[Scandalous Ion Cannon]

"LONDON - Aaron Balick expected to find a tiny mouse rustling behind the TV in his apartment. Instead, he found a venomous giant centipede that somehow hitched a ride from South America to Britain."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050831/...eepy_centipede

I swear I would move incase it had babies.

[budster101]

That thing is creepy looking! ewe...

I wonder what it tastes like?

[Albert Pujols]

tastes like painful death.

[Pendergast]

BBQ'ed must be excellent!

[ThinkInsane]

Originally Posted by Albert Pujols

tastes like painful death.

That was freakin' funny

When I was in high school, I worked in a supermarket. I had heard on the news that the chain had gotten a shipment of Chilean grapes that were being recalled because there were black widow spiders in the shipment. Now, I'm truly and honestly not scared of much, up to and including dying, but spiders are the one thing that I do not deal well with at all. So I call the store and ask my boss if they are closing the store to fumigate, or if everyone is already dead and I don’t need to go to work any more, or what the deal is. She tells me not to worry about it, none of the grapes from that shipment came to our store and all is well. I'm suspicious, but I go to work anyway.

So, I'm by the entrance to the store, building a soda display, and this guy walks behind me, and says "Who do I talk to about this?". I turn around, and he shoves a plastic produce bag in my face about half full of grapes, and crawling with spiders (I say crawling with, but in hindsight I realize that there was probably only two or three in there). I went right over the top of my display and out the back door screaming like a little girl the whole way. That was the end of that job. I didn't go back there for years, just on the off chance some got away, fornicated up a bunch of baby man eating spiders, and were just lying in wait for my unsuspecting return.

Oh, and when I said I'm really not afraid of anything but spiders, I’d have to say that thing he's holding would be grouped in the spider category. I'd of definitely shot that nasty-ass monster of a bug instead of picking it up with tongs. *shudders*

[Hugi]

Originally Posted by ThinkInsane

That was freakin' funny

When I was in high school, I worked in a supermarket. I had heard on the news that the chain had gotten a shipment of Chilean grapes that were being recalled because there were black widow spiders in the shipment. Now, I'm truly and honestly not scared of much, up to and including dying, but spiders are the one thing that I don not deal well with at all. So I call the store and ask my boss if they are closing the store to fumigate, or if everyone is already dead and I don’t need to go to work any more, or what the deal is. She tells me not to worry about it, none of the grapes from that shipment came to our store and all is well. I'm suspicious, but I go to work anyway.

So, I'm by the entrance to the store, building a soda display, and this guy walks behind me, and says "Who do I talk to about this?". I turn around, and he shoves a platic produce bag in my face about half full of grapes, and crawling with spider (I say crawling with, but in hindsight I realize that there was probably only two or three in there). I went right over the top of my display and out the back door screaming like a little girl the whole way. That was the end of that job. I didn't go back there for years, just on the off chance some got away, fornicated up a bunch of baby man eating spiders, and were just lying in wait for my unsuspecting return.

Oh, and when I said I'm really not afraid of anything but spiders, I’d have to say that thing he's holding would be grouped in the spider category. I'd of definitely shot that nasty-ass monster of a bug instead of picking it up with tongs. *shudders*

I'm laughing and shivering at the same time. Spiders happen to be my phobia as well.

[The Godfather]

In SouthAmerica, we have them as pets.

[budster101]

Spiders taste like sh!t... nothing much there when you pull their legs off... When their pregnant, the eggs are like cavear.

I'm just kidding, that was just for Thinkinsane... I'd jump on my chair and scream like a little girl at the site of that thing. I think I just creeped myself out.

Godfather: You have Black Widows as pets? or Spiders?

[Scandalous Ion Cannon]

I don't at all have a problem with spiders but centipedes like this horrify me as they have rather thick shells. GROOOOOSSS!

[max5]

wow lol.... imagine having that in ur car while ur drivingg... I would like flipppp out

[The Godfather]

Originally Posted by budster101

Spiders taste like sh!t... nothing much there when you pull their legs off... When their pregnant, the eggs are like cavear.

I'm just kidding, that was just for Thinkinsane... I'd jump on my chair and scream like a little girl at the site of that thing. I think I just creeped myself out.

Godfather: You have Black Widows as pets? or Spiders?

Centipedes.

[DeathMan]

yeah, thats pretty creepy. try not to imagine one between your headboard and the wall when you go to sleep tonight, guys!

