# Well, Looks Like This May Be One Of My Final Posts Here... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 14, 2007, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-looks-like-this-may-be-one-of-my-final-posts-here/415567 "2007-08-14T16:19:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-looks-like-this-may-be-one-of-my-final-posts-here/415567/41 "2007-08-14T20:21:23Z")
Look out…! …the spiders are invading this thread! {{:D}} {{:p}} {{:D}} ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-looks-like-this-may-be-one-of-my-final-posts-here/415567/42 "2007-08-14T20:31:44Z")
[QUOTE=Tranquilis] Look out…! …the spiders are invading this thread! {{:D}} {{:p}} {{:D}} [/QUOTE] **\** **/** \_\_\_[\_\__ **}** _ ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-looks-like-this-may-be-one-of-my-final-posts-here/415567/43 "2007-08-14T20:34:52Z")
[QUOTE=Hal Briston] **\** **/** \_\_\_[\_\__ **}** _ [/QUOTE] _ **ZIGGY! NOOOOOOO!** _ ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-looks-like-this-may-be-one-of-my-final-posts-here/415567/44 "2007-08-14T20:40:53Z")
[QUOTE=Tranquilis] Look out…! …the spiders are invading this thread! {{:D}} {{:p}} {{:D}} [/QUOTE] Now those are just downright cute as a button! {{ :mad: }} at Hal for stomping his brethern emotispiders. {{ ☹ }} {{:(}} {{:(}} ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-looks-like-this-may-be-one-of-my-final-posts-here/415567/45 "2007-08-14T20:51:10Z")
[QUOTE=The Mad Hermit] I love how the spider grows with each mention by **Hal**. When I was in college, I had an empty aquarium in the room- no money to get the fish. I scultped the bottom to look like a terrarium with the gravel and shells, placed a shell upside down and put water in it, and placed a spider from my D&D miniatures collection in the box. A sign on the front stating “do not open the lid” completed the scene. [/QUOTE] For you and Hal 😃 I need to take a few more pics like that. Outdoors in the dirt so I can hide the bases. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-looks-like-this-may-be-one-of-my-final-posts-here/415567/46 "2007-08-14T20:54:31Z")
Eesh…_there’s_ the reason I never had a giant spider among my D&D figurines… ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-looks-like-this-may-be-one-of-my-final-posts-here/415567/47 "2007-08-14T20:55:16Z")
[QUOTE=Hockey Monkey] Now those are just downright cute as a button! {{ :mad: }} at Hal for stomping his brethern emotispiders. {{ ☹ }} {{:(}} {{:(}} [/QUOTE] Great Horned Spider —{ } {{ :mad: }} ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-looks-like-this-may-be-one-of-my-final-posts-here/415567/48 "2007-08-14T20:59:29Z")
[QUOTE=Hockey Monkey] I think your only recourse now is to bulldoze your house. Then set it on fire. With a can of Pledge and a Bic lighter. But take down the new curtains first. [/QUOTE] I have to… Lift off and nuke it from orbit…its the only way to be sure. or you could try one of these in the future. [Anti Spider 1920’s Style Death Ray](http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/10/dvd-laser-retrofitted-into-mini-mag-flashlight/) ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-looks-like-this-may-be-one-of-my-final-posts-here/415567/49 "2007-08-14T21:01:05Z")
I found a picture of **Hal** sleeping, his spider friend not far from him. His name seems to be [MC Pee Pants](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MC_P._Pants). It looks like he only wants candy, so be sure to keep some on hand. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-looks-like-this-may-be-one-of-my-final-posts-here/415567/50 "2007-08-14T21:01:58Z")
My Golden Retriever not only eats spiders, but she locates them and points them out to us. But, since we’re on the other side of the country from you, I suggest you do some research by watching [this.](http://www.mst3kinfo.com/aceg/8/810/ep810.html) (Which I happened to have watched this Sunday night.) All you need is a helicopter and some sort of neutron bomb thingie, and your problems will be over. ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-looks-like-this-may-be-one-of-my-final-posts-here/415567/51 "2007-08-14T21:05:08Z")
Tap-dancing spider chorus line! _{{:D}} {{:D}} {{:D}} {{:D}} {{:D}}_ They’re tapping a conga line into your foundations, **Hal**! {{🆒}} ---
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-looks-like-this-may-be-one-of-my-final-posts-here/415567/52 "2007-08-14T21:07:25Z")
[QUOTE=if6was9] WD-40 and a lighter! 😃 You will be well remembered if for nothing more than that contribution to Arachnid-hating society! [/QUOTE] I can’t link to this because it’s a members-only news service, but here’s the text from a story we ran on our morning news. From Metro NewsSource: (Austin, TX) – A Texas man’s wasp killing adventure led to almost a half a million dollars in fire damage. Dozens of firefighters responded to a call at an apartment complex over the weekend after a guy tried to smoke out wasps from their nest on his balcony. Officials say he torched some paper to do the job but it flared up and caught the wall. That spread to the attic and the damage spread to six units. Nobody was hurt but six families were displaced and are getting Red Cross assistance. ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-looks-like-this-may-be-one-of-my-final-posts-here/415567/53 "2007-08-14T21:26:01Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] Pfft. Amateurs. Kill it with duct tape. [/QUOTE] WD-40 is too weak. B12 Carb cleaner. It’s a flame thrower in a can. If only there was a way to mix it with diesel … ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-looks-like-this-may-be-one-of-my-final-posts-here/415567/54 "2007-08-14T21:51:00Z")
