Eeek!

pantsonfire321@aol.com · Mon Jul 24, 2006 1:22 pm

Blimey in my house they would be pets;)

pantsonfire321@aol.com · Mon Jul 24, 2006 1:28 pm

Pinky wrote: That's why I thought I'd post it here...I'm quite happy to have him as a lodger, I was just amazed at how huge he is!:D

Thats nothing one of my spideeys when fully grown will get to the size of a dinner plate .:rolleyes:

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 1:29 pm

These are the ones you have ton watch out for.

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cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 1:33 pm

Nomad wrote: These are the ones you have ton watch out for.

Reminds me of Snoozie's fly-in-the-hootchie thread

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 1:35 pm

SnoozeControl wrote: Oh gawd, I knew I never should've told that story!

Don't feel bad, Snooze.

It really was a great thread!

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 1:37 pm

And therefore we will never let you forget it. I consider it my personal duty. :-6

pantsonfire321@aol.com · Mon Jul 24, 2006 1:37 pm

The perfect spider for Pinky is called a Pink toe ( Avicularia metallica ) she would love it because it has perfect little bright pink toes

pantsonfire321@aol.com · Mon Jul 24, 2006 1:42 pm

Pinky wrote: Toilet spiders! They would freak me out a bit!

Me too:eek:

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 1:43 pm

pantsonfire321@aol.com wrote: The perfect spider for Pinky is called a Pink toe ( Avicularia metallica ) she would love it because it has perfect little bright pink toes

That would be perfect for The Pinkster :-6

gande06 · Post by **gande06** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 1:53 pm

Pinky wrote: Don't get me wrong, I'm not afraid of spiders, but I've just clocked the biggest one I've ever seen on the wall above my bed - it's only a bit smaller than my hand!:eek:

Oh well, one of the cats will probably eat it later.:rolleyes:

Isn't it comforting to know that we eat at a minimum, 2-3 spiders a year while we are sleeping. :-3

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 1:54 pm

gande06 wrote: Isn't it comforting to know that we eat at a minimum, 2-3 spiders a year while we are sleeping. :-3

Seriously?

I mean, seriously?

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 1:56 pm

cherandbuster wrote: Seriously?

I mean, seriously?

Yeah - but don't tell the vegetarians :yh_shhhh

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 2:08 pm

gande06 wrote: Isn't it comforting to know that we eat at a minimum, 2-3 spiders a year while we are sleeping. :-3

Also a spider crawls out of the average household toilet 12.4 times a year.

Just so you know.

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 2:53 pm

Pinky wrote: It always makes me laugh that Veggies still go to the chip shop.

When I worked in one for a while when we were skint everything was cooked in beef dripping!

I cooked a meal for a Veggie on saturday night. It had all the right ingredients : Noodles, onions, green pepper, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts and even some Quorn.

The only problem was : I put a Chow Mein sauce in it and right at the bottom of the list of ingredients was : Powdered Chicken

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 3:12 pm

Nomad wrote: Also a spider crawls out of the average household toilet 12.4 times a year.

Just so you know.

Thankyou for that, Nomad. Here it could be a redback. Grin. Think I'll just duck behind the proverbial tree in future. Except of course the likelihood of meeting bitey creepie crawlies there is probably greater.

And, let's just hope BR doesn't read this thread.

What kind of English spedidlee gets that big, Pinky???

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 3:30 pm

"The perfect spider for Pinky is called a Pink toe ( Avicularia metallica ) she would love it because it has perfect little bright pink toes "

We use these tarantulas in our "Animal Encounters," and they're quite lovely. Here: http://animal-world.com/encyclo/reptile ... antula.php

Not as lovely in the photo as they are on your hand, though. You needn't worry...unless you're an insect or a tree frog....you're safe!

Hugh Janus · Post by **Hugh Janus** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 4:19 pm

What kind of English spedidlee gets that big, Pinky???

That would probably be the "Wolf Spider" Here take a look.

http://www.uksafari.com/spottedwolf.htm

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 4:21 pm

Oh the Pardosa amentata!!! Thanks Huge!!!

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 6:23 pm

I looked out my car window today, and saw a huge grasshopper starring back in at me.

BabyRider · Post by **BabyRider** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 6:32 pm

AussiePam wrote: And, let's just hope BR doesn't read this thread.
Yeah, well, I did, and I'm fine. I'm just fine. I am really ok. Seriously,....I'm fine. Nothing here to bother me at all. Nope...nothing. I'm good. Really, really good.

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 8:52 pm

GUFFAW !!!!!!!!!!!! I was a very bad little girl, BR (okay nothing's changed!!) And I remember one wet afternoon being sent to my room for the usual misdemeanours. Then I noticed that out of the ventilation grid a narsty big spidee was crawling, closely followed by the rest of the nest. My peaceful retreat was ruined.

