# Today Is Bring A Spider To Work Day **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 16, 2005, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-bring-a-spider-to-work-day/317290 "2005-08-16T16:46:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-bring-a-spider-to-work-day/317290/21 "2005-08-16T22:49:08Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > Yes, I was unaware of it as well until I pulled out of my garage and happened to see a spider taking a comfortable position on my windshield wiper. Sydney spiders must be significantly less intelligent than those in your neck of the woods. Last time I had a spider day, it was “Take a Spider Home from Work” day. Thing was, the stupid spider chose the _outside_ of the car. Credit to him though, he lasted about six or seven miles before he blew off the windscreen. It was quite funny to watch (although I pitied him): the spider was almost directly in front of me as I drove, and he was adjusting for the varying strong air currents by leaning in and out in various directions with his knees stuck out sharply like a racing motorcyclist rounding a corner. The spider put up a valiant effort, it must be said. ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-bring-a-spider-to-work-day/317290/22 "2005-08-16T22:49:59Z")
> [@Snakescatlady](#): > > There is a small gecko who, for some reason, likes to watch me bathe. I will be all nice & comfy with my book and maybe a cool drink, when I look up to see beady black eyes staring at me from a tiny green face. After the bath, he goes into an empty trashcan for the ride outside. I don’t know if it is the same one each time, but it has happened three times and if it keeps up I’m gonna have to start selling tickets. One, please. ---
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-bring-a-spider-to-work-day/317290/23 "2005-08-16T23:11:15Z")
> [@Mama Tiger](#): > > When I lived in Louisiana, it was often Take A Gecko Out for a Ride as a Hood Ornament day. They’d stand there on my hood with this look of sheer panic on their little lizard faces. It must have been _Bring a Lizard Home from Work_ day a few weeks ago. I was driving about 50 mph when I noticed the little guy hanging on to my windshield wipers for dear life. He was so traumatized that he wouldn’t let go of the windshield wipers after I stopped. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-bring-a-spider-to-work-day/317290/24 "2005-08-16T23:46:07Z")
Interesting. For me, soon after I woke up this morning, it was “Pick Up Your Feet While Sitting On The Toilet So The Giant House Spider Motoring Across The Bathroom Floor Can Progress Unimpeded” day today. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-bring-a-spider-to-work-day/317290/25 "2005-08-17T02:55:23Z")
It was Tread Gingerly Past the Three Giant Spiders and Their Wondrous Webs in the back yard potted palm day. Soon followed by the Ack! I Have Web on My Face! dance. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-bring-a-spider-to-work-day/317290/26 "2005-08-17T03:02:30Z")
I remember a brilliant sight one day. Driving along the road at around about 60kph, the car that overtakes us is doing about 65. And hanging from the boot, by one foot that must have been caught in the latch or something, was a [wolf spider](http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/images/cain309.jpg). Seven legs were flapping in the breeze and one was trapped in there. Poor spidey. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-bring-a-spider-to-work-day/317290/27 "2005-08-17T03:09:02Z")
A few minutes ago I caught a male orb-weaver that was crawling on my fan. I’ll let him out later. ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-bring-a-spider-to-work-day/317290/28 "2005-08-17T03:35:31Z")
> [@Sierra Indigo](#): > > I remember a brilliant sight one day. Driving along the road at around about 60kph, the car that overtakes us is doing about 65. And hanging from the boot, by one foot that must have been caught in the latch or something, was a [wolf spider](http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/images/cain309.jpg). Seven legs were flapping in the breeze and one was trapped in there. Poor spidey. Gah! I really shouldn’t have clicked on this link. I’ll have nightmares about giant spiders tonight, for sure! I had an unusually spider-free day today, but I did have to escort a nifty little green bug outside. I live in Spidey Central, and they think my bathtub is a great place to hang out. Or they build webs right across my door, so I do the Walked Right Through a Huge Spider Web Dance a lot. I’ve almost gotten used to it. **Anaamika,** I’m usually very calm, but spiders in my hair (or any unidentified bugs) really freaks me out. Do you think they’re laughing at us? ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-bring-a-spider-to-work-day/317290/29 "2005-08-17T05:02:19Z")
