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Post by: Carl on October 26, 2003, 08:31:20 pm
(http://www.volitionwatch.com/v-art/spider.gif)
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Post by: Setekh on October 27, 2003, 03:10:56 am
Haven't seen that picture for years. :)
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Post by: Nico on October 27, 2003, 04:19:19 am
(http://www.finetuning.com/spider.jpg)

╚►"Fleh! Says big eyed thinguy"
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Post by: Gloriano on October 27, 2003, 04:26:02 am
:shaking: spiders
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Post by: delta_7890 on October 27, 2003, 06:18:30 am
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Originally posted by Holy Imperial Gloriano
:shaking: spiders


Agreed.  O_o;;
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Post by: Gortef on October 27, 2003, 06:32:24 am
haha

gimme a kiss you big moochie

(http://project.llaky.fi/kurssi/akim/images/spiderlips.jpg)
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Post by: Nico on October 27, 2003, 06:37:46 am
(http://www.americanarachnology.org/images/gallery/solpugid_lr.jpg)
Bite me :D
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Post by: Setekh on October 27, 2003, 06:42:50 am
:eek2:

Dammit those things are scary... :shaking:
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Post by: Nico on October 27, 2003, 07:00:47 am
(http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/good-bad/images/spider.jpg)
"But, we can be cute too, look at my big smile :)"
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Post by: Taristin on October 27, 2003, 08:06:30 am
...That's on the wrong end...:wtf::nervous:
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Post by: FreeTerran on October 27, 2003, 08:21:41 am
(http://www.americanarachnology.org/images/gallery/amblypygid_SelvaVerde.jpeg)
hehe :D
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Post by: mikhael on October 27, 2003, 08:37:32 am
TECHNICALLY, FreeTerran, that one isn't a spider, its a pedipalp. But that's just being pedantic.
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Post by: Gortef on October 27, 2003, 09:11:45 am
Carl it's your family photo album :lol:
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Post by: Gloriano on October 27, 2003, 09:40:19 am
(http://www.americanarachnology.org/images/gallery/schizomid_studio1_lrg.jpg)
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Post by: FreeTerran on October 27, 2003, 09:42:57 am
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Originally posted by mikhael
TECHNICALLY, FreeTerran, that one isn't a spider, its a pedipalp. But that's just being pedantic.

realy isn't it ? :sigh:
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Post by: mikhael on October 27, 2003, 10:05:22 am
nope. Also known as a sunspider or (in this case) a whip scorpion. Pedipalps are characterized by having a pair of legs that are used exclusively for feeding purposes.
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Post by: Drew on October 27, 2003, 10:52:37 am
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Originally posted by mikhael
nope. Also known as a sunspider or (in this case) a whip scorpion. Pedipalps are characterized by having a pair of legs that are used exclusively for feeding purposes.

dont mean to be rude, but who the in the f**k cares? it looks like a spider :rolleyes:
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Post by: kasperl on October 27, 2003, 10:57:37 am
it's something to be squashed.
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Post by: mikhael on October 27, 2003, 01:13:26 pm
I the f**k care, Drew. I like the little arthropods. Lots of things LOOK like spiders, but aren't. If you don't, that's fine. You look like a moron. I did point out that it was pedantry in the first place, didn't I? Perhaps your short term memory is somehow flawed, or you didn't RTFT. :rolleyes:
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Post by: Taristin on October 27, 2003, 01:27:19 pm
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Originally posted by mikhael
You look like a moron.


Now, now... I'm the moron here...
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Post by: FreeTerran on October 27, 2003, 02:20:28 pm
(http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/spider-36.jpg)
but now this is one ;)
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Post by: phreak on October 27, 2003, 02:29:10 pm
here's a particularly nasty one

(http://mamba.bio.uci.edu/~pjbryant/biodiv/spiders/0089.jpg)
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Post by: Nico on October 27, 2003, 02:53:32 pm
I prefer mines:
(http://www.uidaho.edu/so-id/entomology/Jumping%20spider.jpg)
the eyes, man, the eyes :D ( note that spiders like that, there's dozens of them on my house outer walls during summers, they're something like 5mm long and jump very, very far when you touch them, funny little things )
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Post by: Galemp on October 27, 2003, 03:34:49 pm
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Originally posted by mikhael
...or you didn't RTFT. :rolleyes:


He didn't rotate the f-ing turrets? :wtf:

mmm, spiders. I prefer scorpions, though. They have the fangs, as well as two big, nasty claws. Oh, and a poisonous stinger on the segmented tail, just for good measure. :drevil:

