The longest thread ever

[Bostondevil]

It's happened here before, very early on.

[DukieInKansas]

Choose your nightmare scenario. Which is worse:

1. Middle of the night and something lands on your face. Probably wasp or spider.

2. Sitting on the toilet and you look down and see something wriggly in the water.

The proper response to this is YES!

Niece Barbara woke up to a tarantula crawling across her face. I'm surprised she didn't shoot holes in the wall. She has also shared pictures of a snake climbing the wall outside the house. I do want to visit the ranch but will only do so in daylight.

[ClemmonsDevil]

It's happened here before, very early on.

Yes noted. Not funny.

[-jk]

Please do not take this as a cue to post pictures of spiders. I will absent myself from the thread for a couple of months, at least, if someone posts a picture of a spider.

I sort of understand. I have a friend who can’t watch basketball games broadcast from the U of Richmond.

-jk

[Bostondevil]

Phobias are a mild form of mental illness. They are irrational fears and although the rational part of my brain understands that a picture is not going to hurt me, it does not matter, my brain cannot function rationally in that situation.

[Bostondevil]

I am afraid of heights too.

[YmoBeThere]

Stairway to Heaven - Lep Zepplin

Didn't bother to find the video this evening. Just phoning it in.

[YmoBeThere]

The jets are loud tonight. Military training and large cargo planes. The cargo planes are notable as they move quite slowly.

[weezie]

Please do not take this as a cue to post pictures of spiders...

What about Charlotte? She's a sweet, gentle spider.

[OldPhiKap]

I am afraid of heights too.

I’m not afraid of heights, but I am afraid of edges.

[Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15]

Stairway to Heaven - Lep Zepplin

Didn't bother to find the video this evening. Just phoning it in.

I always confuse Lep Zepplin with Ded Leddard

[OldPhiKap]

I always confuse Lep Zepplin with Ded Leddard

I always confuse Dolph Lundgren with Led Zeppelin. Odd.

When I lived in Atlanta, there was a band called Dread Zeppelin. It was a reggae band that played Zeppelin covers, with an Elvis impersonator fronting the band. It was . . . unique.

(ETA — looking it up, they are from California and are still active. I thought it was a local thing up until just now).

[Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15]

I always confuse Dolph Lundgren with Led Zeppelin. Odd.

When I lived in Atlanta, there was a band called Dread Zeppelin. It was a reggae band that played Zeppelin covers, with an Elvis impersonator fronting the band. It was . . . unique.

(ETA — looking it up, they are from California and are still active. I thought it was a local thing up until just now).

No way, I had a few of their cassettes.

[YmoBeThere]

I’m not afraid of heights, but I am afraid of edges.

I'm not afraid of heights. I'm afraid of falling from high places.

[budwom]

Phobias are a mild form of mental illness. They are irrational fears and although the rational part of my brain understands that a picture is not going to hurt me, it does not matter, my brain cannot function rationally in that situation.

Arachnophobia isn't a sign of mental illness if you happen to have three lunkers under the bed...

[Bostondevil]

Arachnophobia isn't a sign of mental illness if you happen to have three lunkers under the bed...

LOL

Fear can be rational, but then it's not a phobia.

[ClemmonsDevil]

LOL

Fear can be rational, but then it's not a phobia.

I have a great spider story that ends with me naked and a pizza in the floor. It really was a wild sequence of events.

[Indoor66]

I have a great spider story that ends with me naked and a pizza in the floor. It really was a wild sequence of events.

That,sounds too bizarre to pursue...

[ClemmonsDevil]

That,sounds too bizarre to pursue...

That is the proper tack.

[Bostondevil]

I have a great spider story that ends with me naked and a pizza in the floor. It really was a wild sequence of events.

Please do not be offended, but there is no such thing as a "great" spider story. Horrible? Awful? Terrifying? Sure. But this phobic person really doesn't want to hear any of them. My imagination is much too vivid to endure spider stories. I don't even recount my own encounters with the dark side.