Thursday, January 19, 2006

What is a Brown Recluse?

What I learned in school yesterday:
1) There is no such thing as a brown recluse
2) Brown recluses do not exist
3) There has never been a brown recluse ever on the planet
4) It's not a brown recluse bite...it's a pizza
5) If you find a brown recluse...first...it probably isn't one...second...if it is you have to be living somewhere other than here.
6) Sitting in class all day will make you crave tacos.

12 comments:

Carroll said...

Good information to have! I've always thought that the brown recluse was actually a myth created by my folks to keep me out of the barns when I was little.

Oh...and working cows makes me crave tacos, too.

Joy said...

sounds like a nerd... oh, and i've heard about some nasty bites from those non-existant spiders on some kids... not a nice thing!

Rachael said...

I wish you could have been there. The guy teaching completely went off about how everything is misdiagnosed as a brown recluse. Apparently they only live in ceartain parts of the US. Not so much here. Maybe a few of course...but not zillions

Carroll said...

I bet Tristan begs to differ. Hey...your picture looks good! I just saw that you put it up!

Richpo the Unmagnificent said...

I found a picture for free and am sure it beats Hannah's hands-down:
click here

Anyone feel like chopping their hand off?

Rachael said...

Dry heaving...yeah...that beats hannah's. Uggggggggg...

Oh, and we learned that repeated "recluse" bites are usually a new and inproved form of a bacterial infection.

Richpo the Unmagnificent said...

After seeing the pic, I bet that Hannah gets down on her knees and thanks God for the almighty "hook shaped needle"! Things can always be MUCH worse than you ever think...

Carroll said...

Rich that was GROSS! So much for my breakfast.

Richpo the Unmagnificent said...

Carroll,
Come on now. You can't tell me that a cold-blooded killer like you who goes around shooting everything that moves is squeamish? Ain't buyin' it...

R

P.S. There are other pictures in this "I think I've been bitten by something nasty" series. Anyone interested?

Rachael said...

Ahhhhh! Stay away from the something bit me pictures!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

Oh, no, there are no brown recluses where you live because they all used to live at my school! Thankfully, the children at my school didn't pick up the "daddy long leg" she thought she saw because she would probably no longer have that arm! I've never seen so many in my LIFE! It makes my skin crawl. I hate to admit, but I called the Orkin man...ask Daddy, though...these suckers were EVERYWHERE!
And as a little side note, the Orkin man said it was the worst case he's seen of brown recluses other than Dolly Parton's warehouse where she stores her dresses and wigs.
So, anyone want to come visit me in TN where the brown recluses live (and die if I have anything to do with it)?

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