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Warrior
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written Friday, February 13 2004 15:28
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was sipping spiders through a straw? After reading some of the recent threads, I've come to the conclusion that people are nuts. However, a question remains. Do people really eat spiders in their sleep? I'm having a serious hang-up about this, especially since I sleep on the floor most of the time. More discussion and elaboration is needed. Factual evidence/links/spider studies preferred. -------------------- This space intentionally left blank. Posts: 70 | Registered: Monday, September 1 2003 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Friday, February 13 2004 15:37
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A survey was done and shown on MSNBC that a person eats about a bucketfull of bugs per year without knowing it. Especially in salads, and that kind of stuff. As for eating spiders in your sleep, why not? If you can eat your teeth in your sleep (the ones that are loose), what's gonna stop you from eating a spider? I mean, you gotta eat something if youre hungy... -------------------- 73|-| 1|\|\/1|\|<1|3|_3 |30063y|\/|4|\| AHEM: Chance Forums! -Reality Corp. Posts: 1307 | Registered: Tuesday, May 7 2002 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Friday, February 13 2004 17:09
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When I was a child, I once ran through the garden, shouted something to my friend - and catched a big spider with my mouth. Unconsciously I chewed on it, before I noticed... eeew... No, I didn't swallow and it was the only spider ever in my mouth and I eat my salad meatless. The eatin'bugs rumour is nonsense. (  )((())) but I still have scruples about the poor spider. -------------------- site of the month: about an australian artist who is a real cyborg - supported by BURMA SHAVE Posts: 1420 | Registered: Wednesday, October 2 2002 07:00 |
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written Friday, February 13 2004 17:10
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As I recall, snopes.com thinks the spider-eating thing is an unfounded urban myth. Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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Agent
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written Friday, February 13 2004 17:12
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quote:Is it nonsense? Or do you just not think about it when you're eating something? It is the truth, it was proved by MSNBC! Bow down to MSNBC! I'll try to go find some proof for my theory now... -------------------- 73|-| 1|\|\/1|\|<1|3|_3 |30063y|\/|4|\| AHEM: Chance Forums! -Reality Corp. Posts: 1307 | Registered: Tuesday, May 7 2002 07:00 |
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Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire!
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written Friday, February 13 2004 17:20
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I'd say there's a vary good chance of it, but it's not realyl soemthing you have to worry about. It's not like your mouth is a spider Mecca, and as far as I know, no one has ever died of spider consumption in their sleep (well, not the kind of spiders we're talking about here, anyway). -------------------- And though the musicians would die, the music would live on in the imaginations of all who heard it. -The Last Pendragon TEH CONSPIRACY IZ ALL Les forum de la chance. Incaseofemergency,breakglass. Posts: 3351 | Registered: Saturday, April 6 2002 08:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Saturday, February 14 2004 02:25
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Spiders are small, easily scared bugs. You are a huge, snorting thing who probably kills spiders every day, more or less uncounsciously. Why would a spider even attempt to come near you? Posts: 756 | Registered: Monday, August 4 2003 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Saturday, February 14 2004 07:42
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As far as I know the spider rumor is a myth. Unless your an extremely heavy sleeper, you would wake up if that ever happened, which is unlikely unless you sleep in a closet infested with bugs. -------------------- There is no knowledge that is not power. Take a chance at the Chance Forums! Posts: 323 | Registered: Thursday, December 18 2003 08:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Saturday, February 14 2004 08:53
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quote:Well, I dont wake up even when my dog barks right next to me so I doubt that I would wake up if I had a spider in my mouth  -------------------- I am the one and only Wizard! WIZ GAMEZ The place to get the most recent gaming news! And now it has new layout! Posts: 642 | Registered: Saturday, March 16 2002 08:00 |
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Warrior
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written Saturday, February 14 2004 09:57
