[Please grab a cup of Coffee2go and run as fast as you can if you are suffering from arachnophobia. The spider might follow you quickly.]
It´s “Share Your Scare”-Night @ Lifecruiser´s Halloween Cruise - you´re all invited to share your scares. A while ago I was tagged to play the Middlename MEME and I rethought my answer lately: Call me “Sanni Milquetoast J.”
A lot of things are scaring the s*it out of me. Most of all I fear losing a loved one, not necessarily by dying or my little son Luis growing up and hating me.
There´s one thing scaring me to death: Creatures with more than four legs and anything above two eyes, primarily Sp… SP… SPIDERS. I tried to face my fear some years ago inviting Sir Humphrey, a huge bird spider, to be my room-mate. The outcome of our hairy relationship was I didn´t fear Sir Humphrey, but each and every other spider still scare me, especially the Brown Recluse Spider.
The Brown Recluse Spider is not native in my part of the world, but each year summer visitors bring them along in their camping gear, or they arrive in shipments of goods and materials from other places.
Be careful where you put your hands. They like dark spaces, woodpiles, toolboxes, or any reasonably cool area. They like the darkness and tend to live in storage sheds or attics or other areas that might not be frequented by people or light.
If you have a need to be in your attic, go up there and turn on a light and leave it on for about 30 minutes before you go in to do your work. Be careful, also, before putting on overalls, coats, etc., that have been hanging unused in a dark area for some time.
Why? Because the bite of this famous spider injects a toxic that eats away your skin.
The following slideshow is definitely not for the squeamish - like me. I wanted to puke when I first saw the pictures of the poor man. The man you will see was bitten by a Brown Recluse and he was being treated for the bite. The venom causes rapid tissue necrosis and apparently remain active for a long time in sensitive people (up to 2 years as far as I know).
What are your scares?
*BOOH*,
And now…
… our moment of Homer J.:
[Homer pulls the Krusty Doll's string.]
Krusty Doll: I’m Krusty the Clown, and I don’t like you.
Homer: [Chuckles]
Krusty Doll: I’m Krusty the Clown, and I’m going to kill you!
Homer: [Chuckles]. Didn’t even pull the string that time.
Sanni
Are you addicted to caffeine...?
OMG, now I have even more reason to fear spiders. This guy is really nasty!
October 28th, 2007 at 1:19 pmSpiders don’t freak me out too much. Anything that I can step on to kill is alright, but snakes….freak the living crap out of me. My hubby loves snakes and one day he caught 3 of them and put them in a box to show me. He thought if I saw how nice they were I wouldn’t be scared of them any more. Nope, the only that I decided was that my hubby was sleeping on the couch for a very long time.
October 27th, 2007 at 1:40 amI was wondering if you could make me a peace globe if you have the time. Thanks my email is tammy_and_john@hotmail.com