I was all set to mock the silly arachnophobes who got all squeamish over this morning’s spider picture — how can a mere picture cause that kind of fear, anyway? — and then I saw this article on cleaning the Space Needle in Seattle, with all these photos of people dangling from ropes while wielding pressure sprayers.
Suddenly, I am more sympathetic.
![i-88de1d5cb090f5d7b9149c054e6e2aa5-cleaning_needle.jpeg](http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/wp-content/blogs.dir/470/files/2012/04/i-88de1d5cb090f5d7b9149c054e6e2aa5-cleaning_needle.jpeg)
(via Jay Lake)