Commissar Posted January 1, 2006 Posted January 1, 2006 ...happened to me this morning, and I thought I would share it with everyone. When I woke up, I was covered with spiderwebs. Covered. My wife, sleeping right next to me, did not have a single one on her. When I informed her of the situation, she freaked the hell out, as I was myself rather on the verge of doing, and despite a good hour and a half of hunting - I even called in to work to tell 'em I'd be late - we couldn't find a single spider. I am at home once more, but I think I might spend the night in a hotel.
Child of Flame Posted January 1, 2006 Posted January 1, 2006 Commisar is Spiderman! Dude, you must use your newly found powers to fight crime in the mean streets of Long Island!
blue Posted January 1, 2006 Posted January 1, 2006 When I woke up, I was covered with spiderwebs. Covered. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I suggest that they weren't cobwebs but the residue of a night spent sniffing glue. Or perhaps it was your cocoon.
Judge Hades Posted January 1, 2006 Posted January 1, 2006 Weirdest things that happen with me usually involves animals, but arachnids would slight creep me out. Are you sure your wife isn't playing a joke on you?
WITHTEETH Posted January 1, 2006 Posted January 1, 2006 Maybe they crawled in your ears and are eating your brains? Always outnumbered, never out gunned! Unreal Tournament 2004 Handle:Enlight_2.0 Myspace Website! My rig
Nartwak Posted January 1, 2006 Posted January 1, 2006 That would mean the spiders have crawled up his nose. Me, I blame this one on the Liliputians or cobbler gnomes. Leave a pair of worn out shoes near your bed.
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Child of Flame Posted January 1, 2006 Posted January 1, 2006 No it wouldn't. They crawl in his year, eat through his brain and the wall between the frontal lobe and the eye sockets, then they lay eggs in his sinuses. As the ittle bitty spiders grow they cause pressure behind his eyes and forehead. :D
Commissar Posted January 1, 2006 Author Posted January 1, 2006 Weirdest things that happen with me usually involves animals, but arachnids would slight creep me out. Are you sure your wife isn't playing a joke on you? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yes. It wouldn't occur to her, 'cause she's terrified of spiders.
Judge Hades Posted January 1, 2006 Posted January 1, 2006 Or it wouldnt occur to you because she knows you know that she has a bit of arachnophobia.
Cantousent Posted January 1, 2006 Posted January 1, 2006 Weird. Absolutely weird. The only thing to do is go to sleep again and see if it happens again. Just make the wife sleep on your side of the bed. hahahaha Fionavar's Holliday Wishes to all members of our online community: Happy Holidays Join the revelry at the Obsidian Plays channel:Obsidian Plays Remembering tarna, Phosphor, Metadigital, and Visceris. Drink mead heartily in the halls of Valhalla, my friends!
Commissar Posted January 1, 2006 Author Posted January 1, 2006 Weird. Absolutely weird. The only thing to do is go to sleep again and see if it happens again. Just make the wife sleep on your side of the bed. hahahaha <{POST_SNAPBACK}> What if they eat me this time?
Cantousent Posted January 1, 2006 Posted January 1, 2006 Oh, they won't eat you. They'll bite you and you'll probably just have some spider bites. Of course, if you're allergic to spider bites, you might not wake up. Just make sure you have an epi-pen and your wife knows how to use it. Seriously, you're probably just going to have to tough it out until next week. It's not any worse than being in the field. I'm sure you've had to deal with all sorts of crawling critters. Fionavar's Holliday Wishes to all members of our online community: Happy Holidays Join the revelry at the Obsidian Plays channel:Obsidian Plays Remembering tarna, Phosphor, Metadigital, and Visceris. Drink mead heartily in the halls of Valhalla, my friends!
