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Old 02-22-2013, 10:46 AM   #16
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Yeah the main reason I posted it as "Raining Spiders" is that the YouTube was labeled that and if you wanted to Google for this particular incident, that is the best SEO that would get your directly to it. (Internet geek in me coming out.)

As for my personal view of spiders? I hate bugs therefore love spiders. When I see a spider in my house, he gets preferential treatment and I let him hang out as long as he wants. He keeps ants, centipedes, and other crawly things trying to get into my mouth at night while I sleep out.
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Old 02-22-2013, 10:50 AM   #17
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That's like putting a plastic cover on your couch to keep it 'nice.'

Besides, spiders are the biggest mouth crawlers of all! It's a known fact that the average person unknowingly eats 10 spiders a year.

(not really)
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Old 02-22-2013, 10:57 AM   #18
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Besides, spiders are the biggest mouth crawlers of all! It's a known fact that the average person unknowingly eats 10 spiders a year.

(not really)
right. It's more like six.
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Old 02-22-2013, 11:07 AM   #19
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That's not what I call raining.
But good call, Coign.
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yeah, it's not really raining... since they're not actually falling.
Rain? That would be me pissing myself.

I'll be the one running around in circles, beating the shit out of himself, pissing everywhere, screaming "EEE EEE EEE!!!!!!" like a little girl.
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Old 02-22-2013, 11:10 AM   #20
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...It's a known fact that the average person unknowingly eats 10 spiders a year...
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It's more like six.
Actually, it's just one.

But...

...It DOES NOT DIE!!!
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Old 02-22-2013, 01:02 PM   #21
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No way!

What does it do? Look around and crawl back out? Go through your intestines like it's a water slide?

My preferred protection is my CPAP mask.

As far as raining goes: watching the video was SO creepy!!

Watching the spiders walking around upside down in the air connected to some invisible web was really weird. It's one of those times when I'm fascinated and want to watch and figure it out, but I'm also extremely repulsed and want it to go away. KWIM?

So, how ARE they all up there? Did they make some kind of giant web from the power lines?
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Old 02-22-2013, 04:52 PM   #22
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That's like putting a plastic cover on your couch to keep it 'nice.'

Besides, spiders are the biggest mouth crawlers of all! It's a known fact that the average person unknowingly eats 10 spiders a year.

(not really)
I know an old lady who....
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Old 02-22-2013, 11:40 PM   #23
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We're too fat. If it ever did precipitate men, it wouldn't be rain, it would be oobleck.
+1 for inclusion of an Oobleck reference.

-1 for causing me to make the (admittedly obvious) mental association between "men" and "sticky green goop."


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Old 02-23-2013, 06:03 AM   #24
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I hate spider crap all over the place, so I too give them preferential treatment. I help them out the front door onto the Tangerine tree. I'm sure some of the bugs that live on that tree puzzle over how many different and numerous the spiders are.

I'm also sure I throw the same gol darn spider out the door every few days.. I think I can hear him cussing, "no nooOOO not again!"
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Old 02-23-2013, 12:53 PM   #25
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So, how ARE they all up there? Did they make some kind of giant web from the power lines?
Most likely, They were blown there by the wind. From the Smithsonian article.

If strong winds come along, the web may detach from its anchors, carrying the spiders and their ruined home to new sites where they appear to “rain down.” Catching rides on the wind–en mass–was likely what happened in Santo Antonio da Platina. While the humans gawked below, the flustered spiders were simply trying to pull themselves together after an unexpected journey from some forest or park.


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Old 02-23-2013, 01:15 PM   #26
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Coign, the guy wrote that under duress, while his family was held hostage wrapped in sticky silk.
The Spider Brotherhood was using him to distract you from their world domination plot.
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