Comments on: George* the Spider http://blog.flexnib.com/2005/12/04/george-the-spider/ ... the online home of a librarian in Perth, Western Australia Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:16:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: cherryripe http://blog.flexnib.com/2005/12/04/george-the-spider/#comment-612 cherryripe Tue, 06 Dec 2005 00:08:45 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2005/12/04/george-the-spider/#comment-612 Yes, Gran always used to say that to me. Maybe it was just to program me into not freaking out at arachnids. Whatever, it worked. ;) Yes, Gran always used to say that to me. Maybe it was just to program me into not freaking out at arachnids. Whatever, it worked. ;)

]]> By: CW http://blog.flexnib.com/2005/12/04/george-the-spider/#comment-611 CW Mon, 05 Dec 2005 22:08:24 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2005/12/04/george-the-spider/#comment-611 Mooiness: Yep, there are definitely two schools of thought on this - cobwebs = pest control, versus cobwebs = mess.<br/><br/>M: I coulda sworn you called it Fred - but hey George is a good name too. Although maybe we should call it Georgette (see Israd's comment).<br/><br/>Cherry: Do they really say that?<br/><br/>Israd: you know, you're probably right! So that spider I saw in the web the other day was most likely a male spider, now consumed... *shiver*<br/><br/>Anna: Poor Huntsman! Just goes to show, dogs will eat anything! Mooiness: Yep, there are definitely two schools of thought on this - cobwebs = pest control, versus cobwebs = mess.

M: I coulda sworn you called it Fred - but hey George is a good name too. Although maybe we should call it Georgette (see Israd’s comment).

Cherry: Do they really say that?

Israd: you know, you’re probably right! So that spider I saw in the web the other day was most likely a male spider, now consumed… *shiver*

Anna: Poor Huntsman! Just goes to show, dogs will eat anything!

]]> By: anna http://blog.flexnib.com/2005/12/04/george-the-spider/#comment-610 anna Mon, 05 Dec 2005 09:05:31 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2005/12/04/george-the-spider/#comment-610 I agree with cherryripe...I like spiders - I think they are lovely. <br/>There used to be a huntsman that lived between my bedside table and wall for about three months. It would come out in the evening and go back in at dawn. One day I found it on my quilt so I thought I should probably put it outside before it thought it could get into bed with me.<br/>I put it in a jar and took it to the backyard, gently placing it on the ground near the grevillia. Our neighbour's german shepherd came along and *slhhhhhp!* ate the spider, just like that. I should have left it in my room. I agree with cherryripe…I like spiders - I think they are lovely.
There used to be a huntsman that lived between my bedside table and wall for about three months. It would come out in the evening and go back in at dawn. One day I found it on my quilt so I thought I should probably put it outside before it thought it could get into bed with me.
I put it in a jar and took it to the backyard, gently placing it on the ground near the grevillia. Our neighbour’s german shepherd came along and *slhhhhhp!* ate the spider, just like that. I should have left it in my room.

]]> By: Israd http://blog.flexnib.com/2005/12/04/george-the-spider/#comment-609 Israd Mon, 05 Dec 2005 05:15:51 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2005/12/04/george-the-spider/#comment-609 Your spidey looks like a female. Male spiders are tiny compared to their mate. Most female species kill (actually eat!) their partners after mating too. <br/><br/>Hmm maybe I am exaggerating but I read this somewhere. Don't sue me if I got it wrong! Your spidey looks like a female. Male spiders are tiny compared to their mate. Most female species kill (actually eat!) their partners after mating too.

Hmm maybe I am exaggerating but I read this somewhere. Don’t sue me if I got it wrong!

]]> By: cherryripe http://blog.flexnib.com/2005/12/04/george-the-spider/#comment-608 cherryripe Mon, 05 Dec 2005 03:43:54 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2005/12/04/george-the-spider/#comment-608 Hello George!!! *waves madly* I like spiders; they don't terrify me the way roaches do. And don't old wives say spiders are good luck? Well, this old wife does! ;-P Hello George!!! *waves madly* I like spiders; they don’t terrify me the way roaches do. And don’t old wives say spiders are good luck? Well, this old wife does! ;-P

]]> By: m http://blog.flexnib.com/2005/12/04/george-the-spider/#comment-607 m Mon, 05 Dec 2005 02:32:13 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2005/12/04/george-the-spider/#comment-607 Can we call him 'George' instead? Can we call him ‘George’ instead?

]]> By: m http://blog.flexnib.com/2005/12/04/george-the-spider/#comment-606 m Mon, 05 Dec 2005 02:30:20 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2005/12/04/george-the-spider/#comment-606 *puzzled*<br/><br/>I never named him 'fred' and I wouldn't have either. To do so raises the sorry spectre of our old pet who died at the beginning of the year :(<br/><br/>I did mention you should name him though. You can't have a 'pet' without giving him a name :) *puzzled*

I never named him ‘fred’ and I wouldn’t have either. To do so raises the sorry spectre of our old pet who died at the beginning of the year :(

I did mention you should name him though. You can’t have a ‘pet’ without giving him a name :)

]]> By: mooiness http://blog.flexnib.com/2005/12/04/george-the-spider/#comment-605 mooiness Mon, 05 Dec 2005 00:24:11 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2005/12/04/george-the-spider/#comment-605 I tend to leave the spiders alone because they take care of the other pests in the house.<br/><br/>But when my mom comes to my house, she'd be, "Your house is untidy! So many cob webs everywhere!" :P I tend to leave the spiders alone because they take care of the other pests in the house.

But when my mom comes to my house, she’d be, “Your house is untidy! So many cob webs everywhere!” :P

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