Story from Ghana
Was quite happily sleeping in the power-cut room one night (this happened quite often) when the lights came back on at about 2am or something. Since the lightswtich hadn't been flicked back into the "off" position they had turned on. Annoyed at this, my eyes opened and I rolled to face the wall. And instead I faced this:
it was as big as my head ! So obviously I squealed like a little girl and it was skittering around everywhere. It didn't bite me, Ghana doesn't have spiders that can do that thank god, but I scared me witless.

I was also once bitten in the arse by a foxterrier who lept uo and clung on, not wanting to let go. It led to a classic TV moment where i was spinning around and him swirling horizontally around me hanging on for dear life. Bastard! Gave a good bruise.

My cat regularly attacks me. And my dog once bit me when I tried to take his bone (one of those massive sheep ones).

note: No, I did not remove one of the spider's legs. I dont know what happened to it. The semi-wild kitten they had there regularly caught such things and ate them though so maybe this one got away
( morrybyte made a subtle namechange at, Mon 28 Apr 2008, 14:33, 8 replies)

gets a click
for "tried to take his bone".

I'm so immature.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 28 Apr 2008, 14:35, closed)

pfff
I knew someone would interpret it that way.

In fairness the picture of the spider here does no justice to the high quality version I have - you can zoom in and look at its evil eyes as well on it
( morrybyte made a subtle namechange at, Mon 28 Apr 2008, 14:38, closed)

Legs 11
Did you rip one of its legs off in your panic? That spider only has 7. I've been trying to count them and I got so confused I had to go and ask a housemate how many legs spiders are meant to have.
I got a funny look in reply.
(Lucy Van Pelt embracing ginlovers, Mon 28 Apr 2008, 14:46, closed)

seriously
did no one notice the huge amount of people with arachnophobia in last week's QOTW? Pictures do not help...

*cries*
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 28 Apr 2008, 14:54, closed)

@lucy
I edited the bottom part

@crack
well I kinda figured a thumbnail would still be better than the full size version
( morrybyte made a subtle namechange at, Mon 28 Apr 2008, 15:01, closed)

Aaaah, there there CHCB
*pats back*

*leaves cunningly palmed spider on back*

*waits for panic to ensue*
(Bazongaloid, Mon 28 Apr 2008, 15:04, closed)

@Morry
Thanks! I thought I had gone a bit mad there and either couldn't count or had been lied to for 22 years about the number of legs spiders have!
(Lucy Van Pelt embracing ginlovers, Mon 28 Apr 2008, 15:23, closed)

CLOCKSPIDER!
He Has Returned! DEATH TO LIMECAT
(fox_handybread, Mon 28 Apr 2008, 23:52, closed)