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HuckleB

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34. Sounds like some reassuring information.

Reply to NWCorona (Original post)

Fri Sep 9, 2016, 02:27 PM

Sep 2016

In other words, we should stop being so fearful of spiders.

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This is the most frightening spider statistic ever: spiders walk across our faces as we sleep! [View all] NWCorona Sep 2016 OP

"we swallow eight spiders a year" jberryhill Sep 2016 #1

Lol! NWCorona Sep 2016 #2

Now that song will be an earworm for the day RockaFowler Sep 2016 #3

Perhaps we'll die. Krytan11c Sep 2016 #15

The King, the Mice and the Cheese! longship Sep 2016 #18

I could have sworn that the swallowing spider myth tymorial Sep 2016 #4

Truthfully. I don't want to know how they find that out. nt NWCorona Sep 2016 #6

How often do you dream about eating crab? pintobean Sep 2016 #17

I am more of a lobster man myself tymorial Sep 2016 #35

Yep, it is a complete and total bullshit myth. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2016 #29

Not in North America geek tragedy Sep 2016 #5

Yes. It's Australia but still.... Spiders still do the same here in the states NWCorona Sep 2016 #8

Huntsmen spiders are unusual spiders and are rarely encountered in the USA nt geek tragedy Sep 2016 #10

I'm talking spiders in general not huntsmen in particular. NWCorona Sep 2016 #12

Regular spiders would have no reason to crawl on a human being geek tragedy Sep 2016 #16

What if it's a man about town spider.? A HERETIC I AM Sep 2016 #22

Regular spiders can't stand the geyser of bad breath that bellows up in their journeys. Eleanors38 Sep 2016 #32

I see them here in California, occasionally in our house. hunter Sep 2016 #39

Thanks. Skinner Sep 2016 #9

N.O.P.E. MowCowWhoHow III Sep 2016 #7

Hell no! NWCorona Sep 2016 #13

What's worse than finding a worm in your apple? KittyWampus Sep 2016 #11

Definitely worse! NWCorona Sep 2016 #14

I find spiders fascinating, but I do have a phobia of them. woodsprite Sep 2016 #19

Probably an orb weaver. Laffy Kat Sep 2016 #25

Charlotte's Web was always my favorite book when I was growing up. woodsprite Sep 2016 #30

They are fascinating. Creepy, but fascinating. Laffy Kat Sep 2016 #38

Still better than vegemite lame54 Sep 2016 #20

100 percent correct! yeoman6987 Sep 2016 #26

Best to keep a gun under the pillow, then. randome Sep 2016 #21

Careful you don't blow your nose off n/t A HERETIC I AM Sep 2016 #23

That 's a myth.Thirty-eights are for Florida cock roaches. Eleanors38 Sep 2016 #33

I remember eating a spider in my sleep. Laffy Kat Sep 2016 #24

Spiders are our friends relayerbob Sep 2016 #27

Happened to me eissa Sep 2016 #28

Because the clowns hiding under our beds aren't bad enough. Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2016 #31

Sounds like some reassuring information. HuckleB Sep 2016 #34

I'm pretty fond of huntsmen canetoad Sep 2016 #36

Hasn't this been proven false like 1,000,000 times now? Initech Sep 2016 #37