tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226094928881581894.post3583791971190260301..comments2023-10-30T07:11:42.209-04:00Comments on Pratfalls: ShudderLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04464270470910036644noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226094928881581894.post-52860348834036466222009-03-18T10:33:00.000-04:002009-03-18T10:33:00.000-04:00Cammy, this is off topic, but your story reminded ...Cammy, this is off topic, but your story reminded me of when I was 6 or so and my uncles came home from a fishing trip. I kept one of the fish eyeballs in a water-filled glass jar forever, it seemed.<BR/><BR/>NO IDEA why.Wrapped up in Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18210700542140339831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226094928881581894.post-44501390962660689052009-03-18T01:32:00.000-04:002009-03-18T01:32:00.000-04:00Ok, just wanted to jump back in with my own scary ...Ok, just wanted to jump back in with my own scary spider story. When I was about 4 years old, I got bitten on the face by one while I was sleeping. LUCKILY it was not a brown recluse or something like that, so I do indeed still have a face, no scar at all, but it was pretty traumatic at the time. <BR/><BR/>My dad actually caught the spider (I woke up and screamed bloody murder before it had the chance or wits to get very far), and I kept it in a Tupperware and starved it to death. It's possible it was actually a different spider, in retrospect, we lived in a pretty crappy apartment at the time and there's not telling what all inhabited those walls. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, it takes a VERY long time for an ectotherm to starve, but I was one pissed off 4 year old. I should tell this starvation torture story to my psychologist, now that I think about it, she'd have a field day with it.Cammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18181004571609998125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226094928881581894.post-84649247042817509462009-03-17T12:07:00.000-04:002009-03-17T12:07:00.000-04:00AGHHHHH!!!! A similar incident happened to me - w...AGHHHHH!!!! A similar incident happened to me - was at a B&B and had driven 5 hours to get there and it was 11pm.....unloading everything into this quaint, rstic little place when I begam noticing baby spiders...EVERYWHERE. On the lampshade, on the towels, in the sink, on the shower wall.<BR/><BR/>I HATE spiders too, but decided to be brave. I pplopped on the bed, resting my head on the pillow. My dh says, "E, get up, right now, and don't turn around".<BR/><BR/>Of course I got up and looked around - it was the BIGGEST spider I had ever seen in my LIFE!!!<BR/><BR/>We drove back home. SUCKED.Wrapped up in Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18210700542140339831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226094928881581894.post-32069422277505127982009-03-16T23:42:00.000-04:002009-03-16T23:42:00.000-04:00Hey--Just want to tell you that I can't believe I'...Hey--<BR/>Just want to tell you that I can't believe I've never stumbled upon your blog before, but I'M SO GLAD you commented on mine, thus leading me here! I have read through so many of your posts in one sitting and your style of writing, your story, your little daily occurrences...I love them all. I feel that we have a lot in common, in multiple areas. Definitely look forward to being a daily reader. THANK YOU!!!<BR/><BR/>-amy @ coffeetalk.amy.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02484643686177613804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226094928881581894.post-75150057000696823042009-03-16T21:21:00.000-04:002009-03-16T21:21:00.000-04:00I'm a huge fan of that scene in "Annie Hall" with ...I'm a huge fan of that scene in "Annie Hall" with the spiders when Woody Allen comes over to help kill the spider and then he hides from it too.Kristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17208374967597840745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226094928881581894.post-69674683371756392052009-03-16T16:56:00.000-04:002009-03-16T16:56:00.000-04:00Oh, man, Porchbeast. I am choosing to believe that...Oh, man, Porchbeast. I am choosing to believe that that mofo hopped off a Chiquita truck.* That way I don't have to worry about ever, EVER seeing one again.<BR/><BR/><BR/>*Full of, of course, 30,000 pounds--hit it, Big John!--<I>of bananas</I>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226094928881581894.post-15920489487526846322009-03-16T15:45:00.000-04:002009-03-16T15:45:00.000-04:00oh, yes. Spiders. I work at a summer camp, and we ...oh, yes. Spiders. I work at a summer camp, and we have wolf spiders EVERYWHERE. they even live in staff's tents...it's no fun.Marillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05859968640481329557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226094928881581894.post-1885790022055362812009-03-16T12:26:00.000-04:002009-03-16T12:26:00.000-04:00i had a huge one living behind the side mirror of ...i had a huge one living behind the side mirror of my car last summer and would come out when i was driving. he finally came out when i was on a highway one time and it took 10 minutes of going 80 to get it off. so.. the moral of that story is, they're not only fast, but strong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226094928881581894.post-63784847019337229872009-03-16T12:05:00.000-04:002009-03-16T12:05:00.000-04:00No, Porchbeast wasn't yellow and black, but we hav...No, Porchbeast wasn't yellow and black, but we have had those Argiope mofos hang around the bushes before. <BR/><BR/>The body of the one this morning was kind of a gray-brown. I don't like that kind because they move so darn fast! And it won't show up again, because ... I kind of washed it down the sink.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04464270470910036644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226094928881581894.post-4864165160103915372009-03-16T11:19:00.000-04:002009-03-16T11:19:00.000-04:00Was the porch spider yellow and black? If so it w...Was the porch spider yellow and black? If so it was probably an <I>Argiope</I>. One that big was almost certainly a female, males are usually scrawny little things.<BR/><BR/>Sorry you had a scare this morning! What color was the body? I hope that it doesn't show up again, I know surprises like that can be majorly anxiety-inducing. <BR/><BR/>Take care, I hope your day gets better!Cammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18181004571609998125noreply@blogger.com