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| User: "Woodswun" |
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| Title: Re: For Wolfy |
29 Jul 2007 07:18:39 AM |
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On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 23:22:27 -0700, Docrodile wrote:
http://www.geocities.com/zbigstar/spider.jpg
Looks like the artist had a model that was a little mangled by the time it
did the modeling! (I've never seen a spider body that looked quite like
that).
Woods
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| User: "Docrodile" |
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| Title: Re: For Wolfy |
29 Jul 2007 09:02:19 AM |
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"Woodswun" <woodswun@tepidmail.com> wrote in message
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On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 23:22:27 -0700, Docrodile wrote:
http://www.geocities.com/zbigstar/spider.jpg
Looks like the artist had a model that was a little mangled by the time
it
did the modeling! (I've never seen a spider body that looked quite like
that).
Woods
They look much like that when they're sucked up into a cyclonic-action
Black & Decker Dustbuster hand vacuum!! The rapid tornadic motion inside
the translucent dirt cup bangs 'em up pretty bad.
I've enjoyed watching this. It is one of my guilty pleasures....
Doc
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| User: "Woodswun" |
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| Title: Re: For Wolfy |
29 Jul 2007 08:13:48 PM |
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On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 07:02:19 -0700, Docrodile wrote:
"Woodswun" <woodswun@tepidmail.com> wrote in message
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On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 23:22:27 -0700, Docrodile wrote:
http://www.geocities.com/zbigstar/spider.jpg
Looks like the artist had a model that was a little mangled by the time
it
did the modeling! (I've never seen a spider body that looked quite like
that).
Woods
They look much like that when they're sucked up into a cyclonic-action
Black & Decker Dustbuster hand vacuum!! The rapid tornadic motion inside
the translucent dirt cup bangs 'em up pretty bad.
I've enjoyed watching this. It is one of my guilty pleasures....
Doc
Oh! Poor spiders! :-(
I just bring them outside. I've had spiders faint on me when I picked
them up (in a tissue/paper towel, I don't want a spider bite!). I didn't
know that bugs could faint, but they do. Sadly, the first one that 'came
to' startled me so much that I accidentally dropped it and then stomped on
it real quick. (In my defense, at the time I didn't know what a
brown recluse spider looked like, so all brown spiders that I couldn't ID
got squished if I couldn't catch 'em any other way).
Woods
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| User: "Docrodile" |
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| Title: Re: For Wolfy |
29 Jul 2007 09:12:52 PM |
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"Woodswun" <woodswun@tepidmail.com> wrote in message
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On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 07:02:19 -0700, Docrodile wrote:
"Woodswun" <woodswun@tepidmail.com> wrote in message
news:46ac859f$0$30612$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 23:22:27 -0700, Docrodile wrote:
http://www.geocities.com/zbigstar/spider.jpg
Looks like the artist had a model that was a little mangled by the
time
it
did the modeling! (I've never seen a spider body that looked quite
like
that).
Woods
They look much like that when they're sucked up into a cyclonic-action
Black & Decker Dustbuster hand vacuum!! The rapid tornadic motion
inside
the translucent dirt cup bangs 'em up pretty bad.
I've enjoyed watching this. It is one of my guilty pleasures....
Doc
Oh! Poor spiders! :-(
I just bring them outside. I've had spiders faint on me when I picked
them up (in a tissue/paper towel, I don't want a spider bite!). I
didn't
know that bugs could faint, but they do. Sadly, the first one that 'came
to' startled me so much that I accidentally dropped it and then stomped
on
it real quick. (In my defense, at the time I didn't know what a
brown recluse spider looked like, so all brown spiders that I couldn't
ID
got squished if I couldn't catch 'em any other way).
Woods
You may call it fainting, but I call it instinctual defensiveness. Animals
will 'freeze' to conceal themselves, and I think bugs often do the same
thing. They think if they remain perfectly still and watchful their enemy
will not notice them, or become confused and, at the same time, they can
store up energy to make a quick dash to a safer place.
Doc
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| User: "Perseid" |
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| Title: Re: For Wolfy |
29 Jul 2007 10:41:16 PM |
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After Much Chewing of Cud and Cogitation, "Docrodile"
<swampthing@hellsbayou.net> Spat the Words
"Woodswun" <woodswun@tepidmail.com> wrote in message
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On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 07:02:19 -0700, Docrodile wrote:
"Woodswun" <woodswun@tepidmail.com> wrote in message
news:46ac859f$0$30612$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 23:22:27 -0700, Docrodile wrote:
http://www.geocities.com/zbigstar/spider.jpg
Looks like the artist had a model that was a little mangled by the
time
it
did the modeling! (I've never seen a spider body that looked quite
like
that).
Woods
They look much like that when they're sucked up into a cyclonic-action
Black & Decker Dustbuster hand vacuum!! The rapid tornadic motion
inside
the translucent dirt cup bangs 'em up pretty bad.
I've enjoyed watching this. It is one of my guilty pleasures....
