This is the sort I'm terrified off...
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The invisable man Is having a long lazy soak in search,
Sat 26 Nov 2011, 20:56,
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House spiders like that are all harmless. They don't even bite when you pick them up.
They can move at a fair lick if they want to though, but (and this is the important part) THEY CAN'T FUCKING HURT YOU!
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Mu Dinofiddler,
Sat 26 Nov 2011, 21:01,
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Mu Dinofiddler,
Sat 26 Nov 2011, 21:02,
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Oooh those fuckers are just wrong...
allowed required
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Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...",
Sat 26 Nov 2011, 22:09,
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You shouldn't be, because
they actually keep out the UK's only possibly deadly spider (the false widow).
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_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences,
Sat 26 Nov 2011, 21:06,
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That one I am not scared off...
It's not about what they can actually do, it is a phobia based entirely on what they look like....
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The invisable man Is having a long lazy soak in search,
Sat 26 Nov 2011, 21:12,
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Yeah, I know how it works.
I get it a bit too to be honest, big ones can make me jump. Then I feel extremely foolish and get interested in them instead. There's a house spider that's lived under my shower for years, it's got an enormous web, I call it Shelob.
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_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences,
Sat 26 Nov 2011, 21:16,
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Yeah, there is a giant one at the bottom of my out side steps that lives in a hole in the roof...
I give it a wide bearth, but it can stay there in peace as far as I am concerned, it's not in my flat, and if I don't fuck with it, it will stay out side quite happy
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The invisable man Is having a long lazy soak in search,
Sat 26 Nov 2011, 21:22,
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Oh they make me jump if I see one scuttle around without knowing what it is.
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Mu Dinofiddler,
Sat 26 Nov 2011, 22:06,
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The one whose bite they described as "painful" and hasn't killed anyone?
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Mu Dinofiddler,
Sat 26 Nov 2011, 21:15,
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Seems like there's some genetic divergence going on
like the ones on the other side of the Atlantic are dangerous and the ones in Europe aren't.
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_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences,
Sat 26 Nov 2011, 21:18,
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