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To: Darksheare
Right up to the moment I nearly walked into the big yellow and black spider.

When I was young and wandering in the woods near my parents' house (which was also my house) I would swing a stick as I walked to knock down any spider webs that might be in the path. It was a natural sort of stick swinging, using the weight of my arm to burst through any webs I might encounter.

Then, one day, when I was walking and swinging the stick stuck, just as my arm was going through the bottom of its arc and starting the upswing.

I never saw the spider, but I think the web was woven to catch gators. I left the stick stuck in the web and backed away, very slowly.

943 posted on 03/20/2013 8:40:12 AM PDT by ArGee (An open mind is like an open window - if you don't have a screen, you get flies.)
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To: ArGee

Meanwhile, somewhere up above you, a tiny voice snickered at your terror as little chitinous mandibles wiggled in mirth.
Or so I’d imagine were I to have experienced that one.


948 posted on 03/20/2013 8:45:51 AM PDT by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free.....)
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