Doc
Oh! Poor spiders! :-(
I just bring them outside. I've had spiders faint on me when I picked
them up (in a tissue/paper towel, I don't want a spider bite!). I
didn't
know that bugs could faint, but they do. Sadly, the first one that 'came
to' startled me so much that I accidentally dropped it and then stomped
on
it real quick. (In my defense, at the time I didn't know what a
brown recluse spider looked like, so all brown spiders that I couldn't
ID
got squished if I couldn't catch 'em any other way).
Woods
You may call it fainting, but I call it instinctual defensiveness.
Animals
will 'freeze' to conceal themselves, and I think bugs often do the same
thing. They think if they remain perfectly still and watchful their enemy
will not notice them, or become confused and, at the same time, they can
store up energy to make a quick dash to a safer place.
Doc
Fainting spiders.. that's freakin hilarious.. I think fainting is a
sympathetic nervous system response (flight or fight), and I'm pretty
sure spiders don't have much of a nervous system. Oh my god that's funny.
Fainting spiders !!
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| User: "Docrodile" |
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| Title: Re: For Wolfy |
30 Jul 2007 03:44:51 AM |
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"Perseid" <eidpers@anti-spam.comcast.net> wrote in message
news:Xns997CDC9F1C4A0rrfkwrantispamattbic@216.196.97.136...
After Much Chewing of Cud and Cogitation, "Docrodile"
<swampthing@hellsbayou.net> Spat the Words
"Woodswun" <woodswun@tepidmail.com> wrote in message
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On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 07:02:19 -0700, Docrodile wrote:
"Woodswun" <woodswun@tepidmail.com> wrote in message
news:46ac859f$0$30612$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 23:22:27 -0700, Docrodile wrote:
http://www.geocities.com/zbigstar/spider.jpg
Looks like the artist had a model that was a little mangled by the
time
it
did the modeling! (I've never seen a spider body that looked quite
like
that).
Woods
They look much like that when they're sucked up into a
cyclonic-action
Black & Decker Dustbuster hand vacuum!! The rapid tornadic motion
inside
the translucent dirt cup bangs 'em up pretty bad.
I've enjoyed watching this. It is one of my guilty pleasures....
Doc
Oh! Poor spiders! :-(
I just bring them outside. I've had spiders faint on me when I picked
them up (in a tissue/paper towel, I don't want a spider bite!). I
didn't
know that bugs could faint, but they do. Sadly, the first one that
'came
to' startled me so much that I accidentally dropped it and then
stomped
on
it real quick. (In my defense, at the time I didn't know what a
brown recluse spider looked like, so all brown spiders that I couldn't
ID
got squished if I couldn't catch 'em any other way).
Woods
You may call it fainting, but I call it instinctual defensiveness.
Animals
will 'freeze' to conceal themselves, and I think bugs often do the same
thing. They think if they remain perfectly still and watchful their
enemy
will not notice them, or become confused and, at the same time, they
can
store up energy to make a quick dash to a safer place.
Doc
Fainting spiders.. that's freakin hilarious.. I think fainting is a
sympathetic nervous system response (flight or fight), and I'm pretty
sure spiders don't have much of a nervous system. Oh my god that's
funny.
Fainting spiders !!
I admit that was sooo very cute of Woods...whether she actually believes
it or not. Typically, a woman's unusual view on some kind of odd behaviour
is reason for us guys to chuckle...not because she may have misinterpreted
it or not, but in the manner which she articulates it.
Doc :))
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| User: "Perseid" |
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| Title: Re: For Wolfy |
30 Jul 2007 04:31:19 AM |
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After Much Chewing of Cud and Cogitation, "Docrodile"
<swampthing@hellsbayou.net> Spat the Words
"Perseid" <eidpers@anti-spam.comcast.net> wrote in message
news:Xns997CDC9F1C4A0rrfkwrantispamattbic@216.196.97.136...
After Much Chewing of Cud and Cogitation, "Docrodile"
<swampthing@hellsbayou.net> Spat the Words
"Woodswun" <woodswun@tepidmail.com> wrote in message
news:46ad3b4c$0$29695$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 07:02:19 -0700, Docrodile wrote:
"Woodswun" <woodswun@tepidmail.com> wrote in message
news:46ac859f$0$30612$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 23:22:27 -0700, Docrodile wrote:
http://www.geocities.com/zbigstar/spider.jpg
Looks like the artist had a model that was a little mangled by the
time
it
did the modeling! (I've never seen a spider body that looked quite
like
that).
Woods
They look much like that when they're sucked up into a
cyclonic-action
Black & Decker Dustbuster hand vacuum!! The rapid tornadic motion
inside
the translucent dirt cup bangs 'em up pretty bad.
I've enjoyed watching this. It is one of my guilty pleasures....
Doc
Oh! Poor spiders! :-(
I just bring them outside. I've had spiders faint on me when I picked
them up (in a tissue/paper towel, I don't want a spider bite!). I
didn't
know that bugs could faint, but they do. Sadly, the first one that
'came
to' startled me so much that I accidentally dropped it and then
stomped
on
it real quick. (In my defense, at the time I didn't know what a
brown recluse spider looked like, so all brown spiders that I couldn't
ID
got squished if I couldn't catch 'em any other way).
