guess what surprised me in my bathroom!

[inox]

I thought the funnel web spider (atrax robustus) was the real problem spider in Australia.

[malcolm]

hmmmmmm.........yeah, that beast sounds prety nasty too.....reading about it.
sheesh. if ti wasnt for australia havin really hot chix-I'd probably never go there what with nasty freaky spiders and bears dropping out the sky and all...lol

[Ryuken-Kai]

*shivers* this post is scaring me, despite living where there are no poisonous spiders (correct me if i'm wrong btw), they still shit me up. about this time last year, loads of these big-ass house spiders (a term i dislike....they are not meant to be in houses!) lived in my house.....i found a huge one every day. once i managed to repress my fear long enought to vacuum up two of the bastards....and a bit later they climbed out of the hoover dear god, they were scary, all dusty....and theres now one living behind the bath.......*climbs into biohazard suit*

[malcolm]

Maalcollm,

ok, vit! you win! worst misspelling of my name ever! lol

[KilLAtomiK]

o few years back my iguana got out of its tank and wandered into the bathroom at night, when my dad wiooke up early in the mornin to go to work he saw the long tail and freaked out. my dad is the bigest guy i know hes 6ft somethin im guessing 4 in and hes way strong like those strongmen from a circus side show, so it was prety funny to see him run around like lil girl

[Ryuken-Kai]

hahahahahaha, drop bears......er, i mean, yeah, they are terrible.....

[Evilbink]

One of these days I'm gonna catch one and preserve it in something to wear as an amulet....

I bought one that was in amber (not real amber) from the airport in AZ. It was too big for a pendant, but it makes a very cool paperweight.

[grebo]

there a well known song in australia "there a redback on the toilet seat"

deadly snakes and spiders are so common theyre evn in the burbs. we were told as kids dont play in the long grass cos there might be snakes, dont play in wood piles cos there might be spiders, dont stand under trees cos there might be dropbears

Redback On The Toilet Seat (1972)
Ralph Ernest 'Slim' Newton

There was a redback on the toilet seat, when I was there last night
I didn't see him in the dark, but boy I felt his bite.
I jumped high up into the air and when I hit the ground
That crafty redback spider, wasn't nowhere to be found.

I rushed into the missus, told her just where I'd been bit
She grabbed the cut-throat razor blade, and I nearly took a fit.
I said, "Just forget what's on your mind and call the doctor, please,
'Cause I've got a feeling that your cure is worse than the disease."

Chorus: There was a redback on the toilet seat, when I was there last night
I didn't see him in the dark, but boy I felt his bite.
And now I'm here in hospital, a sad and sorry site
And I curse the redback spider, on the toilet seat last night.

I can't lie down, I can't sit up and I don't know what to do
And all the nurses think it's funny, but that's not my point of view.
I tell you it's embarrassing and that to say the least
That I'm too sick to eat a bit, while that spider had a feast.

And when I get back home again, I'll tell you what I'll do
I'll make that redback suffer, for the pain I'm going through.
I've had so many needles, that I'm looking like a sieve
And I promise you that spider, hasn't very long to live.

[drewblood]

does anyone here live in Australia? I would love to see a Mouse Spider someday!