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offline Brisk from selling smack at the orphanage on 2008-02-16 05:36 [#02175666]
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HOW THE FUCK CAN YOU LIVE THERE?


 

offline rockenjohnny from champagne socialism (Australia) on 2008-02-16 05:38 [#02175667]
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its great when you lift a clock off the wall and one of
those buggers says 'GDAY'


 

offline Brisk from selling smack at the orphanage on 2008-02-16 05:40 [#02175669]
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If I saw one of those, i'd just leave home.


 

offline rockenjohnny from champagne socialism (Australia) on 2008-02-16 05:43 [#02175671]
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once, at work, one of those things fell out of a box i was
carrying. i asked a colleague what to do while the spider
glared at me from the ground with its front legs and fangs
up in the air. my colleagues answer was to drop a heavy
carton on top of it from a great height.


 

offline Resident Evil from heat some coffee, mmm, mmm (Australia) on 2008-02-16 06:00 [#02175675]
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I'm really arachnophobia, it's horrible. I've found the
summer is worst, the really big ones usually appear when
rain is imminent. Eek. Thankfully I've not encountered any
for a few weeks...

Maybe that's why Ae rarely come here? :/


 

offline PS on 2008-02-16 06:11 [#02175679]
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Yeah, just found one myself, a huge spider that is, the
night before last. I found it before it ran behind this
heavy piece of furniture I'm way too lazy to bother moving.
It's either a black house spider or a mouse spider, been
looking at all the picture charts for my area. It's
poisonous (not lethal) and it's too big to fit under the
door crack. I guess we'll just have to learn to get along,
like the web or Charlotte.


 

offline goDel from ɐpʎǝx (Seychelles) on 2008-02-16 06:18 [#02175683]
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lol @ healthbar


 

offline PS on 2008-02-16 06:18 [#02175684]
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Last year some spider done bit me in my sleep! This
happened when I was living in the land of the Hobo Spider.
The whole bottom of my foot swell up into one huge blister,
like gel pads, then it pop. It would fill up and with puss
and ooze out, fill up with puss then ooze out. I'd peel off
a big chunk of skin and it would start all over again. I'd
come back from work with my foot pasted to my sock. It was
real bad for about a month, then it got a little better. I
still got these little blisters that always form on that
foot, I'm looking at them right noW! 8oO

Hobo Spiders aint no joke.


 

offline vlari from beyond the valley of the LOLs on 2008-02-16 07:28 [#02175707]
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you're such a pussy, B


 

offline hexane on 2008-02-17 22:16 [#02176453]
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this sneaky butthole i found outside my room today, it's
chilling on the flywire screen at the moment.

as long as it stays outside it can stay..huntsman spiders
just look mean in size but are fairly passive and not really
poisonous. it'll just eat other spiders anyway, hopefully
the nastier kinds

Interesting fact:
"Courtship in huntsman spiders is surprisingly romantic
when compared to other spiders. The male is rarely attacked
by the female during reproduction, and the process may last
many hours."



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offline hedphukkerr from mathbotton (United States) on 2008-02-17 22:24 [#02176454]
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for fuck's sake, that shit is going to be giving me
nightmares


 

offline pigster from melbs on 2008-02-17 22:26 [#02176455]
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hahaha. i had a nightmare last night where my room was
populated with numourous spiders hanging from the roof.



 

offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2008-02-17 22:28 [#02176456]
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I've always had a sort of morbid fascination with spiders,
but if I had to deal with large, highly-venomous ones on a
regular basis, I'd probably have my fill pretty quickly.
There is a actually a fair amount of venomous spiders (4
species of widow spiders, brown recluses, and banana
spiders) in Florida, but I've only had a run in with them
once. I'm not sure what kind of spider bit me, but my foot
was purple and disgustingly swollen for about 2 weeks. I've
learned to treat all spiders with respect and give them a
healthy level of space.


 

offline bogala from NYC (United States) on 2008-02-17 22:53 [#02176457]
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What are the main bug and animal dangers in Australia? Ive
always had the heebie jeebies for scorpions and snakes
personally. Snakes scare the hell out me.


 

offline pigster from melbs on 2008-02-17 23:22 [#02176460]
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the city areas of australia are fine. i actually have no
idea why brisk targeted this spider related topic torwards
australians other than anyone else. meh. more torwards the
country you're gonna get scorpions and snakes and shit.


 

offline mohamed from the turtle business on 2008-02-18 01:15 [#02176475]
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tobacco is insanely pricy


 


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