(http://www.americansouthwest.net/utah/photographs450/scorpion.jpg)

pedipalps 0wn j00.
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Post by: Flaser on October 27, 2003, 04:17:11 pm
Amphibious snakes. One bite and you're dead before you even notice it (the poison kills faster, then how the neurons transfer the info).
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Post by: Thorn on October 27, 2003, 05:14:30 pm
snakes and spiders kick ass... snakes eat rodents (goddamn rats) and spiders eat the insects that would otherwise try to bite me...
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Post by: Fineus on October 27, 2003, 06:16:43 pm
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Originally posted by PhReAk
here's a particularly nasty one

http://mamba.bio.uci.edu/~pjbryant/biodiv/spiders/0089.jp

Black Widow?

My family has a slightly less potent breed of those in our shed, they're classified as Stiodota Nobilis (sp?).

And yes, before anyone bleats "but no black widows are in England". We got them classified by an expert in the field. So there :)
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Post by: Martinus on October 28, 2003, 11:13:53 am
[color=66ff00]*Breaks into song*

Spiderman, Spiderman,
Clings to walls like no-one can,
Spins a web, any size,
Gets trodden on and then he dies.
[/color]
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Post by: Gortef on October 28, 2003, 12:34:44 pm
"Friendly neighborhood Spiderman"
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Post by: Deepblue on October 28, 2003, 01:21:11 pm
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Originally posted by Flaser
Amphibious snakes. One bite and you're dead before you even notice it (the poison kills faster, then how the neurons transfer the info).
:shaking:
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Post by: Woolie Wool on October 28, 2003, 05:56:14 pm
(http://www.mybitoftheplanet.com/2002/2002july_files/spider80mm1007big.jpg)
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Post by: Turnsky on October 28, 2003, 06:08:37 pm
i think any aussie could recoginize this one..
(http://patrick.wattle.id.au/cameron/photos/insectish/e_huntsman.jpeg)

and this one
(http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/our_resources/Bugs/Spider_page/white_tail.gif)
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Post by: mikhael on October 28, 2003, 07:55:50 pm
I was rather expecting a redback when you said 'any aussie...'
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Post by: Setekh on October 28, 2003, 08:22:50 pm
If they're poisonous, we've got 'em. Man, I had a close encounter with a white-tail when I was a little kid (about 7) - afterwards I went and looked up a guide to identify it, and saw all these photos of gangrened limbs from just a single bite. Damn nasty. :shaking:
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Post by: Gortef on October 29, 2003, 01:50:04 am
Yep and we think that we are on the top of the food chain :D

Sure those buggers look creepy but some species are actually quite beautifull (and funny, referring to Nicos big-eyed-buddy ;) )
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Post by: Turnsky on October 29, 2003, 01:55:57 am
arch enemy of /any/ spider : (http://tubes.ominix.com/art/a/personal/black-army-boots-02.png)
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Post by: Kazan on October 29, 2003, 02:20:01 am
(to the tune of the song in AZN PRide on starterupsteve.com in the old flash)
Got Boots *****?
Got Boots?
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Post by: Martinus on October 29, 2003, 06:33:00 am
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Originally posted by Turnsky
i think any aussie could recoginize this one..
(http://patrick.wattle.id.au/cameron/photos/insectish/e_huntsman.jpeg)

[color=66ff00]Ahhh, yes... The good old "Run away! Now!' spider.

BTW is it just me or does that thing look like it should be eating orcs and hobbits, or perhaps a bus load of children?
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Post by: Turnsky on October 29, 2003, 06:35:31 am
a variety of Huntsman spider, we get a different variety.. though not deadly poisonous, they can bite... but they do scare the **** out of you too.. :P
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Post by: Gloriano on October 29, 2003, 08:06:50 am
(http://www.wch.sa.gov.au/paedm/clintox/pcd2006.gif)
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Post by: Drew on October 29, 2003, 08:21:20 am
:wtf: :lol:
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Post by: Setekh on October 30, 2003, 02:10:49 am
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Originally posted by Turnsky
a variety of Huntsman spider, we get a different variety.. though not deadly poisonous, they can bite... but they do scare the **** out of you too.. :P


I have half a dozen Huntsmans in my house at any given time. They're not very dangerous, it's just that the ones we have are huge... and they're scared of you, so they run around like crazy, which indeed will give you the heebie-jeebies well and truly... :D
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Post by: Fineus on October 30, 2003, 04:05:52 pm
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Originally posted by Holy Imperial Gloriano
http://www.wch.sa.gov.au/paedm/clintox/pcd2006.gif

