to those in the states

[unclehobart]

I just came back in with an armload of mail and discovered a 2003 Census Test Form. It has all of the 3rd grade education language on what a wonderful thing it is ... AND ITS THE LAW! I WILL COMPLY! ... or my balls will be fed to specially bred oversized rabid bananna spiders. Did anyone else get this?

 

[Gato_Solo]

Nope. My delivery person doesn't come until after noon...and sometimes not at all. Haven't been able to get the bastard fired as of yet, but I'm working on it.

 

[Q]

I don't think banana spiders bite.

My mail didn't come yet either.

 

[unclehobart]

specially bred ones do.

 

[Q]

Carniverous banana spiders? They'd have to be pretty big, doncha think?

 

[Gato_Solo]

I don't know. Camel spiders aren't much bigger than my hand, and they are extremely dangerous...especially to camels.

 

[Q]

Well, unc's not a banana, so I guess he's safe

 

[unclehobart]

specially bred ones crave taxpayer man-flesh


...work with me on this one.

 

[Q]

man flesh, eh??

ooh goodie, I'm safe

 

[AlladinSane]

I don't know. Camel spiders aren't much bigger than my hand, and they are extremely dangerous...especially to camels.

I was thaught that spiders had always 8 legs. What are those two big lumps there? Antennas? And what they do to camels?

 

[unclehobart]

http://www.ecologicproductions.com/video_projects/TSCK/endangered/TSCK_spider.html camel spider film. They seem to be genetic crossovers between spiders and scorpions and wolverines.

 

[Mirlyn]

Aren't those the ones known to bury themselves under the skin of camels and live there for days? I was talking to someone who was in the Gulf War and said those are pretty damn nasty...I think those were what he was talking about.

 

[Gato_Solo]

They don't bury themselves under the skin. They clamp onto the outside, suck blood to their hearts content, and then drop off, until next time they're hungry.

BTW...That pic does have 8 legs...