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 AAH! I don't like the thought of bugs having a party in my mouth while I sleep! I'd better get somewhere safe! I wonder what nutritional value spiders have? Maybe you could go on a bug diet?? -------------------- The most pointless site in the world! Why did the chicken cross the road? George Bush's answer: We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road or not. The chicken is either with us or it is against us. There is no middle ground here. Posts: 69 | Registered: Saturday, January 17 2004 08:00 |
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Warrior
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written Saturday, February 14 2004 10:06
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reminds me of the good o' days, i was going to the kitchen, and i saw a moth, i tried swatting it, and like an idiot child normally does, i was shouting at it like a samurai would (hoo-ha!) lol, i was a kid.... give me a break, anyway, while my mouth was open, it flew straight down my throat... yuck! -------------------- For a good time, play these free rpg's, http://www.r-fate.com/ and http://www.pristontale.com/ I wanna beta test BoA for windows!!! Posts: 167 | Registered: Saturday, January 31 2004 08:00 |
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BANNED
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written Sunday, February 15 2004 13:03
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gj? -------------------- We're all amazed but not amused By all the things that you said you'd do. You're much concerned but not involved by Decisions that are made by you But we are sick and tired of hearing your song, Telling us how you are going to change right from wrong, 'Cause if you really want to hear our views, You haven't done nothin'. Posts: 6936 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Sunday, February 15 2004 17:23
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I'm sure spiders crawl into mouths and are reflexively swallowed, but I wouldn't want to guess how many. It seems like a tendency that would breed out of the spider population fairly quickly. —Alorael, whose most traumatic bug story would have to be the gnat that crawled down his hear, got stuck, and stayed alive. Nothing is quite like having a gnat buzzing and wriggling in your aural passage. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Guardian
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written Sunday, February 15 2004 17:53
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Eight years ago, while I was on vacation in Calcutta, India, a fly flew directly into my eye, brutally interrupting a stroll I was enjoying with my father and uncle. I consider it rather fortuitous that I suffered no permanent decrease in quality of eye function as a result of the incident. My uncle, being the machismo blowhard that he is, felt the need, immediately after the extraction of the body from my eye, to remark, "Well, at least you killed the fly." -------------------- "Let a man find himself, in distinction from others, on top of two wheels with a chain- at least in a poor country like Russia- and his vanity begins to swell out like his tires. In America it takes an automobile to produce this effect."- Leon Trotsky Posts: 1798 | Registered: Sunday, October 5 2003 07:00 |
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Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire!
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written Sunday, February 15 2004 19:22
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That's happened to me on several occasions, and I hope it never happens again. It's painful, and anyway, you don't really want to be walking around downtown with your face red and your eye(s) tearing up. I think Alorael's experience is a bit worse, though. Ironweed, who knows why spiders do anything? Bugs make no sense. As for getting near a human, though, can you honestly say a spider's never crawled over you? They do it all the time; it's just that your mouth's usually not open, and when it is, you're usually conscious. That's why you're more likely to swallow them reflexively, when you're asleep, than consciously, when you're awake. -------------------- And though the musicians would die, the music would live on in the imaginations of all who heard it. -The Last Pendragon TEH CONSPIRACY IZ ALL Les forum de la chance. Incaseofemergency,breakglass. Posts: 3351 | Registered: Saturday, April 6 2002 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Monday, February 16 2004 04:06
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I have an absolute phobia of spiders. I really hope that that story isn't true.  -------------------- "And all should cry, Beware, Beware! His Flashing eyes, his Floating hair!" S. T. Coleridge --- "It is as if everyone had lost their sense Consigned themselves to downfall and decadence And a wisp it is they have chosen as their beacon." Reinhard Mey. --- Quote of the Week: "I have a high opinion of myself, which makes up for my total lack of intelligence." Anon. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Monday, February 16 2004 05:48