What the **ck is that?! :eek2:
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Post by: Woolie Wool on October 31, 2003, 04:02:07 pm
Dunno. It looks like a spider from a bad Japanese cartoon.
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Post by: Fineus on October 31, 2003, 09:10:42 pm
It looks damn unpleasent!
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Post by: Turnsky on October 31, 2003, 09:22:30 pm
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Originally posted by Setekh


I have half a dozen Huntsmans in my house at any given time. They're not very dangerous, it's just that the ones we have are huge... and they're scared of you, so they run around like crazy, which indeed will give you the heebie-jeebies well and truly... :D


yup... especially if it's the first thing you see on your wall when you wake up.... better than coffee;)

oh, and the white-tips, i happen to know someone that breeds the bloody things for the CSIRO.. in his basement..:nervous:
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Post by: TheCelestialOne on November 01, 2003, 03:15:50 am
(http://search.centralpets.com/critter_images/insects/tarantulas/TAR_0002562_20010818125203.jpg)
The largest spider in the world. The Goliath Tarantula. these ****ers can become 11 inches! Thats friggin' 28 centimeters....
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Post by: Gortef on November 01, 2003, 03:31:11 am
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Originally posted by Kalfireth

What the **ck is that?! :eek2:


actually it looks like a toy to me... not 100% sure though
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Post by: Fineus on November 01, 2003, 05:37:13 am
But look at its fangs, they look sharp. I just hope I never meet one...
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Post by: Singh on November 01, 2003, 07:14:35 am
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Originally posted by TheCelestialOne
(http://search.centralpets.com/critter_images/insects/tarantulas/TAR_0002562_20010818125203.jpg)
The largest spider in the world. The Goliath Tarantula. these ****ers can become 11 inches! Thats friggin' 28 centimeters....


:shaking: :shaking: :shaking: :shaking: :shaking:

*goes to get those big boots*
*thinks about it some*
*gets a BFGreen to hit it safely from 1 Km away instead*
:shaking: :shaking:
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Post by: Taristin on November 01, 2003, 08:22:44 am
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Originally posted by TheCelestialOne
(http://search.centralpets.com/critter_images/insects/tarantulas/TAR_0002562_20010818125203.jpg)
The largest spider in the world. The Goliath Tarantula. these ****ers can become 11 inches! Thats friggin' 28 centimeters....


11 inches?! A friggin foot long spider?! Dear sweet forces that be!

*runs off to get a cynderblock to drop on it*
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Post by: Turnsky on November 01, 2003, 08:35:27 am
ah yes.. those things can eat birds... quite scary...
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Post by: Fineus on November 01, 2003, 09:22:23 am
(http://us.ent4.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/new_line_cinema/austin_powers__the_spy_who_shagged_me/mike_myers/evil.jpg)
Are they ill tempered?
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Post by: Turnsky on November 01, 2003, 09:30:37 am
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Originally posted by Kalfireth
(http://us.ent4.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/new_line_cinema/austin_powers__the_spy_who_shagged_me/mike_myers/evil.jpg)
Are they ill tempered?

:lol: they are if you touch one of them... mind you.. would YOU go near one?:drevil:
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Post by: Gortef on November 01, 2003, 11:11:37 am
I'm pretty sure I won't bother them :lol:
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Post by: Turnsky on November 01, 2003, 08:55:22 pm
(http://www.gifte.de/images/Atrax%20robustus01.JPG)
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Post by: Fineus on November 01, 2003, 08:59:39 pm
Jesus... look at its fangs!
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Post by: Turnsky on November 01, 2003, 09:19:38 pm
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Originally posted by Kalfireth
Jesus... look at its fangs!


sydney funnel web spider
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Post by: Fineus on November 01, 2003, 09:20:56 pm
Likely to go after a human?
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Post by: Taristin on November 01, 2003, 09:31:36 pm
From what I hear, yes. But I'll let Turnsky say for sure...
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Post by: Taristin on November 01, 2003, 09:33:58 pm
(http://www.rochedalss.eq.edu.au/spider/trispi2.JPG)

And yes it is a spider...
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Post by: Carl on November 01, 2003, 10:05:05 pm
(http://www.extremescience.com/goliathspider.jpg)
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Post by: redsniper on November 01, 2003, 10:19:02 pm
:shaking:
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Post by: Setekh on November 02, 2003, 12:07:44 am
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Originally posted by Kalfireth
Likely to go after a human?


Yep. Wear military-issue boots if within 100m radius. And they jump, too.

