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27 Feb 04 - 09:04 PM (#1125527) Subject: BS: just a spider From: GUEST,none of your business A father watched his daughter playing in the garden. He smiled as he reflected on how sweet and innocent his little girl was. Suddenly she just stopped and stared at the ground. He went over to her and noticed she was looking at two spiders mating. "Daddy, what are those two spiders doing?" she asked. "They're mating," her father replied. " "What do you call the spider on top", she asked. "That's a Daddy Long legs." Her father answered. "So, the other one is Mommy Long legs?" the little girl asked. "No", her father replied. "Both of them are Daddy Long legs." The little girl thought for a moment, then took her foot and stomped them flat. "Well, that might be OK in California or New York but we're not having any of that s*!+ in Michigan." |
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27 Feb 04 - 09:21 PM (#1125536) Subject: RE: BS: just a spider From: The Fooles Troupe Very good, but these are usually posted here |
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28 Feb 04 - 12:23 AM (#1125610) Subject: RE: BS: just a spider From: LadyJean I don't think Daddy Long Legs are arachnids. |
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28 Feb 04 - 01:26 AM (#1125639) Subject: RE: BS: just a spider From: Manitas_at_home There are two sorts of Daddy Long Legs. One is the crane(?) fly and the other is the harvestman or harvest spider which while not being a true spider certainly looks like one. |
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28 Feb 04 - 01:50 AM (#1125644) Subject: RE: BS: just a spider From: Walking Eagle I once knew a horse named Daddy Long Legs... |
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28 Feb 04 - 03:22 AM (#1125664) Subject: RE: BS: just a spider From: mouldy There's a beastie calles a solifuge, or "sun-spider", in southern Africa, that lives in little holes in the ground and eats other insects. It isn't a true spider, but it sure as hell looks like one. The fifth (and front) pair of legs has modified into jaw attachments, so it looks like a spider with a big bite. It comes in sizes from about 1cm to 10cm - and it's completely harmless. They come out at night (hence the name solifuge) and panic when they realise you are there. They then run around in confusion. I love them. We were in the Kruger Park, camping, about 20 years ago, when we heard the footsteps on the ground sheet. Well let's just say it was of comparable size to the Land Rover bunch of keys! (And I have the photograph to prove it). I told my husband that I knew it was harmless, but I was buggered if I was going to have that walking on my face during the night. So after a bit of a mad chase, he trapped it in a plastic tub and went over to the other side of the toilet block to let it go. There was a school party staying on site, and the lads were being all macho about how they weren't scared of anything. Ian went up to one and asked if he wanted to see a spider. I heard the screams quite clearly! The solifuge had got itself quite agitated by now, and when the lid was removed, it leapt out. Andrea "If you want your house to thrive, let the spider run alive". |
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28 Feb 04 - 12:26 PM (#1125755) Subject: RE: BS: just a spider From: Cluin Daddy Longlegs. I always found them pretty cute. And I hate spiders. |
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28 Feb 04 - 01:17 PM (#1125784) Subject: RE: BS: just a spider From: Walking Eagle Hey NoYB! Try this! Splay out both of your hands in front of you, put your hands together, ( now here comes the REALLY hard part, you reading real hard?), MAKE SURE THE PROPER FINGERS MATCH UP,and press your hands back and forth. So what do you have? A Daddy Long Legs doing push-ups on a mirror! Heheheh! I'd wash that 5yr olds' mouth out with soap. Down right disrespectful! Has the potential to grow up and be a REAL folkie! What a disgrace! |