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Heh. Well, sit and behold at the one with knowlege. Ironically, I happen to know of this myth, and one of its original catalysts. In 1982, a High School Science book-- published from the classic 2 Authors McDougle & Littel--was released through High Schools throughout the nation. My 9th grade Science teacher told us this story, and since I've actually seen this Science Book...let me reiterate that--OFFICIAL High School Science Book--I believe her story. The story goes that one day she was flipping through one of these books, suposedly filled with nothing but facts, and found an article that said: "The average person eats 8 1/2 spiders in their sleep every year." Well, that day became eventful from that point on. She didn't believe it for one moment. Her reasing was simple. 1) How do you eat 1/2 a spider every year? 2) How do you sleep through eating a spider? 3) What, exactly, is the definition for an "Average" person. She immediatly mailed and called various people. (NOTE: 1982 didn't look on e-mail as a very reliable source of comunication. Not to mention the fact not many people had the very expensive service.) Eventually she was told that the only way something like that could get through to the official books was if it was put in there by the ACTUAL authors or publishers. Turns out not even the company that mass produces these books believes everything in them...(great...we're being tought by a book of which has information not even trusted by those who make it...) After about 2 weeks of work, my former teacher eventually contacted those in charge and got to the bottom of the bogus book article. Well, she was very disapointed...lol. Turns out this book had one problem the authors thought was okay: they ran out of things to put into its side notes, and barely got it to the minimum 347 pages required in High School text books for science at that time. The suposed fact that you eat those spiders in your sleep was made up just for the purpose of filling the book to the point where they can publish it. Well, they reprinted it without the bogus info. With a little talk with the National Board of Education, they never attempted that stunt again. Fortunatly, they were let go with a small fine of $85,000--the re-printing cost for all those books. Considering there were nearly 5 millon books released nation wide, I think they got off with a slap on the wrist. (Someone paid for the rest of the re-print...85k isn't much when you talk about 5 million books...) McDougle and Littel then later went on to publish many more of our wounderful books, and various supplements. They're still at it today too! Go look, for those of you still in school, at any of your school text books. Chances are you will find its made by McDougle & Littel. Now you know where the myth came from . Its actually not that old of a myth...okay fine...I'll admit this is probably only one of the sources. But the information I'm given leads me to believe that this is the catalyst for the entire thing  OH! And as for Snopes.com? Forget them  . I have looked at alot of their stuff for months...I gave up on them since they are COMPLETELY biased to almost every myth. They get their information from broad sources like CNN and MSNBC. Some of it I've even found re-worded from sources like MSN and ESPN. (Yes...that last one is a stretch...) Go ahead and trust them if you want...I can't stop ya there...but at least know that they aren't as trusty as the Myth Busters on Discovery channel. At least they test, using real things themselves, the myths they are given. Its kind of wierd when Myth Busters prove something actualy is possible, or has happened, and snopes sais its impossible . I rest my case.  [ Monday, February 16, 2004 05:53: Message edited by: SpineRaker ] -------------------- "I am not stubborn, your just stupid." Posts: 40 | Registered: Saturday, January 24 2004 08:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Monday, February 16 2004 06:27
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Though there are no bugs in my house i'm a master bug killer. *Reads the giniis book of world records 1999 edition:One person ate 300 roaches alive to become famous.* -------------------- Some stupid laws If it is mine,it is mine. If I had it a second ago,it is mine If it looks like it is mine it is mine. If it is your's and you keep it down,it becomes mine. If I like something,it is mine If I see something,then it is mine. Please click here Do not visit this Page Want to visit the misc.boards-This is the only WAY -Stinging Munster Posts: 413 | Registered: Friday, December 12 2003 08:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Monday, February 16 2004 06:54
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300 frickin roaches?! And I thought the worst thing was having 300 spiders crawling around on your body! And I also have a manic arcanophobia(Sp?) -------------------- Crom! No Beat I HATE 1337!!! Posts: 662 | Registered: Friday, September 13 2002 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Monday, February 16 2004 06:59
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Fear of Magic?  Funny, how a swap of two letters and omitting an h changes the entire meaning.[ Monday, February 16, 2004 12:46: Message edited by: Arancaytar ] -------------------- "And all should cry, Beware, Beware! His Flashing eyes, his Floating hair!" S. T. Coleridge --- "It is as if everyone had lost their sense Consigned themselves to downfall and decadence And a wisp it is they have chosen as their beacon." Reinhard Mey. --- Quote of the Week: "I have a high opinion of myself, which makes up for my total lack of intelligence." Anon. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire!