Bird spiders = :shaking:
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Post by: Culando on November 02, 2003, 01:35:08 am
Spiders that eat BIRDS?! o_o I'm officially scared. Screw the cinderblock. Get me an AK-47.
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Post by: Fineus on November 02, 2003, 06:54:10 am
Yeep, and to think I wanted to go to Australia for a break some time! Scary stuff indeed!
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Post by: Setekh on November 02, 2003, 07:13:11 am
Hehe, don't worry, they're really not that bad. Well, actually, they are, but in most places they are very uncommon. In 18 years of living here, I've only ever seen 4 full-grown Funnel Webs. I ran away before waiting for more to pop up. ;)
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Post by: Fineus on November 02, 2003, 07:44:18 am
Can't imagine why! That said, Scorpions have thier place in th world and generally look far more fearsome.

Also, as far as snakes are concerned I nearly trod on an adder when I was younger (the only poisonous snake in England AFAIK) and when I say trod - I mean I noticed it when my foot was around 6 inches from its head which was poised and ready to attack.

I ran :)
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Post by: Singh on November 02, 2003, 07:57:40 am
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Originally posted by Culando
Spiders that eat BIRDS?! o_o I'm officially scared. Screw the cinderblock. Get me an AK-47.


I still say a BFGreen is better :shaking:

While we're at it...I wish i had a phaser too :shaking:

..........or really powerfull bug spray :nervous:
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Post by: Odyssey on November 02, 2003, 08:36:09 am
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Originally posted by Singh
..........or really powerfull bug spray :nervous:

Stand back, you evil spider! Or I'll... It's not working... ARGHHHH, MY HAND!
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Post by: Flaser on November 02, 2003, 09:23:08 am
Just leave 'em alone. No-one gets hurt, everyone's fine.

That's the finest solution to your vermin problems for these natural predators *you have no idea what it feels like to be biten by a dozen bedbugs-, for they are doing a great service to us.
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Post by: Gloriano on November 02, 2003, 10:10:54 am
(http://www.arachnophiliac.com/burrow/gallery/tarantulas/images/bustards_tblondi.jpg)
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Post by: Odyssey on November 02, 2003, 10:28:42 am
It looks like one of those big fat cuddly tarantulas that got stepped on...
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Post by: silverwolf on November 02, 2003, 10:39:54 am
why waste your money with a bfgreen just get a standered bolt action rifle and shoot it of your walls and celings might bug the people above you though lol
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Post by: Odyssey on November 02, 2003, 10:47:18 am
I think covering the place in flypaper would be cheaper. Basic premise - flies get stuck on flypaper. Spider goes after flies. Spider gets stuck on flypaper. Either that or the spider just gets stuck anyway when it tries to run up a wall.
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Post by: Sheepy on November 02, 2003, 11:15:27 am
yeah then after awhile you have a nice large collection of spiders and flies and god knows what else covering your walls.
And have to end up burning it cause youwont go near it .... that gives me an idea :D
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Post by: Singh on November 02, 2003, 10:33:18 pm
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Originally posted by Odyssey

Stand back, you evil spider! Or I'll... It's not working... ARGHHHH, MY HAND!



Hmm...quite true.
*decides to make a flamethrower out his de-oderant*
HAHAHA! Take that you spider!
*sprays the deoderant through the flame and voila! instant BBQed spider!*
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Post by: TheCelestialOne on November 03, 2003, 12:25:01 am
:blah:

*Sets nuclear device off in thread*

You will not harm those spiders! They are harmless creatures unless you provoke them. I never understood why ppl are afraid of them... They are just like any other creature but just have a few legs more.

Spiders don't attack humans. We are a far too big a target for them. If they attack its out of self defense.

Now, stay away from my precious!!!
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Post by: Carl on November 03, 2003, 12:34:53 am
arachnophile.
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Post by: TheCelestialOne on November 03, 2003, 12:50:45 am
Shivachnophile.
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Post by: Fineus on November 03, 2003, 03:52:55 am
Now now children ;)
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Post by: Setekh on November 03, 2003, 05:13:38 am
Indeed. I mean, calling Carl a Shivachnophile, that's just racism. :D
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Post by: Gortef on November 03, 2003, 08:57:49 am
ain't he a friendly chap?

(http://project.llaky.fi/kurssi/akim/images/wazzup_spider.jpg)

(I just had to insert that speechbubble :p )
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Post by: TheCelestialOne on November 03, 2003, 09:02:46 am
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Originally posted by Setekh
Indeed. I mean, calling Carl a Shivachnophile, that's just racism. :D

I know, make it his title! :D