Woods
You may call it fainting, but I call it instinctual defensiveness.
Animals
will 'freeze' to conceal themselves, and I think bugs often do the same
thing. They think if they remain perfectly still and watchful their
enemy
will not notice them, or become confused and, at the same time, they
can
store up energy to make a quick dash to a safer place.
Doc
Fainting spiders.. that's freakin hilarious.. I think fainting is a
sympathetic nervous system response (flight or fight), and I'm pretty
sure spiders don't have much of a nervous system. Oh my god that's
funny.
Fainting spiders !!
I admit that was sooo very cute of Woods...whether she actually believes
it or not. Typically, a woman's unusual view on some kind of odd
behaviour
is reason for us guys to chuckle...not because she may have
misinterpreted
it or not, but in the manner which she articulates it.
Doc :))
You hit it right on the head there doc.
Fainting Spiders <snicker>
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| User: "mukyuk" |
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| Title: Re: For Wolfy |
30 Jul 2007 11:34:20 AM |
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"Perseid" <eidpers@anti-spam.comcast.net> wrote in message
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Fainting Spiders <snicker>
I think "Lord of The Rings" had a fainting spider named Sheba. The spider
almost fainted when Sam stuck the sword in it's belly.
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| User: "mukyuk" |
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| Title: Re: For Wolfy |
30 Jul 2007 11:29:00 AM |
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"Perseid" <eidpers@anti-spam.comcast.net> wrote in message
news:Xns997CDC9F1C4A0rrfkwrantispamattbic@216.196.97.136...
After Much Chewing of Cud and Cogitation, "Docrodile"
<swampthing@hellsbayou.net> Spat the Words
"Woodswun" <woodswun@tepidmail.com> wrote in message
news:46ad3b4c$0$29695$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 07:02:19 -0700, Docrodile wrote:
"Woodswun" <woodswun@tepidmail.com> wrote in message
news:46ac859f$0$30612$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 23:22:27 -0700, Docrodile wrote:
http://www.geocities.com/zbigstar/spider.jpg
Looks like the artist had a model that was a little mangled by the
time
it
did the modeling! (I've never seen a spider body that looked quite
like
that).
Woods
They look much like that when they're sucked up into a cyclonic-action
Black & Decker Dustbuster hand vacuum!! The rapid tornadic motion
inside
the translucent dirt cup bangs 'em up pretty bad.
I've enjoyed watching this. It is one of my guilty pleasures....
Doc
Oh! Poor spiders! :-(
I just bring them outside. I've had spiders faint on me when I picked
them up (in a tissue/paper towel, I don't want a spider bite!). I
didn't
know that bugs could faint, but they do. Sadly, the first one that 'came
to' startled me so much that I accidentally dropped it and then stomped
on
it real quick. (In my defense, at the time I didn't know what a
brown recluse spider looked like, so all brown spiders that I couldn't
ID
got squished if I couldn't catch 'em any other way).
Woods
You may call it fainting, but I call it instinctual defensiveness.
Animals
will 'freeze' to conceal themselves, and I think bugs often do the same
thing. They think if they remain perfectly still and watchful their enemy
will not notice them, or become confused and, at the same time, they can
store up energy to make a quick dash to a safer place.
Doc
Fainting spiders.. that's freakin hilarious.. I think fainting is a
sympathetic nervous system response (flight or fight), and I'm pretty
sure spiders don't have much of a nervous system. Oh my god that's funny.
Fainting spiders !!
The only time I've known spiders to faint is when you pull off their legs.
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| User: "Docrodile" |
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| Title: Re: For Wolfy |
31 Jul 2007 03:22:35 AM |
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"mukyuk" <a@b.com> wrote in message
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"Perseid" <eidpers@anti-spam.comcast.net> wrote in message
news:Xns997CDC9F1C4A0rrfkwrantispamattbic@216.196.97.136...
After Much Chewing of Cud and Cogitation, "Docrodile"
<swampthing@hellsbayou.net> Spat the Words
"Woodswun" <woodswun@tepidmail.com> wrote in message
news:46ad3b4c$0$29695$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 07:02:19 -0700, Docrodile wrote:
"Woodswun" <woodswun@tepidmail.com> wrote in message
news:46ac859f$0$30612$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 23:22:27 -0700, Docrodile wrote:
http://www.geocities.com/zbigstar/spider.jpg
Looks like the artist had a model that was a little mangled by the
time
it
did the modeling! (I've never seen a spider body that looked quite
like
that).
Woods
They look much like that when they're sucked up into a
cyclonic-action
Black & Decker Dustbuster hand vacuum!! The rapid tornadic motion
inside
the translucent dirt cup bangs 'em up pretty bad.
I've enjoyed watching this. It is one of my guilty pleasures....
Doc
Oh! Poor spiders! :-(
I just bring them outside. I've had spiders faint on me when I
picked
them up (in a tissue/paper towel, I don't want a spider bite!). I
didn't
know that bugs could faint, but they do. Sadly, the first one that
'came
to' startled me so much that I accidentally dropped it and then
stomped
on
it real quick. (In my defense, at the time I didn't know what a
brown recluse spider looked like, so all brown spiders that I
couldn't
ID
got squished if I couldn't catch 'em any other way).