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written Monday, February 16 2004 18:34
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Uh, Spinester, this "myth" began way before 1982. I really don't think it's all that modern, and anyway, just because a few people have no proof of it doesn't mean it's untrue. I don't know about 8.5, but I'd say a few a year would be reasonable. I've had spiders get very close to me while awake (I say "very close" because I try to avoid them when possible), and I've also had them crawl over me. If your mouth is open, they could crawl inside to explore, or just slip, and you would reflexively swallow them, along with your saliva. I don't mean one per night, but certainly a few times a year. -------------------- And though the musicians would die, the music would live on in the imaginations of all who heard it. -The Last Pendragon TEH CONSPIRACY IZ ALL Les forum de la chance. Incaseofemergency,breakglass. Posts: 3351 | Registered: Saturday, April 6 2002 08:00 |
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Warrior
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written Thursday, February 19 2004 15:53
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OK, I am somewhat relieved and perhaps able to sleep again. The only spiders coming near me in the future will be the GIFTS. However, I had another problem this week. A bat got into my basement somehow (where I sleep) and took up residence perched on my closet, over my bed. Now, this is not your ordinary garden variety bat, which eats the nasty mouth-spiders, but your man-hating, society hating bat, with little beady eyes to boot. (My daughter tells me its a "common brown bat" but I don't for a minute believe the propaganda put forth as fact on Animal Planet. This is clearly a man-eating bat of the worst sort). Anyway, between the spider phobia and the bats, I haven't slept for like a week. At least finally yesterday, after days of calling, I finally found a service to come and get the bat. It turns out that bats are not covered by any of the ordinary animal control agencies because they are a) wildlife and b) apparently extremely dangerous due to the various diseases that they carry (at least this is what all of the "no" people tell you). Lo and behold, the bat dies like 3 hours before they show up, so I end up paying $25 for dead bat rescue (not to be confused with deadbeat rescue). This I could have done myself (after some serious psyching up and my trusty asbestos-lined gloves). The meta-issue of nocturnal snacking is as yet unresolved, and potentially made worse by the absence of my spider-eating bat guardian. But hey, I guess the devil you know.... I realize that this post may not make a lot of sense. Well guess what - you try not sleeping for like a week due to spider/bat-o-phobia and see how coherent you are. They ought to include this as like astronaut training or something. In the future I will show no mercy to any vermin that come within the same zip code as my mouth. For all you would-be mouth spiders out there, consider yourself warned. -------------------- This space intentionally left blank. Posts: 70 | Registered: Monday, September 1 2003 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Thursday, February 19 2004 17:34
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uuuh, this is evil. How can you even think about killing a bat! Bats and spiders are probably saving you from tons of flies and bugs and moths who would eat away probably everything when they not would be stopped by bats and spiders ... ___( ) ^^  ^^bats against cruelty -------------------- site of the month: about an australian artist who is a real cyborg - supported by BURMA SHAVE Posts: 1420 | Registered: Wednesday, October 2 2002 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Thursday, February 19 2004 19:56
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The term mouth-spider is now forever engraved on my brain. -------------------- But I have never known or heard of anyone in real life who has said, "Yes! My goal in life is to be a brainless follower of obnoxious people!" Posts: 437 | Registered: Sunday, July 13 2003 07:00 |
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Guardian
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written Thursday, February 19 2004 23:12
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Well, for those living in warmer and wetter climates, a gecko is infinitely more appealing and less dangerous than either a spider or a bat, and probably comparatively effective, if not more efficient, than the other two. -------------------- "Let a man find himself, in distinction from others, on top of two wheels with a chain- at least in a poor country like Russia- and his vanity begins to swell out like his tires. In America it takes an automobile to produce this effect."- Leon Trotsky Posts: 1798 | Registered: Sunday, October 5 2003 07:00 |
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