[PurpleGiant]

Originally Posted by ThinkInsane

So, I'm by the entrance to the store, building a soda display, and this guy walks behind me, and says "Who do I talk to about this?". I turn around, and he shoves a plastic produce bag in my face about half full of grapes, and crawling with spiders (I say crawling with, but in hindsight I realize that there was probably only two or three in there). I went right over the top of my display and out the back door screaming like a little girl the whole way. That was the end of that job. I didn't go back there for years, just on the off chance some got away, fornicated up a bunch of baby man eating spiders, and were just lying in wait for my unsuspecting return.

[DeathToWindows]

nah... imagine one in your bed...

[budster101]

I got one in my pants...

[hyperb0le]

I've definitely been watching too much SG-1. When I saw that picture, the first thing I thought of was a Goa'uld

[tgags]

oh man.
If I emailed that article and pic to my sister, she would have trouble sleeping (worried that it would happen to her - in a bag of groceries from like ShopRite or something)

I'm tempted.. he he
na, that's mean.
But seriously, that's how creeped out she would be...lol!

[The Windozer]

Ah. Another good reason for living this far north. Bugs die long before they become that big. Well, I suppose unless they find somewhere warm to make their nest in. Like a bed or something...

I think I'll go sleep in the freezer tonight.

[Camali]

Originally Posted by budster101

I got one in my pants...

OH REALLY!

[budster101]

Oh wait, that's a python...

[waxcrash]

I hope he puts that in a bottle of formaldehyde.

[Kevin]

[Cubeoid]

I just thought of this..what if the centipede had caught that guy behind his TV.. sizes would be reversed of course, that would also mean that the centipedes were running yahoo, and subsequently.. the world.

Apparently, that creepy-crawler was somebody's escaped pet:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...on/4207726.stm

Personally, I hate anything with more than four legs...

[Albert Pujols]

I just saw this small centipede run across my carpet... I was just going to let it go (im a pacifist), but then I remembered this thread so I grabbed my my ping pong paddle and I owned that mofo.

Feels good.

[Cubeoid]

Way to exercise your human advantage there Albert.

[olePigeon]

I remember my dad telling me a story about when he was a kid. He found a plank of wood behind his home and it had a "silk" back on it. He tore it open a few hundred tiny spiders spilled out of it.

"I ran pretty f*ckin' fast for a fat kid." - My dad.

[olePigeon]

There's a daddy-longleg in the corner of my window next to my computer. I've been watchin' him get bigger and bigger of the past few weeks.

I didn't realize how fast spiders grow in the first week. It's crazy.

I decided to keep him there cuz he has a lot of mosquitoes and other annoying flying critters (including a termite!)

He's all bloated now. Pretty cool seein' him wrap stuff up. His web encompasses the entire window (about 3 1/2 feet wide.)

[TailsToo]

Some friends and I caught a copper head snake when we were kids, and didn't know what it was. When we got out the book to find out, the kid holding it freaked!

[Paco500]

Originally Posted by ThinkInsane

That was freakin' funny

When I was in high school, I worked in a supermarket. I had heard on the news that the chain had gotten a shipment of Chilean grapes that were being recalled because there were black widow spiders in the shipment.

Are there really black widows in Chile? They are pretty common in the No. Virginia area where I live. We had to get rid of a few from my neighbor's shed.

My wife an I were helping get some friends get a pasture ready for some about to be weaned foals, which included rinsing out and dumping a giant water trough (~6' X 3' X 3'). We rinsed it out and tilted it up from one of the long ends. When we got it to chest hight, we saw the bottom was moving. Threw it down and saw that it was crawling with HUNDREDS of black widows- mostly babies.

About 5 cans of RAID expired that day.

[Ratm]

Originally Posted by Cubeoid

Way to exercise your human advantage there Albert.

[11011001]

Does anyone else find crustaceans exceedingly gross and disgusting (like lobsters)? They are closely related to insects, but they are freaking huge. I could never stand touching one, and I think I would puke if I had to eat one, but I don't mind watching other people eat them.

[TailsToo]

Yeah, shrimp are pretty gross too.

[Albert Pujols]

Crayfish are naaaaasty. I can't believe people eat them... they kind of look like scorpions.

[LilWolfChokingOnCigs68]

This thread is funny.

[ih8SVXsCuzRTehPoopy]

You're a dumb ass.

[paul w]

^^^ You're kidding right?

Wow.

[DeathMan]

I worry more about black widows hurting my kids than hurting me. Seems like you'd really have to mess with one to get it to bite you. however, one in your bed could really get you good.

I've never seen one inside the house, though. Usually the garage, or a shed or something. Maybe there aren't enough bugs in the house. Thats a good reason for keeping the house free of flying insects. No black widows.