# Spider costume for dog

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-costume-for-dog/834557>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 26, 2019, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-costume-for-dog/834557 "2019-05-26T16:09:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-costume-for-dog/834557/1 "2019-05-26T16:09:03Z")

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Prank someone who’s scared of spiders (but not if they’re carrying a gun, or you may lose your dog).

[https://twitter.com/coolstuffcheap/status/901792264128798720](https://twitter.com/coolstuffcheap/status/901792264128798720)

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-costume-for-dog/834557/2 "2019-05-26T16:32:20Z")

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My wife is fleeing the room as I type this.

“Spider-dog, Spider-dog, does whatever a Spider-dog does.  
Can he swing from a thread? No, he can’t, he’s a dog…”

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**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-costume-for-dog/834557/3 "2019-05-26T20:38:41Z")

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With great power comes great responsibility…

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-costume-for-dog/834557/4 "2019-05-26T20:55:15Z")

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Is someone insinuating that dog spun that webbing around that stairwell?

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**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-costume-for-dog/834557/5 "2019-05-28T19:32:30Z")

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[Spider pigs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BARjPuUN36Y) are better.

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**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-costume-for-dog/834557/6 "2019-05-28T19:49:48Z")

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> [@Lumpy](#):
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> Prank someone who’s scared of spiders (but not if they’re carrying a gun, or you may lose your dog).
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> [https://twitter.com/coolstuffcheap/status/901792264128798720](https://twitter.com/coolstuffcheap/status/901792264128798720)

It’s a couple of years old; here’s the [full](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoB8t0B4jx4) version.

> [@Omar\_Little](#):
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> [Spider pigs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BARjPuUN36Y) are better.

[Absolutely!](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Albuquerque_Balloon_Fiesta_2011_-_Spider_Pig_balloon.JPG)

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-costume-for-dog/834557/7 "2019-05-28T20:15:10Z")

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[My 2nd favorite Far Side comic](https://images.app.goo.gl/rfhxZz1MMhCsCPzS6):