# I'm Sorry, I can't hear you. I have a spider in my ear

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 10, 2012, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry-i-cant-hear-you-i-have-a-spider-in-my-ear/631076 "2012-08-10T13:44:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry-i-cant-hear-you-i-have-a-spider-in-my-ear/631076/41 "2012-08-15T05:10:02Z")

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I’m going to install screens over my ears.

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**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry-i-cant-hear-you-i-have-a-spider-in-my-ear/631076/42 "2012-08-15T11:36:50Z")

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I loathe spiders, but I have to admit that the spider in the lady’s ear did have a bit of charm about him.

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**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry-i-cant-hear-you-i-have-a-spider-in-my-ear/631076/43 "2012-08-15T12:16:49Z")

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> [@PunditLisa](#):
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> I loathe spiders, but I have to admit that the spider in the lady’s ear did have a bit of charm about him.

The pic did have a small amount of “can haz cheezeburger” to it. If the pic was captioned, it’d be something like “I’m all up in yo eah…doin’ stuff!”

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry-i-cant-hear-you-i-have-a-spider-in-my-ear/631076/44 "2012-08-15T12:25:22Z")

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> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#):
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> The only thing I can think of that would be worse than getting a spider or a roach in my ear is one of these suckers: [Candiru - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candiru)
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> in my cock. Even if its something of a myth, the mere thought sends me into paralytic convulsions. Which I know is an oxymoronic term.

REAL men catch candiru by peeing in the Amazon.

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**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry-i-cant-hear-you-i-have-a-spider-in-my-ear/631076/45 "2012-08-15T15:19:10Z")

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> [@Aeris](#):
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> This is actually a great fear of mine, a bug crawling into an orifice.

But[del]t[/del] not a potato?

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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry-i-cant-hear-you-i-have-a-spider-in-my-ear/631076/46 "2012-08-16T00:28:42Z")

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Fuck it, I’m sleeping with earplugs. (And I thought I had it bad when I had swimmer’s ear!)

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