Commissar Posted January 1, 2006 Author Posted January 1, 2006 (edited) Oh, they won't eat you. They'll bite you and you'll probably just have some spider bites. Of course, if you're allergic to spider bites, you might not wake up. Just make sure you have an epi-pen and your wife knows how to use it. Seriously, you're probably just going to have to tough it out until next week. It's not any worse than being in the field. I'm sure you've had to deal with all sorts of crawling critters. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yeah, I ain't allergic to them, but we've got poisonous varities around here. And it's significantly different than being in the field, you bastard. This is my house, g'damnit. Edit: Those camel spiders over there, by the way? Like something out of a horror movie. Edited January 1, 2006 by Commissar
Child of Flame Posted January 1, 2006 Posted January 1, 2006 What kinds of poisonous spideys do you have over there Spiderman? We've got Brown Recluses and Black Widders here.
Commissar Posted January 1, 2006 Author Posted January 1, 2006 What kinds of poisonous spideys do you have over there Spiderman? We've got Brown Recluses and Black Widders here. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Same, and I believe wolf spiders, too. I've been doing research for an hour or so while I stand watch. Women are great, guys.
Cantousent Posted January 1, 2006 Posted January 1, 2006 hehehehe Comedy. I dunno. It would drive me crazy, but I still don't see a solution until you manage to get pest control out there. I don't think that's happening earlier than Monday and probably no earlier than Tuesday. Our variety of poisonous spiders, true for Child also, don't tend to like being in a house. They'd rather be in some dark area like a garage or some such. Their webs tend to be assymetrical. Hopefully you don't have any poisonous variety actually in your home. Even so, most poisonous spiders where we live, on the west coast, aren't going to kill you with one bite. They'll probably just make you really sick. On the other hand, I wouldn't put that to the test. Doesn't sound very pleasant. Fionavar's Holliday Wishes to all members of our online community: Happy Holidays Join the revelry at the Obsidian Plays channel:Obsidian Plays Remembering tarna, Phosphor, Metadigital, and Visceris. Drink mead heartily in the halls of Valhalla, my friends!
Child of Flame Posted January 1, 2006 Posted January 1, 2006 Black widows can make themselves very at home in a cupboard. One time my dad opened up the cupboard and was fumbling around for a glass in the dark, turned on the light, big ol' black widder sitting under the glass he has his hand on and is about to pull out of the cupboard. Damned if he knows how it got under there to this day.
Commissar Posted January 1, 2006 Author Posted January 1, 2006 hehehehe Comedy. I dunno. It would drive me crazy, but I still don't see a solution until you manage to get pest control out there. I don't think that's happening earlier than Monday and probably no earlier than Tuesday. Our variety of poisonous spiders, true for Child also, don't tend to like being in a house. They'd rather be in some dark area like a garage or some such. Their webs tend to be assymetrical. Hopefully you don't have any poisonous variety actually in your home. Even so, most poisonous spiders where we live, on the west coast, aren't going to kill you with one bite. They'll probably just make you really sick. On the other hand, I wouldn't put that to the test. Doesn't sound very pleasant. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You know, I always thought the worst sleeping experience with insects I'd ever have was a BOQ in Florida. Woke up with two roaches running around in my hand, and I'd feel them running across my face all night. And Florida roaches are huge. I think I'd prefer that to this, though. What I don't understand is what the hell this spider(s) was up to.
Child of Flame Posted January 1, 2006 Posted January 1, 2006 Also, Black Widows at least are near impossible to kill aside from running up and smooshing them. If you use bug bombs or bug spray, they slow their damned metabolisms and close up their breathing holes (ventricles is the corect term I believe) until the poison has dissisipated, then walk off. Course they curl up like they're dead while they're doing this, so you don't know they lived until you come back to where you sprayed down eight or so of them an hour ago and not a one is there still.
LadyCrimson Posted January 1, 2006 Posted January 1, 2006 We have tons of black widows here. There's always one in our house somewhere. Cobwebs all over you in the morning...that is freaky. "They're coming to get yoooouu, Commissar." “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts
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