Woods
You may call it fainting, but I call it instinctual defensiveness.
Animals
will 'freeze' to conceal themselves, and I think bugs often do the
same
thing. They think if they remain perfectly still and watchful their
enemy
will not notice them, or become confused and, at the same time, they
can
store up energy to make a quick dash to a safer place.
Doc
Fainting spiders.. that's freakin hilarious.. I think fainting is a
sympathetic nervous system response (flight or fight), and I'm pretty
sure spiders don't have much of a nervous system. Oh my god that's
funny.
Fainting spiders !!
The only time I've known spiders to faint is when you pull off their
legs.
Then what do you do with their legs? Use them for seasoning in your
special bean dishes?
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31 Jul 2007 07:07:39 PM |
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"Docrodile" <swampthing@hellsbayou.net> wrote in message
Then what do you do with their legs? Use them for seasoning in your
special bean dishes?
I can't remember,, but I did some horrible things to spiders when I was a
kid. I would get a bottle of alcohol that had small nozel. Then I would
make a ring of fire around them and watch them squirm; they couldn't get
out!!!
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| User: "Docrodile" |
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01 Aug 2007 12:43:03 AM |
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"mukyuk" <a@b.com> wrote in message
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"Docrodile" <swampthing@hellsbayou.net> wrote in message
Then what do you do with their legs? Use them for seasoning in your
special bean dishes?
I can't remember,, but I did some horrible things to spiders when I was
a kid. I would get a bottle of alcohol that had small nozel. Then I
would make a ring of fire around them and watch them squirm; they
couldn't get out!!!
Well, I confess I *napalmed* spiders occasionally. If they got into a
kitchen or bath sink, or in the bath tub, I'd first spray 'em with hair
spray, then set 'em afire. I'm sure it was a cruel thing to do -- simply
washing them down the drain would've sufficed. I guess drowning 'em is
more humane than torching 'em alive.
Yet, lil' boys and teens often do cruel things. Talk to your friends and
they'll eventually relate incidences where they tortured insects or small
animals at some point in their youthful years. A common thing among small
boys was to use a magnifying glass and the sun's rays to burn insects. I
was surprised to find out many years ago that this was a fairly common
behaviour. I had been thinking I was unusual for doing this. This brings
to mind the "myth" of childhood "innocence." I can easily remember acts
of cruelty, torture, sadism in those early years. It doesn't appear we
boys have learned this behaviour from watching a movie or TV, or gotten it
from a friend or relative's bad examples. No, it seems we're 'born with
it.' It is up to our experience in life's process of learning and maturing
to find ways and/or reasons to move away from such destructive behaviour.
Most thankfully grow out of this behaviour, but some don't. Serial killers
and mass murderers' profiles have included animal cruelty that continued
throughout their lives. Cruelty isn't always physical, of course. Women
and girls well understand (and justifiably fear) the physical cruelty,
violence, and even murderous traits of the male gender. The crime
statistics don't lie. Males are much more violent than females.
However, with females, the cruelty factor manifests itself as more
emotionally oriented...and I think much of it is not recorded in
statistics. I remember how, growing up, girls had a awfully nasty
pettiness and jealousy toward their own gender and males, too, which was
almost always expressed in nonviolent terms. Yet, they still managed to do
considerable psychic harm to their intended targets in various, sometimes
clever, but often 'sneaky' ways. Then, I would imagine, they'd gloat about
their accomplishments.
Doc
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| User: "mukyuk" |
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| Title: Re: For Wolfy |
01 Aug 2007 10:26:46 AM |
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"Docrodile" <swampthing@hellsbayou.net> wrote in message
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"mukyuk" <a@b.com> wrote in message
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"Docrodile" <swampthing@hellsbayou.net> wrote in message
Then what do you do with their legs? Use them for seasoning in your
special bean dishes?
I can't remember,, but I did some horrible things to spiders when I was a
kid. I would get a bottle of alcohol that had small nozel. Then I would
make a ring of fire around them and watch them squirm; they couldn't get
out!!!
Well, I confess I *napalmed* spiders occasionally. If they got into a
kitchen or bath sink, or in the bath tub, I'd first spray 'em with hair
spray, then set 'em afire. I'm sure it was a cruel thing to do -- simply
washing them down the drain would've sufficed. I guess drowning 'em is
more humane than torching 'em alive.
Yet, lil' boys and teens often do cruel things. Talk to your friends and
they'll eventually relate incidences where they tortured insects or small
animals at some point in their youthful years. A common thing among small
boys was to use a magnifying glass and the sun's rays to burn insects. I
was surprised to find out many years ago that this was a fairly common
behaviour. I had been thinking I was unusual for doing this. This brings
to mind the "myth" of childhood "innocence." I can easily remember acts
of cruelty, torture, sadism in those early years. It doesn't appear we
boys have learned this behaviour from watching a movie or TV, or gotten it
from a friend or relative's bad examples. No, it seems we're 'born with
it.' It is up to our experience in life's process of learning and maturing
to find ways and/or reasons to move away from such destructive behaviour.
