This blog entry has been removed, revised and included in the romping sci-fi epic TESTAMENT: FUNNY BADGERS by Indigo Roth, Red Angel Publishing, 2013.
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you did shut the bathroom door on your way out didn't you?
ReplyDeleteGah!! That is the stuff of nightmares. If that was anywhere in my house, I would move.
ReplyDeleteGreat story Indigo!!
String vest. HA! HA! HA! HA!!
ReplyDeleteWhat IS it about spiders? I consider myself pretty independent but a spider, even a small one can stop me dead in my tracks and screaming like a little girl.
BTW, that picture is going to give me the willies all day now!
Hi Indigo.
ReplyDeleteI think you're going to have to lasoo that chappie and drag him out of there. Dammed uncivilised to behave like that in the ladies shower cubicle.
I'm annoyed that the tune 'Billy don't be a hero' has just started up in my head......
You've forgotten I'm suffering from insomnia haven't you?
Thanks for that Buster........
Hey Eolist! Yes, but thank heavens you had that nail gun. And the flamethrower!
ReplyDeleteHey Kato! I felt like moving at my old place, as we were on the edge of the country and got HUGE ones in. And in the end, I did! Tho I maintain it wasn't the scary arachnids that triggered it...
Hey Chrissy! I'm no better, to be honest. It's a primal thing, some sort of racial memory affair. I think they used to be bigger, and hunted cavemen for food. As for the willies, my apologies ;>
Hey Alistair! "And as Billy started to go, she said..." hehehe BTW, we had to re-tile after the nail gun and flamethrower, and get a new shower curtain. And Eolist never did get the goo off the shovel.
Thanks one and all! Indigo
Ewww, I could have done without your response to Alistair! And maybe without the picture. Great story, anyway.
ReplyDeleteHey Blissed-Out! Thanks Nancy, they never fail to scare me silly. And I dream about them too. Not. Good. Indigo
ReplyDeleteThat's fabulous. :-)
ReplyDeletePearl
"Leave the gun, take the canoli." Spiders love canoli.
ReplyDeleteHey Pearl! Good grief, glad you liked it, but I hope it was the story and not the beast itself. As I noted earlier, folks that like them are straaaaange...
ReplyDeleteHey Joshua! Heh, Godfather humour, love it. But oooh, cannoli might work, come to think. Between the two of us, tho, he's going to have to wait his turn. Mmmmm...
Thanks to you both! Indigo
Oh dear lord. I'm sure you've thought about this, but did you make sure to check the rest of the house for egg sacks?
ReplyDeleteHey Lola, welcome! Eggs sacks?! I didn't even go look again for the spider! Indigo
ReplyDeleteYou're amazing. Too bad Eolist has to go into the witness relocation program now, so the Spider Revenge Team doesn't come after her. And you...
ReplyDeleteHi Leah! I still have nightmares after watching the wonderfully gross/fun EIGHT LEGGED FREAKS. As for Eolist, I've not seen her in a day or two. Hmmm. Indigo x
ReplyDeleteYou ARE a hero. For the record, if a guy wants to win my heart, and he can't cook or buy ice cream, I'll give him huge points if he unhooks a spider web across the path, opens it on its hinge, and replaces it once he's through. Ice cream works, too.
ReplyDeleteHey Murr! Well, as a properly raised English gent, I am most capable of doing all those things without being reminded. I even smile while doing it. Especially about the ice cream. Indigo
ReplyDeleteSpiders - We are soooo lucky that they have no idea just how scared of them most of us are. Just last night, a spider may or may not (the jury is still out) landed on Ani's shoulder. As we were relaxing together on the couch at the time, I ended up with bruised shins and chest as she screamed and thrashed about. I must admit, if it's bigger than a 50p coin then it'll send a shiver down my spine.
ReplyDeleteHey Robbie! I have a nasty suspicion they hypnotise us and implant the suggestion that we're terrified of them. It really makes no sense otherwise. There was a tree-lined avenue in Luton, and I could never walk it after dark because there was always a multitude of fresh web strands across it after dark; I think they were really big and waiting for a stray dog or something... Indigo
ReplyDeleteWith that spider I think I'd go ahead and drive the car into the deep end and wait for help to arrive.
ReplyDeleteHey Boom Boom! It's true, there are few aquatic spiders. But I might have hurt Eolist's manatee. Or the pool boy. Indigo
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