If it's in Canada, animal protection laws effectively prevent the restaurant from removing animals from the premises. Maybe it lives there.

What's that poking out from behind the clock? Let's take the clock down and look.

Aargh!!!:shock:

It's Shelob!

Holy shit, brown recluse, it looks like.

I had one of those in the apartment a couple weeks ago. Scared the fuck outta me, but I got him.

No, brown recluse are pretty small, and not hairy like that.

Really? My bad, then.

Well whatever kind that is, I had one of those big ol' fuckers in my house. Not fun.

When I was approx. 16 a palm-sized spider crawled up on my breast while I was (still half asleep) eating my cornflakes. I first didn't notice it because I was wearing a dark pullover. I suppose I noticed it when it started getting to my throat an touched my skin. Forget coffee and all of those energy drinks. Nothings wakes you up better than a 8-10 cm large, hairy spider crawling up to your head. :eek:

That's a type of Huntsman Spider. (Araneae Heteropodidae) We get them over here. They bite, but are basically harmless. The one in the pics is one of the biggest I've seen (the biggest was just over 230mm legspan). Typically an outdoors spider, they move FAST to catch their prey, they don't build webs for prey.

Not to be confused with the slightly smaller (but just as fast) Wolf spider, whose legs point almost straight out.

Interesting things I know about huntsmans:
1/ If you shine a torch on them they're eyes (8 off) reflect silver.
2/ Their feet "click" when a big one walks across a stainless steel kitchen sink
3/ Knowing stuff about them doesn't make me any less shit-scared of them.

Looks like the parking lot after a concert.

OMG, I just looked at this link for the first time in a while and saw the spider. I would have puked if I had seen that spider, first behind the clock, then face to face. I truly think I may be sick. Gonna have the creepies all night. I had forgotten how arachnophobic I am; I thoiught it had gotten better. ARGHHHHHHHHHH is right! :shock:

I would have submitted these to UT for IotD consideration, but try as I might, I couldn't find the story behind them. The site I found them on suggested they might be some sort of camel dish. From the size of those bones, I guess they are right.

But really, WTF?

Is that a can of Pepsi in the top pic?

and here's one more.

S-a lot of cous-cous. I wanna try it.

Reminds me of a kitty litter box.

Looks like Dad's Root Beer to me (furrin can pic, color scheme the same tho)

Imagine how pissed they'd be if you stuck your left hand in the sucker?

I so had nightmares last night about that damn spider. ;)

Now with more cola taste.

Wonder if PETA approves
 

The Panda Chair. Found on Neatorama.

Right at this very moment...I have 7 of those Hairy Huntsmen Spiders in my house.

Kitchen, Lounge, Office, Hall way and my Bedroom.

The biggest banger being larger than my hand (which isnt that impressive, I just measured it - 18cm span). The smallest would be about 10cms leg span.

The big huge one scared the shit outta me the other nite as we was clip clopping along the wooden floor and DID make a noise.

They dont bother me as such, but I do object (like a squealing school girl) when I get the paper out of the mailbox and one jumps out the end of it :thepain:

Are you gonna pick up a can of Raid (or my personal fav. Aquanet with a lighter held in front of it...) or just let them take over??? :eek:

:eek:

I could seriously not deal with that. I am extremely arachnaphobic and I don't know what I'd do...perhaps get extermination services or something. If I knew one of those giant things were somewhere in my house I would never sleep and would be constantly vigilant.

Where do you people live, jungles or tropics? I swear I rarely see a spider that big anywhere; if it were in my house I would have to move. :p

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Don't hesitate, kill it with fire. Its the only way to be sure.

Meh, they dont bother me. They dont make webs, they eat all the other little nasties and the kids think they are cool. They do the torch (flashlight) thing at nite to try and get their eyes to glow.

They arent allowed in the kids rooms tho (I hunt them out with the broom) and my bedroom is big enough that I dont worry too much about them.

Not allowed in the kids room because of the spiders hassling the kids or the kids messing with the spiders when they're suppose to be sleeping?

this looks somehow pornographic

"Somehow?!" Purplish-red swollen cocks with their heads sticking up are usually like that.

Mine does not look that angry... stern perhaps, but not so pissed off.

The pictures of rice and meat are from a middle eastern 'goat grab'. Some of the ones I went to had the actual, intact goat heads parked atop the mounds of rice. Yummy! :headshake

Not allowed in the kids room because the hairy hoers have a habit of crawling across beds and their inhabitants of a nite time.

The hairs on them are actually quite toxic if they get up your nose or in your eyes.

OK, thanks.

I was actually thinking about those damn spiders over the weekend and had come to the conclusion that you and glatt had to be pulling my leg.

Now I'm more frightened than ever! :p

Hairy Huntsman Spider

http://www.ento.csiro.au/ecowatch/Pr...s/huntsman.jpg

g-dammit...those fuckers shouldn't exist. This ain't Land of the Lost!

I think so -- the Arab countries picked Pepsi after Israel opened their market to Coke.

what a party!

Oh my God. Agnes! Is that you? Oh Agnes...

:lol: good one, glatt!

Nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

"I said well-done, now get it right this time!"

I really thought this spider was in your house. Today I was googling funny pictures and look what popped up!

http://www.extremefunnypictures.com/funnypic2250.htm

You had me going!

Nope. Not mine. I've posted a lot in this thread, and I don't think any of them have been mine.

If that spider one was mine, I'd be dead of a heart attack and wouldn't be posting any more.

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holy fuck...

Glatt, I'm glad it wasn't your spider. That thing could have eaten your children! Whew!

http://cellar.org/2007/23p62c.gif

Why is it hilarious? None can say.

It's doing The Rock eyebrow raise.

i can!

it's all in the timing of the zoom.

oh, and it is totally fucking hysterical. i'm hearing austin powers music in my mind

For Christ sake don't let Brianna see that!

heeee-freaking-larious!

http://www.the11thhour.com/archives/.../role_rock.jpg


http://www.the11thhour.com/archives/.../role_rock.jpg

:lol:

Stolen!!!!MINE!!!

Somebody get me a .22.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...rdsforfood.jpg

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...rlingRuth1.jpg

I've been away. Did you miss me?

I did. You have the best WTFs...

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Well goo goo g'joob.