Most thankfully grow out of this behaviour, but some don't. Serial killers
and mass murderers' profiles have included animal cruelty that continued
throughout their lives. Cruelty isn't always physical, of course. Women
and girls well understand (and justifiably fear) the physical cruelty,
violence, and even murderous traits of the male gender. The crime
statistics don't lie. Males are much more violent than females.
However, with females, the cruelty factor manifests itself as more
emotionally oriented...and I think much of it is not recorded in
statistics. I remember how, growing up, girls had a awfully nasty
pettiness and jealousy toward their own gender and males, too, which was
almost always expressed in nonviolent terms. Yet, they still managed to do
considerable psychic harm to their intended targets in various, sometimes
clever, but often 'sneaky' ways. Then, I would imagine, they'd gloat about
their accomplishments.
I know what you mean. I suffered similar (or worse) abuse from my older
sister. I have countless scars. She often scratched me and dug her
fingernails into my skin.
Doc
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| User: "Woodswun" |
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| Title: Re: For Wolfy |
30 Jul 2007 05:33:25 PM |
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On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 19:12:52 -0700, Docrodile wrote:
"Woodswun" <woodswun@tepidmail.com> wrote in message
news:46ad3b4c$0$29695$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
Oh! Poor spiders! :-(
I just bring them outside. I've had spiders faint on me when I picked
them up (in a tissue/paper towel, I don't want a spider bite!). I
didn't
know that bugs could faint, but they do. Sadly, the first one that 'came
to' startled me so much that I accidentally dropped it and then stomped
on
it real quick. (In my defense, at the time I didn't know what a
brown recluse spider looked like, so all brown spiders that I couldn't
ID
got squished if I couldn't catch 'em any other way).
Woods
You may call it fainting, but I call it instinctual defensiveness. Animals
will 'freeze' to conceal themselves, and I think bugs often do the same
thing. They think if they remain perfectly still and watchful their enemy
will not notice them, or become confused and, at the same time, they can
store up energy to make a quick dash to a safer place.
Doc
No, this was definitely fainting. They keeled right over and their little
legs were flopping like they were dead. I thought I'd killed them.
Then one time I got one that I thought I'd touched very gently because
I really didn't want to kill that one, too. That thing was not moving when
I poked at it - it was down for the count. But then, one of its legs
started twitching, then another and all of a sudden it popped up and
jumped right off the paper towel I had him on and started tearing across
the floor - and that's when I stomped on it. Definitely a faint, not a
feint. ;-)
Woods
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| User: "Docrodile" |
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| Title: Re: For Wolfy |
31 Jul 2007 03:34:02 AM |
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"Woodswun" <woodswun@tepidmail.com> wrote in message
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On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 19:12:52 -0700, Docrodile wrote:
"Woodswun" <woodswun@tepidmail.com> wrote in message
news:46ad3b4c$0$29695$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
Oh! Poor spiders! :-(
I just bring them outside. I've had spiders faint on me when I picked
them up (in a tissue/paper towel, I don't want a spider bite!). I
didn't
know that bugs could faint, but they do. Sadly, the first one that
'came
to' startled me so much that I accidentally dropped it and then
stomped
on
it real quick. (In my defense, at the time I didn't know what a
brown recluse spider looked like, so all brown spiders that I couldn't
ID
got squished if I couldn't catch 'em any other way).
Woods
You may call it fainting, but I call it instinctual defensiveness.
Animals
will 'freeze' to conceal themselves, and I think bugs often do the same
thing. They think if they remain perfectly still and watchful their
enemy
will not notice them, or become confused and, at the same time, they
can
store up energy to make a quick dash to a safer place.
Doc
No, this was definitely fainting. They keeled right over and their
little
legs were flopping like they were dead. I thought I'd killed them.
Then one time I got one that I thought I'd touched very gently because
I really didn't want to kill that one, too. That thing was not moving
when
I poked at it - it was down for the count. But then, one of its legs
started twitching, then another and all of a sudden it popped up and
jumped right off the paper towel I had him on and started tearing across
the floor - and that's when I stomped on it. Definitely a faint, not a
feint. ;-)
Woods
You're a damned...spider lover!!! Love 'em all you want, but just know
they'd cannibalize you if they were gigantic!
Doc :0
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| User: "Docrodile" |
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| Title: Re: For Wolfy |
31 Jul 2007 03:44:02 AM |
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"Docrodile" <swampthing@hellsbayou.net> wrote in message
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"Woodswun" <woodswun@tepidmail.com> wrote in message
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On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 19:12:52 -0700, Docrodile wrote:
"Woodswun" <woodswun@tepidmail.com> wrote in message
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Oh! Poor spiders! :-(
I just bring them outside. I've had spiders faint on me when I
picked
them up (in a tissue/paper towel, I don't want a spider bite!). I
didn't
know that bugs could faint, but they do. Sadly, the first one that
'came
to' startled me so much that I accidentally dropped it and then
stomped
on
it real quick. (In my defense, at the time I didn't know what a
brown recluse spider looked like, so all brown spiders that I
couldn't
ID
got squished if I couldn't catch 'em any other way).