You'll be pleased to know that my early grade school years had not been wasted. In that time I'd learnt not only how to win all the boys' marbles, but also how to shoot rubber bands with deadly accuracy from a ruler. Need I elaborate further? Those narsty arachnids troubled nobody again not nohow. A shotgun would of course have splattered them even better but might have had some unwanted side effects - like grabbing more unwanted parental attention.

theia · Post by **theia** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 2:08 am

Pinky wrote: I just saw 'Boris' the house-spider again!

He's made it all the way downstairs and into the bathroom. I was laying in the bath, looked up and there he was!

I had the camera this time though....you can't really see how furry his body is, or the knobbly bits on his head, but here he is:

Thanks, Pinky! It's just approaching "big fat hairy spiders in house again season" and I'm already glancing nervously around every evening without having to see pictorial evidence :-1

pantsonfire321@aol.com · Fri Aug 25, 2006 2:39 am

theia wrote: Thanks, Pinky! It's just approaching "big fat hairy spiders in house again season" and I'm already glancing nervously around every evening without having to see pictorial evidence :-1

Anyone want to come and see my pet tarantulas :yh_bigsmi

:rolleyes:

theia · Post by **theia** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 2:45 am

pantsonfire321@aol.com wrote: Anyone want to come and see my pet tarantulas :yh_bigsmi

:rolleyes:

errr...yes, lovely, pants, thank you...problem being that, well...I'm not really in your area and probably won't be in the forseeable future, possibly never...it's a shame because I would have loved to have met your friends...

(so dark here, the pigs are blocking the sun)

pantsonfire321@aol.com · Fri Aug 25, 2006 2:54 am

theia wrote: errr...yes, lovely, pants, thank you...problem being that, well...I'm not really in your area and probably won't be in the forseeable future, possibly never...it's a shame because I would have loved to have met your friends...

(so dark here, the pigs are blocking the sun)

:yh_sad :yh_cry : ...no one luvs me

theia · Post by **theia** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 3:01 am

pantsonfire321@aol.com wrote: :yh_sad :yh_cry : ...no one luvs me

Oh no...I didn't mean to upset them...they're lovely...it's just that I'm not a huggy, touchy feely person

pantsonfire321@aol.com · Fri Aug 25, 2006 1:02 pm

theia wrote: Oh no...I didn't mean to upset them...they're lovely...it's just that I'm not a huggy, touchy feely person

Ignore me its just my odd sense of humour working on overtime again.

theia · Post by **theia** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 1:33 pm

pantsonfire321@aol.com wrote: Ignore me its just my odd sense of humour working on overtime again.

Sorry, pants, I did find your post funny, but I totally forgot to put a smiley in my reply :-5

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 4:32 am

Pinky wrote: I just saw 'Boris' the house-spider again!

He's made it all the way downstairs and into the bathroom. I was laying in the bath, looked up and there he was!

I had the camera this time though....you can't really see how furry his body is, or the knobbly bits on his head, but here he is:

WOW Pinky - what an awesome excuse for some target practice. Whaddya think? - Darts, Blowpipe, Rubber bands on rulers, or me nice little pearl handled pistol?????

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 4:55 am

Pinky wrote: I just saw 'Boris' the house-spider again!

He's made it all the way downstairs and into the bathroom. I was laying in the bath, looked up and there he was!

I had the camera this time though....you can't really see how furry his body is, or the knobbly bits on his head, but here he is:

Shame you don't have a mirror on your ceiling, Pinky.:sneaky:

Of course, it's not for my delight. It's just that you would have seen that huge spider on the top of your head.:p

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 6:06 am

Pinky wrote: That's not very nice OM...I happen to like my strange furry hat with leggy bits on!:(

I wouldn't want any mirrors on my ceiling, I'd scare myself in the morning.

Oh, I didn't know it was your bathcap. I take that back then.

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 1:25 pm

Pinky wrote: I've just realised is was actually my hair...oh dear!:-3

:yh_rotfl :yh_rotfl

Now that just intrigues me to Hades.:p

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 2:22 am

Pinky wrote: Ah, those bedknots just won't come out, ya know?!

You need static in your hair when you go to bed so the strands fly apart.:p

theia · Post by **theia** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 2:28 am

OM, I think you are probably talking to the "sound asleep." Goodness knows what time the pair of them went to bed today!! (I'm sounding like my mother now!)

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 2:48 am

theia wrote: OM, I think you are probably talking to the "sound asleep." Goodness knows what time the pair of them went to bed today!! (I'm sounding like my mother now!)

It wouldn't have been much before 4am, Theia. I reckoned she'd read it over her morning coffee.