Comments on: Note to Undergrounders: That Little Girl You Hear Screaming Is Me

By: paul w

paul w — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:50:08 +0000

“Or maybe they already know…”

Nah, just quickly look ‘em in the eye and b******t that some men are pussies, but not you. Then quickly change the subject.

Works (nearly) every time for me.

Until she finds another spider, at which point it’s best to get her from the room and quietly call a male friend to come and help.

I did. She still thinks we were heroic.

As for my other post and the church congregation, the line at the end was something I removed but forgot to delete.

But I do mean CONSERVATIVE.

By: A. Wannabe Travelwriter

A. Wannabe Travelwriter — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:25:20 +0000

You know, I sure hope none of our wives or girlfriends (or both) are reading this post. I mean, they might get the idea that we virile he-men are something else than the fearless warrior-types we make out to be.

Not that I wouldn’t react similarly—no, I would be screaming like a chorus of little girls. We just don’t need to let on how un-manly we really can be.

Or maybe they already know…

By: SMJ

SMJ — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:21:26 +0000

At least the chipmunk didn’t bite you. Rabies shots = no fun.

By: Tom Chandler

Tom Chandler — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:49:59 +0000

The Wonderdog was firmly planted in the back of the Forerunner – his typical location when he realizes one or both of us is packing a bag. He doesn’t want to be left behind.

His contribution was limited to chasing the chipmunk up a tree after we’d evicted it from the house.

The cat was inside already and chasing the chipmunk around under the fleece blanket, so I guess you could say it was problem solved.

By: MHH

MHH — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:50:47 +0000

Am I the only one hoping paul w returns to finish his story? What a cliffhanger!

By: Turnip Truck Driver

Turnip Truck Driver — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:45:56 +0000

Screams and squeals ………. James Dickey, the author of Deliverance, would be so proud.

By: paul w

paul w — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:46:33 +0000

Yup, know the feeling…

I woke up one Sunday morning, threw on a t-shirt, and wandered out to the kitchen, still half-asleep…only to glance down and see a rather large Huntsman spider crawling up the front of my shirt.

Now, the Huntsman is an Aussie spider, and is large but (thankfully) non-venomous and quite passive. People even have ‘em as pets.

I know well, Tom, that strangled noise, although mine was combined with an ‘Arrrhhhhhh!!!’, a one-legged dance across the kitchen (I kid you not) and a manic ripping off of the t-shirt.

This is completely true: standing totally naked in the lounge, I looked to see the spider walking nonchalantly away across the carpet, but it stopped and turned, and I swear it looked at with with a ‘you idiot’ look, before it continued on its way.

I then realised the curtains were open. Our two story house featured a lounge with gigantic glass windows that looked out over the street (once bushland) onto the church opposite. In which the members were gather outside. About a hundred of them.

All staring at me.

Gotta laugh, eh?

PS: check this great video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8clCtchtvkA

A very conservative church, I might add…whose followers were, at that every monent,

By: Kentucky Jim

Kentucky Jim — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:34:16 +0000

cbchandler echoes my thoughts exactly. What of the cat? And what heroic role did WWD play in all this? I’d have to guess that he ultimately save you from a vicious chipmunk.

By: Smarter and Better Looking Brother

Smarter and Better Looking Brother — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:51:37 +0000

“That chipmunk is dynamite!”
And you thought killer bees were a threat…

By: cbchandler, cb

cbchandler, cb — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:19:46 +0000

Thomas, I have been asked by those who want to know, did you find the cat and bring it in while you were gone? With that bear around, I would worry about the cat.
Did Wally the Wonderdog help you with the wild animal?
cbc

By: Tom Chandler

Tom Chandler — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:47:30 +0000

Steve: Even though I typically like cats, I’d blame it all on the ca

It is the cat's fault. How do you think the chipmunk ended up inside the house?

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:25:00 +0000

That is hilarious! It’s only so funny because I could see myself reacting the same way. Even though I typically like cats, I’d blame it all on the cat.