Woods
You may call it fainting, but I call it instinctual defensiveness.
Animals
will 'freeze' to conceal themselves, and I think bugs often do the
same
thing. They think if they remain perfectly still and watchful their
enemy
will not notice them, or become confused and, at the same time, they
can
store up energy to make a quick dash to a safer place.
Doc
No, this was definitely fainting. They keeled right over and their
little
legs were flopping like they were dead. I thought I'd killed them.
Then one time I got one that I thought I'd touched very gently because
I really didn't want to kill that one, too. That thing was not moving
when
I poked at it - it was down for the count. But then, one of its legs
started twitching, then another and all of a sudden it popped up and
jumped right off the paper towel I had him on and started tearing
across
the floor - and that's when I stomped on it. Definitely a faint, not a
feint. ;-)
Woods
You're a damned...spider lover!!! Love 'em all you want, but just know
they'd cannibalize you if they were gigantic!
Doc :0
Technically you'd have to be a spider yourself to be 'cannibalized' but
you just might be at least part-arachnid.
Doc ;")
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| User: "Woodswun" |
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| Title: Re: For Wolfy |
31 Jul 2007 05:24:24 PM |
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On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 01:34:02 -0700, Docrodile wrote:
"Woodswun" <woodswun@tepidmail.com> wrote in message
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On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 19:12:52 -0700, Docrodile wrote:
"Woodswun" <woodswun@tepidmail.com> wrote in message
news:46ad3b4c$0$29695$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
Oh! Poor spiders! :-(
I just bring them outside. I've had spiders faint on me when I picked
them up (in a tissue/paper towel, I don't want a spider bite!). I
didn't
know that bugs could faint, but they do. Sadly, the first one that
'came
to' startled me so much that I accidentally dropped it and then
stomped
on
it real quick. (In my defense, at the time I didn't know what a
brown recluse spider looked like, so all brown spiders that I couldn't
ID
got squished if I couldn't catch 'em any other way).
Woods
You may call it fainting, but I call it instinctual defensiveness.
Animals
will 'freeze' to conceal themselves, and I think bugs often do the same
thing. They think if they remain perfectly still and watchful their
enemy
will not notice them, or become confused and, at the same time, they
can
store up energy to make a quick dash to a safer place.
Doc
No, this was definitely fainting. They keeled right over and their
little
legs were flopping like they were dead. I thought I'd killed them.
Then one time I got one that I thought I'd touched very gently because
I really didn't want to kill that one, too. That thing was not moving
when
I poked at it - it was down for the count. But then, one of its legs
started twitching, then another and all of a sudden it popped up and
jumped right off the paper towel I had him on and started tearing across
the floor - and that's when I stomped on it. Definitely a faint, not a
feint. ;-)
Woods
You're a damned...spider lover!!! Love 'em all you want, but just know
they'd cannibalize you if they were gigantic!
Doc :0
If they were gigantic, there'd be enough meat on them to eat. Like crabs
legs, only less watery, I suppose.
;-)
Woods
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| User: "mukyuk" |
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| Title: Re: For Wolfy |
31 Jul 2007 06:49:57 PM |
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"Woodswun" <woodswun@tepidmail.com> wrote in message
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If they were gigantic, there'd be enough meat on them to eat. Like crabs
legs, only less watery, I suppose.
I actually saw a documentary where the Andes Indians gathered up huge
spiders, roasted them on a flame and eat them like they were crabs legs....
how succulent!!!
Woods
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| User: "Docrodile" |
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| Title: Re: For Wolfy |
01 Aug 2007 01:14:33 AM |
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"mukyuk" <a@b.com> wrote in message
news:FUPri.21043$rX4.11960@pd7urf2no...
"Woodswun" <woodswun@tepidmail.com> wrote in message
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If they were gigantic, there'd be enough meat on them to eat. Like
crabs
legs, only less watery, I suppose.
I actually saw a documentary where the Andes Indians gathered up huge
spiders, roasted them on a flame and eat them like they were crabs
legs.... how succulent!!!
Yes, that would be the Goliath "bird-eater" spider, a member of the
tarantula family. It is thought to be the largest arachnid in the world.
They can be as big as a foot across (legs and body). And they are found in
S. America...and yep the natives have barbecued and ate 'em, on occasion.
.....uh...I wished I hadn't started this...LOL!
Doc
Woods
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| User: "mukyuk" |
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| Title: Re: For Wolfy |
01 Aug 2007 10:36:21 AM |
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"Docrodile" <swampthing@hellsbayou.net> wrote in message
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"mukyuk" <a@b.com> wrote in message
news:FUPri.21043$rX4.11960@pd7urf2no...
"Woodswun" <woodswun@tepidmail.com> wrote in message
news:46afb698$0$30622$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
If they were gigantic, there'd be enough meat on them to eat. Like
crabs
legs, only less watery, I suppose.
