# 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:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**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 18, 2005, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-bring-a-spider-to-work-day/317290/41 "2005-08-18T00:13:32Z")
> [@Bigang120](#): > > 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. Oh dear. I’m sorry, but this image of big ole hairy you dancing around on the side of the road with your pants around your knees just about made me piss myself laughing. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-bring-a-spider-to-work-day/317290/42 "2005-08-18T01:41:40Z")
> [@Bigang120](#): > > Big brown hairy wolf spider that found his way from my knee into my jockey shorts. ::faints:: You see, these are [very](http://www.spiderzrule.com/Wolf_spider.jpg) large [spiders.](http://dine.sanjuan.k12.ut.us/heritage/land/animals/bugs/images/wolf_spider.jpg) My husband, of the Find A Wolf Spider On Your Pillow Day, well, I’d probably be a widow if it had happened to _him_… ---
**Author:** ![Orville\_mogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/aeb1de/32.png) [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-bring-a-spider-to-work-day/317290/43 "2005-08-18T10:31:54Z")
I was once getting out of my car on the way into the supermarket when I noticed a praying mantis sitting on my shoe. He was just sitting on my laces staring at me, with this look that said “Give me a ride Mister”. So I figured let’s leave the little guy there and see how long he can hang on. He actually stayed there for the whole shopping trip, and I pleased him gently in some weeds on the edge of the parking lot when I left. I think praying mantises are really cool. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-bring-a-spider-to-work-day/317290/44 "2005-08-18T11:17:12Z")
> [@Endemic](#): > > I pleased him gently in some weeds on the edge of the parking lot when I left. > I think praying mantises are really cool. Obviously. Eeew. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-bring-a-spider-to-work-day/317290/45 "2005-08-18T11:27:12Z")
Yesterday was Allow The [Venomous Spider](http://www.termite.com/spiders/White-Tail-Spider.shtml) To Go About Its Business So It Doesn’t Bite Me day. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-bring-a-spider-to-work-day/317290/46 "2005-08-18T11:53:44Z")
> [@Endemic](#): > > He was just sitting on my laces staring at me, with this look that said “Give me a ride Mister”. This kills me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-bring-a-spider-to-work-day/317290/47 "2005-08-18T12:05:25Z")
When I was in India at the beginning of July, every day became let the cute little gecko like lizard watch me as I work or shower day. There was a little lizard that decided that my bathroom was its home as well as my bathroom. I gave up shooing it out, it liked my bathroom too much, but was always gone in the morning. Obviously an early riser. Then, one day, a lizard managed to get into the computer room. Scooted its way up the partition of my cubicle, and then sat on top of my computer and watched me work. It was a really sweet little thing. It was the day after the grasshopper tried to attack me, kamikazi style… Yesterday was scream like a little girl whilst on the phone because there’s a huge spider crawling up the wall day. ---
**Author:** ![Orville\_mogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/aeb1de/32.png) [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-bring-a-spider-to-work-day/317290/48 "2005-08-18T13:09:55Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Obviously. Eeew. 😉 But it was just a one-off. Would you believe that he wanted me to eat him afterwards? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Orville\_mogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/aeb1de/32.png) [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-bring-a-spider-to-work-day/317290/49 "2005-08-18T13:13:39Z")
> [@Dung Beetle](#): > > This kills me. 😃 Actually, that’s not too far from the truth. Check [this](http://www.birdwatchersdigest.com/site/backyardbirds/hummingbirds/mantis-hummer.aspx?sc=birdwireJul2005) out. That’s the last time I pick up green hitchhikers, no matter how cool. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-bring-a-spider-to-work-day/317290/50 "2005-08-18T13:16:22Z")
You better just do what the mantis tells you to do. ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-bring-a-spider-to-work-day/317290/51 "2005-08-18T14:54:45Z")
> [@Endemic](#): > > I think praying mantises are really cool. You know what’s really cool? Baby praying mantises! Little bugs with really big eyes. And they’re too small to eat birds and stuff, which is good. **Endemic,** I think that praying mantis had big plans for you! He didn’t just want a ride, he wanted dinner! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-bring-a-spider-to-work-day/317290/52 "2005-08-18T15:12:59Z")
“This is a shoe-jacking, mister.” ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-bring-a-spider-to-work-day/317290/53 "2005-08-18T15:15:31Z")
> [@Endemic](#): > > He was just sitting on my laces staring at me, with this look that said “Give me a ride Mister”. > … I \*\*pleased \*\* him gently in some weeds on the edge of the parking lot when I left. Bloody hell! Just when you think you’ve heard it all… \*\*INSECT PORN! \*\* 😃 ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-bring-a-spider-to-work-day/317290/54 "2005-08-18T16:10:24Z")
Well, all I have to say is that today is - apparently - _slowly stalk a spider across the deck, and when the moment is right, pounce on it and then eat it alive_ day. At least, if you’re my dog it is. She also ate three ants. I’m not making this up, and I cannot figure out why my dog likes insects so much. ---
**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 18, 2005, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-bring-a-spider-to-work-day/317290/55 "2005-08-18T16:42:32Z")
> [@Bites When Provoked](#): > > Just when you think you’ve heard it all… I noticed that too, and I wondered if it was even legal where he was at. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-bring-a-spider-to-work-day/317290.md?page=2)