Oh my freaking God...

[alyse]

I have just gone down to the garage to fetch the washing from the dryer and an absolutely huge spider just dropped down, landing about 3mm from my hand. Seriously, it must have been 3 inches from top to toe - and we don't get spiders that big, generally. And it just hung there, looking at me malevolently while I freaked.

But that's not the worrying thing. Oh no.

It only had five legs.

Somewhere in my garage there is something that took on this monstrosity. And won.

...

Anyone want to fetch the next load from the dryer while I quietly rock and whimper in the background?

I mean, even Dean wouldn't tackle that motherfucker alone. Not without a flamethrower and a shitload of holy water.



I really, really, really do not like spiders. I don't kill them, because they've got as much right to live as anything, but that doesn't mean I want them anywhere near me.

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[wildcard-sej.livejournal.com]

*suffers flashbacks and wimpers with you*

[alyse]

I haven't ventured back into the garage since because I am lazy too scared!

[burntcopper.livejournal.com]

:volunteers:

<--loves spiders. Was raised to make nice noises at spiders, and let them go about their business, and not disturb their webs until they'd properly abandoned them. For a few reasons, but the main reason? THEY KILL MOSQUITOES. WHO DO NOT DESERVE TO LIVE AND SPREAD MALARIA AND GREAT ITCHY BITES AND WILL DIEDIEDIEIDIEIDIE... :ahem: DIIIIIIIEEEEEE!!!!!

:stabbity:

[alyse]

I know that they do a valuable job and I try not to kill anything (even flies) but there's a limit, and dropping on me unannounced from a great height is it!

::shudders::

[ci5rod.livejournal.com]

Eep! I'm having similar fun with a huge spider which has decided my green bin is the business when it comes to places to spin webs from. I'm scared to put drag the bin onto the street to be emptied! I have to take it down this dark alleyway, and I'm sure the spider's just waiting for a chance like that to mug me!

[alyse]

And then it will tie you up and eat you.

::nods seriously::

And people think that they're harmless. Fools!

They are so plotting with cockroaches to be the only ones standing after a nuclear winter.

[beren-writes.livejournal.com]

Ooh, you poor thing - I hate spiders too. We had one at home that we put a pint jug over and it moved it!

[alyse]

O.o

Okay, that would officially freak me out. When you put them under jugs, they're supposed to stay there!

[ashism.livejournal.com]

Spiders do not have rights! They have eight legs!

I am freaking out for you.

[alyse]

Well, I can't kill them and I accept that they do a good job re: keeping the fly population down.

But that doesn't mean that I want any huge mutant ones dropping on my bleeding head!

Feeling v.v.v.sheepish

[skysha-tranqui.livejournal.com]

I've got the proverbial tail between my legs at the moment, and I'm sincerely hoping that my commenting to your personal LJ doesn't bug you.

I'm the annoying person who posted that stupid entry to the mckay_sheppard comm, and I just wanted to personally apologise to you for it. I didn't mean to scaremonger, I honestly just wanted to direct people's attention towards what, in the post, was made out to be a very real, and immediate, threat to fanfiction. So basically I'm an idiot! I really should've known better, and normally I do take more time to verify these kinds of things, but for some reason I didn't in this case.

I was going to delete the entry tomorrow, but I wanted to make sure those who had read it before had the chance to note the editing I did. Still, I'm actually kinda glad you kicked me out before I managed to do anything else idiotic!

Okay, going now, and promise not to bother you again - except, well, I find daddy-long-leg's scarier than spiders. I mean, they're basically spiders that can fly!

Re: Feeling v.v.v.sheepish

[alyse]

Hi there.

Don't worry about it. You weren't the only person to post to the community, which was why I was getting a wee bit cranky about it :) I know that it's difficult to tell sometimes that things aren't as clear cut or as threatening as portrayed when things are written in DOOM and GLOOM and DIRE WARNINGS, so that many people take them seriously. You aren't the only person to have become worried about it and on the surface, it certainly looked as though the original poster had done her research.

Me, I'm just a cynical bitch ::g:: I've seen these things so often now that I roll my eyes and take them with a bucket load of salt.

Re: Feeling v.v.v.sheepish

[skysha-tranqui.livejournal.com]

I've actually moved onto being very confused with the original post-er - just went and checked the post, and it's still up, and still unedited...which is really irritating, but it's the comments which are getting me at the mo.

The post-er posted it on the 14th, and has replied to several comments from the 15th - but only the ones who say they're gonna x-post about it. They've ignored several comments pointing out the mistakes that have been made, and then gone and thanked someone else for saying they'll spread the news. :s *blinks*

And after the 15th they haven't replied to any comments at all...me is thinking this is irresponsible!

Soz, went a bit rant-ish there!^^ Thanks for the forgiveness - you didn't have to, but it makes me feel a lot better! ♥