I actually saw a documentary where the Andes Indians gathered up huge
spiders, roasted them on a flame and eat them like they were crabs
legs.... how succulent!!!
Yes, that would be the Goliath "bird-eater" spider, a member of the
tarantula family. It is thought to be the largest arachnid in the world.
They can be as big as a foot across (legs and body). And they are found in
S. America...and yep the natives have barbecued and ate 'em, on occasion.
....uh...I wished I hadn't started this...LOL!
Doc
You have a huge Plethora of information Doc. I wans't sure if you were
joking, so I looked it up. You are right!
http://www.extremescience.com/BiggestSpider.htm
Woods
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| User: "Perseid" |
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| Title: Re: For Wolfy |
30 Jul 2007 09:16:22 PM |
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After Much Chewing of Cud and Cogitation, Woodswun <woodswun@tepidmail.com>
Spat the Words
On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 19:12:52 -0700, Docrodile wrote:
"Woodswun" <woodswun@tepidmail.com> wrote in message
news:46ad3b4c$0$29695$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
Oh! Poor spiders! :-(
I just bring them outside. I've had spiders faint on me when I picked
them up (in a tissue/paper towel, I don't want a spider bite!). I
didn't
know that bugs could faint, but they do. Sadly, the first one that
'came
to' startled me so much that I accidentally dropped it and then stomped
on
it real quick. (In my defense, at the time I didn't know what a
brown recluse spider looked like, so all brown spiders that I couldn't
ID
got squished if I couldn't catch 'em any other way).
Woods
You may call it fainting, but I call it instinctual defensiveness.
Animals
will 'freeze' to conceal themselves, and I think bugs often do the same
thing. They think if they remain perfectly still and watchful their
enemy
will not notice them, or become confused and, at the same time, they can
store up energy to make a quick dash to a safer place.
Doc
No, this was definitely fainting. They keeled right over and their
little
legs were flopping like they were dead.
How do you know you didn't just knock it out cold ? I mean, they're
such little tykes, it seems a loud noise might knock it over.
I thought I'd killed them.
Then one time I got one that I thought I'd touched very gently because
I really didn't want to kill that one, too. That thing was not moving
when
I poked at it - it was down for the count. But then, one of its legs
started twitching,
You mean like when you rub a dog's belly ? You weren't blowing cool
air on it were you ?
then another and all of a sudden it popped up and
jumped right off the paper towel I had him on and started tearing across
the floor - and that's when I stomped on it.
That's the kind of spider encounter I'm familiar with. He probably said,
"hey, she's not looking.. I'm outta here!" There's a feint for you.
Definitely a faint, not a
feint. ;-)
Woods
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| User: "Werewolfy" |
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| Title: Re: For Wolfy |
28 Jul 2007 02:10:20 AM |
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On Jul 28, 7:22?am, "Docrodile" <swampth...@hellsbayou.net> wrote:
http://www.geocities.com/zbigstar/spider.jpg
It's...Vile!
All of my Trap-door spiders nightmares rolled into one reality!
A perfect picture to encapsulate that passing remark I made, to grasp
it and to bring it to reality. Thanks Doc.
I passed the day yesterday as a Were-Tiger. I was my usual miserable
Birthday self (Yes, it was) so thought a day out with the animals at
the zoo would be interesting.
Anyway, I saw children having their faces painted as zebras and
butterflies etc, so I had mine done, as a tiger!
The neighbours looked at me...oddly..when I came home. The children
screamed and ran, old ladies fell from their bicycles.
It wasn't too bad a day after all.
Werewolfy
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| User: "Docrodile" |
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| Title: Re: For Wolfy |
28 Jul 2007 11:23:59 AM |
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"Werewolfy" <Werewolfy1@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1185606620.566012.44000@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
On Jul 28, 7:22?am, "Docrodile" <swampth...@hellsbayou.net> wrote:
http://www.geocities.com/zbigstar/spider.jpg
It's...Vile!
All of my Trap-door spiders nightmares rolled into one reality!
A perfect picture to encapsulate that passing remark I made, to grasp
it and to bring it to reality. Thanks Doc.
I passed the day yesterday as a Were-Tiger. I was my usual miserable
Birthday self (Yes, it was) so thought a day out with the animals at
the zoo would be interesting.
Anyway, I saw children having their faces painted as zebras and
butterflies etc, so I had mine done, as a tiger!
The neighbours looked at me...oddly..when I came home. The children
screamed and ran, old ladies fell from their bicycles.
It wasn't too bad a day after all.
Werewolfy
At our age, if you can have one good or even decent day in which nothing
physical, environmental, or emotional irritates you, you're having a most
wonderful day. heehee...
My arachnophobia rises to intolerable levels when I spy a wolf spider
(brown, hairy, tarantula-like) running across my apartment floor -- and
then it disappears!
Ooooh...jeezuz...
