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Re: the C word

Postby onsen » Mon May 11, 2020 9:17 am

mynthdd2 wrote:Isn't there some kind of spider that can settle down in the WC? :shock:


Red Back spider...I seem to remember there's a song about too...there is.

https://www.flashlyrics.com/lyrics/slim-newton/redback-on-the-toilet-seat-36
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Re: the C word

Postby Caberfeidh » Mon May 11, 2020 9:18 am

mynthdd2 wrote:Isn't there some kind of spider that can settle down in the WC? :shock:


Yes! A lot of them do but I think the red back spider has a bad rep for doing so. I've been back in the UK for fifteen years and I still check under the seat... :shock:
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Re: the C word

Postby onsen » Tue May 12, 2020 11:25 pm

mynthdd2 wrote:Isn't there some kind of spider that can settle down in the WC? :shock:


...and that was way back in the good ol' days, when homes had backyard dunny's/ thunder box.

https://www.google.com/search?q=backyard+dunny&newwindow=1&client=tablet-android-elink&prmd=isvn&sxsrf=ALeKk00cMMD8u4QyDKHnm7qetTjLgfpMeQ:1589321863583&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj-6_Kora_pAhVk4jgGHSw6C-8Q_AUoAXoECA8QAQ&biw=800&bih=1280&dpr=1.5

Alot has change since then...spiders, snakes & possums are more likely lurking in your garage or roof cavity nowadays. :wink:
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Re: the C word

Postby mynthdd2 » Thu Oct 29, 2020 10:15 pm

I naively wrote this on March 15th this year.......
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Re: the C word

Postby Booga » Fri Oct 30, 2020 12:40 pm

mynthdd2 wrote:I naively wrote this on March 15th this year.......


I think a lot of us around that time were thinking of a remote spot we could go to and hopefully sit it out for a month.
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