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Post by The Doctor on Nov 2, 2007 17:10:11 GMT
Agh! Post fear-filled enounters with beasties here!
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 22, 2007 22:19:52 GMT
Two days ago, I spotted Bob diving under the cooker. I have not seen him since...
-Ralph
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Post by rurudyne on Nov 23, 2007 6:34:07 GMT
While I don't have a problem with spiders (I actually think jumping spiders to be cute), my brother literally freaks at the sight of them.
The other day he encountered (close up) a breed seen here in Texas that builds these huge, inelegant webs. The ugly brute looked to be 4" across. Oh ... to have had a minicam....
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Post by Gav on Nov 23, 2007 8:27:19 GMT
I'm not some testosterone-fueled behemoth, but it does fill me with some macho-pride when Mrs. Gav shrieks for me when a spider attacks her in the shower or something.
It's a cup and tissue paper to the rescue!
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 23, 2007 9:15:09 GMT
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Post by Gav on Nov 23, 2007 9:24:29 GMT
I know, it's incredible right? We should Jurassic Park those mothers and breed them for FIGHTS!
TO THE DEATH.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 23, 2007 11:48:48 GMT
Not a relative of Bob but yesterday Liz found a mouse running therough the rabbit hutch !
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Nov 23, 2007 11:53:41 GMT
The spider above my shower is now dead, but I found his Super Giant Cousin lurking around the toilet the other night. After putting him into a (large) glass and watching him wave his fiendish legs at me I throw him outside.
Meanwhile the tarantulas will soon be on there way...
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Nov 23, 2007 17:40:50 GMT
At the top of this thread today, we have the following ads: - Spider - Find Spider Here. Visit our Spider Guide. All-Spider.info
- Spiders - Spiders Info. Easy Spiders Guide. TheguidetoSpiders.com
- Spider Repellents & Traps - Online Get Rid of Spiders in the Home. www.PestControlShop.co.uk
- To Hire a Portable Toilet - Long and Short term Hire Call 0845 123 2901
Take your pick! Martin |
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 23, 2007 19:11:53 GMT
I know, it's incredible right? We should Jurassic Park those mothers and breed them for FIGHTS! TO THE DEATH. And you know who they should fight? The Hulk! THEY SHOULD FIGHT THE HULK!-Ralph |
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Post by rurudyne on Nov 23, 2007 19:12:54 GMT
About the claw they found ... the mudbug needn't have been that big. It may have been a male of a species with enlarged claws (or claw) for mating related purposes.
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 23, 2007 19:14:40 GMT
I am still going to make it come back to life and fight the Hulk though.
-Ralph
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2007 12:27:59 GMT
These adverts are beginning to frighten me. I've just clicked on a thread started by Ralph and its headed by a series of adverts starting with the name 'Ralph'.  |
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Post by legios on Nov 24, 2007 12:52:52 GMT
At the moment there is an add at the top of this thread for "Excellent Spider Repellers" which may just be the most apt add we have had on New Hub.
(There is also one for remote-controlled tarantulas. Which concerns me deeply - I didn't know that Bio-Drone technology was that advanced.....)
Karl
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 24, 2007 16:02:16 GMT
'To Hire a Portable Toilet' is currently one of the ads. Hmmm.
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Nov 24, 2007 19:48:57 GMT
Anyone else seeing this one? Toilet Partition Hardware Jacknob(R) - Over 2,400 Items for Toilet Partitions www.jacknob.comI'm too much of a coward to click the link, even in my own home. Martin |
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 24, 2007 23:03:21 GMT
I dared to click. One of the products listed is 'urinal screen paks' but I am too frightened to click that particular link for further info.
-Ralph
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2007 19:07:44 GMT
We ought to have a seperate thread to discuss the ads at the top of the page as this seems to be getting out of hand. I shudder to think what ads we'll have if somebody starts up a thread with an adult-orientated title.
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 25, 2007 20:40:41 GMT
There's an idea...
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 17, 2008 22:38:00 GMT
Long-term Hubbers may recall that for many years I have been taunted by Bastard Bob the spider, who lives in the bathroom. He has been absent since before this current incarnation of the Hub. But there I was taking a whizz and in full flow when suddenly he leapt up the wall!
HE!
WAS!
BACK!
And I was powerless! I willed my bladder to seal up as I darted around the room looking for the Magic Glass And Paper with which to trap the slavering beast!
By now he was darting up the wall with the speed of Batman. The many-legged fiend! Eater of brains! I'll get you, Bob! You will not escape me THIS TIME!
Quicker than venetian blinds, the trap was sprung! Bob was snared! Thus, before he could drill out, he was removed from the premises!
Never to return!
NEVER!
I got him! But good!
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jun 18, 2008 19:21:08 GMT
Is Bob female? Female spiders can live decades.
They always come back.
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 18, 2008 23:06:11 GMT
Bob is not female. I've checked.
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jun 19, 2008 13:28:18 GMT
You got that close - striking distance?!
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 19, 2008 19:02:23 GMT
I always get that close.
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Jun 19, 2008 20:19:08 GMT
You got that close - striking distance?! Striking Distance to a spider is about ten metres as far as I am concerned - ideal distance for a ten gauge shot round to bracket it nicely........ Karl |
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Post by Shockprowl on Jun 27, 2008 19:19:24 GMT
"Eater of brains!" Brillaint! That's just what Mrs Shockprowl would say. She hates Spiders. Boy oh boy does she hate 'em. I don't love 'em, but I do respect them as a creature. Clever, strong and they eat freakin' flies.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2008 11:17:38 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 28, 2008 22:46:29 GMT
Yes it is.
Evil cousins of Bob were glimpsed in the animal section of Queen's Cross Park in Glasgow this afternoon. Brrrrrrr.
-Ralph
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Post by Hero on Jun 29, 2008 0:04:57 GMT
A spider eh. At least it was'nt a cranefly  |
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 30, 2008 19:22:46 GMT
I suspect Bob will be back soon. Dave the probably dead bluebottle is hanging around near the the throne. I am too freaked out to touch it. Will Bob be able to resist this feast?
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