I think that may be the funniest thing in this whole thread.
Francesca:
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.
So, it was an S&M relationship? 
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?
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
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.
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!!!
Ooner:
Johnny L.A.:
Angel of the Lord:
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!!!
I’m no scorpiologist, but wouldn’t that require two scorpions?
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
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?
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
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.
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.
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
I think you forgot to insult a few people in that last post there Estrix. I think the Pope got away unscathed.
Hijacking my own thread…
No way! I’m in Mira Mesa!
Time for a real San Diego Dopefest!
Esprix
Heh heh. Make the LA folks come to US!
And now, back to your regularly scheduled AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!
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.
Hermie’s not uuuugly!