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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsIn case any of you just heard my bloodcurdling scream
I was getting dressed. I took off my robe and tossed it on the bed and a wolf spider ran out from under my robe. It scampered off under my bed.
You'll have to excuse me now; I have to burn down the house.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)Lover Boy's consolation to having the house burned down is he gets to come home tonight and find me half naked.
antiquie
(4,299 posts)Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)Napalm
antiquie
(4,299 posts)underahedgerow
(1,232 posts)Here's a lighter and 10 cans of gas. Burn that shit to the ground.
Flame throwers, that would be cool.
magical thyme
(14,881 posts)Poor spider looks like the ugly nekkid screeching human scared it half to death!
Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)Skweez me
LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)* remark by a commander of the cockroach army on beholding the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers in a long-ago comic book by Gilbert Shelton.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)I kid. I like to scrunch that variety. Just like Garfield.
I've seen them several times with 100s of babies tightly packed on the female's abdomen. No, the babies were not cute.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)MicaelS
(8,747 posts)This thread is worthless without pics!
Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)Can't say as I understand your interest but different strokes for different folks, I suppose.
redwitch
(15,053 posts)There are pictures of spiders!
MicaelS
(8,747 posts)The rare, widespread sticky mess is covering dozens of trees thanks to a colony of spiders getting to work in Lakeside Park South.
Experts say the spiders are harmless and actually helping out the ecology. The last time this happened in North Texas was in 2007 according to the Rowlett Parks and Recreation Director.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,553 posts)...so please be considerate. I'll need some latitude and longitude data along with the time of the fire and your direction relative to the blaze. It's going to take a bit for me to find archived footage from yesterday and to determine which of these programs actually covers the area:
CORONA, ARGON, LANYARD, GRAB, POPPY, GAMBIT, HEXAGON or QUILL. Those NRO folk work diligently at misdirection.
Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,553 posts)I suspect even Senator and Mrs Blutarsky would be in awe.
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)LEE
SHIT
!!!
I think I would have soiled myself.
Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)It had been on the bed and I just didn't see it but that's because I'm trying very hard to convince myself that it did NOT ride out of the bathroom on the back of my robe.
By the way, I haven't seen the damned thing since -- which is even more unsettling.
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)Where the hell did it go?!
Gawd ... spiders just freak me the hell out.
Xipe Totec
(44,032 posts)Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)mackerel
(4,412 posts)South Carolina is the only U.S. state that recognizes a state spider. (Tnx wiki)
Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)Sorry, but that's just the way it has to be.
mackerel
(4,412 posts)who would disagree.
jonno99
(2,620 posts)nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)niyad
(118,945 posts)Cultural depictions of spiders
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Giant spider" redirects here. For the cryptozoological spider of Africa, see Jba Fofi.
Pre-Columbian spider image from a conch shell gorget at the Great Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma
Throughout history, there have been many cultural depictions of spiders in popular culture, mythology and in symbolism. From Greek mythology to African folklore, the spider has been used in human culture to represent many varied things, and endures into the present day with characters such as Shelob from The Lord of the Rings and Spider-Man from the eponymous comic series. The spider has symbolized patience and persistence due to its hunting technique of setting webs and waiting for its prey to become ensnared. It is also a symbol of mischief and malice for its toxic venom and the slow death it causes, which is often seen as a curse.[1] In addition, the spider has inspired creations from an ancient geoglyph to a modern steam-punk spectacle.
Although not all spiders spin webs to hunt prey, numerous cultures attribute this ability with the origin of spinning, textile weaving, basketry, knotwork and net making. Web-spinning has also associated the spider with creation myths because they seemingly can secrete their own artistic worlds.[2] Spiders have been the focus of fears, stories and mythologies of various cultures for centuries.[3] Philosophers often use the spider's web as a metaphor or analogy; and today, terms such as the Internet or World Wide Web evoke the inter-connectivity of a spider web.[4]
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_depictions_of_spiders
The symbolic spider that wove its way through history
The spider is an ancient and powerful symbol found round the globe, and have always elicited a wide range of emotions in people: fear, disgust, panic, and sometimes curiosity and appreciation. This broad spectrum of impressions has influenced origin myths, legends, art, literature, music, architecture, and technology throughout history.
Certainly an enigmatic symbol, the spider has different meanings and purposes according to different cultures. Arachnids and their webs embody many traits and interpretations, including resourcefulness, creation and destruction, cunning, deception, intrigue, the feminine, wisdom, fortune, patience, and death.
Read more: http://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends/symbolic-spider-wove-its-way-through-history-002215#ixzz3iQZG4VFX
Native American Spider Mythology
Spiders play important roles in the mythology of many Native American tribes. In Southwestern tribes, spiders are associated with the culturally important art of weaving, and wise spider goddesses give their assistance to the people as culture heroes.
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http://www.native-languages.org/legends-spider.htm