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140-million-year-old spider web

Oxford University paleobiologist Martin Brasier recently discovered a 140-million-year-old spider web. A real find and further proof that I'm not the only second-rate housekeeper.

~Formerly Fun

In the middle of defending your territory and your naked body

Have you ever looked up at the ceiling while in the shower only to see what looks like a tiny spider crawling towards you from the other side of the room? Have you ever prepared yourself, shower nozzle in hand, to blast that tiny spider from the sanctity of your lair into kingdom come with the water jet set to pulsate? Have you ever let loose a battle cry of, "sheet rock and subfloor be damned!" as you prepared to take aim by crouching in the farthest corner of the shower? Have you ever realized, in the middle of defending your territory and your naked body, that the said "spider" was really just a lady bug? Have you ever had a conversation with a lady bug that was all, "Oh hello Mrs. Lady Bug-I hope thee are well today my fair maiden!"

~Milk Induced Coma

Of all the rotten things to do

Of all the rotten things to do to your poor mother while she's driving, I think yelling, "SPIDER IN THE CAR!" is one of the meanest.

~Graze If You Want To, But Don't Eat Dirt

Nothing says Good Morning Monday

Nothing says "Good Morning Monday!" quite like finding two flies copulating on your windshield as you depart for work in your car.

~Sveedish

I do not have a lot of compunction

I do not have a lot of compunction about just killing a spider dead … I figure, the inside is mine, the outside is theirs, woe to the spider who crosses that line. But I really really do not like splattered spider. It is just not hygienic or feng shui in any known galaxy.

~Celluloid Blonde

Lately we've been getting a lot of spiders

Lately we've been getting a lot of spiders in the house. And not your wussy garden-variety spider; we're talking big ones, the kind that can make eye contact with you and stare you down while your shoe-clutching hand hovers over its body.

~Dancing Brave

You haven't lived until you've scraped a live cockroach out of someone's ear.

~Ah Yes, Medical School