# UUHHGG!! I just bit into a BIG SPIDER!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 5, 2003, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uuhhgg-i-just-bit-into-a-big-spider/179873 "2003-06-05T17:19:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Severian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@Severian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Severian)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uuhhgg-i-just-bit-into-a-big-spider/179873/41 "2003-06-06T02:34:26Z")
Good thing I always eat strawberries whole. ---
**Author:** ![firagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/13edae/32.png) [@firagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/firagon)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uuhhgg-i-just-bit-into-a-big-spider/179873/42 "2003-06-06T02:43:57Z")
Got any pictures? Of the spider, that is. ---
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uuhhgg-i-just-bit-into-a-big-spider/179873/43 "2003-06-06T03:15:40Z")
ICK ICK ICK! That is just _too nasty!_ Now I know that we are very open with each other on this board but did you _have_ to share that one with us? I am never eating strawberries again. ---
**Author:** ![tunabreath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@tunabreath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tunabreath)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uuhhgg-i-just-bit-into-a-big-spider/179873/44 "2003-06-06T03:26:33Z")
Once when I used to smoke that green stuff there was a very small wasp in my pipe. I felt it on my tongue and thought bud like material, crunched and swallowed. then I felt this bad tingling sensation on my lower lip. The thing had stung me on the way in. It got very bad and swollen, took a few days to get down to something as small as those wax lips you could buy about 40 years ago. (yup, I’m aged) I remember wax bottles with Coca-cola in them. boy that hurt. ---
**Author:** ![Elenfair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cc9497/32.png) [@Elenfair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elenfair)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uuhhgg-i-just-bit-into-a-big-spider/179873/45 "2003-06-06T03:39:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lieu \* > \*\*Hundreds of baby spiders are often attached to the mother’s abdomen. > > They usually just kinda sit there… pulsing. \*\* I. Will. Never. Be. Able. To. Sleep. Again. _shudder_ ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uuhhgg-i-just-bit-into-a-big-spider/179873/46 "2003-06-06T03:44:28Z")
Hey, they taught me in Survival School “six legs or less”. I’ve eaten dog, cat, snake, caterpillar, tutle, worms, etc. The minute you bring a spider in, I’m all “Ew! What the hell is that?!?” Tripler Remember: ‘For survival, six legs or less’. ---
**Author:** ![lilbtagna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@lilbtagna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilbtagna)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uuhhgg-i-just-bit-into-a-big-spider/179873/47 "2003-06-06T03:44:49Z")
:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: Why, oh why do I open these threads? Stupid me, I shouldn’t let curiosity get the better of me! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uuhhgg-i-just-bit-into-a-big-spider/179873/48 "2003-06-06T03:51:36Z")
So, **Antiquarian** , what’s for supper? 😃 Ewwwwwwwwwww::shudder::wwwwwwwwwwww ---
**Author:** ![g8rguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@g8rguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/g8rguy)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uuhhgg-i-just-bit-into-a-big-spider/179873/49 "2003-06-06T03:56:51Z")
Out of curiousity, **Tripler** , how does tutle taste? 😛 Oh, and you’re a brave man. For me, it’s: four legs, four hooves, domesticated, pre-slaughtered, pre-processed, pre-packaged, and if possible, pre-cooked. I’m a wimp and proud of it! ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Badger\_Racing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@Atomic\_Badger\_Racing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Badger_Racing)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uuhhgg-i-just-bit-into-a-big-spider/179873/50 "2003-06-06T05:21:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tripler \* > \*\*Hey, they taught me in Survival School “six legs or less”. > > I’ve eaten dog, cat, snake, caterpillar, tutle, worms, etc. The minute you bring a spider in, I’m all “Ew! What the hell is that?!?” > > Tripler > Remember: ‘For survival, six legs or less’. \*\* I’m pretty sure caterpillars have more than six legs… or ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uuhhgg-i-just-bit-into-a-big-spider/179873/51 "2003-06-06T06:19:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Antiquarian \* > \*\*OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD!!! That was one of the nastiest things I have ever experienced. > > I have a large bowl of huge strawberries next to my desk. I just picked up one of the larger ones, gripped the cluster of green leaves in a clump, and chomped down only to discover a big, black, hairy spider now severed in half… > > **Oi…Oi…Oi…Gag** \* > > I just tasted spider gut. I have to chill while the knot in my throat unbends…BLAAAAAAAAAHH!!! \*\* Oh MY GOD!!! I hate spiders! You poor thing, I’m going to have sympathy nightmares for you tonite! ---
**Author:** ![firagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/13edae/32.png) [@firagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/firagon)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uuhhgg-i-just-bit-into-a-big-spider/179873/52 "2003-06-06T07:17:31Z")
The moral of the story: Look before you eat. ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uuhhgg-i-just-bit-into-a-big-spider/179873/53 "2003-06-06T08:04:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kalhoun \* > \*\*I had a spider in my mouth once. The experience is just beyond disgusting. Poor you… \*\* Poor _Spider!_ ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uuhhgg-i-just-bit-into-a-big-spider/179873/54 "2003-06-06T10:25:05Z")
That is gross! No, I don’t have a cite for what I’m going to say… too early in the morning / late at night to dredge one up, anyhow… But… you ARE aware of the nutty statistic which says that we swallow (on average) eight spiders while we sleep, during our lifetime… right? Now that’s kinda icky, too. F\_X ---
**Author:** ![S.Mussberger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@S.Mussberger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/S.Mussberger)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uuhhgg-i-just-bit-into-a-big-spider/179873/55 "2003-06-06T10:47:19Z")
This is the most disgusting thing I’ve ever read here… and on a strawberry also… evil… ---
**Author:** ![Woeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Woeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Woeg)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uuhhgg-i-just-bit-into-a-big-spider/179873/56 "2003-06-06T12:07:21Z")
Mmmmm…spiders… 😉 This reminds me of something I saw on Ripley’s Believe it or Not a long time ago. Wasn’t there a famous Japanese artist who ate spiders on crackers? And if I remember correctly, didn’t that artist say they tasted like strawberries? Hmmm… ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uuhhgg-i-just-bit-into-a-big-spider/179873/57 "2003-06-06T12:09:31Z")
I just watched the **Spider-Man** movie…it didn’t have strawberries in it that I noticed. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uuhhgg-i-just-bit-into-a-big-spider/179873/58 "2003-06-06T12:25:47Z")
Lieu, I’ve put up with all your graphic descriptions of bathroom activities of both you and your cow-orkers. I’ve laughed. I’ve cried. I’ve empathisized. But you have crossed the fucking line. Pulsating, abdominal hitchhiking baby spiders? In someone’s mouth? AND spider poetry? YOU SUCK! YOU SUCK! YOU SUCK! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uuhhgg-i-just-bit-into-a-big-spider/179873/59 "2003-06-06T12:26:53Z")
I meant “empathised”. But you knew that. ---
**Author:** ![Antiquarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Antiquarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antiquarian)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uuhhgg-i-just-bit-into-a-big-spider/179873/60 "2003-06-06T12:30:53Z")
Ha Ha Ha! I waltz into my office this morning only to find a large hairy, plastic spider in my coffee mug… Ha Ha Ha!! I made it through the night with no crazy dreams. I didn’t eat very much for dinner though. And Yes I brought my wife home and didn’t make her take the **T**. I am now an Edible-Arachnophobic. It was the crunch and consistency that really threw me for a loop, and is now branded into my collective unconscience. Blaahhh!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uuhhgg-i-just-bit-into-a-big-spider/179873.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uuhhgg-i-just-bit-into-a-big-spider/179873.md?page=4)