitten on the leg by a brown recluse several years ago. I also still have the scar and hope to never have that experience again.
Posted by: nursecindy | April 21, 2011 at 04:17 PM
For those whose Latin is rusty and therefore suspect Ralph has been smoking something, look up Charles James Napier.
Posted by: Richard the Weasel-Hearted | April 21, 2011 at 04:55 PM
Pity the monkeys.
Posted by: hogsatemysister | April 21, 2011 at 05:36 PM
AWBH-
Why was the 10-year old sleeping be a brown recluse? And what (or who) bit him?
Posted by: frodolives | April 21, 2011 at 06:15 PM
be^byPosted by: frodolives | April 21, 2011 at 06:16 PM
Yes, spider bites do occur and some have unfortunate consequences. But when I was young, I was engaged for a short while to a young lady who would take offense at some small comment. Then, she would slap me sideways.
We didn't know about abuse back then, but she fit the profile of an abuser.
Luckily, it did not put me off women, so to speak.
I still love them, at least those who do not slap.
Just because you run into a rare bad one, do not paint the whole group as evil.
Posted by: Steve | April 21, 2011 at 10:55 PM
I know it's not logical, but spiders and snakes give me the creeps.
Posted by: Kristina L | April 22, 2011 at 08:50 PM