# There is a fucking SCORPION in my room! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 15, 2001, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-fucking-scorpion-in-my-room/81796 "2001-09-15T09:32:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-fucking-scorpion-in-my-room/81796/61 "2001-09-17T18:33:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Olentzero \* > \*\ ***Esprix** , have you paused to consider the previous causes of what compelled that scorpion to go into your room? Have you any _idea_ of the forces of evolution behind getting Eduardo there? If you _really_ understood Eduardo’s motivations, you wouldn’t have taken measures to kill him. > > Now all you’ve done is to provoke a response from the other scorpions in the area. > \*\* I think that may be the funniest thing in this whole thread. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-fucking-scorpion-in-my-room/81796/62 "2001-09-17T19:18:09Z")
**Francesca:** > [@](#): > > I weep for Eduardo. So do I. Arachnids make great target practice. The occasional neigbor seems to take exception (for some odd reason), but all-in-all people are genrally understanding. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-fucking-scorpion-in-my-room/81796/63 "2001-09-17T23:16:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Esprix \* > I am da MAN! Torturer and Slayer of Scorpions am I! DIE you little fuckwad - DIE DIE DIE! Mwahahahahahahahahahahaha > > Esprix \*\* So, it was an S&M relationship? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-fucking-scorpion-in-my-room/81796/64 "2001-09-17T23:36:10Z")
Yikes! I’ve lived in San Diego on and off for 15 years and I’ve never even seen a scorpion outside of a museum. Now you’ll have me thinking they’re everywhere! (Takes a quick peek under the desk.) I always assumed they were out in the deserty places like El Cajon. Now you’re telling me there are scorpions strolling around in freakin’ Hillcrest? ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-fucking-scorpion-in-my-room/81796/65 "2001-09-17T23:39:20Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by **cher3** _ > > I always assumed they were out in the deserty places like El Cajon. Now you’re telling me there are scorpions strolling around in freakin’ Hillcrest? No, contrary to popular assumption, I don’t live in Hillcrest. 🙂 I’m in Mira Mesa - somewhere between Hillcrest and El Cajon, 'burbs-type-wise. We do, however, live next to a canyon, but my research has indicated that it usually only happens in new construction, whereas this development has been here for quite some time. So, I dunno… I’m going to go home and check all my shoes again. Esprix ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-fucking-scorpion-in-my-room/81796/66 "2001-09-17T23:49:55Z")
Oh, that’s okay, then. (I guess I was thinking about the Corvette diner.) I’ll go back to worrying about rattlesnakes. (My husband ran over a 6 foot rattler on the way to picking me up from work a few weeks ago.) My folks used to live next to a canyon in La Mesa, but I never saw anything there. I expect the coyotes and skunks ate all the scorpions in that area. Shake those shoes. ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-fucking-scorpion-in-my-room/81796/67 "2001-09-21T06:37:32Z")
Hey Esprix So was he totally toasted or what? You know me, resurection and miracles always expected. I’m hoping for the Lazarus of the Arachnid world! You’ll hate me for this, but just think; if he’s actually packed it in, what are ya gonna do if his friends and relatives show up for the funeral? Blaming you!! All these little creepy crawlers out to get the man who killed their Pa! Heh! Heh! Heh! (Evil laughter!)😃 Actually, I give you full credit for at least trying. You tried to do right by the little bugger, and I commend you and thank you straight from my critter-crazy little heart! You get the zoogirl Kindness to Animals in the Face of Extreme Personal Repugnance Award! That’s the one I usually only give out to people who scoop large hairy spiders out of the bathtub and put them outside UNHARMED! NICE TRY ESPRIX!!! ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-fucking-scorpion-in-my-room/81796/68 "2001-09-21T12:50:31Z")
Ooner: > [@](#): > > If you do decide that you want it as a pet, scorpions eat smaller insects, and grasshoppers are readily available at most pet stores. Johnny L.A.: > [@](#): > > You can go to the pet store to get crickets to feed it. Angel of the Lord: > [@](#): > > If you want to keep it, you might want to get an aqauarium and a supply of nice, juicy crickets from the pet store. The really big ones. You know, I’m not saying our [whisper]enemies[/whisper] ever visit this board, But on the teeny, tiny chance that they DO, can we at least TRY not to act like a bunch of limp-wristed American pansies? No, no, I’m not talking to you, Esprix. I mean, holy gawd, it was a SCORPION. No, no, I’m pointing the finger at the posters who are so fucking SOFT that they have to go to the PET STORE to get a fucking cricket!!! AAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!! ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_The\_Bold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/41988e/32.png) [@Dale\_The\_Bold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_The_Bold)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-fucking-scorpion-in-my-room/81796/69 "2001-09-21T23:30:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Esprix \* > **There is a fucking SCORPION in my room!** I’m no scorpiologist, but wouldn’t that require _two_ scorpions? ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-fucking-scorpion-in-my-room/81796/70 "2001-09-21T23:34:20Z")