Doc =)
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| User: "Woodswun" |
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| Title: Re: For Wolfy |
29 Jul 2007 07:21:51 AM |
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On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:23:59 -0700, Docrodile wrote:
"Werewolfy" <Werewolfy1@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1185606620.566012.44000@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
On Jul 28, 7:22?am, "Docrodile" <swampth...@hellsbayou.net> wrote:
http://www.geocities.com/zbigstar/spider.jpg
It's...Vile!
All of my Trap-door spiders nightmares rolled into one reality!
A perfect picture to encapsulate that passing remark I made, to grasp
it and to bring it to reality. Thanks Doc.
I passed the day yesterday as a Were-Tiger. I was my usual miserable
Birthday self (Yes, it was) so thought a day out with the animals at
the zoo would be interesting.
Anyway, I saw children having their faces painted as zebras and
butterflies etc, so I had mine done, as a tiger!
The neighbours looked at me...oddly..when I came home. The children
screamed and ran, old ladies fell from their bicycles.
It wasn't too bad a day after all.
Werewolfy
At our age, if you can have one good or even decent day in which nothing
physical, environmental, or emotional irritates you, you're having a most
wonderful day. heehee...
My arachnophobia rises to intolerable levels when I spy a wolf spider
(brown, hairy, tarantula-like) running across my apartment floor -- and
then it disappears!
Ooooh...jeezuz...
Doc =)
Hey, spiders and bugs in the house is a good sign! It means that your
house isn't toxic enough to kill them (and therefore, not toxic enough to
harm you).
Woods
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| User: "Docrodile" |
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| Title: Re: For Wolfy |
29 Jul 2007 09:19:40 AM |
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"Woodswun" <woodswun@tepidmail.com> wrote in message
news:46ac865f$0$30612$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:23:59 -0700, Docrodile wrote:
"Werewolfy" <Werewolfy1@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1185606620.566012.44000@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
On Jul 28, 7:22?am, "Docrodile" <swampth...@hellsbayou.net> wrote:
http://www.geocities.com/zbigstar/spider.jpg
It's...Vile!
All of my Trap-door spiders nightmares rolled into one reality!
A perfect picture to encapsulate that passing remark I made, to grasp
it and to bring it to reality. Thanks Doc.
I passed the day yesterday as a Were-Tiger. I was my usual miserable
Birthday self (Yes, it was) so thought a day out with the animals at
the zoo would be interesting.
Anyway, I saw children having their faces painted as zebras and
butterflies etc, so I had mine done, as a tiger!
The neighbours looked at me...oddly..when I came home. The children
screamed and ran, old ladies fell from their bicycles.
It wasn't too bad a day after all.
Werewolfy
At our age, if you can have one good or even decent day in which
nothing
physical, environmental, or emotional irritates you, you're having a
most
wonderful day. heehee...
My arachnophobia rises to intolerable levels when I spy a wolf spider
(brown, hairy, tarantula-like) running across my apartment floor -- and
then it disappears!
Ooooh...jeezuz...
Doc =)
Hey, spiders and bugs in the house is a good sign! It means that your
house isn't toxic enough to kill them (and therefore, not toxic enough
to
harm you).
Woods
And of course that means that I have to kill 'em...LOL!
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| User: "mukyuk" |
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| Title: Re: For Wolfy |
28 Jul 2007 11:08:22 AM |
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"Werewolfy" <Werewolfy1@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1185606620.566012.44000@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
On Jul 28, 7:22?am, "Docrodile" <swampth...@hellsbayou.net> wrote:
http://www.geocities.com/zbigstar/spider.jpg
It's...Vile!
All of my Trap-door spiders nightmares rolled into one reality!
A perfect picture to encapsulate that passing remark I made, to grasp
it and to bring it to reality. Thanks Doc.
I passed the day yesterday as a Were-Tiger. I was my usual miserable
Birthday self (Yes, it was) so thought a day out with the animals at
the zoo would be interesting.
Anyway, I saw children having their faces painted as zebras and
butterflies etc, so I had mine done, as a tiger!
The neighbours looked at me...oddly..when I came home. The children
screamed and ran, old ladies fell from their bicycles.
It wasn't too bad a day after all.
A day late but Happy Birthday!!
Werewolfy
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| User: "Woodswun" |
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| Title: Re: For Wolfy |
29 Jul 2007 07:22:32 AM |
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On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 00:10:20 -0700, Werewolfy wrote:
On Jul 28, 7:22?am, "Docrodile" <swampth...@hellsbayou.net> wrote:
http://www.geocities.com/zbigstar/spider.jpg
It's...Vile!
All of my Trap-door spiders nightmares rolled into one reality!
A perfect picture to encapsulate that passing remark I made, to grasp
it and to bring it to reality. Thanks Doc.
I passed the day yesterday as a Were-Tiger. I was my usual miserable
Birthday self (Yes, it was) so thought a day out with the animals at
the zoo would be interesting.
Anyway, I saw children having their faces painted as zebras and
butterflies etc, so I had mine done, as a tiger!
The neighbours looked at me...oddly..when I came home. The children
screamed and ran, old ladies fell from their bicycles.
It wasn't too bad a day after all.
Werewolfy
Hey, happy belated birthday!!!
Woods
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