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  2. seversky says

    That’s right. There’s a TV commercial that says it’s eight. And they’re always right. Ugh{ I’ve had a thing about spiders ever since I watched that tarantula crawl up James Bond in one of the early movies. That sequence in Indian Jones and the Templr of Doom didn’t help either.,

  3. Silentbob says

    And I thought the tentacle porn was as bad as it got. Ah… the innocence of youth. :-(

  5. birgerjohansson says

    Herr Johannes Cabal, necromancer, had a cordial relationship with a lady spider demon.

  6. submoron says

    Silentbob @3
    Tentacle porn? The British radio comedy show The Burkiss Way had this in show 26:
    F/X:
    wrapping being torn open

    Captain Nemo:
    Ohhh… oh. ‘Big Tentacles – The Magazine for the Broad-Minded Squid’. Oh that’s, that’s ridiculous. Doesn’t usually arrive till Tuesday. Hey hold on, I wanna have a look at the small ads…

    F/X:
    paper rustling

    Captain Nemo:
    At the back here, ah, here we are: North Atlantic, slim squid, over twenty-one, wants meet friends interested in polaroid fun, shorts, leather gear – and octopoidal threesome, no fees. No I don’t, I don’t fancy that. Errr, oh, Sargasso Sea, bearded dominant squid offers free holiday South of France, for friendship with young winkle. Your place only. No, that wouldn’t do. Twenty-thousand leagues under the sea, active squid, likes wrestling large mussels, friends in big rubber boots and er… wrapping itself round enormous submarines with mis… misguided spacemen inside, crate number three four five, Billingsgate. Oh, that sounds just my cup o’ tea, now where’s my writing pad?

  7. cartomancer says

    I wondered how long it would take PZ to spot this. Couple of hours longer than I thought, but within acceptable limits.

    Though as someone who finds both arachnids and women a big turn-off, I guess I’m not the demographic for this one.

  10. says

    @3: Never Google certain Pokémon without strong filters, lest the images traumatize you for life.

    I cannot look at Gardevoir the same way ever again. 😭

  11. CompulsoryAccount7746, Sky Captain says

    Most people don’t eat spiders in their sleep. There’s just one lucky person out there raising the average by sucking up LOTS of them.

  14. John Morales says

    It gets a bit gross in subsequent panels.’

    I am somewhat amused by the reverse bukkake.

    (Nice and subversive)

  15. Militant Agnostic says

    Seversky @2

    I’ve had a thing about spiders ever since I watched that tarantula crawl up James Bond in one of the early movies.

    I believe that was Doctor No – in the book it was a Giant Centipede (much worse than a Tarantula). They are 25 cm long and have a bite that “won’t kill you but you will wish it did”. It was dumbed down to a tarantula by Hollywood.

  17. StevoR says

    @1. PZ Myers : “Also, it’s not true.”

    What’s not true? The spider milk being silky and milky? It doesn’t taste disgusting after all? How do you know if you haven’t tried it? ;-)

    Altho’ taste is a personal preference and subjective.. so.. there’s that.

    Or, thinking most likely the urban legend about people eat in spiders in their sleep?

    Which yeah, :

    Fear not. This “statistic” average the average person swallowing eight spiders per year was not only made up out of whole cloth, it was invented as an example of the absurd things people will believe simply because they come across them on the Internet.

    Source : https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/swallow-spiders/

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