Up Early/Up Late (spider talk) (all threads don't end at poop or cheese or TMI. This one ends at spiders.) (siesta competition))

[Félix]

Spiders, cockroaches and ants will someday take over the planet.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Larry wrote: "But ... aren't there spiders just about everywhere, too?"

My grandparents' lawn was filled with daddy longlegs, so those were the only ones I was concerned about. Sometimes there were black snakes in the trees, too, but I never saw one fall.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Carol wrote: "I've got a hairy black spider in my car. Fucker went into the dash before he could be squished. This, after I killed (sorry to spider-savers) a tiny brown one two days ago! I might have to get a ne..."

Carol, he's going to breed in there and grow, probably to the size of a puppy.

[Félix]

Snakes falling from trees is a scary trip.

*shivers up spine*

[Carol]

Anyone want to buy a 1999 Cadillac?

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

I'm good, thanks.

[Félix]

Spiders are our friends. Without predators like them, the planet would be several feet deep in insects of all kinds. It's true.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

It is true. We love worms, too.

[Carol]

I appreciate spiders. Outside of my car.


we are the worms
out on the sidewalk
we are the ones that make a squishy sound
so watch where you walk

[Scout]

A woman called in to Car Talk with the complaint that there were tiny black widow spiders in her car. Click and Clack told her to have it fumigated or buy a new car.

Hummingbirds are back and emptying the feeder every couple of days, but I've yet to see one.

One summer, I chased my visiting cousin Debbie around the yard, waving granddaddy longlegs at her. She got back at me by telling me that swallowing watermelon seeds would make them grow out of my ears.

[Sally, la reina]

ew @ spiders. Ew.

**runs away fast**

[Scout]

Sorry for straying from your topic, RA.

[Sally, la reina]

Hell, Scout! That don't matter 'round here!

**hands Scout a cold fresh brew**

[Scout]

All right, then. I won't lose sleep over it (semi-back on topic). **Toasting you with an icy Killian's Red**

[Scout]

Siesta competition/Are night-owls more intelligent, more depressed?

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2010...

[Jen]

Lobstergirl wrote: "Yeah, we have a lot of nighttime singing around here too. This morning at dawn the cacophony was unreal, like a bunch of parrots. A ______ of parrots? Pride of lions, murder of crows..."

I think it's a company of parrots... (I love the Internet)

[Jen]

Scout wrote: "A paroxysm of parrots, maybe?

In reference to birds stopping their chirping, Silent Spring was required reading when I was in high school. I keep thinking of insects that were everywhere when I..."

I hate mole crickets they tear up my yard and a dreadfully noisy.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Jen wrote: "Lobstergirl wrote: "Yeah, we have a lot of nighttime singing around here too. This morning at dawn the cacophony was unreal, like a bunch of parrots. A ______ of parrots? Pride of lions, murder ..."

Thanks. I like these too:

A bazaar of guillemots
A congregation of plovers
A trip of dotterel
An unkindness of ravens (!)
A wedge of swans
A wisp of snipe

[Sally, la reina]

Oh, we talk about spiders in a lot of threads, don't we. I was going to post in the "weird things"thread, but this will do.

There was a miniature tarantula mere inches from my baby this morning!! It had a white design like a skull and crossbones on its abdomen so I knew it was bad news. When it saw me coming with the glass and the paper it tried to get real still like it was hiding from me. But I managed to wedge my iTunes gift card under it and flick it out the sliding glass door. Fucker.

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You are a sweet heart Sally. I am glad you didn't squish it.

[Sally, la reina]

<3

[janine]

sally has read 666 books.