Spiders. What are they up to?
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BBC 4. 9pm. Spider House.
http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-10- ... ider-house" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Hundreds of arachnids have been allowed to run riot in an
abandoned house, with cameras capturing every
leg-shivering, silk-weaving, fly-munching moment.
http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-10- ... ider-house" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Hundreds of arachnids have been allowed to run riot in an
abandoned house, with cameras capturing every
leg-shivering, silk-weaving, fly-munching moment.
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Note: This is a spider-heavy article.
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Spider from Jersey
Warning: It's not a small spider
Warning: It's not a small spider
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A giant spider has invaded Fife...or so it seems - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-40648511
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Spider season: Are sex-crazed arachnids invading your home for hook ups?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-49730011
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-49730011
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I saw one on my curtains. I had to rip them down and burn them.morganb wrote: ↑18 Sep 2019, 09:17 Spider season: Are sex-crazed arachnids invading your home for hook ups?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-49730011
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We used to get loads of biggies as we live next to a country park...but since buying a few of these we hardly get any now
https://smile.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B07B ... op?ie=UTF8
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The item is USELESS.
It das not work .Mouse is raning.( come in from the balkoni) just under this plug in.
I am so DISSATISFIED & VERY VERY ANGRY.
You are giving costumes false information.
Shoking.
I'm sure there is a book or 50 to be culled from Amazon Reviews...
It das not work .Mouse is raning.( come in from the balkoni) just under this plug in.
I am so DISSATISFIED & VERY VERY ANGRY.
You are giving costumes false information.
Shoking.
I'm sure there is a book or 50 to be culled from Amazon Reviews...
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blahblah wrote:The item is USELESS.
It das not work .Mouse is raning.( come in from the balkoni) just under this plug in.
I am so DISSATISFIED & VERY VERY ANGRY.
You are giving costumes false information.
Shoking.
I'm sure there is a book or 50 to be culled from Amazon Reviews...
This one is a classic...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/review/B ... U4ZG0YDNHD
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To be fair, he is trying to be funny and the product kinda lends itself to humour...jacksosi wrote: ↑20 Sep 2019, 15:50blahblah wrote:The item is USELESS.
It das not work .Mouse is raning.( come in from the balkoni) just under this plug in.
I am so DISSATISFIED & VERY VERY ANGRY.
You are giving costumes false information.
Shoking.
I'm sure there is a book or 50 to be culled from Amazon Reviews...
This one is a classic...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/review/B ... U4ZG0YDNHD
I genuinely had tears running down my face reading this one
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/review/- ... geNumber=1
I'm not sure the Link works, so here it is...
After having been told my danglies looked like an elderly Rastafarian I decided to take the plunge and buy some of this as previous shaving attempts had only been mildly successful and I nearly put my back out trying to reach the more difficult bits.
Being a bit of a romantic I thought I would do the deed on the missus's birthday as a bit if a treat.
I ordered it well in advance and working in the North Sea I considered myself a bit above some of the characters writing the previous reviews and wrote them off as soft office types...Oh my fellow sufferers how wrong I was.
I waited until the other half was tucked up in bed and after giving some vague hints about a special surprise I went down to the bathroom. Initially all went well and I applied the gel and stood waiting for something to happen. I didn' have long to wait.
At first there was a gentle warmth which in a matter of seconds was replaced by an intense burning and a feeling I can only describe as like being given a barbed wire wedgie by two people intent on hitting the ceiling with my head.
Religion hadn't featured much in my life until that night but I suddenly became willing to convert to any religion to stop the violent burning around the turd tunnel and what seemed like the the destruction of the meat and two veg.
Struggling not to bite through my bottom lip I tried to wash the gel off in the sink and only succeeded in blocking the plughole with a mat of hair. Through the haze of tears I struggled out of the bathroom across the hall into the kitchen, by this time walking was not really possible and I crawled the final yard to the fridge in the hope of some form of cold relief.
I yanked the freezer drawer out and found a tub of ice cream, toe the lid off and positioned it under me.
The relief was fantastic but only temporary as it melted fairly quickly and the fiery stabbing returned. Due to the shape of the ice cream tub I hadn'nt managed to give the starfish any treatment and I groped around in the draw for something else as I was sure my vision was going to fail fairly soon.
I grabbed a bag of what I later found out was frozen sprouts and tore it open trying to be quiet as I did so. I took a handful of them and an tried in vain to clench some between the cheeks of my arse.
This was not doing the trick as some of the gel had found its way up the chutney channel and it felt like the space shuttle was running its engines behind me.
This was probably and hopefully the only time in my life I was going to wish there was a gay snowman in the kitchen which should give you some idea of the depths I was willing to sink to in order to ease the pain.
The only solution my pain crazed mind could come up with was to gently ease one of the sprouts where no veg had gone before. Unfortunately, alerted by the strange grunts coming from the kitchen the other half chose that moment to come and investigate and was greeted by the sight of me, arse in the air, strawberry ice cream dripping from my bell end pushing a sprout up my arse while muttering arhhh ooooohhh that feels good ahhh Understandably this was a shock to her and she let out a scream and as I hadn'nt heard her come in it caused an involuntary spasm of shock in myself which resulted in the sprout being ejected at quite some speed in her direction.
I can understand that having a sprout fired against your leg at 11 at night in the kitchen probably wasent the special surprise she was expecting and having to explain to the kids the next day what the strange hollow in the ice cream was didn't improve my status so to sum it up, VEET removes hair, dignity and self-respect.
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BBC News - Peacock spiders show more of their colours
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-52075609
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-52075609
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So.... what does 'noggerup' mean in Australia?morganb wrote:BBC News - Peacock spiders show more of their colours
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-52075609
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It would appear that Noggerup is a small town in Western Australia. Guess that's where the little fella might hang out.
The 'up' is quite common in town names over there, meaning 'place of', but don't ask me what a nogger is.
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Fancy spending lockdown with 70 tanked-up spiders...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-aus ... 70-spiders
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-aus ... 70-spiders
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Not a spider but I came across this beastie earlier. I think it had just been dropped by a sparrow (too big to eat?) and was on its back so I let it grab onto the stone to upturn it and as it stayed there I took some pics. A bit dazed and took about 20 minutes til it (presumably) flew off.
Think it was a Giant Horse Fly. Not sure my fingertips are much use for scale purposes but it was a big beastie anyways. Maybe 35mm long (having measured the stone and scaled up).
Think it was a Giant Horse Fly. Not sure my fingertips are much use for scale purposes but it was a big beastie anyways. Maybe 35mm long (having measured the stone and scaled up).
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I'll see your horsefly and raise you a spider - found in the shed a few weeks ago when having a clear out. Rather ironically it is sat on the handlebars of a Spiderman scooter (I've another photo somewhere showing the logo)!
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Impressive.
Have been trying (and failing) to post a photo of a Green Orb Spider as I saw one in my garden the other day (didn't have my phone so no pic of mine). Real bright lime green orb for a body. Not huge but weird.
Have been trying (and failing) to post a photo of a Green Orb Spider as I saw one in my garden the other day (didn't have my phone so no pic of mine). Real bright lime green orb for a body. Not huge but weird.
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BBC News - Do people really swallow spiders in their sleep?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-b ... s-66319172
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-b ... s-66319172
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