Housekeeping tip of the day for removing spider webs on the ceiling: use a telescoping pole like the ones used for pool maintenance. This is necessary when your living room is open to the second floor and the ceiling is 20 feet high.
That is a trophy spider. Forgive my cruelty, but I hope he bagged it before it had babies. (Just remembered, male spiders are generally smaller than the female. What if that’s Shelob’s boyfriend?)
Yesterday I let my dog decide where we were going to go in the hospital for a while, and she headed to the ER. We spent a few hours there. We sat with one man who played a bit too much football and was waiting for an MRI. He and my dog really bonded. I think she would have left me for him. We also sat with a nice young lady who didn’t say why she was there, and I didn’t ask, but we had a nice conversation which helped her pass the time waiting, and she suddenly got up and squished a huge spider on the floor. She said that was the biggest spider she had ever seen in a hospital, and I agreed with her. I used my shoe and pushed it out under the curtain around her room. (I thought my dog might eat it, which would have really grossed out someone afraid of a spider on the floor.) We spent most of our ER time with staff, who always enjoy any of our dogs who go there. Most don’t, especially with covid cases rising. I wear a mask in the ER, but so far lately nowhere else in the hospital unless we see a patient who is vulnerable.
oldthang over 1 year ago
And so it began…
seanfear over 1 year ago
a goal.
KA7DRE Premium Member over 1 year ago
Good thing he didn’t get bit !
Uncle Kenny over 1 year ago
Betcha its a her.
danketaz Premium Member over 1 year ago
Did you spot the egg sac?
fuzzbucket Premium Member over 1 year ago
That looks more like a tick than a spider.
silberdistel over 1 year ago
O.k., I need some help here, please. What does Thor say here?
dcdete. over 1 year ago
He speaks about bagging in a corner, but where is the corner? Virtually the only corner I see on there is the corner of his champagne glass
Imagine over 1 year ago
Time to move to a new place.
mbakerbr549 over 1 year ago
If they hadn’t just invented those pointy-toed cowboy boots, they would’ve never been able to get into the corner to bag it!
Gent over 1 year ago
And how many snake trophies may fat broad has in her cave.
rshive over 1 year ago
Corners are pretty informal in caves.
littlejohn Premium Member over 1 year ago
Someone broke into my house last night and stole my limbo trophy!
How low can you go?
littlejohn Premium Member over 1 year ago
What do you call a participation trophy in astronomy?
A constellation prize.
littlejohn Premium Member over 1 year ago
I went big game hunting, but I couldn’t bring all my trophies home.
The airline only permitted one piece of carrion.
littlejohn Premium Member over 1 year ago
What trophy does rain, snow, and hail always win?
Precipitation awards.
littlejohn Premium Member over 1 year ago
My doctor told me I could get a trophy from being on crutches…..
but all I got were smaller, weaker leg muscles.
littlejohn Premium Member over 1 year ago
Why do dentists have so many trophies?
Because they got rid of the plaques.
jagedlo over 1 year ago
A very early version of the Spiderman logo?
Just-me over 1 year ago
Nope! Not a fan of spiders. Too sneaky.
Count Olaf Premium Member over 1 year ago
Killing a spider is bad luck. Hope the big guy is still alive and just resting on the plaque.
rockyridge1977 over 1 year ago
Most of the time they mount the head out in 3D ……the rest is too big or damaged.
dflak over 1 year ago
Housekeeping tip of the day for removing spider webs on the ceiling: use a telescoping pole like the ones used for pool maintenance. This is necessary when your living room is open to the second floor and the ceiling is 20 feet high.
Wizard of Ahz-no relation over 1 year ago
he used to remember 9/11.
David Illig Premium Member over 1 year ago
This would be a rare specimen, indeed. Arachnids have eight legs, attached to the cephalothorax.
DaBump Premium Member over 1 year ago
Aw, poor spider!
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 1 year ago
Okay, I have to admit, if I extincted a spider that size, I would want proof too.
monya_43 over 1 year ago
Whatever it is, good job killing it. That thing is huge.
preacherman Premium Member over 1 year ago
That’s one big insect. And the fearless hunter will have to deal with a lot of smaller insects now that the main predator is no more.
Zebrastripes over 1 year ago
Creepy wall mount….
blakerl over 1 year ago
poppacapsmokeblower over 1 year ago
That is a trophy spider. Forgive my cruelty, but I hope he bagged it before it had babies. (Just remembered, male spiders are generally smaller than the female. What if that’s Shelob’s boyfriend?)
Moonkey Premium Member over 1 year ago
Yesterday I let my dog decide where we were going to go in the hospital for a while, and she headed to the ER. We spent a few hours there. We sat with one man who played a bit too much football and was waiting for an MRI. He and my dog really bonded. I think she would have left me for him. We also sat with a nice young lady who didn’t say why she was there, and I didn’t ask, but we had a nice conversation which helped her pass the time waiting, and she suddenly got up and squished a huge spider on the floor. She said that was the biggest spider she had ever seen in a hospital, and I agreed with her. I used my shoe and pushed it out under the curtain around her room. (I thought my dog might eat it, which would have really grossed out someone afraid of a spider on the floor.) We spent most of our ER time with staff, who always enjoy any of our dogs who go there. Most don’t, especially with covid cases rising. I wear a mask in the ER, but so far lately nowhere else in the hospital unless we see a patient who is vulnerable.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace over 1 year ago
Just wait until Mommy finds out.
mindjob over 1 year ago
I never kill the small ones. It’s the big ones that crawl up the sides of skyscrapers that make me get out my shotgun
donwestonmysteries over 1 year ago
Big Spider
zeexenon over 1 year ago
Better in a corner than walking through its fresh web.