Roger’s Hair Loss 1 (Photo credit: roger_mommaerts) I’m showing you this photo because it was suggested by Zemanta even though it has nothing to do with spiders. You didn’t want to see a picture of a spider, did you?
This morning, I brought up my first cup of tea, settled down to read some blogs and answer comments, and I felt a tickle on my chin. My hair is so long now, it is always bothering me; I go to bed in a plait. That started the day after I woke up, choking, to find my hair entangled in my necklace. I plaited it every night after that and it was about eighteen months later, when I was telling a friend who was admiring my crinkles how they came about, that the question was asked, ‘So why didn’t you just take off the necklace?’
Anyway, I brushed my hair away from my chin this morning and a big, fat spider jumped onto my laptop keyboard. It ran underneath but by the time I’d tipped the laptop, the spider had disappeared.
Now I have a spider living in my desk and/or bookshelf; using my stationery and waiting to jump out when I’ve got the hiccups.
I may never come in here again.
So long; it was nice knowing you.
Lol be brave it only has 6 legs more than you
Shriek!
That would have freaked me out.
It certainly freaked me out! Shudder!
But think of all the dirty flies it has protected you from. I’d rather see a spider any day than a picture of hair loss!
That would certainly freak me out! I would spray the whole area with something & walk away for a few days!
It seems you frightened the poor little thing …
I think I did
Tilly..don’t be a twerp..it was only Mummy spider going out to find breakfast for her own little ”Spud’ and ‘Tory Boy’….I am sure that she was just as frightened as you were…
I can’t help it; I am a twerp
Wimp!
Let’s have a few spiders…. better than this , which looks like it could be an arachnoid heamoraghe wound, any day,….
Not sure what that is but, ewww!
Too cared of you to come out I shouldn’t wonder.
cared = scared!
I very carefully refrained from commenting, you’ll notice
I completely understand. I would be just the same!
Okay, the photo and the caption just really did it for me. Again. It’s after four AM and you have me laughing.
Do you work shifts? You’re never in bed!
Haha. . . Yes, it changes. Some day shifts, some nights. I’m primarily a night owl though. Luckily we close early on Sunday nights. Which is good because there is a Beyonce concert going on. It’s weird because a couple of football teams opened for her.
Okay, now I feel hopelessly unsophisticated. The only thing that opens around here is a supermarket
Hahaha
Be brave, for our sake.
If I was still giving out awards for the comment of the week, this one would win it. Definitely a three-smileyer
There’s no more potent phobia than arachnophobia, at least for me. I considered moving to the North Pole to escape the little buggers. Instead, my doctor injected me with a special serum, and my fear disappeared overnight. Cool, eh?
What was in it and can I get me some of that?
nothing scarier than an eight foot spider
ROFLing away here
Out of all the things, I wasn’t expecting a spider. It would have ruined the desk for me for a day. I’m lucky a good night’s sleep and I’d be fine, everything forgotten. You on the other hand need to get the Hub in there to flush the spider out and set it out into the wilds of Stockport. Good luck.:)
I wouldn’t worry. I’m sure it’s just looking for the World Wide Web.
You crack me up, Al
I don’t think you would cope with living here – we now have skinks everywhere, including in the ceiling!
I’m afraid to ask…
The spider is probably now long gone and is now living in your kitchen. Now that is scary.
I should be okay – it’s not as if I’m likely to clean and disturb it
I married my hubby because he kills spiders for me. true story.
I married mine because he won’t kill spiders.
Not a true story – if I’d known that beforehand, I might have called it off
Smoke it out….
Okay, be brave and just go find it and take it outside… where’s the hub?
Protecting the entrance to the spider shelter he’s built in the living room.
I understand completely. But I seem to remember hearing once that where ever you are, there is a spider within 5 feet. So… may as well sit at the desk.
Well now I have to spend my life standing on a chair!
Now this may sound silly
But Little Miss Tilly
Sitting and Writing
With her Morning Tea
Suddenly said ‘No Way!”
For Along came a spider,
Who sat down beside her
And frightened Miss Tilly away.
LOL! Thank you for this. I love it
Perhaps he’s just a massive Laughing Housewife fan and wanted a sneak preview of your next post! (If that is true he’s gonna be so pysched when he finds out it’s about him!)
I have the funniest readers! Loved this comment, Lance, thank you
Switch to coffee. Spiders hate coffee breath.
I said it before and I’ll say it again – I have the funniest readers!
Linda, you’re mad as a cow … I’m sure that spider was more afraid of you and you were of him – and also if ask one of your men to move him outside … you will be safe in that room. Take a G&T and think about it.
That room is too good to give up, Linda.
Never been called mad as a cow before. I love it!
I love cows .. I think they are great … and they have the most beautiful faces, they are very kind and gentle .. and the longest eyelashes in the world.
So even if I called you mad – because you’re … cow is something sweet and real to me.
I already took it as a compliment. Now it is a double compliment. Thank moo
Muuuu … we say in Sweden, we Swedish cows.
Mouuuoo…sorry, I’m having a little problem with the accent
You’re mad!
As a Swedish cow!
A bit more .. like a British!
Nice knowing you too. Goodbye, sweet friend and her pet spider.
Tilly, did you notice if the spider’s hair was plaited?
I can’t believe how funny you lot are! Brilliant
Plait its legs next time it appears, then it can’t get away.
Hehehhehehehe
Haha! I beat you on this one:- http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2006/09/22/my-sleeping-partner/
Now why would you show me that!? You are as bad as my brother – on my first night visiting him in Durban, he told me about the time he woke up to find a scorpion tickling his chest. I think it got entangled in the hair.
That would drive me crazy- FUMIGATE>>ASAP!!
Have a Maltese and calm down. Think logically if you were a spider would you want to be on a desk – no way, that spider is hiding in a soft dark slipper by now.
I like logic. Logic is good. At least you’ve stopped my shaking.
I’m here to help. You know I like research, so I have looked into what you could bring into your home to get rid of the spider! I’m fairly sure you won’t want the wasps or scorpions, and birds could present other problems with your long hair. I suggest a lizard and I think you already have a cat? The best answer, though, was “varying kinds of humans.” That answer seemed a little odd, but after thinking about it, if we eliminate you from the list, I think that leaves three males who should come to your rescue! I’d hate to see you separated from your new desk!
How sweet of you to do all that research!
Sadly, no cat
We love cats but we’ve buried three in this garden, all killed by cars.
I’m worried about the fact that you brought up your first cup of tea. Perhaps you should drink something else?
There’s always one smart aleck playing me at my own game
How gross!!! I hate spiders and I would have shrieked if that happened to me. I can’t stand how they love to ambush me. In the shower, in my bed, in my car. Argh… Did you kill it, eventually???
No; it has never been seen since…