Spiders

[Drew Espinosa]

For @Timothy M. 

 

 

[Pmsingtiger]

My husband is terrified of spiders. To get even with him for last April fools day, which he asked me for a divorce over the phone while I was in a dollar general - yes I was crying and no I did not know it was April 1st, my mistake. So the following year I bought a tarantula - yes a live one - from my friend's pet store for $25 and I put that thing in his lunch box and waited for the phone call. 

It was amazing.

 

[Timothy M.]

On 6/8/2018 at 7:12 AM, Pmsingtiger said:

 I bought a tarantula - yes a live one - from my friend's pet store for $25 and I put that thing in his lunch box and waited for the phone call. 

 

That'll teach him to make his own lunch from now on, and to not play cruel jokes, April 1st or not. What happened to the poor spider ?

[Pmsingtiger]

1 hour ago, Timothy M. said:

 

That'll teach him to make his own lunch from now on, and to not play cruel jokes, April 1st or not. What happened to the poor spider ?

I gave it to my friend who has tarantulas. ❤️ My husband saw it and shut his lunch box and called me to start screaming at me. 

[Former Member]

10 hours ago, sandrewn said:

Nice to post something here, it has been a while. On my Monday update (22 Oct) I had a joke about Australian Spiders. Not many see it there, so here is a re-post of it.

Naturally @Timothy M. and I were among the few who saw the original posting. Timmy’s Spidey-sense alerted him to your Status Update! That and a Mention.  ;–)

[quokka]

Australian seems to be the continent with the most venomous animals and insects in the world. Scorpions, snakes and spiders being the main ones.

[Solivagant]

I know plenty of people who are terrified of spiders, but they don't scare me personally. I really don't mind them, at all. Cockroaches on the other hand... I find them revoltingly disgusting! A few years ago, I couldn't even sleep in a room if I was aware that there was a cockroach. Nowadays, I'm doing much better, but not by much.

[Aditus]

No only these little creatures 

The following creatures are examples of spiders in California:

• tarantula
• black widow spider
• cellar spider
• brown widow spider
• false black widow spider
• yellow sac spider
• orb weaver spider
• wolf spider
• garden spider
• grass spider

[Zombie]

oh god!  
*shudders and hides* 

 

 

Edited December 22, 2019 by Zombie

[Aditus]

Because it's Christmas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_of_the_Christmas_Spider

 

Edited December 22, 2019 by aditus

[Former Member]

21 minutes ago, aditus said:

Because it's Christmas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_of_the_Christmas_Spider

I remember we had a package of tinsel that we used every year for many christmases. My mother would carefully remove the tinsel from the tree along with the lights and ornaments when we took the tree down. It would be packed away with the other decorations. We were very poor and my parents were extremely frugal.
;–)

[Thorn Wilde]

1 hour ago, aditus said:

Because it's Christmas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_of_the_Christmas_Spider

 

I like that story! And I like the idea of spider ornaments. I want some of those.  

Spoiler

Regarding one thing the article mentioned, of the Child Jesus turning the cobwebs into silver and gold, I was reminded of a thing I learnt recently. In the Czech Republic (and I assume elsewhere in former Czechoslovakia and other countries in the area) gifts aren't brought by Santa Claus or Father Christmas, but by the Child Jesus. It's become a largely areligious tradition, and the baby appears sometimes depicted as a cupid-like cherub, or sometimes as an older child, often wearing something similar to a Santa hat. I find holiday traditions from across the world fascinating.  

 

[Aditus]

6 minutes ago, Thorn Wilde said:

I like that story! And I like the idea of spider ornaments. I want some of those.  

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Regarding one thing the article mentioned, of the Child Jesus turning the cobwebs into silver and gold, I was reminded of a thing I learnt recently. In the Czech Republic (and I assume elsewhere in former Czechoslovakia and other countries in the area) gifts aren't brought by Santa Claus or Father Christmas, but by the Child Jesus. It's become a largely areligious tradition, and the baby appears sometimes depicted as a cupid-like cherub, or sometimes as an older child, often wearing something similar to a Santa hat. I find holiday traditions from across the world fascinating.  

 

When I was a child I didn't wait for Santa but the Christkind. 

[Thorn Wilde]

11 minutes ago, aditus said:

When I was a child I didn't wait for Santa but the Christkind. 

Yes! That's another version of the same one. How fun! 

When my mum was a kid, they were visited by the Yule Goat. Didn't look anything like the Santa-like figure presented in that photo, though. Looked more like this:

Spoiler

Much like the children in this photo (from a 19th century Swedish children's book by Elsa Beskow) my mum hid under the table the first time she saw the Yule Goat... It was my grandfather in a mask, of course.

He used to be a thing in Swedish tradition as well. The name has just remained in Finland and is now used for Santa Claus. In Norway, we always had the 'nisse', which was part of the inspiration for the modern Santa Claus.

EDIT: We're way off topic now, we'd better stop.

Edited December 22, 2019 by Thorn Wilde

[Former Member]

11 minutes ago, Slytherin said:

Hey  what are you doing hiding under my chair?!! 

Well if Zombie’s hiding under your chair, he’s closer to the wasp and spider. Since the wasp isn’t flying around, they'll go after him first. That leaves you much safer because you’re standing on top of the chair!
;–)

[Slytherin]

 

 

[Thorn Wilde]

3 hours ago, droughtquake said:

Well if Zombie’s hiding under your chair, he’s closer to the wasp and spider. Since the wasp isn’t flying around, they'll go after him first. That leaves you much safer because you’re standing on top of the chair!
;–)

The tarantula hawk is very unaggressive towards humans. You kind of have to want it to sting you, or step on it or something, at least according to this dude who got stung on purpose cause apparently that's his idea of fun. It's mostly only aggressive if you're a big-ass spider.

[Zombie]

2 hours ago, Thorn Wilde said:

Wow, that's so cool!  

I’m still having nightmares...  

[JayR]

Yuck... not a big fan of spiders actually 😅 but some pics really look breathtaking 

however, they'd better stay there in the pics hehe 

[Zombie]

22 minutes ago, JayR said:

Yuck... not a big fan of spiders actually 😅 but some pics really look breathtaking 

however, they'd better stay there in the pics hehe 

 

stay in the pics

...and stay in your mind    

 

 

 

Edited May 20, 2020 by Zombie

[JayR]

1 hour ago, Zombie said:

 

stay in the pics

...and stay in your mind    

 

 

 

whyyyyyyyy 🙈 my sweet dreams don't include these creatures gosh 😆

[Sherye Story Reader]

Well, we have brown recluse spiders here and if they bite you then it will eat your skin up. It took me a long time to heal my husband's foot from that with hydrogen peroxide and triple antibiotic cream. So no I don't like spiders.

[Drew Espinosa]

I've said it before, but I'll say it again: I'm never setting foot in Australia.

 

[bill93]

nice

Edited January 30, 2021 by bill93

[Slytherin]