Do you hate spiders?

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by WernherVonTrapp

I tend to like spiders. I usually refrain from killing them when I can, but if I find one inside my home, I have to destroy it. Spiders do bite, and some of them quite nastily at that.

Yeah I had something like that happen to the back of my left thigh, just above the knee. Brown recluse bites suck. My leg was so badly swollen, i couldn't bend it. The doc's in the ER milked puss out of my leg for 20 minutes, and it was so badly infected local pain killers they tried to use didn't work. I felt every move of the scapel when they went to remove the necrotic tissue from my leg. I saw it when they put it up on the table. It was like they took a core sample out of my leg. It was oddly fascinating. I could see the skin, they layer of fat beneath it, and a chunk of meat below that.

Did i mention this was painful? I had a death grip on the gurney, and a big wad of gauze to bite down on. Kinda ilke some old john wayne western where they give you a stick to bite on while they start cutting.

It makes for a nice scar.

Oh yeah, the best part was, i was a study case for a bunch of AF medical "Clinical students". The doc was a full bird colonel. He finishes up with me, and says to the bunch of these guys just out of tech school, "Ok who wants to pack the wound!". Also, being face down on a gurney, reading the labels on the drawers, one of which said, "Misc implements for rectal torture". Joy!

[mako88sb]

There's a 1987 movie called "The Believers" starring Martin Sheen and Helen Shaver. She has one scene with spiders that was pretty creepy to.

http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=helen%20shaver's%20spider%20scene &source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&ved=0CDEQtwIwAQ&url=http% 3A%2F%2Fwww.metacafe.com%2Fwatch%2Fmv-9eLv%2Fthe_believers_spiders%2F&ei=_QxfUcq3BsyuigK y14FA&usg=AFQjCNFVNOLT8AeCMpRzM-lkUVaiZH48EQ

[vienna]

This thread brought this song to mind:



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[WernherVonTrapp]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

Yeah I had something like that happen to the back of my left thigh, just above the knee. Brown recluse bites suck. My leg was so badly swollen, i couldn't bend it. The doc's in the ER milked puss out of my leg for 20 minutes, and it was so badly infected local pain killers they tried to use didn't work. I felt every move of the scapel when they went to remove the necrotic tissue from my leg. I saw it when they put it up on the table. It was like they took a core sample out of my leg. It was oddly fascinating. I could see the skin, they layer of fat beneath it, and a chunk of meat below that.

Did i mention this was painful? I had a death grip on the gurney, and a big wad of gauze to bite down on. Kinda ilke some old john wayne western where they give you a stick to bite on while they start cutting.

It makes for a nice scar.

Oh yeah, the best part was, i was a study case for a bunch of AF medical "Clinical students". The doc was a full bird colonel. He finishes up with me, and says to the bunch of these guys just out of tech school, "Ok who wants to pack the wound!". Also, being face down on a gurney, reading the labels on the drawers, one of which said, "Misc implements for rectal torture". Joy!

Wow, that's a horrible story. Those pics I posted are, in fact, Brown Recluse Spider bites. Obviously you know the look as well as the pain, and those weren't even the worst images I found. I didn't want to post anything too gruesome.
I got bit by a funnel web spider once, my fault because I used to play with them as a kid. Worst I got was a painful boyl that was slightly larger than a pencil eraser. Hurt like hell though. Did you have any long-lasting affects, scarring, etc.?

And just to add another spider to the web, has anyone seen the Australian Bird-Eating Spider?

Eating a Bat (I think):

[Jimbuna]

^ Horrible little buggas (the spiders)

[vienna]

Another spider song:



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[WernherVonTrapp]

Originally Posted by Nippelspanner

Is that a real spider or did somebody add the smiley face to it?

It's real!
Found it on Hawaii I think...

I've seen a few in Ohio that have a Death's Head on them!

I'm told it's a harmless Garden Spider.
But I don't trust them 8 legged freaks!
All sneaking around and web slinging.


They do make really good targets for Air Gun practice though.

[Cybermat47]

Originally Posted by WernherVonTrapp

And just to add another spider to the web, has anyone seen the Australian Bird-Eating Spider?

Eating a Bat (I think):

That's why I love my country

BACK to your cell! Inmate!


Do you know that every Human on Earth can crush 100 of those freaks everyday and NOT have much of an impact on things?


They may be your OverLords someday!

[vienna]

They may be your OverLords someday!

I do believe that, perhaps, many of them are already memebers of Congress...


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[Cybermat47]

Originally Posted by privateer

They may be your OverLords someday!

BREAK OUT THE PARTY HATS!

You missed this part..............

BACK to your cell! Inmate!