No, that would have been, “There’s a scorpion _fucking_ in my room,” and, technically, there needn’t be any assumption that the object of its affection would necessarily be another scorpion; he may have a prediliction for, say, wolf spiders, cockroaches, stuffed animals, or, perhaps, Osama bin Laden (one would hope). Esprix ---
**Author:** ![K\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9bd4f/32.png) [@K\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K_Son)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-fucking-scorpion-in-my-room/81796/71 "2001-10-01T21:30:23Z")
I really could have not read that and die a happy man, but really, this thread has exausted almost all other scorpion related topics, so why not add procreation and weird scorpion fetishes too? ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-fucking-scorpion-in-my-room/81796/72 "2001-10-01T22:28:27Z")
Eduardo is all moldy and smells funny and doesn’t fetch the ball anymore. I hope **Monster104** has a well-ventilated room for him. Esprix ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-fucking-scorpion-in-my-room/81796/73 "2001-10-02T00:03:16Z")
Shit. Scripps Ranch checking in here. So far the wildest wildlife I’ve seen wandering the area has been a couple of peacocks (no, really). But there’s nice wooded areas here in “Country Living” central. Must…keep…eyes…open…for…scorpions…!!! Hopefully Eduardo didn’t have a cousin a coupla miles away. ---
**Author:** ![HairyPotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ab097/32.png) [@HairyPotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HairyPotter)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-fucking-scorpion-in-my-room/81796/74 "2001-10-02T00:41:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Esprix \* > \*\*Eduardo is all moldy and smells funny and doesn’t fetch the ball anymore. I hope **Monster104** has a well-ventilated room for him. > > Esprix \*\* Esprix, I loved hearing the adventures involving Eduardo. It woulda scared the shit out of me, and I woulda been too chicken to try getting the stinger-bearing tyke into a jar. I commend you for overcoming fear in the face of healthy survival instinct. ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-fucking-scorpion-in-my-room/81796/75 "2001-10-02T01:44:13Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by **HairyPotter** _ > > I commend you for overcoming fear in the face of healthy survival instinct. Fuck that shit - I had my one-U-Haul-away-from-being-a-lesbian bisexual housemate do it! My momma raised ugly kids, not stupid ones… Esprix ---
**Author:** ![K\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9bd4f/32.png) [@K\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K_Son)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-fucking-scorpion-in-my-room/81796/76 "2001-10-02T03:00:57Z")
I think you forgot to insult a few people in that last post there Estrix. I think the Pope got away unscathed. ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-fucking-scorpion-in-my-room/81796/77 "2001-10-02T03:17:58Z")
Hijacking my own thread… > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by **scout1222** _ > > Scripps Ranch checking in here. No way! I’m in Mira Mesa! 😃 Time for a _real_ San Diego Dopefest! Esprix ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-fucking-scorpion-in-my-room/81796/78 "2001-10-02T15:05:22Z")
Heh heh. Make the LA folks come to US! And now, back to your regularly scheduled AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!! ---
**Author:** ![BPBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/59ef9b/32.png) [@BPBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BPBob)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-fucking-scorpion-in-my-room/81796/79 "2001-10-02T17:44:08Z")
I once knew a biker named Bushy who balanced his pet tarantula on his forehead while reading the paper. He read the paper, not his spider. :rolleyes: Well, ya never know, huh? He probably would have gotten a scorpion but we’re talking upstate NY and the shipping is hell. I myself am of the venomous = stomp the living fuck out of 'em school of thought, at least inside the house. Sorry, zoogirl. Outside I believe in leaving them the heck alone. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-fucking-scorpion-in-my-room/81796/80 "2001-10-02T17:48:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Esprix \* > **My momma raised ugly kids, not stupid ones…** Hermie’s not uuuugly! 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-fucking-scorpion-in-my-room/81796.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-fucking-scorpion-in-my-room/81796.md?page=5)