> [@Sierra Indigo](#): > > … was a [wolf spider](http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/images/cain309.jpg). Seven legs were flapping in the breeze and one was trapped in there. Ha! Last year we “celebrated” Hear Your Husband Scream Like A Girl When He Pulls The Covers Back On The Bed & Sees the Giant Wolf Spider Waiting On His Pillow". That was a real fun one. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-bring-a-spider-to-work-day/317290/30 "2005-08-17T12:54:58Z")
> [@MagicEyes](#): > > **Anaamika,** I’m usually very calm, but spiders in my hair (or any unidentified bugs) really freaks me out. Do you think they’re laughing at us? I dunno, maybe they’re just trying to be affectionate. Maybe our hair smells nice. But it doesn’t matter. Spiders and I can cohabitate the same house, but not the same body. Stop crawling on me! ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-bring-a-spider-to-work-day/317290/31 "2005-08-17T14:16:15Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Maybe our hair smells nice. Maybe that explains it. I think they’re drawn to long hair, too. More places to hide. Good thing I’m getting my hair cut tomorrow! ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-bring-a-spider-to-work-day/317290/32 "2005-08-17T15:35:42Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I dunno, maybe they’re just trying to be affectionate. Maybe our hair smells nice. “gee your webs smell terrific!” ---
**Author:** ![Barrels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@Barrels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barrels)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-bring-a-spider-to-work-day/317290/33 "2005-08-17T16:03:32Z")
I wanna live in a place that has free range lizards, it sounds cool! I am all good with cold blooded things that have legs, its when they don’t have legs but still move around that get me running away like a sheep in Montana. except worms and amputees, they don’t bother me much. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-bring-a-spider-to-work-day/317290/34 "2005-08-17T16:06:03Z")
Hey, has anyone seen **An Arky** lately? He was bitten by a spider yesterday… ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-bring-a-spider-to-work-day/317290/35 "2005-08-17T18:00:26Z")
Haha! I’m fine, no bumps or anything. Must have been non-poisonous. Thanks for checking… ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-bring-a-spider-to-work-day/317290/36 "2005-08-17T18:10:13Z")
> [@An Arky](#): > > Haha! I’m fine, no bumps or anything. Must have been non-poisonous. Thanks for checking… Have you tried climbing up the wall or shooting stuff out of your wrists? It can’t hurt to check. ---
**Author:** ![TygerDralion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e19adc/32.png) [@TygerDralion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TygerDralion)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-bring-a-spider-to-work-day/317290/37 "2005-08-17T19:15:49Z")
Today, FINALLY, is “Watch a really really hot and sexy [Spider One](http://www.metalmasters.net/photogallery-04-26-03-powerman5000.html) in concert (with the rest of PM5K) here in my hometown!” ~TygerD~ ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-bring-a-spider-to-work-day/317290/38 "2005-08-17T19:38:00Z")
We have lizards, but they’re more standoffish. I did have to rescue a cute little 2 inch baby one that wandered into my office once. He was pretty hard to catch, but I didn’t mind. I was just relieved that he wasn’t the 2 inch cockroach I thought he was when I first saw something brown streaking across the carpet. ---
**Author:** ![MacSpon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@MacSpon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacSpon)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-bring-a-spider-to-work-day/317290/39 "2005-08-17T20:13:21Z")
> [@An Arky](#): > > Huh. I got bit on the neck by a spider last night. I walked into some web going out the kitchen door. I was picking it off of me when I got a hold of a spider with a green belly portion (the bulbous part) and beige legs. Two little bumps came up on my neck that looked like mosquito bites. They stung slightly for a few minutes. No bumps today, and I’m not dead, as far as I can tell. This morning, do you find that you can climb walls and shoot webs? ---
**Author:** ![Bigang120](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/db5fbb/32.png) [@Bigang120](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bigang120)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-bring-a-spider-to-work-day/317290/40 "2005-08-18T00:05:18Z")
Couple of days ago I had bring a spider home from work day. Big brown hairy wolf spider that found his way from my knee into my jockey shorts. So big old hairy me ends up on the side of the road with his britches around his knees beating the spider out of his shorts. Thankfully my commute is mostly rural and only one car went by during this exercise. Now I’m not at all afraid of spiders, having played with tarantulas many times before, but a wild spider in my BVDs was too much to put up with. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-bring-a-spider-to-work-day/317290.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-bring-a-spider-to-work-day/317290.md?page=3)