# The True Domestic Terrorists... SPIDERS. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 5, 2015, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-true-domestic-terrorists-spiders/729989 "2015-09-05T06:56:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-true-domestic-terrorists-spiders/729989/41 "2015-09-08T14:53:44Z")
I miss Queenie, the enormous spider who had a web high up near my back door in Texas. I used to toss her tasty insect snacks caught in the garden. Spiders are the ultimate web browsers. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-true-domestic-terrorists-spiders/729989/42 "2015-09-09T18:52:41Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Small pellets lose a lot of velocity to air friction. Much more than larger things do. Which is why a 120mm tank cannon round still has most of its muzzle velocity at 1500 meters whereas a .22LR has lost almost all muzzle velocity at 200 meters and shotgun pellets almost all velocity at more like 50 meters. > > For a given muzzle velocity, tiny powder-like shot will have vastly different velocity at 4 feet, 6 feet, and 8 feet. So to make something that was safe upon hitting interior walls and windows you’d need to very tightly control the firing range. Shooting just a bit too close would do real damage. Besides, how are you going to tie the little critters to a stake, pin a target over their heart and light their tiny, last cigarette? It’s much easier just to burn the house down. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-true-domestic-terrorists-spiders/729989/43 "2015-09-09T19:14:11Z")
It’s much easier to throw out the baby with the washwater. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-true-domestic-terrorists-spiders/729989/44 "2015-09-09T20:23:20Z")
Easier? You ever actually try it? Man! The authorities get in your face quicker’n you can say Jack Flash. Also, there just aren’t enough babies! I’ve got tons of washwater I’d like to throw out, but I’m just flat out of babies. Now I’ve gotta keep the graywater in big barrels in the back yard, just waiting till I can obtain a baby to throw out with it. We need a system of recycling. (And I mean of babies.) My neighbor uses a “Wanda Wee Wee” doll. The drought (and I mean of babies) is forcing a lot of us to this kind of work-around and substitute. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-true-domestic-terrorists-spiders/729989/45 "2015-09-09T21:44:55Z")
How about “as easy as taking candy from a baby”? ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-true-domestic-terrorists-spiders/729989/46 "2015-09-09T22:23:47Z")
According to The Simpsons, that can be fatal! ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-true-domestic-terrorists-spiders/729989/47 "2015-09-09T22:54:03Z")
With Maggie, I can understand… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-true-domestic-terrorists-spiders/729989/48 "2015-09-10T00:09:01Z")
> [@dracoi](#): > > but !@# #%\* !@#$! I do not want giant spiders walking across my face at night while I’m sleeping! This has never happened to me, yet now it is the only thing I’m ever going to think about ever again ever…Thanks for that… I’m all for LSL Guy’s idea…the “120mm tank cannon round still has most of its muzzle velocity at 1500 meters” idea. Where do I send all of my money to make this a reality? ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-true-domestic-terrorists-spiders/729989/49 "2015-09-10T00:56:33Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > That depends on where they land. They’re about 1/4 in long max… and by the time you can see them, You Are In Range Brother. They don’t bite, but those claws hurt worse. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-true-domestic-terrorists-spiders/729989.md?page=2)