Actually WD-40 [works just fine](http://www.flickr.com/photos/demo/sets/72157594363719093/). ---
**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 14, 2007, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-looks-like-this-may-be-one-of-my-final-posts-here/415567/55 "2007-08-14T22:34:55Z")
[QUOTE=The Mad Hermit] When I was in college, I had an empty aquarium in the room- no money to get the fish. I scultped the bottom to look like a terrarium with the gravel and shells, placed a shell upside down and put water in it, and placed a spider from my D&D miniatures collection in the box. A sign on the front stating “do not open the lid” completed the scene. [/QUOTE] On reading this, it occurred to me that it would be extremely funny to create this same kind of setup, except that (a) you put a sign on the front describing what kind of spider is inside, preferably including a close-up picture; (b) you tear a hole in the netting rubber-banded over the top of the tank; and (c) you don’t put anything at all in the terrarium. Then watch people bend down to examine the tank; they’ll spend a few seconds finding nothing, looking back and forth from the sign to the empty display; and then eventually they’ll notice the exit hole. The slowly dawning expression of realization would be priceless, I imagine. [sub]{{[/sub]:D[sub]}}[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-looks-like-this-may-be-one-of-my-final-posts-here/415567/56 "2007-08-14T22:47:28Z")
[QUOTE=Sunrazor] I can’t link to this because it’s a members-only news service, but here’s the text from a story we ran on our morning news. From Metro NewsSource: (Austin, TX) – A Texas man’s wasp killing adventure led to almost a half a million dollars in fire damage. Dozens of firefighters responded to a call at an apartment complex over the weekend after a guy tried to smoke out wasps from their nest on his balcony. Officials say he torched some paper to do the job but it flared up and caught the wall. That spread to the attic and the damage spread to six units. Nobody was hurt but six families were displaced and are getting Red Cross assistance. [/QUOTE] Thanks for the timely article - we’re preparing to do battle against a wasp nest in our siding. No matter how tempting it might be, I’ll remember this story and not try to burn them out. {{:D}} \<–all my smileys may be spider smileys from now on ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-looks-like-this-may-be-one-of-my-final-posts-here/415567/57 "2007-08-14T22:54:50Z")
{{ 🙂 }} {{ :mad: }} {{ :rolleyes: }} {{ 🆒 }} {{ 😛 }} {{ 😉 }} {{ :dubious: }} {{ 😃 }} { :smack: }} {{ :o }} {{ 😕 }} {{ ☹ }} {{ :eek: }} Notice the smacky spider has one less added leg to account for one leg smacking. You cannot smoosh us ALL Hal Briston! Mwuhaahaahaa! ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-looks-like-this-may-be-one-of-my-final-posts-here/415567/58 "2007-08-14T23:07:15Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] Don’t you have a cat who can go spider hunting for you? Maybe **EddyTeddyFreddy** will lend you one of hers. [/QUOTE] [Here](http://img61.imageshack.us/my.php?image=laserschargedtargetaquijr3.jpg), I don’t remember where I got this lolcat from, I thought it was from [I Can Has Cheezburger?](http://icanhascheezburger.com/), but I’m not finding it on searches there. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-looks-like-this-may-be-one-of-my-final-posts-here/415567/59 "2007-08-14T23:32:12Z")
What’s the deal, why are all of your smiley spiders club footed? Here is what they should look like. }} 😃 {{ ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-looks-like-this-may-be-one-of-my-final-posts-here/415567/60 "2007-08-14T23:46:56Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] Don’t you have a cat who can go spider hunting for you? Maybe **EddyTeddyFreddy** will lend you one of hers. [/QUOTE] Squash as it happens was bug-hunting just this afternoon but the fly kept escaping from under his paw. The buzzing was pathetic, I tells ya. Eventually the winged prey made its escape to an upper floor. Squash abandoned his post and made a beeline for the Food Closet of Kibble Goodness. Sorry to turn you down, **Hal** , but I doubt he’d be much use. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-looks-like-this-may-be-one-of-my-final-posts-here/415567.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-looks-like-this-may-be-one-of-my-final-posts-here/415567.md?page=4)